hackernoteng

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by hackernoteng 3y ago
AI doesn't work.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
I have been against the 737 max since it came out. You have a proven safe reliable design in the 737. Then you bolt on engines it was never designed to use. It changes the flight dynamics of the plane, which needs to then be monitored and &
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
It's not possible to live without a smart phone - at least need a phone with rich text messaging. I have iPhone 11 with no need or desire to upgrade. With busy family stuff text communication is an absolute must. I dont use any soci
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
"long covid" == "Vaxxed and boosted". Prove me wrong.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Losers. They will one day be adults and missed out on valuable learning and experience, not to mention being broke. This is not a good way to go through life. They should be hustling while they are young, full of energy and not yet encum
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
If you focus on the middle and move your head back and forth eventually you see a 3D image of Dykstra pop out and he doesn't look happy at all.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Arthur Whitney is a mad genius. We were an early customer of KX systems and I programmed with KDB for a few years. Arthur Whitney once sat at my desk and helped me debug my code. Very nice guy. Super smart and hilariously knowledgeable
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
The consulting company gig paid alright. and all the guys who stayed got really rich due to IPO. I left the second my options vested. Literally when the transaction went through... no regrets because it SUCKED
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
My experiences: 1) programmer in IT department of major newspaper: disregarded as IT geek. very small salary. the worst office spaces. 2) senior engineer in software startup: rockstar treatment, stock options, all the things you would exp
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Open floor plan is why I am way more productive working from home. Because of that I go into office about once every three months, just so we have in person white-boarding sessions (no actual coding work is possible). Hard wood floors, sa
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
I have drank average of 3 oz. per day (3 beers, or one healthy pour of scotch or bourbon), 5-6 days per week for the last 30 years. All blood work is normal. My parents drink significantly more than that are still healthy in their 70s.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
I drank regularly, so did my wife, and we had no problems conceiving (usually pregnant on one try). Both kids are healthy. Wife did NOT drink while pregnant or while breast feeding. I therefore drank enough for both of us during those ti
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Java is king. Take away all the AI batch stuff and Python would shrink more. Putting python in production for online applications has many issues (trust me, I know). Java is very robust, performs well, tons of mindshare, pretty good framew
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
RAG tools are usually very trivial w.r.t. extracting clean data for embeddings. Demos typically show clean data sources with orthogonal data which lends itself well to good performing embeddings based IR. Real-world data is mixed up, mess
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Also need a mom in the background shouting that we should go play outside...
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Nostalgic for older genXers such as myself who grew up with these things. Hard to imagine younger generations having patience or interest in such primitive games though. Needs to be played in basement on CRT TV with wood paneled walls tho
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Real world industry wont stand for "hallucinated" outputs, unless there is more innovation around UI/UX on outputs. For example, no way lawyers/bankers/doctors are going to use LLM in their current forms and limita
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
I think there is more innovation to happen with LLM output, for example leveraging the attention weights to give information on what the key events in history should be paid attention to given a sequence of current events, etc. More predic
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
I am this guy
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Anyone else vomit when they try to read academic "papers"? Its like they are all written by some kind of Borg cult
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
And they wonder why we dont all just "trust the science!"
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Glad to see this is finally coming out in main stream media. Its been well known for decades among the so called "conspiracy theorists". Same thing with pesticide/herbicide being endocrine disrupting and cancer causing chemi
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
sure we can... assumptions on top of assumptions on top of assumptions.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
I dislike travel. I wouldn't mind traveling alone though. But travel with family is more expense and hassle than its worth imo. The packing, whining, sharing hotel rooms, arguing about what to do, when to do it, where and what to ea
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
they are cheap but I find they dont last that long - the freshness goes away unless you find a way to store them very airtight.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
we use an old fashioned stove top metal popper with a hand crank to stir it. use a bit of organic coconut oil and organic popcorn kernels and salt. its very easy to do.
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
everyone at this point should know that you dont put plastic into a microwave
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
Why? Do you like to make software that barely works? Do you like to make and sell software which is dishonest in its capabilities? In traditional software, 10% error rate is unacceptable - it can't be released. But hey 10% error rat
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
"This work is based on conversations with AI startup founders and engineers." - when you have millions in venture funding there is pressure from the VC, CEO and board to show some non-trivial "architecture"... telling th
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by hackernoteng 3y ago
The old cigarette ads are the best

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