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by hash0 3mo ago
AI is really good at the implementation of small, stand-alone pieces of software. Within this very limited scope your concept holds: Humans may focus on what to build instead of how. Anything more complicated than that and AI is easily over
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by hash0 3mo ago
If this wasn't some moderately clever ploy, it would make a good "Dilbert" plot, actually...
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by hash0 3mo ago
So very true. A bit saddening to realize that the old story "from dishwasher to millionaire" is still so pervasive despite the odds having changed considerably against us in the meantime... I guess some dreams are just too beautif
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by hash0 3mo ago
This is a surprisingly fascinating read that I recommend to others: Going from structuring HTML documents with tables to floats and back again resonated oddly with me.
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by hash0 3mo ago
Without wanting to spoiler, let me whet your appetite for this very interesting article by quoting this: "you’re unimaginably more likely to become homeless than to win at the game of capitalism" Go figure.
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by hash0 3mo ago
The main thesis of this - well worth the read btw! - article very much reminds me of a throw-away line from the (otherwise forgetable) movie adaption of "Limitless": "[NZT-48/AI] works on what it's there." If y
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by hash0 3mo ago
This is the first time I have been exposed to the term "humanitarian engineering". IMHO this is what we need more of - genuine science and engineering solving the "little" problems, like your pillbox that reminds you to
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by hash0 4mo ago
This is the first in-depth description of how serious a problem the massive upscaling of Bitcoin miners is and the humungous amounts of power those rigs draw. I consider this a worthwhile read as until now I had always imagined that Bitcoin
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by hash0 4mo ago
Hm, as much as I agree that not everything AI is thrown at turns out to be good (especially not if there are financial incentives as is the case with the film industry), I cannot help but notice that this piece reads too much like the stand
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by hash0 4mo ago
Thank you for that - NOW it's starting to make sense to me. Question remains, though: Why have we not done this before? It seems like the tech has been around for a couple of decades at least, yet I have never heard about heat pumps in
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by hash0 4mo ago
I got 50 hits in 100 tries. That being said, I did not particularly like hitting that poor frog :'( Yes, I am the kind of player who would never choose the rude option when talking to an NPC.
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by hash0 4mo ago
I could not agree more. Typing sits at the sweet spot between getting your ideas fixed in a text quickly but is still slow enough to consciously think ahead what it is that you want to say.
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by hash0 4mo ago
This I found to be true, too. "One-shotting" a prompt and getting the AI to build you a working "mock-up" or "pre-Prototype" is satisfying but won't scale. As soon as you want to add features on top of tha
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by hash0 4mo ago
Alternative title: "I made my shuffle function dependent on the US government...". ... with predictable results. I use the NIST Randomness Beacon pulse for a provably and auditably random assignment of tournament contestants. Whil
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Ask HN: NIST Randomness Beacon Interruption?
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by hash0 4mo ago
"If there is hope, it lies in the proles."
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by hash0 4mo ago
So, in essence, it's about heating my appartment using electricity rather than heating water and distributing that around radiators? Let me guess: This has not been very prevalent in Europe because until a couple of years ago, fossil f
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by hash0 4mo ago
Thank you for posting this. An elegant site, for a more civilized age.
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by hash0 4mo ago
There is plenty of opinion pieces on the internet, but whenever Cory Doctorow speaks, I sit up ramrod straight and listen...
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by hash0 4mo ago
Can someone explain to me in simple terms what the deal is with heat pumps - and why we have not implemented them on a large scale before? It sounds to me like a "reverse refridgerator", so the technology surely has been around fo
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by hash0 4mo ago
Anyone can point me to good online resources for learning korean real quick? Asking for a friend...
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by hash0 4mo ago
Depends - is the future set in stone, H2G2-style (the Stavromueller Beta subplot, specifically)? If I cannot change the future by my actions that means I will be completely safe from dying until the appointed time is near, so...
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by hash0 4mo ago
Misread the title as "How do you stay at the bleeding edge of AI trolling" and was immediately intrigued...
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by hash0 4mo ago
I've been working in banking/finance IT for the past 12 years and yes! The screwups in hyper complex systems tend to become less frequent but far more serious in their impact due to concentration to a few data centres and a handfu
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by hash0 4mo ago
There is this german expression, "Stallgeruch" (literally "the scent of the (horses) stable" - its a way of saying that you fit in and adapt to the culture, truly becoming one with your working environment). Working full
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by hash0 4mo ago
Well... but at least swordfighting and swashbuckling your fellow co-developer is some genuine human connection in between bursts of work.