ilovecake1984

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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
The government still has to maintain the infrastructure, whilst building more where the people have moved to.
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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
Typing up English language logic into code hasn’t been a job for 40 years. That’s what people mean by this.
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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
Of course, but it is rare.
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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
This is a good take. People overwhelmingly fit a narrative to how they make decisions rather than make decisions according to a chain of reasoning.
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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
Stop projecting. It’s just coding. It’s not every technical profession at all.
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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
I don’t think it’s been common to write non fiction for money for decades. What they are doing is killing off the real motivation to do it, which is recognition and attribution. We will all be sorry when professionally written and edited wo
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by ilovecake1984 2mo ago
The didn’t pay for the books. It’s massive copyright infringement. The human buys the books.
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by ilovecake1984 3mo ago
I’m not saying software will be unprofitable. I’m saying Ai models will be low margin businesses. I think AI is going to decrease the price of software and allow us to automate things we couldn’t. I just don’t see how this value accrues to
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by ilovecake1984 3mo ago
There will always be a space for perforce in a world of git. Doesn’t mean perforce is worth trillions.
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by ilovecake1984 3mo ago
I think in the long term AI will be a massive market. I just don’t think it will be massively profitable. The hardware will get better, the models will be even more commoditised. It’s useful and it will get even more useful.. it’s just not
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by ilovecake1984 3mo ago
Indeed. I don’t even get what OP thinks they are getting out of this other than doubt.
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by ilovecake1984 3mo ago
Their cars and phones are still second rate. They are, however, cheap enough to be good value.
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by ilovecake1984 3mo ago
Agree. But if that’s the thinking then you need to compare vs off shore contract rates, not on shore contract rates.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Anyone who has every done any horticulture knows that being a smallholder is a terrible idea.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Like what?
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Things in many ways have never been better. Yes I am optimistic.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Totally. The next step is a national campaign explaining how apple screen time and android family works. In the Uk we had a lot of shock adverts for drinking driving. The same thing with online harms would go a long way.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Sure. But I’m just not that fussed about online freedom of speech. World was fine before it and will be fine after it.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
I use YouTube, but only watch stuff I SEARCH for or from people I have subscribed to. No watch next BS. If you have self control you can avoid the social media element of it. YouTube demonetisation tends to act as a reasonable steward on th
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
YouTube is very mixed. Putting short form content on it was a mistake. It’s only not trash if you use it correctly. Watch some videos by some racists, you get fed videos making you racist. It has all the negatives of social media. Ideal the
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
There is some okay stuff on YouTube. There is nothing stopping people reposting stuff on platforms without social media elements and with proper curation and publisher responsibilities. Most big YouTubers would love this to happen I’m sure.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
It’s overwhelmingly supported action. The technical incoherence doesn’t matter. What matters is being able to say “you can’t use Snapchat” and then they say “my friend xxx uses it” you can say “xxx’s parent are delinquent” This isn’t about
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Nobody needs to use social media though. Really they should just torch the lot.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Sure, is HN social media?
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
8 years olds shouldn’t be using the internet.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
Sounds dystopian. What kids need to learn to read is an adult to engage with them, listen to how they read and engage them on the contents of the book.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
It all depends on expectations. I find it useful. The analogy I use is this. What was a bigger leap in productivity: assembly to vb6 or vb6 to Ai? I think it’s definitely the first.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
This is so blinkered and egocentric. Just because LLMs are good at translating English to code, doesn’t imply they are good at many other jobs. Coding isn’t that hard, it’s just not enjoyable to most people. The enjoyment has always been th
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
This. Which is why evolution will work very rapidly to correct the blip.
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by ilovecake1984 4mo ago
You are missing a major driver of this. The main reason fertility rates have been decreasing is because of decreasing infant mortality. The number of children surviving to adulthood has been relatively stable until recently.

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