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by jdw64 2mo ago
I agree with the OP's point. But if you've worked in a corporate environment, isn't that just how it is? Like how programming work and getting promoted to a manager are essentially different careers—they feel like fundamental
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The term 'overhauling' is typically used as a weapon in framing battles. It is usually employed by an emerging faction, or a group dissatisfied with the existing establishment, to frame their opponents as evil. The logic is truly
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However, I think this is a classic example of the category error the OP is talking about. Making accurate predictions isn't necessarily the same thing as asset management. Once you reach that level of fame, people will 100% target and
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by jdw64 2mo ago
Everyone has some sort of category error to an extent. But more than that, the part about safety guardrails really resonates with my experience. I inevitably have to go down to the low-level to inspect memory, but because of safety issues,
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by jdw64 2mo ago
I'm really curious about this: the foundational paper behind today's LLMs came from Google, and some of the world's best scientists were at Google. So why are they falling so far behind in the AI race?
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I agree with your opinion. Even if corporate domiciles are moved to other states, the core R&D personnel and major infrastructure often remain in California. Therefore, the human resource network that Silicon Valley has built over decad
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That is an incredibly short sighted view. By acting this way, the industry is essentially selling its future for short term gains. A systemic reduction in the number of people capable of maintaining systems directly correlates with an inevi
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.com — in RFC 920, it originally meant 'commercial.' But come to think of it, a lot of recent startups seem to be selling things that aren't really commercial at all. So maybe they're actually heading in the right direct
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I'm not sure what skill really means, or what's considered bad anymore. AI coding ability and human coding ability are different, and different organizations need different skills. No skill is inherently bad—it just depends on wha
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Wow, the methodology in the paper is so detailed—I'll try following it!
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UB stands for undefined behavior—I've written about it in detail on my homepage[1] [1] https://www.makonea.com/en-US/wiki/undefined-behavior
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If you don't want to destroy a precious friendship, don't use the 'concrete donkey.'
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Ah, I see. I misunderstood.Is the report from an internal source, so it can't be shared? If not, I'd appreciate it if you could send me a link so I can look into it too.
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I have a question: why do you think Go is better compared to other languages? After all, learning a new language takes a lot of time. While basic syntax is common and quick to pick up, mastering a language's specific mental model requi
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by jdw64 2mo ago
Go doesn't have memory safety issues because of its GC, while Zig has UB problems. Zig might have slightly better performance, but I don't think choosing a language without memory safety is a good idea
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Sometimes I wonder what 'product-level' code really means. What actually is a product? The code that goes into PLC equipmentss and hardware is incredibly simple—but it's still a product. If you look under the hood of a lot of
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Who knows? Maybe we'll see a new 'worst in history' every year from now on
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I can't swings the stock market, but maybe I could change people's values...? That's too bad. It's a little sad to think my writing isn't even worth a dollar, haha.
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I pay a dollar here and there to promote my homepage so people will actually see it. I guess being a president really helps. I wish people would just pay a dollar to read my posts someday
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Exactly. You're in the same industry as me. The moment you try to change something, if the production line stops, the losses are enormous—so everyone becomes conservative. That makes it even harder to change later... It's a really
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by jdw64 2mo ago
But the industry ultimately runs on compatibility, so I get why they do it. But if compatibility breaks, wouldn't hardware vendors die out? If you look at PLC and other hardware manufacturers, they're not even using modern coding.
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by jdw64 2mo ago
I've built something similar and I'm using it too. In my case, it just finds function, method, or class connections, and it works surprisingly well. Then I debug visually—it's been really helpful for AI coding.
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I think of this as the kiosk economy. It's like how businesses introduce kiosks even when having a human employee would be more convenient, just for the sake of greater profit. The biggest problem with AI customer service is that a hum
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I want to work at a company like that someday. All I've known are factory equipment call-outs, temporary container offices, bosses threatening to kill me if the equipment stops, and clients saying they'll bankrupt me if the code f
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I've also researched languages and written a similar piece[1]. Most successful languages had adoption momentum outside of the language itself. Conversely, there are many interesting failures—languages that were technically fascinating
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Outside the English-speaking world, there's generally been a knowledge gap when it comes to programming. Better resources weren't being shared, and AI helps bridge that gap. You could learn the basics, but higher-quality materials
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Concurrent connection count and durable write throughput are different things. And AOF doesn't necessarily mean one fsync per record. The benchmark is taking the worst-case speed of Redis and comparing it to a best-case SQL benchmark.
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cool!
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I'm building a language with AI as a personal project. My hobby is tinkering with my homepage [1], and for paid work, I'm handling a project related to autonomous drones [1] https://www.makonea.com/en-US
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This is an area where deception is possible. For example, if the metric is background API calls, you can fake that too. What matters is how you define 'active users.' In fact, this is a common technique used in well known scam app

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