jebarker

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   by jebarker 3y ago

   I've always thought that was a bad strategy. Better to underpromise and overdeliver in life.
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   In my experience the ones to avoid (at work and in life generally) are the folks with PhDs that bring it up all the time as if it's important and bestows upon them some special power.
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   Isn't this basically an overdraft?
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   I really like this. One bug I hit on duckduckgo browser: after closing the tab for the site the music continued to play until I killed the browser entirely
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   Indeed, my daughter is a big Miss Rachel fan
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   My 3 year old is also frequently complemented on her language skills. She talks non-stop and is well ahead of other kids we meet in her vocabulary and use of language. She watches TV most days.
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   I think you misread the comment
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   For me, procrastinating by looking at websites is usually a sign that something else is wrong, e.g. I don't really see the purpose of the task I'm supposed to be doing. When I'm excited by a task I find I don't procrasti
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   by jebarker 3y ago

   I'm surprised you don't think the USA has a depressing vibe about it. I am very positive about the USA (and live here), but I feel like I only hear people predicting its imminent collapse and talking about how terrible life is her
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    > Finally, do your best to avoid situations where a "quick decision" is needed I find this easier said than done. I dislike most meetings because I don't think quickly enough to keep up and contribute to the discussion. Th
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I think you mean incredible oversimplification
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I spent a long time on this question in my 30s. For me the ideas of Albert Camus are what stuck. Essentially we're in an absurd situation as humans where we have brains that want to find purpose and meaning in a universe that seems to
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    Ah, my mistake, I think you're correct
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    > I was shocked that Emacs and Vim weren't closer. I don't really find this surprising. VS Code is just very easy to use and full featured without spending much time on configuration. It took me a while but I had to admit I wa
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I doubt there'd be confusion as the names are totally different
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    Do you mean optical telescopes? I would have thought they used earth based radar plus star tracking onboard to figure out where they are in orbit, but I don't know.
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    This isn't really any different to what they've done is it?
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    It seems like she probably has inherited wealth but it doesn't actually say that in he article does it?
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    This should be an auto-reply to 90% of comments on the Internet.
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    > researchers, not ML engineers in a FAANG Why did you point out this distinction?
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    > It is the software world whose artifacts are approaching biological levels of complexity. This is an interesting analogy to make because that complexity, much like the complexity in large software systems, is emergent from many agents
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    Can you explain why you think the paper is evidence against stochastic parroting? To me this result seems even less sophisticated than predicting the next move directly GPT style (and that’s its charm since it’s much more data efficient tha
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I'm not familiar with NYC other than a few visits, but my impression is that the city is already very densely populated. Where would new housing go? Is it just more skyscrapers?
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I haven't tried AVP. I was under the impression that Mac Virtual Display could be at 4K - why is the text fuzzy if that's the case?
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I agree that it's deeper than just dopamine addiction. I think the phone provides relief from our deepest insecurities. For me, I found putting down the phone (and alcohol) came much more easily when I addressed the real issues I was t
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    Or we could all send them a daily e-mail telling them how great they are and/or they're not really going to die at ~80, depending on their particular neurosis. Then they wouldn't need to go at all.
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    I don't think exciting is the right word here. What's being called for is careers that are deemed worthy/virtuous according to the OP.
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    Wouldn't thermite destroy the wires rather than soldering them?
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    Good point on structuring internal knowledge holdings to enable PageRank. The organizations I've worked in seem to put zero thought into this and instead just leave it up to individuals.
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    by jebarker 3y ago

    One use is that these models can do OCR in the wild, e.g. reading text from a sign on a window in a photo. I think traditional OCR libraries are more focused on reading printed pages.