jimbokun

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871.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Lack of an informed populace has gotten us the government we have today in the US. I think we can do better.
872.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Sure but today many of us are spending huge amounts of time every day staring at screens and the evidence suggests it’s damaging our mental health. Creation on screens is better than mere consumption, but probably still not as good as havin
873.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Ah, well done! I should not have underestimated you! Lol
874.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
This will always happen as long as there is a combative relationship between private insurers and providers over reimbursements. Each side is using documentation or lack thereof to make their financial case.
875.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
It’s all the VAR referee’s fault.
876.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Why didn’t you?
877.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
It’s not pretending to not be an ad.
878.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
That could be very valuable for a lot of users. And I don’t think they are trying to hide the strategy to have paid tiers, that’s what they did for their other product.
879.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
You would think so but Apple certainly hasn’t managed it yet.
880.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Ok it’s useful to have a few developers working with LLMs to make existing software more efficient, granted.
881.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
If that were true there wouldn’t be so many layoffs in the industry. Sure there is still some residual need for new software or modifying existing software. But it’s far less than it was say 30 years ago.
882.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
It’s a tool to replace human creation, not to enable human creation.
883.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Sure but maybe we’re all better off spending more time going for walks, learning to cook, playing sports , talking to friends and family, participating in spiritual communities, and making love (to other people !)
884.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
You are going to allow a product from a company you have no reason to trust write important software for you and put it into production without checking the code to see what it does?
885.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
> “Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great
886.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
We have a long way to go but large software companies have gotten really, really good at scaling to handle larger and larger traffic loads. It's not like there are no materials to consult to learn current best practices, even if there
887.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
The better processes and tools made larger project possible.
888.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
> It's almost as if every major company's actual product is their stock price. They are pretty much legally obligated to act in this manner.
889.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
When it comes time to debug would you rather ask questions about and dig through code in a popular open source library, or dig through code generated by an LLM specifically for your project?
890.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
In my lifetime software has given us: * the ability to find essentially any information ever created by anyone anywhere at anytime, * the ability to communicate with anyone on Earth over any distance instantaneously in audio, video, or text
891.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Because people like you then go and vote for politicians without actually understanding what they are proposing. It's all Trump style "believe me I know how to fix it" and you will vote for the person that pushes your buttons
892.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
OK, so what would be in the text of this law making it enforceable and not easily game-able by the social media companies and without severe unintended consequences?
893.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
You're arguing there's a conspiracy, but even if there is, what is the best action for governments to take given the devastating impact social media has been demonstrated to have on young people especially?
894.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
The ask is to treat users differently based on age. How can they do that without verifying their users age?
895.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Best time to plant a tree: 30 years ago. Second best time to plant a tree: now.
896.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
So you're saying these corporations are responsible for verifying the age of their users without verifying the age of their users?
897.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
It’s telling those people mostly talk about the complexity of the AI setup they’ve engineered to write code. Much more so than bragging about the software created by that process.
898.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Is it 2% who author content using those tools, or are you also including anyone who might need to open and use a spreadsheet using one of those technologies?
899.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
Sure but most of his predecessors knew enough to not weigh in beyond regret for the tragedy and loss of life until after the investigators did their job.
900.
by jimbokun 7mo ago
The current US President is the last person we should listen to when it comes to deciding anything important.

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