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by kitsune_ 5y ago
I think executive director.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Amen, I think if memory serves correctly HTML was SGML inspired and once XML became popular there was a XHTML standardization push for a brief time. I think you could argue that the ubiquity of HTML led to people see value in something like
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
It is a weird hang up because JavaScript/scripting was already ubiquitous in the 90s! I programmed "Dynamic HTML" pages as a summer job in '98 or so when I was in high school.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Yes, but JavaScript has been a thing since the 90's and was widely used by web sites even back in the the days of GeoCities. So it's really a bit weird to complain about something that has been part of the web since almost its beg
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
The elephant in the room is that math has a giant UX problem. The notation is inconsistent and not nearly as logical as it could be.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
The more stuff like this I see (Rails view components and HTML over the wire) the more I realize how, for lack of a better word, "advanced" ASP.Net MVC was over 10 years ago...
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
The only people in need of a safe space are people who say "I crush people" and then are unable to deal with the blowback.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Uhm, isn't pushing back against such "adversarial behaviour" one of the adult ways to deal with such behaviours? What are you trying to say?
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
See the point is that you can be reasonably accomplished thanks to your talents, interests and intelligence, but let's take the very same you and remove some of the procrastination. It is reasonable to expect that it would be an even m
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Without ADHD you would probably have an even more accomplished career. I remember a study that showed that the higher the IQ the older you are on average when diagnosed with ADHD, also high IQ masks some of the executive dysfunction. Anywa
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
I agree with you here, but some observations: Managers are imbued with more formal power than their reports and as such should be held to a higher standard. Simply passing on pressure and not standing up for your team will never inspire loy
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
From anecdotal evidence, a) is more likely than b). The deadlines are arbitrary because most companies are slow bureaucratic oil tankers that are difficult to steer and will mow down everything in their path once a course is set. Management
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
The CO2 footprint of people like that is insane.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Unexplained underachievement.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
"The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." — Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
I think academically the first year of an US undergraduate degree is probably more on the level of the last year of a European "high school" (lycee, gymnasium etc).
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
I think you are missing the mark here with this comparison, Copilot and its network weights are already the derived work, not just the output it produces.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Sorry Nat, but I don't think it really answers anything. I would argue that using GPL code during training falls under Copilot being a derivative work of said code. I mean if you look at how a language model works, than it's prett
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
It's not just about copying verbatim. They clearly use GPL code during training to create a derivative work. Then you have the issue of attribution with more permissive licenses.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
It's not just about regurgitating training data during a beam search, it's also about being a derivative work, which it clearly is in my opinion.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
How does this not violate the GPL and more permissive licenses such as Apache that require attribution?
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
The 1984 ad feels a bit ironic in this context.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Another example that cars take too much space. Public transportation is the answer.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Maybe this is different here in Europe, but HR's role is to protect the company. HR in my experience does not do whatever a manager wants. Let's say you have a toxic direct, unless you have a 50 page document outlining every sing
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
I'm 100% with you on this. People don't seem to get it though.
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by kitsune_ 5y ago
Well there is probably nuance to this as is it is with everything. It's petty. But maybe DHH had a bad day. Or the employee was known for hypocritical takes and this was the last straw. Or maybe it was straight up bullying from DHH and
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by kitsune_ 6y ago
I think one of the problems is that he speculates about being on the autism spectrum but it looks like he never bothered to get a diagnosis, which then to me also means that he probably is not receiving potentially helpful advice that could
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by kitsune_ 6y ago
So, with all the talk about RMS being on the autism spectrum in the last threads on this topic, with RMS speculating about it himself, and now this letter where he talks about his problems about interpreting social cues: To me this reads if
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by kitsune_ 6y ago
I think in the near future, working at Facebook will probably have same stigma as working for Philipp Morris or similar...
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by kitsune_ 6y ago
I'm from Europe. Europe is a moralising backwater when it comes to ADHD. ADHD is one of the most impairing "disorders" out there. Around 5% of people have it. Once you know its symptoms more intimately, the behaviour of a lot

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