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by kmacdough 2y ago
Kagi does keep a running subscription, so you are only getting until the end of that subscription month. But, in context and reality, it is pretty good.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Data is disappearing. Data is a perfectly valid uncountable noun these days. In fact, it's the de facto standard for amorphous collections of digital data, used by most writers, data analysts and laypeople alike. The uncountable form
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by kmacdough 2y ago
It's not about C per-se, as much as each native compiled dependency creates additional maintenance concerns. Changes to hardware/OS can require a recompile or even fixes. NPM build system already requires a JavaScript runtime, so
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by kmacdough 2y ago
The comment puts the slow pace of change as an advantage. Pretty standard security principle. Ssh integration brings lots of other "local" iterm features based on command history, etc. to the ssh environment. If you do lots of ssh
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by kmacdough 2y ago
The point of ARC is NOT to compare humans vs AI, but to probe the current boundary of AIs weaknesses. AI has been beating us at specific tasks like handwriting recognition for decades. Rather, it's when we can no longer readily find th
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Perhaps it does some similar grouping of content, but this more directly incentivizes longer term gripping of tokens into abstract concepts. I agree that it's not obvious this would perform better than letting the model build it's
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by kmacdough 2y ago
I use AI in my work as a machinist/CNC programmer on a weekly if not a daily basis. It's primary advantage for a while has been it's crazy breadth of knowledge which it can present in a human, flexible form. But perhaps we ex
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Ah yes, Hikaru.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
I think less than infinite stories it would be awesome to see infinite paths in a designed setting. Skyrim is fantastic for the many choices and the way they permanently affects the world and trajectory. But there's ultimately a prim
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Seems like you're saying the same thing, just using "social contract" differently. I think they use social contract not to mean binding, but to highlight the fact that Hyrums Law must be taken in the social context of the pro
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Who is harmed and how? Students only have one school and limited options for the SATs. The results draw the most attention, but there are countless reputable sources people can turn to, and little lost by learning the results a bit later.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
I'm torn. The rise of python did massively increase the accessibility of programming, but it simultaneously tied much of the industry to one of the most poorly designed languages still in use. Simultaneously, the low barrier has create
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by kmacdough 2y ago
I learned most of what I know about computer architecture from Minecraft CPUS. It's great to see this is still around for younger generations.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Well a lot of these aren't counterpoints but rather examples of when companies naively followed KPIs to their own detriment. Boing has fallen from dominance to a distant second, Windows has been steadily losing dominance, Ford's d
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Right, Terrance was hoping it would have something new to think about it, some new perspective, right or wrong. GPTs have the ability to process insane amounts of information across all branches of math, science and art. This ability e
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by kmacdough 2y ago
"Oh, but our system is so secure, you don't need other layers."
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Exactly. It all depends on your needs and — to be honest — the quality of your sysops engineering. You may not only need dedicated sysops, but you may incur higher incidental costs with lost productivity when your solution inevitably goes d
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Right. To. Repair. Companies won't stop fighting it. We mustn't stop fighting for it.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Awesome work! It's a wonder how much hasn't been done in a world of 8 billion people. A single skilled individual with some free time filling in a gap can be HUGE. Gets me looking for gaps. 8 Billion people seems like a lot, but
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Cut a few fresh sponges across the blade, then give the blade a couple bounces off the stone counter to make sure it's got that clean ring to it. EDIT: but he's skeptical of all the hype around sharp knives. He finds his butter kn
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by kmacdough 2y ago
$20 consideration for reducing legal ambiguity around code they already own. Even if it's almost guaranteed to roll in favor of the employer, simply having to litigate it is enormously expensive. Such litigation would be detrimental to
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by kmacdough 2y ago
It's still opening up a whole political mess. Which dependencies need/deserve it the most? With the backlash on this post, I cannot imagine an actual list with actual dollar amounts. No matter the list, there will be an army of
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Nice try, but UDP is very much not a file transfer protocol.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
The benefit is all for naught if it undermines the fabric of society at the same time. All these benefits will only go to the few who land on top of this mess. It's continuing to widen the wealth gap as it is.
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Managed systems make a lot of sense in small companies, where keeping head count down is the key to agility & communication. For personally funded projects it's never worth the cost and for big teams (100+) its typically worth the
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Unsurprising. MS has never been innovative. They just bully, buy out and patent troll competition. Every product they buy they immediately trash the freedom and, soon after, the entire experience. If you have the freedom to use your PC as y
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by kmacdough 2y ago
> All that said, the fact that most companies have a corporate hierarchy and they largely outcompete employee-owned or founder-owned cooperatives in the marketplace tends to suggest that even with the pitfalls, this is a more efficient s
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by kmacdough 2y ago
The point is adding a centralized control structure in front of E2E encrypted traffic fundamentally undermines the principals that make E2E work. It creates a massive centralized point of failure, creating an obvious and fundamentally britt
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by kmacdough 2y ago
But you might ask an AI to manage a marketing campaign. Marketing is phenomenally effective and there are loads of subtle ways for marketing to exploit without being obvious from a distance. Marketing is already incredibly abusive and that&
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by kmacdough 2y ago
Generally, the mindset that makes the best engineers is an obsession with solving hard problems. Anecdotally, there's not a lot of overlap between the best engineers I know and the best paid engineers I know. The best engineers I know

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