kristiandupont

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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Only if you don't learn anything while developing. Which is also never the case.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
I wrote a linter for schemas (Postgres only): [link redacted] I've found it to be a pretty useful way of establishing patterns for data modelling in a team.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Cursor is at $100m ARR. People (users, not just investors) are giving them money, not because they expect to see value in a couple of years.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>they’re not a product I think it's pretty fair to say that they have close to doubled my productivity as a programmer. My girlfriend uses ChatGPT daily for her work, which is not "tech" at all. It's fair to be skepti
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>I saw someone saying 80% of doctors believe that LLM's are trustworthy consultation partners. See, now that is something I don't know why I should trust: a random person on the internet citing a statistics that they saw some
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>can we stop pretending with the generic name for ChatGPT? What? I use several LLM's, including ChatGPT, every day. It's not like they have it all cornered..
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
You may be able to boycott it now, but I am pretty sure there will come a time where that's not feasible if you want to participate in society, the same way it's no longer feasible to "boycott the internet".
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
I just tried these with ChatGPT (4o) and it got both of them right. That's not to say that you won't be able to find something that still works but I think that particular hole is closing fast.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>The alternative to regulation is innovation That's a very easy but hand-wavy thing to say. How exactly would your suggestion work? Are the companies supposed to share their findings from this forced research with the world? What ha
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>there are still many questions which a human can easily answer, but even the best LLMs currently can't. I am genuinely curious: what is an example of such a question, if it's for a person you don't know (i.e. where you ca
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
lol
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Sure. I just think that we will be looking back at that as a horribly inefficient and expensive way to accomplish something that will be much more advanced soon.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Most people here seem concerned about insurance companies misusing personal data or a full-on totalitarian government takeover. However, my concern is about becoming susceptible to manipulation and coercion. A significant aspect the last el
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Right, so your argument is that this is easy , and if it turns out that it's not, we'll just be smug and tell them that they were holding it wrong all along? It sounds like you are picturing in your head that all spreadsheet work
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
If you have a spreadsheet with macros that are anything more than the most basic, you can't run it in Calc. It's not that trivial.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
That's true, but conspiracy theorists are not typically out on some philanthropic mission. It's a hobby -- they are doing it because conspiracy theories are fun. That's why they aren't actually interested in things where
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
The new administration are talking about revoking birthright citizenship. I can see why a mere visa holder would be concerned.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Is there a way to delete all your tweets from X afterwards?
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
You could have said the same about Ukraine. Assuming rational (even if transactional) moves from dictators seems naïve.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>It seems we are pushed into major conflicts >so her friends can build expensive tanks that will never see a battle I am not sure how you consolidate the two statements. It seems to me that there is a very real risk of armed conflict
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>But you are fundamentally "fighting the last battle" In your opinion, what is the current/future battle, then?
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
>infrastructure, databases, data engineering, stats Why would those areas be less exposed to the "LLM threat"?
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Maybe you like this one better: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lsX3W4
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
A related "existential" observation that I had when exploring these as a teenager: what's further in always seems exciting. Then, when seeing it up close, the appeal immediately disappears, only for the new "far away&quo
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Apologies, I should have added the marker.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Right, porn causes trafficking while hate speech is so-called and the worst that can happen is that some people get offended. Yours is a political standpoint, not an ideological one. Which is fair, but don't pretend it's not.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
I have no data on enforcement but since it went into effect, every place I've worked has taken it very seriously so it has definitely had consequences, very positive ones in my opinion.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Occam's razor helps identify which hypothesis to test first, it doesn't state some truth.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Put them in numbered containers at the start of the experiment.
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by kristiandupont 2y ago
Oh come on! Studies about supplements over time are almost always "poorly controlled" because you have to ask people to do something while living their lives. Also, N=1 experiments can absolutely be interesting and give us ideas f

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