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by makk 2y ago
Every time I hear people talking about invasive species I think, “have you looked in the mirror?”
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by makk 2y ago
Rearranging deck chairs on the titanic much?
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by makk 2y ago
That's interesting. Really curious about where it's failing for you, where other models are succeeding.
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by makk 2y ago
Under the accounts menu in the bottom left, open Feature Preview and enable Artifacts.
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by makk 2y ago
I haven’t been blown away by its coding as compared to 4o. It feels similar. I use it via the chat interface and copy/paste. I’d prefer to use it directly in IntelliJ but haven’t found a plugin that doesn’t get in my way to the point o
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by makk 2y ago
That’s a perception and the problem isn’t the AI it’s human nature: 1. every time AI is able to do a thing we move the goalposts and say, yeah, but it can’t do that other thing over there; 2. We are impatient, so our ability to get bored te
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by makk 2y ago
Agree. Humans, unlike other animals, film themselves mating.
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by makk 2y ago
Wow! Thank you!
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Ask HN: Favorite Little Corners of the Internet?
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by makk 2y ago
Sometimes, in the interest of efficiency, you only use half your horsepower.
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by makk 2y ago
I think they are alluding to the sorts of things that Steve Blank teaches in his book The Four Steps to the Epiphany. If you're unfamiliar, it's worth a read IMHO.
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by makk 2y ago
That article seriously needed a TL;DR. So many words to make so little point. I thought I’d save people some trouble by providing it. Seems the crowd prefers doing it the hard way. Live and learn.
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by makk 2y ago
The article discusses three unexpected anti-patterns in engineering leadership: 1. Micromanagement Avoidance: Sometimes, engaging in details can prevent leaders from becoming bureaucrats and help in making informed decisions. 2. Flawed Metr
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by makk 2y ago
“I immediately knew I was onto something.” Every successful bootstrapper who I know personally says this. The ultimate success didn’t happen instantly but the product/market fit was obvious on day one. And they didn’t iterate their way
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by makk 2y ago
I wasn’t presenting an either or. I said some people are motivated by doing the thing for pay but not owning / running it. This is truth and many of the best agency people I’ve known are like this.
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by makk 2y ago
Agree. Until you’ve done it yourself, you probably won’t realize all the reasons why it appears 95% are bad and what actually matters to customers.
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by makk 2y ago
Be sure that market has money to spend on your services.
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by makk 2y ago
Best as I can tell, it comes down to your temperament. Some people love to bill the hour and work on new things without having ultimate responsibility (or upside / downside) in operating the thing. What gets you up in the morning?
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by makk 2y ago
Looking at the chart, it appears they’ve narrowed it down to absolutely anything.
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by makk 2y ago
?
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by makk 2y ago
Perhaps they are relying on their LLM’s hallucinated definitions of open source?
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by makk 2y ago
> Why can't openai just be a competent drama-free org? Because it is run by humans, for the time being.
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by makk 2y ago
In English?
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by makk 2y ago
> They get stereotyped for not wanting to ‘be a small piece of the puzzle’ That’s hilarious. We’re ALL small pieces in a universal puzzle. Inescapable. And yeah, anyone who understands the value of their time and is in a position to make
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by makk 2y ago
Sounds awfully dreary.
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by makk 2y ago
"Most of the time when we make a decision that looks good, it's because we messed up before and don't want to repeat the mistake."
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by makk 3y ago
> most deadlines were entirely arbitrary Yes. As are most tasks, in my experience. Looking back on your almost 30 years, what percent of tasks could have been skipped entirely and, in the long run, it wouldn't have mattered? For me,
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by makk 3y ago
> I'm not terribly convinced that software engineering is harder on someone mental health than being a ... lawyer ... is. I am. I worked alongside lawyers for almost a decade, providing them with non-engineering professional service
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by makk 3y ago
I don’t know how much is microbiome or micronutrients or general diet or what, but yes, as guided by my doctors, I’ve made a few adjustments to supplements and foods that made a huge difference in anxiety and depression. Some of the adjustm
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by makk 3y ago
Indeed. For example, health care outcomes are way better in the US. That’s why Americans live longer than Canadians. But seriously, it’s true that since health care costs aren’t classified as a tax in the US, the taxes in the US appear to b

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