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by makk 3y ago
Those job posts are seeking engineers who show up on time and deliver their work expeditiously.
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by makk 3y ago
Which past? People have been willing to follow doom narratives into the abyss pretty consistently over history, yeah?
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by makk 3y ago
Wow, I really don’t want to be in the US in 10 years.
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by makk 3y ago
Ship it.
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by makk 3y ago
“Weather.gov 2.0 will only succeed if everyone with NWS sees the site reflect their values, much like the agency” “Strategy for prioritization: … Add complexity, ASAP”
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by makk 3y ago
In my experience, most engineers are bad at advocating for the resources needed to make the changes and most product managers are bad at prioritizing fixes without clear guidance from engineering. Catch-22.
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by makk 3y ago
> I find it interesting that generally the first instinct seems to be to use LLMs for writing test code rather than the implementation. When you try to get the LLM to write the code, you find that it’s easier to get it to write the tests
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by makk 3y ago
> perhaps because I know how to handle it properly A subset of people seem to share this sentiment. From their perspective, the rest of us are somehow just doing it wrong when it comes to being online. What they never seem to have, howev
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by makk 3y ago
This feels shortsighted. The patent holder gets exclusive rights for a limited amount of time in exchange for publishing how the thing works. Eventually, and not long from now, everyone can make use of it without restriction. And maybe afte
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by makk 3y ago
Yeah, and the media outlet selling ads and subscriptions is out of Florida.
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by makk 3y ago
“the big reason for Florida's population surge is increased opportunities for remote work”
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by makk 3y ago
Exactly.
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by makk 3y ago
Had never heard of paper editor. Just using it now for the first time and WOW. This is amaaaaaazing. There's this thing I've wanted to write for a while now and could never quite get started. Something about this UI just pulls the
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by makk 3y ago
> In my case, I might've been lucky, though. One of the co-founders had a CS degree and deeply valued the productivity boost we got from custom software. This. A mentor told me, “[As a software developer], never work for a company w
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by makk 3y ago
> Owning things means you get to be your own master. Tell that to fixed income folks who are priced out of the houses they own due to property tax increases.
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by makk 3y ago
I’m not sure you’re focused on the important question. For example: Who you marry, if you choose to go that route, may very well be the most important decision you’ll ever make. Putting that aside, based on your question and willingness to
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by makk 3y ago
Have you tried prompting it to ask clarifying questions and be that partner? Perhaps no (extra) training required.
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50% of Consumers Will Significantly Limit Social Media Use by 2025(gartner.com)
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by makk 3y ago
Yeah, and it’s a faulty assumption that all investors price housing on the basis of rents. I recall reading that in Vancouver, BC they had a large influx of foreign money pouring into their housing market because it was a way for foreigners
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by makk 3y ago
And those taxes will be paid by whom? How does this help the renter?
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by makk 3y ago
Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands That's wild. Never tried that before but just did and I can 100% repro.
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by makk 3y ago
Heh yeah we must have been off our game that day.
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by makk 3y ago
Excuse me… You’re calling women what?
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by makk 3y ago
My experience is that noise cancellation (and transparency mode) in the AirPod max made my tinnitus much worse over time. Got rid of them. I recovered somewhat from whatever they did to me but not fully. I had tinnitus from loud music for 2
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by makk 3y ago
Well, that was quick.
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by makk 3y ago
There are examples of really long, multi-step prompts in that series of articles. Is GPT-4 good at following those in practice?
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by makk 3y ago
That looks pretty sweet! I can immediately see how there could be a companion framework that turns those descriptions into clickable prototypes, and how translation between designer and product people becomes really smooth. I love it!
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by makk 3y ago
And either way, you’re not paying enough cash to cover the value of what you’re selling, so the net result is not profitable.
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by makk 3y ago
That assumes your time costs zero. But if you assume as I do that your time is the most valuable thing you have, then there’s no way to generate profits when all you sell is your time. You can generate cash, sure. But profits as in selling
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by makk 3y ago
> No one with a choice wants these jobs. Disagree, because many people want to: > collect pension and become a Netflix advisor.

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