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maleldil
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9mo ago
It's a good benchmark for how agents can write very complex code. Browsers are likely among the most complex programs we have today (arguably more complex than many OSs). Even if the problem is well-defined, many sceptics would still s
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Are you trying to say that Rc/Arc are GCs? I guess you're technically correct, but no one sees it that way.
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9mo ago
I feel like I'm going crazy. Hyperoptic is fine. I pay 40 quid for gigabit, and it's stable and fast.
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10mo ago
I don't understand why you keep bringing up performance. If you're considering using Python, as many projects are, performance is obviously not a concern. Python is a good language. Its ecosystem is rich, and I find it very produc
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I think you're underestimating the current state of the Python type system. With Python 3.12 and pyright or mypy in strict mode, it's very reliable, and it makes those kinds of tests unnecessary. This requires you to fully buy int
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10mo ago
But that's not the argument here. Python type hints allow checking correctness statically, which is what matters for agents.
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> neovim I have to turn off my config (-u NONE) for large files (e.g., multi-GB JSON files), or everything slows to a crawl. I never profiled it to know what's causing the slowdown. It might be treesitter.
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10mo ago
How is it trolling, though? Annoying, sure. But the content here is valid and worth reading, even if the medium is suboptimal.
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10mo ago
On 10 years old hardware?
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10mo ago
You can achieve this with structural subtyping, such as Go interfaces and Python protocols. Whether that is desirable is a different question.
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Oh, it's known. It just has an incredibly negative reputation on this site.
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10mo ago
> but pyright will not (because it infers the types of unannotated collections as having Any) This is incorrect. pyright will infer the type of x as list[Unknown].
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11mo ago
Which only means they can mimic the output of a human. So does a p-zombie. It doesn't make them human.
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11mo ago
You can always convert from Polars to Pandas. Plotnine will do it automatically for you, even.
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11mo ago
Accessibility. It's both a very common abbreviation and very easy to search for.
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You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about, mate. .NET is like Java. It's behind critical systems you haven't heard of because they're not flashy or glamorous, so you have no idea how prevalent they actually a
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11mo ago
The AI should've told him that you can have a local gitignore (.git/info/exclude)
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11mo ago
Maybe they say it as an "ew" diphthong instead? As an ESL, that makes sense to me.
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11mo ago
Javascript didn't have the same FFI story with C/Fortran as Python. That's what allowed libraries such as numpy, scipy, pandas, etc. to flourish.
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Anubis is open-source (MIT).
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1y ago
For what it's worth, pyright highlights the problem in your first example: t.py:11:20 - error: Argument of type "Self@C" cannot be assigned to parameter "self" of type "B" in function "__init__&
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1y ago
If Mozilla needs ill-fated diversification attempts to try to stay afloat, forks are in an even worse situation.
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In Python, they're very easy to use. Define your schema with Pydantic and pass the class to your client calls. There are some details to know (eg field order can affect performance), but it's very easy overall. Other languages pro
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> it's time to throw in the towel And do what? Use a Chromium-based browser, which is infinitely worse?
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How do you know that for sure? How can you be absolutely certain that LLMs are what will lead to AGI?
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What if you're in 30 °C weather?
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> People aren’t allowed to mutilate babies Circumcision?
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Native speakers also seem to have given up on "less" vs "fewer" entirely.
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1y ago
Is the result is molecular identical? If so, no.
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Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-can-overrule-constituti...
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