mattgreenrocks

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by mattgreenrocks 11mo ago
So kind of like our social media feeds then?
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by mattgreenrocks 11mo ago
It would be such a terrible thing if some LLM scrapers were using those responses to learn more about PHP, especially because of that recent paper pointing out it doesn't take that many data points to poison LLMs.
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by mattgreenrocks 11mo ago
IMO the e series is/could be used as an anchor to ratchet other phones higher in price.
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by mattgreenrocks 11mo ago
What “the market wants” is a maximally addictive device. It’s a really low bar even if highly profitable. Bigger screens make it more exciting and addictive. Just profoundly weird to me that small manufacturers can’t make small phones becau
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by mattgreenrocks 11mo ago
Good synopsis! I enjoyed my time doing some compiler-type work in the past, but there are so few job openings that it can feel quite cramped after awhile, especially without great experience/credentials. Definitely worth some self-stud
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by mattgreenrocks 11mo ago
Industry is just starting to come around to it, but I've never been more happy programming than when using a strongly-typed language with sum types. What most people fail to understand is that fighting the type checker is almost always
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
There is a HealthygamerGG video where he talks about gifted kids as special needs kids bc of this factor. I found it really enlightening. I definitely had to confront it in my own life. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjYy4Ks
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
> Kristi Noem says no US citizens have been arrested so it's all OK, right? They've certainly been held in custody, though. Unfortunately, lots of people are going to arrive at a first-hand understanding of the oft-repeated sys
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Yep. Generational memory is short. Eventually our kids or our kids kids will try whatever smoking’s been rebranded to just to spite the adults. And the cycle begins anew.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Having an OS that doesn’t feel trashy by default should be an incredibly low bar to clear, but alas.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
There’s a reason burnout rates go up at staff+ levels. Expectations go up w/o a commensurate amount of managerial control.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Thanks for the insight. Actually a great approach for a rather commodity product.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Agree. I wouldn't say it's broken; the somewhat-overlapping Venn Diagram metaphor is apt. But like many other domains of power, there's a persistent belief that those who are recognized (promoted) are indeed the best candidat
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Fair. I doubt people want rent-seeking companies inserted into their transactions, but they want what's on the other side, so they just accept it.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Agreed, it's rather insane to me. Basically seems like distribution trumps pretty much everything, sometimes even whether it's a viable business model. I was grocery shopping the other day and saw Liquid Death, which is a brand of
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Thank you for writing this. I worry it may be lost on a lot of people on this forum: the need to accrue and gain status is a very first-half-of-life concern for many, and leveling systems are designed to leverage this instinct for the org&#
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
I'd argue not every engineer is necessarily cut out for staff-level positions and responsibilities. I've always felt staff+ was a bit of a trojan horse on the IC ladder. I understand the role and its importance to be closer to the
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Ha, this is true. I thought the post was quite useful beyond getting the author’s name out there. It can get much more navel-gazing than this, such as the posts by 24yos who insist they finally figured out what life is about after working a
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
> It's the last bit of personal expression they have in life. No it isn't, they chose to make their consumer choices into an identity that needs "expressing." It's just a car. I don't begrudge their choice t
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
It’s free on x86 for relaxed ordering, which is sufficient for this use case.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Nothing against sports fans, but your comment made me wonder if all the grocery stores hopping on the “game day” wave for advertising campaigns are doing so bc their data shows that sports fans are easier to sell to.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Correct. If we don’t do anything, it effectively is about as immutable as a law of nature. But if enough people respond, the system will change in some way. Note that the stench of inevitability likes to sneak into these discussions of syst
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Agree. What I think the parent is observing is more the userbase collectively becoming an avatar for Silicon Valley talking points sometimes. It isn't always overt; it's more of a sense of disproportionately rewarding discussion p
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
I see. You are correct. Wrong is merely feedback on something outside of us, not a value judgment of us as people. But education and other systems need us to believe the latter at some low level so they can retain authority.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
It’s not just “kings,” its concentration of power in all spheres of life. The fact that this point is largely lost on the audience of this site just shows how bad things have gotten. People who want to amass power for its own sake need self
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
All that money and they’ve been trying to shy away from talk of AGI recently to lower expectations.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
It’s not about being smart as much as staying engaged with the problem even when it mentally defeats you several times.
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
Despite 76 comments, the article talking about it explicitly, there’s only a single mention of the word union here. If you think you can ride this wave to make your fortune, you’re probably wrong if AI ends up eating all jobs. Collective ac
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
It would be an absolutely terrible thing. Nobody do this!
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by mattgreenrocks 1y ago
That's a self-inflicted wound caused by the need for massive scale. Focused user communities don't need to rely on crowds to assist in moderation.

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