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by matwood 1y ago
> VSCode (and all Electron based editors) have undeniable input latency. Start up time, sure. But VSCode was lauded as the first performant Electron based editor. I just tested VSCode, Zed, and vim and I can't see any difference fro
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by matwood 1y ago
That's fair. The LLM hype has been next level, but it's only rivaled by the 'it never works for anything and will make you stupid' crowd. Both are wrong in my experience.
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by matwood 1y ago
A pet peeve of mine are slides with walls of text. I put a few bullets or graphic on a slide mainly as a signpost for myself. By the time I give a presentation I've practiced enough that I can see any slide and go from there.
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by matwood 1y ago
I write all the time and couldn't quote anything off hand. What I can talk about are the ideas in the writing. I find LLMs useful as an editor. Here's what I want to say, is it clear or are there better words, etc... And then I ne
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by matwood 1y ago
> It's easy to assume it's always accurate when it generally is. But it's not always. So like a lot of the internet? I don’t really understand this idea that LLMs have to be right 100% of the time to be useful. Very little
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by matwood 1y ago
There’s a particular Italian government website and the only way I can find it is through ChatGPT. It’s a sub site under another site and I assume it’s the context of my question that surfaces the site when Google wouldn’t.
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by matwood 1y ago
It's always about the money. And when someone says it's not about the money, it's absolutely about the money. Once people understand that, the world becomes much easier to navigate.
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by matwood 1y ago
> Strangely I've found myself more exhausted at the end of the week and I think it's because of the constant supervision necessary to stop Claude from colouring outside the lines when I don't watch it like a hawk. Welcome
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by matwood 1y ago
I’m wondering if you’ve ever felt debilitating acute pain. I had nerve pain in the past to where my leg felt like it was on fire. It was then I understood how people get addicted to pain killers. I was able to address the problem and I’ve b
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by matwood 1y ago
Instead of replace, think reduce. A graphical designer/lead might have farmed out some work to a contractor, with AI they now just do it themselves. It doesn't look like 'cheap AI' because they used the tools to augment
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by matwood 1y ago
There's a lot of nuance in these types of stories. First, the US is far from uniform in salaries. Salaries in large metro areas are different from smaller areas and are different from CA/SV. Europe also isn't uniform, and in
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by matwood 1y ago
> Think of the model as an investment. Exactly, or a factory.
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by matwood 1y ago
Depends on what you say of course. Keep in mind that someone changing their mind as they learn more is not called lying, but is the definition of science.
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by matwood 1y ago
The US is a big place and many Americans never travel anywhere else. Heck, a large number of Americans believe criminals are burning down LA.
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by matwood 1y ago
I know it’s not the best place to end up, but I always end up back on Apple Notes. It’s has enough features, syncs across my devices, and is simple to use.
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by matwood 1y ago
#4 is huge. I happily paid for all the streaming services, then I moved out of the US, and most stopped working even on VPN. Most things I’ve just stopped watching, but it’s annoying where I’m trying to pay and still can’t access. Cost was&
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by matwood 1y ago
Everyone has some level of privilege. I didn't get my first PC until I was a freshman in college. I had to spend part of my college loan buying one (~$3k IIRC). Up to that point I had only played with the Apple IIc's and the few M
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by matwood 1y ago
There's also the classic 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'. Many later books are rehashing of parts of HTWFAIP.
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by matwood 1y ago
You don't need to know much about sports. If you can just keep up with what's in season that's typically enough. Who do you think will go to the super bowl? Have you done a final four bracket? are great questions as long as i
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by matwood 1y ago
My great grandfather, also Irish-American, is buried in Epinal, France. He died fighting in the battle of the bulge. I wonder what part of the US population was Irish-Americans during WW2, and furthermore what percentage of lower incomes we
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by matwood 1y ago
> You could replace the word “scientist” with “priest” in your post and it would be no different. No. Scientist seek to understand and change their beliefs as the facts become clear - the scientific method. Science is self correcting. So
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by matwood 1y ago
> Honestly I think this stuff goes very under-reported. It's not under-reported generally, it's that a large portion of the population only watches certain news channels that do not report what's going on. That's why
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by matwood 1y ago
"If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any"
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by matwood 1y ago
And not just weight loss, but the people I know on GLP-1's have also significantly cut back on alcohol. I think there are ongoing trials around GLP-1's and general addiction.
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by matwood 1y ago
Probably depends where you live in the US. For example, I grew up on the southeast US coast and we had basic boater safety as part of drivers ed in high school. I also had swimming lessons, but they were not part of a school curriculum.
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by matwood 1y ago
I wouldn’t consider an Escalade a truck, just a luxury SUV. A Hilux/Tacoma, Tundra or F150 are trucks. And they pretty capable of doing all the things. My Tundra might be one of the best cars I ever owned.
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by matwood 1y ago
The first trade price and not the IPO price? That's likely because the IPO is so over subscribed it's likely to pop 40-50% on it's first trade. If you're talking about the IPO price, I think that's unlikely without
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by matwood 1y ago
I hear you, and I've never solely chased money either. But, we unfortunately live in world driven by money, and if I'm going to pour myself into work I want to be compensated appropriately. I also have a huge issue with feeling li
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by matwood 1y ago
Bingo. You also need to know your camera. I have a d7100, a Z5, and the latest iPhone pro. For quick snapshots it's really hard to beat the iPhone. If I can get very close to something, the iPhone can also do some cool things. My d7100
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by matwood 1y ago
Funny you mention ISPs... https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/client-alerts/when-does-...

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