megaloblasto

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by megaloblasto 1y ago
There are a lot of different niches to software development. It could be that your specific niche isn't seeing much benefit yet. However, continuing to hold onto a view that AI is hype garbage could very possibly hurt your career in th
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I'll bet he's strong enough to push nails into wood so he never uses a hammer.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I'm speaking just to coding productivity. I think AI does very little for business development or creativity type issues. People should realize that denying that AI can boost productivity in coding makes it look like they don't kn
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Many people are seeing huge gains in coding productivity with AI. If you're not one of those people it might be useful to evaluate why you aren't experiencing any benefits, instead of claiming that there are none.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
The math for the $20,000 is in my first post. $60 a paper times 365 days a year is $21,900 and I rounded down. I don't have an example of a $60 paper (I don't keep a list) but below is a $42 paper and a $35 paper that I came acros
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
$20,000 annually to keep up on the latest science makes it prohibitively expensive for most of the world to do meaningful science. If only the rich can do science then we miss out on crucial scientific advancements. Less scientific advancem
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Oh my god. I gotta stop eating apples.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
That's what I tell diabetic patients struggling to afford insulin. "Hey that's the price, that's just how it is, if you don't like it, don't buy it"
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I still had the same problem as a student at a major state school in the usa. Most schools don't subscribe to all the journals. I think I had IEEE and a few more, but more of the time they were paywalled.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I see this happening in my own life too. I've started saying "great question! ::smiley emoji::" when people ask me dumb questions
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I have to read a lot of papers for work. Sometimes 2 or 3 a day. Often when I find one I'm interested in, they want $60 to read the one paper. If I have to read one paper a day, that's about $20,000 a year just to stay up to date
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Very interesting. Reminds me of 2001 a space odyssey when the pilot unplugs parts of Hals brain in order to regain control over the ship.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
How does a pilot switch between the three modes? Just switches on the dash?
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
This is a very hot take that I've never seen expressed before. The subtle use of words has a major impact on society and the people in it.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Sort of off topic but this reminds me of a Hunter S Thompson quote I read yesterday about the Nixon administration "Meanwhile, the Vice president of the United States has been lashed out of office and disbarred in his home state of Mar
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
People who use amazon are part of the misguided masses.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
The implicit idea in your comment that there is no important work in low GDP countries reminds me of this quote: "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that pe
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
It definitely sounds like you're trying to excuse the labor exploitation of multinational corporations. I was just pointing out that the network doesn't figure out how to classify things without a massive human undertaking. Are yo
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
This is a nice article but it fails to mention something important. Beyond the computer magic that makes neural networks so powerful, there is a massive human effort, often from people in Sub-Saharan Africa, that spend all day labeling imag
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
True, however I know a lot of people over 60 who think that walking alone is sufficient. You need to strength train too. Train your abs and at least do body squat variations. Walking is great to lose weight and keep your heart healthy, but
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I just want a little phone that I can use with one hand and doesn't stretch out my pocket...
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
He created a visualization library called Manim and it's great.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
James Baldwin was born in 1924. Language changes a lot in 100 years. He is one of the greatest American authors and has a very intentional use of words. In this case, perhaps the use of her is supposed to convey an intimacy with his relatio
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
"I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually" If you've read James Baldwin you can recognize how powerful it is for him to say that.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Damn, now we gotta add solulu too
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
"Why did the sun climb a tree?" is a crazy thing for a naked old man to yell at you at 4am while he runs full sprint at your apartment door. But that's just Chicago for you.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
I'm pointing out that Hacker news has a lot of members that get very upset if you suggest using Linux when they complain about Windows. I think meta commentary about the platform is valid, especially since the platform is just posts an
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
You're looking for MacOS. Linux is for people who want full control over their system and no Steve Jobs character telling them what they want.
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
In this case, the front exploded off
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by megaloblasto 1y ago
Got it, but those are more Ubuntu specific qualms that you have, not arguments against Linux in general. I use NixOS and I don't have UX problems because my UX is fully customized to work exactly how I want. Plus, for every but of fric

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