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by mwigdahl 2y ago
It does — /clear. It also has /compact to summarize previous tasks to preserve some situational awareness while reducing context bulk.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Wow, what awesome information! Thanks for sharing!
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Chatbot arena leaderboard is a good test for vibes and style of response, but not much else. R1's performance in objective benchmarks (coding, etc.) showed very good performance, granted, but inferior to the full o1 and o1-pro models.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
I think it's more just saying that second person narrative is not common and so it tends to throw people off. Not that your points aren't necessarily valid, but I don't think you can get all the way there just off of second
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
No, it was not. It was not better than o1, nor o1-pro. Yes, it was _cheaper_ than those models, and superior in price/performance if the performance was acceptable. But in terms of raw performance it was behind them.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Same, and it's disturbing that this is going to be picked up on as a bogus "tell" that my writing isn't my own.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
You could quit using high level language compilers also, jump back to pure assembly, and get smarter still!
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." -- Frank Herbert, _Dune_
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
In the US, asymptomatic people 50+ are routinely screened for colon cancer with a much more expensive and invasive process. A cheap blood test for another major killer seems pretty reasonable to add in.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
A Mind Forever Voyaging was way ahead of its time.
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Show HN: AI Model Name Generator(vercel.com)
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
It is the President’s call for any _additional_ applications. It is not his call for TikTok or any other ByteDance applications.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
These are awful, but the worst one for me is referring to "people" or "employees" as "resources". I feel a sharp surge of irritation every time someone does that.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
I always make that connection too, with just that one word. Not sure why that one in particular, but it's consistent...
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
When my oldest was going into middle school the district started providing devices for the kids to use in class. There was breathless hype about how this would usher in a new age of technological competence and improved pedagogy. I asked
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
All those satellites are in low enough orbits to have lifespans measured in single-digit years. They will not stay in orbit as "junk".
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
"Torched climate change progress" is a wildly overblown take: https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-demand
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Is this the case in the Netherlands as well? The street vendor cone of frites with satay sauce I had in Amsterdam was one of the best fry experiences I've had.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Just to note, Solo Leveling is Korean.
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For one, because an H-1B holder is legally bound to the hiring company and can't seek work elsewhere. It is much higher level of employer leverage, particularly in a hot market.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Not if you make coffee at home.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Thanks, I typed that on my phone and it "fixed" it for me without me noticing.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Chalk another one up for Vernor Vinge. This tech seems like it could directly enable the “ubiquitous surveillance” from _A Deepness in the Sky_. Definitely something to watch closely.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
This is very true, and I second the importance of long tenure. There is no substitute for it; it helps with product experience, personal relationships, and organizational knowledge.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
This sounds cynical on its face but it is my experience as well. Management does not actually trust engineers to provide value without close oversight (sometimes with good reason!), so any framework that purports to give engineers more aut
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
I had a similar experience -- went to a new dentist, they found two "cavities", tried to hard-sell me into getting them filled right then. I declined, never went back to that practice, and 10 years later my teeth are perfectly fi
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
It is my belief that you may not fully leverage the synergistic potential of the value-added verbosity inherent in corporate linguistics.
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Everything you say is true, but my point was on the declining frequency of sex, which is a prerequisite to having kids. People may very well be avoiding having kids due to the economic burden, but that doesn't explain the decrease in
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
Not to worry. Social media and ubiquitous porn are already reducing relationships and frequency of sex in the younger generations in the West. With the rise of AI "companions" I expect that trend to accelerate. We just need to
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by mwigdahl 2y ago
I see what you see. I'm not sure what the motive is here. So many business processes designed to minimize risk, but core technical and design knowledge that is required to keep systems operational is left to rot away.

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