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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Agreed with all of that, but with the added point that Knuth has done a lot of work in this exact area in The Art of Computer Programming Volume 4. If he considers this conjecture open given his particular knowledge of the field, it likely
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Did you read the article? It was an open problem.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
It would be interesting if it were Dan Simmons…
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
This does not appear to be true if you read the earlier "Activation" section. If you have an existing subscription, it pauses while the free period is active. After that free period, your existing subscription resumes. As I rea
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
I don't think replacing "increased" with "greater" or "higher" would compromise communication to researchers at all, but it could cut down on misinterpretation and miscommunication in the wider science rep
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
It's that, as I understand it. Anthropic is the only vendor certified to run its models on DoD/DoW classified networks.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Take your pick from the many other choices offered by companies that don't care about mass spying on _anyone_.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
When? Its entire history from the foundation of the Republic to 1947. The name was changed after WWII; now a faction wants to change it back. The difference in name never changed the behavior, in either direction.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
You're hiring, so of course that's the message you're getting from recruiters. "Market is hot", so take their candidates quick before someone else snaps them up. Don't believe this line without confirmation.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
"Move fast and break things?"
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
I don't know what you like, but in addition to the Book of the New Sun I really enjoyed his three-volume "Soldier" series, about a mercenary in ancient Greece who suffers from Memento-style amnesia (although this series far p
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
It feels human to me, but LinkedIn-ish. The "Press enter or click to view image in full size" suggests this was cut and pasted from a source blog or something.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
I did something very similar, but less focused on dialogue and more focused on deep analysis of medical research papers for a specific condition. Like you, I got really outstanding results.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Lizardman's Constant is famously 4%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#Lizardman's_C...
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
This response provides the recommended daily allowance of irony.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
To me it seems less about absolving the LLM and more saying that "a modern UI for gathering customer details" is wildly underspecified. You're asking the LLM to generate something tasteful for a very vague use case; there&#x
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Doesn't work on Windows in a VS Code terminal window, unfortunately.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
You can easily do this, at least with Claude Code. Ask it to install and use Playwright to confirm rendering and flow. You're correct that it is a failing to not do this. When you do, it definitely helps cut down on bugs. EDIT: Sorr
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Yes, as all of modern politics illustrates, once one has staked out a position on an issue it is far more important to stick to one's guns regardless of observations rather than update based on evidence.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
And sometimes the medical system’s inertia and default risk aversion keeps someone from an obvious diagnosis or treatment that could save them. Sometimes strong advocacy is exactly what is needed.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Good article! I especially liked the approach to replicate manual commits with the agent. I did not do that when learning but I suspect I'd have been much better off if I had.
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by mwigdahl 8mo ago
Wow, no I didn't, but that sounds like a fantastic game mechanic!
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
It's not just a joke, it's a meta-joke! To address the substance of your comment, it's probably an opportunity cost thing. Programmers on staff were likely engaged in what was at least perceived as higher value work, and re
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
Yes, the problem of accurately measuring software "productivity" has stymied the entire industry for decades, but people keep trying. It's conceivable that you might be able to get some sort of more-usable metric out of some
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
Those links really bring back the memories! I messed around with Akalabeth, Eamon, and Adventure Construction set all three back in the day.
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
Personally I really enjoy the syntax of Inform 7, but tastes vary and I certainly understand not liking it. TADS 3 is another option if you prefer a more object-oriented, ALGOL-ish syntax with equivalent power. The IFComp has run for decade
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
"Have your Grok call my Grok!"
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
Despite the false advertising in the Tears for Fears song, everybody does _not_ want to rule the world. Omohundro drives are a great philosophical thought experiment and it is certainly plausible to consider that they might apply to AI, bu
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
I wondered, but the lack of "the" before "DC" tipped me toward interpreting it as the place name, especially as AWS us-east-1 is in Northern Virginia. Thanks for clarifying!
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by mwigdahl 9mo ago
Wow, TIL there was an atomic attack on the capitol in October!

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