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by ookdatnog 1y ago
Don't iterators necessarily "forget" the structure of the tree? I can see how you can write an iterator to, for example, compute the size of a tree, or generate the set of all variables that occur in an expression tree. But i
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by ookdatnog 1y ago
Not commenting on general trends, but I don't think my opinion on IP shifted massively as a result of the rise of LLMs. I can summarize it as follows: - It seems desirable to have some system that allows creatives to be paid for thei
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by ookdatnog 1y ago
The AI's job as described in this article is two-fold: - The relatively trivial task of extracting textual data from the screen. - The task of obfuscating that they're publishing other people's work as their own. When I click
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
> The uncomfortable truth: most of us in tech understand that today's advertising systems are fundamentally parasitic. While my opinion on ad tech has been negative for years, over the past couple of years I've come to realise
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
Stupidity is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for believing in Trump's particular delusions. You can be stupid and not delude yourself into thinking that others must lose for you to win.
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
> Half the people complaining about Trump's actions say that it's all according to Project 2025, and half the people say what you're saying, that's it all chaotic incompetence with no plan. I think this is a misunders
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
That only explains part of his behavior. Something peculiar to Trump's mindset is the pervasiveness of zero-sum thinking. There is nothing about growing up spoiled that necessarily creates this mindset; in fact I'd expect the oppo
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I agree that Project 2025 broadly sets the agenda, but when it comes to tariffs specifically, I'm under the impression that Trump is singularly obsessed with them and the conservative think tanks are, even if they're pro-tariff, u
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
In the culture of the contemporary American right, cruelty is a sign of strength and mercy (or even just empathy) is seen as weakness.
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I'm convinced Trump is 100% sincere in his belief that his economic ideas are brilliant and will lead the US to a golden age. I think his (and much of the far right's) mind is characterized by: - a deep incuriosity and unwillingne
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I think most teachers are not naive wrt the transactional perception of education in their students. However, what keeps a passionate teacher going is the belief that, if they do their job well, at least some significant subset of students
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
Where are you getting "since the trump adm." from? This is what OP wrote: > but in the last 10 years or so, it seems to me that there has been a huge increase in violence, and I have huge fears about guns. They do not mention T
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
Not commenting on general trends, but in the specific case of this story: sometimes reality itself just isn't nuanced and one side is simply wrong. The current US administration's economic policy is disastrous. I don't see th
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I agree with your assessment in the situation you describe: greenfielding a project with tools you are unfamiliar with. For me LLMs have worked best when my progress is hindered primarily by a lack of knowledge or familiarity. If I'm w
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
Thanks, I might give that a try :)
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
> you don't get your own state by having the world, or Israel, or the US, or Iran "grant" it to you. They are 100% dependent on Israel granting them their state. Take electricity for example. Before the current fighting, G
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I'm sticking with emacs for now because it is the only editor I have encountered that actually works well in conjunction with a tiling window manager; by which I mean: it works well as a single process accessed through multiple windows
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
Progress towards what, exactly? Their own state? Or full citizenship of Israel? Or can you think of another acceptable outcome?
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I don't think this is a symmetrical situation. Life in Israel is quite comfortable. Young people have hopes and dreams beyond sacrificing themselves in an eternal war. Palestinians in Gaza have an extremely bleak outlook on the future
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
If you have some time to spare, read SICP [0] and do the exercises :) (probably easiest to use DrRacket [1] as the interpreter) [0] https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b... [1] https:&
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I love learning interesting niche languages and also wish it was still the case that learning interesting languages purely out of interest was common. But I'm afraid that the network effects that favor large languages are only getting
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
That's not an unreasonable thought, but I think you underestimate how many people know that they are buying an illusion and are fine with that. To support that point: there are people right now who pay real money to chat with an AI com
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
OpenAI is losing far more billions than they are raking in. I don't think any generative AI company is even close to profitable at the moment. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/30/microsoft-cfo-says-openai-in.
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
If you can read Lisp (Scheme) syntax, I think SICP [0] has the clearest demonstration of the utility of lazy streams. The problem it presents (calculating pi) is, admittedly, rather academic; but the concept of having values that evolve ove
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
> My current best guess, is to hand the student stuff that was written by an LLM, and challenge them to find and correct its mistakes. Finding errors in a text is a useful exercise, but clearly a huge step down in terms of cognitive chal
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I mean, if you compare with what unspeakable things dog breeders have done to dogs over time, bonsai kittens don't seem that much of a stretch.
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
Thanks!
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
I once read a quote that I can't find anymore (and neither do I know who said/wrote it), that went something like: "Imagine advanced space-faring aliens land in your backyard and invite you to take a tour in their spaceship.
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
> Only the clinically insane are anti-washing machines.... so HN I guess. - The article is called "In defense of the washing machine". It is not anti-washing machine. - I haven't read a single comment that opposes washing
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by ookdatnog 2y ago
This is a fascinating phenomenon that I've encountered before. It seems that some multilingual people cannot easily tell which language they are speaking and/or switch languages during conversation. A friend who is learning Dutch

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