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by osmsucks 1y ago
JavaScript is: https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-encoding
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by osmsucks 1y ago
I remember having to write XF86Config by hand. EDIT: of course there's an xkcd for that: https://xkcd.com/963
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by osmsucks 1y ago
> LLMs seem to be really good at reproducing the classic Ball of Mud, that can't really be refactored or understood. This, but but only for code. I've seen "leaders" at work suggest that we "embrace" AI, eve
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by osmsucks 1y ago
I forget the exact language, but I think it originally accounted for use of only public media in "marketing and promotional" material, so it didn't include private photos and ML training. This seems to be a step up (or, down,
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by osmsucks 1y ago
Perhaps. I scanned the list and most of them sound like interesting projects that I would like to tackle at some point (or that I have tackled in the past for "fun"). Honestly, I think I was in your same position until recently, t
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by osmsucks 1y ago
I thought this was going to be a blog post about somebody using a terminal emulator they wrote.
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by osmsucks 1y ago
I don't know of anyone who can't even operate a calculator, but is at the same buddies with ChatGPT.
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by osmsucks 1y ago
Feels to me like if you can't even use a calculator you have bigger problems to worry about...
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by osmsucks 1y ago
> They continue to use AI for math (asking LLMs to split bills, for example) Ah, yes, high tech solutions for low tech problems. Let's use the word machine for this number problem!
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by osmsucks 1y ago
You're right. Better to sell your soul away to a corporation that can fire you at will.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Was this announced at an all hands?
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by osmsucks 2y ago
> When I worked at Google there was an internal link to test out "Meena", their predecessor to later LLM chatbot work. The Julius Caesar personality which had sushi as its favorite dish (and claimed to have travelled to Japan a
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Haven't tried it, but it looks nice. Well done to the authors. Reminds me of Flow Control ( https://flow-control.dev/ ), which is really nice and comfortable to use! It looks and feels more mature than a 0.x release.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
The distracting nature of ads is a problem here: on a computer or smartphone, it's merely an annoyance; behind the wheel of a massive and fast moving vehicle, it could lead to deaths. IMHO ads in a car infotainment system should be out
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by osmsucks 2y ago
I'm not really seeing what's noteworthy about this article.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Firefox was the last bastion of freedom on the internet and the replacements aren't ready. > But do you think these can be a full browser replacement without extension ecosystems like ublock origin et al.? I'm now actually tryi
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by osmsucks 2y ago
The article does mention modules.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Use of weapons is only benign to you if you're not on the receiving end. Imagine your family being blown up by a rocket because an AI system hallucinated that they're part of a dangerous terror cell. My point though is that this i
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by osmsucks 2y ago
The difference there is that a knife has some obvious, benign use cases. Smart weapons targeting has only one use case, and it's to do harm to others.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Some country leaders do think this. But they're very particular about having that one world government named "USA" or "Russia".
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Other machines.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
> They laid us all off. I think you mean "they advanced their amazing bet". https://fiber.google.com/blog/2016/10/advancing-our-amazing-...
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by osmsucks 2y ago
"Everyone" worldwide? The rest of the world didn't sign up for this.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
The most insulting case is that of the retroactively-adjusted OKR wording so that you can always meet 0.7+ scores.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
I wonder if they used galvanized square steel and eco-friendly wood veneers.
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Nonsense. The worst song of all time is "Wonderful Christmastime" by Paul McCartney. (Don't believe me? Listen for yourself: https://youtu.be/94Ye-3C1FC8 )
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by osmsucks 2y ago
Ah, the usual "if we don't do it, someone else will".
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by osmsucks 2y ago
I had missed this news... However, this seems to be from January?
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by osmsucks 2y ago
> Running downloaded executables considered harmful Most executables are downloaded. :)
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by osmsucks 2y ago
> Actually, Google Code was never trying to win. Herein lies the tragedy. Google could've offered, even sold, its internal development experience (code hosting, indexing and searching, code reviews, build farms, etc...) which is and

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