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by otterley 2mo ago
The benefit and promise of social media, at least early on, was that it was supposed to be authentic - that when someone posted, it was really coming from them. Engagement was truly personal, at least for a little while. It still is for mos
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by otterley 2mo ago
> Why does it matter who or what wrote a thing? Two reasons: 1. I can't effectively engage in follow-up conversation with the "author." I can't do it with the human (principal) because they didn't write it and ca
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by otterley 2mo ago
The HN Guidelines explicitly forbid posting AI-generated comments; they will be deleted if detected or reported. I'd like them to go further and delete links to AI-generated content, but I haven't been able to persuade management
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by otterley 2mo ago
> You’re all here to clutch pearls. This has all turned into virtue signalling over a title. I disagree with your characterization, but you do you, I guess. > There are better things to be doing with your day. Perhaps so. There are pr
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by otterley 2mo ago
I don't see anything in the article that says that two maintainers, let alone one, reviewed the PR manually and approved it before merging. Where are you getting this information from?
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by otterley 2mo ago
I agree with the main point. The thing is, in the US, wait times are a function of how much you're willing to spend. You can always pay for priority. But most people won't pay more, and the reality is that most healthcare systems
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by otterley 2mo ago
Lucky you. Maybe they had a last-minute cancellation, or you live in an area in which supply of urologists exceeds demand.
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by otterley 2mo ago
That's AI slop published by a think tank, not to be trusted. It's not primary source data.
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by otterley 2mo ago
I'm a Kaiser member, so I have to use their providers. The same restriction would hold for any HMO that has a closed provider list. You should see how long their surgery departments are backed up!
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by otterley 2mo ago
This is frequently true in the USA as well. My provider's dermatology department is pretty backed up and couldn't make me an appointment for an excision until November. Fortunately it's not urgent.
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by otterley 2mo ago
First, that source is unreliable, particularly for before the acquisition. (We don’t know whether the data is accurate, it’s based on GitHub’s own self reporting.) Secondly, the scale is WAY off and makes it look far worse than it is. It ma
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by otterley 2mo ago
GitHub is way more than just a git repo host. It manages code reviews, merge (pull) requests, and has an entire CI/CD workflow engine in it. Replicating all that is a challenge that most orgs are not up to.
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by otterley 2mo ago
Agreed. So is the issue really then that people were inadequately prepared with backup plans and now they're suffering the consequences? It's not all that different from, say, an AWS region having a service impact. People would ra
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by otterley 2mo ago
The CTO discussed it a few months back: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/addressing-gi...
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by otterley 2mo ago
The CTO said otherwise: https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/addressing-gi...
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by otterley 2mo ago
3P-maintained infrastructure is what makes civilizations work efficiently. We're not all digging our own wells, generating our own electricity, and burning or burying our own garbage.
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by otterley 2mo ago
I don't think it's just a "me" "problem"; there are many others who agree with my perspective in this discussion. Take a look around.
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by otterley 2mo ago
> This isn’t how you fight it, is the point Social condemnation has always been used to help keep the behavior of a group within certain acceptable bounds. Whether it's as effective in today's world of ever-escalating attention
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by otterley 2mo ago
We’re talking about basic etiquette here. I don’t have to manufacture it. If the score on my comment (which I know you can’t see but you’ll have to take my word for it) and other comments in this discussion that express similar sentiment ar
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by otterley 2mo ago
It’s impolite and weird to say “you’re welcome” when offering a gift for which the recipient did not first express gratitude. It follows “thank you;” it does not precede it. Try this instead: give a stranger a piece of pre-chewed gum and
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by otterley 2mo ago
Why should businesses trust a MITM that can snoop on their LLM conversations? It’s one thing to share confidential data with a model provider if that’s the only way to get the benefit, but given all the hand wringing I see from executives a
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by otterley 2mo ago
I think it makes the author sound like a dick. Test for yourself: next time you take out the garbage, loudly tell your partner or roommate, “I took out the garbage. You’re welcome.”
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by otterley 2mo ago
The details around her death are still unknown as of this moment.
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by otterley 2mo ago
I often agree with John Gruber, but I think he’s lost the plot with this one. The thing I don’t understand is why he seems to care so damned much about this subject--enough to write over 4,500 words on it! John writes for a living. That’s
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by otterley 2mo ago
I suspect there’s a niche market for software that records your writing process to help you avoid being falsely accused of using AI to write.
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by otterley 2mo ago
For used vehicles, we already have that in practice; when you sell a vehicle “as is,” that’s putting a buyer on notice that that they’re going to bear the risk of future failure. Similarly, when you buy a cooler at Wal-Mart for $25, you kno
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by otterley 2mo ago
I’ve noticed that too, but in the Claude Code context, where the system prompt may differ (I don’t think they disclose that one). I haven’t seen it when using the app lately.
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by otterley 2mo ago
It reminds me a bit of building codes and boilerplate contracts: they start out small and simple, then accrete over time in response to mishaps and exploitation of loopholes. They say the building and electrical code was written in blood.
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by otterley 2mo ago
You said “the DoD is the single largest consumer of fossil fuels ” (emphasis mine). That is a very different claim than what the article says, which is that the DoD uses “more oil than any other institution in the world." Oil is
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by otterley 2mo ago
Is this actually true? That sounds suspicious. I’d love to see that data.

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