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by oxfordmale 7mo ago
I am happy to pay for the BBC licence fee if they stop harassing old grannies.
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by oxfordmale 10mo ago
The real problem is social media. Their machine learning algorithms are optimised to boost toxic content, as they result in more engagement (time spent). This is a fundamental trait of humans. Even babies look at angry faces longer than hap
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by oxfordmale 11mo ago
Outsourcing comes and goes in waves. Good talent in India and the Philippines tend to work for FAANG companies, often at very comparable salaries to the west. The remainder of the talent tends to struggle with some of the outsourced work, b
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by oxfordmale 11mo ago
Meta is definitely at the forefront of recommendation algorithms built. However, the leadership team likely has shifted focus to LLMs.
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by oxfordmale 11mo ago
I think you might be reading a bit too much into this. He’s been with Meta for 11 years and is likely in a very comfortable financial position, given the substantial stock options he’s received over that time. He also mentioned the arrival
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
But is is a partial outage only, so it doesn't count. If you retry a million times everything still works /s
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
I am not sure that us the right question to ask. The real question is how much utter garbage it produced in those 30 hours without human supervision.
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
Apologies, they are in JSON files. GitHub truncated the last two characters on my mobile. https://github.com/brainless/letsorder/blob/main/backend/.sq...
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
The design is fundamentally flawed, with queries in close to hundred .js files. Perhaps you marker and sell a few, but it looks insecure and would be hard to refactor.
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
Thanks for sharing this, very brave. Looking at the code, there is a good chance this codebase is vulnerable to SQL injection.
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
LLM apology cascade: - That didn’t happen. - And if it did, I’m really sorry. - And if it was that bad, I truly apologise. - And if it is a big deal, I understand and I’m sorry again. - And if it’s my fault, I’ll try to do better. - And if
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by oxfordmale 1y ago
There remains a significant challenge with LLM-generated code. It can give the illusion of progress, but produce code that has many bugs, even if you craft your LLM prompt to test for such edge cases. I have had many instances where the LLM
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
You don't fancy Cyanide Custard? Radioactive Slime Jello made with actual radioactive waste? Sweet Tooth Delight made with real human teeth? Or a few other desserts with NSFW names that would go down a treat for a family dinner. It is
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
The number of employees you hire is seen as a proxy for growth and future earnings and revenue. With AI the argument is that you can grow with less staff.
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
The problem isn't that Boeing is less safe; it is that the company's culture shifted to the extent that technical staff could no longer report perceived safety issues.
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
It is part of the regular economic cycle. Most companies try to do more with less, like in any downturn. This cycle is different, as senior management now has AI to justify hiring fewer knowledge workers. Things will turn around eventually
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Mercedes has gained approval to test Level 4 autonomous driving. Level 4 is considered fully autonomous driving, although the vehicle retains a traditional cockpit, and the driver can request control at any time. If a Level 4 system fails o
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Thanks for pointing it out :-)
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
AI is very good at this. Unfortunately, humans tend to be super bad at providing detailed verbal instructions.
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Yes, let's devise a more precise way to give AI instructions. Let's call it pAIthon. This will allow powers that be, like Zuckerberg to save face and claim that AI has replaced mid-level developers and enable developers to rebrand
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Fivetran works perfectly fine for syncing Postgres databases into Snowflake. My company syncs dozens of them without problems. I can only assume their Postgres database has a non standard set up.
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
This analysis is too simple. Roads need to be maintained, road accidents are a burden on the national health service and air pollution has a long term negative impact on people's health
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
It just makes the site NSFW. If I want to enjoy Only Fans, I know where to find it.
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Software can work for a very long time with minimal maintenance. A different question is if it can keep making revenue without investing. Quality content has disappeared on Twitter and there is a proliferation of Only Fans tweets. However i
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Define working. It's is currently on a path of slow but steady decline. It is no longer useful for breaking news and it is full with Only Fans tweets. However, if you want to read about Elon Musk or are into right wing conspiracy theor
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
They have tons of money, enough to support a development team improving their database. In addition there is a long legacy, both technically and politically, making it hard to even propose to get rid of it. The only likely switch is a gradu
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
This is about access to private repos, not public ones: "Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub"
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
This is about access to private repos, not public ones: "Anyone can access deleted and private repository data on GitHub"
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
As the author pointed out, the documentation was written three years after he reported it. Beyond that is is also a batshit crazy implementation. Just I imagine AWS would still allow AWS credentials to give access to a deleted account
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by oxfordmale 2y ago
Yes, that is about right. It is also about knowing when to mow the lawn. Generally, you shouldn't mow the lawn when it is too wet, as it is too heavy on your mower. You also want to avoid mowing it when it has been too sunny, as the gr

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