parpfish

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by parpfish 3mo ago
i feel like the useful applications of AI get silently integrated into workflows. the ill-conceived moonshots by and for a non-technical audience get labelled as "AI projects/initiatives" and they fail.
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by parpfish 3mo ago
"They Live" vibes
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by parpfish 3mo ago
a feature that i thought would be good for llm-centric languages would be making something like python's doctest prominent where you put simple little unit tests in the docstring of the function rather than in some testing module somep
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by parpfish 3mo ago
What percentage of folks in this thread saw the Vasa because of “Intro Days”?
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by parpfish 3mo ago
shouldn't finding a way to kill yourself be pretty easy, even without legal DWD? you can overdose on OTC meds, or get a knife, or (in America) pick up a gun.
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by parpfish 3mo ago
I’d be fine signing a non compete if they ever offered anything in return. If they want me to stay out of the market for a period of time, they better pay garden leave or SOME sort of consideration
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by parpfish 3mo ago
I think the implication is that it’s easier to modify paper than a Docusign form where the only option is “click here to sign”
38.
by parpfish 3mo ago
i like the timer. BUT i'd like it if each round started with letters hidden and timer paused in case i need to step away and redirect my attention to something else.
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by parpfish 3mo ago
i did "habit"
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by parpfish 3mo ago
i hate that there are so many worktrees now that its a real pain to find the actual file and modify it by hand. there are so many stupid little changes (e.g., rewording or deleting their numerous comments) that would be done better and fast
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by parpfish 3mo ago
LLMs are well suited to my (some would say annoyingly) curious nature. when i get an answer, and my first instinct is to ask a ton of follow-ups and "what about"s. i've learned to tamp this down with fellow humans, but with L
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by parpfish 3mo ago
of you could require presentations with a Q&A section at the end. they can use the AI all the want to help their workflow to develop teh content, but the better engage with the material enough that they can field some questions at the e
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i remember our 90s ISP advertising the use of PowWow[0] as a way to surf the web with other people. I never used it, but it seemed like a fun idea [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowWow_(chat_program)
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i'd love to switch from my lastpass family plan to... something else. but there is a non-trivial switching cost to migrate several people (with varying technical aptitudes) that each use several platforms. if 1password had a one-click
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by parpfish 4mo ago
for a while i was using the sports gambling apps to make lots of little bets. it was fun to put $0.50 on a game I normally wouldn't watch and tune in with a real rooting interest. i never bet more that $1 on a game because I knew that
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by parpfish 4mo ago
we prevent people from gambling on early stage startups and risky investments by limiting investment to "accredited investors". same thing should apply to gambling.
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i hate references. all a good reference means to a potential employer is "you are on good terms with somebody from a previous job". and as a job seeker, it's awkward reaching out to people you may not have talked to in a coup
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by parpfish 4mo ago
> 2. FAANGMANGAMEME never hired that many truly exceptional people in the first place and you've fallen for corporate propaganda. in my experience, FAANGMANGAMEME hires good people but they get placed on a weird career trajectory. t
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by parpfish 4mo ago
learning or doing anything "changes your brain". that's how learning works. i hate this phrase and how it's generally used for scare-mongering headlines.
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by parpfish 4mo ago
I always love RTS games and am sad to see how they've largely disappeared. some of my first experiences 'hacking' were modifying .ini files for command and conquer to make a new version of the game for my friends. it was... v
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by parpfish 4mo ago
all around me in the northeast are decaying little towns and attractions that used to be vacation getaways for the first half of the twentieth century. they say that airtravel killed the catskills resorts (ala dirty dancing) because why spe
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i've seen a number of articles claiming things like "devs self report they'er +x% more productive with AI, but actually they're -y% LESS efficient!". and i think that this is explanation for why. as a boss (or res
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i know series hybrids aren't as efficient as parallel hybrids (thanks technology connections!), but i wonder if they'd be a good candidate for fun restomods. drop in a tiny, powerful electric motor and a small battery (crammed in
54.
by parpfish 4mo ago
i dont think jira (or linear or any other ticketing platform) is about saving anybody time. they know on some level that they are all a burden. but they will gladly take the productivity hit from that time sink because it gives them teh abi
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by parpfish 4mo ago
Annyong hermano
56.
by parpfish 4mo ago
nitpick: "walla" -> "voila"
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i'm not sure if it's an issue of the educational system, but for at least several decades there has been a societal push to correct historical gender imbalances by encouraging girls to do well in school, go to college (especially
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by parpfish 4mo ago
re: not teaching math to kids is a pet peeve of mine. the number of adults i've met who cannot add two fractions together is depressing. at some point each of them had decided "i'm just bad with numbers, hahaha" and they
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i'm waiting for the AI giants to realize that they are burning cash to run their consumer-facing chatbots and that they should kill those products to focus on their enterprise tools. free chatgpt doesn't need to exist anymore. its
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by parpfish 4mo ago
i'm curious what will happen to online ads as more and more internet traffic is done by bots. eventually, advertisers will catch on that humans are driving their impressions and will pull back, right? as soon as people realize the dimi

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