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by paulcole 2y ago
> what I'm saying is of LLM generated code that is reviewed, what is the quality & correctness of the reviewed code? And it's resoundingly (easily >90%) crap. What makes you so sure that none of the resoundingly non-crap
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by paulcole 2y ago
It’s not worth arguing with anyone who thinks LLMs are a fad. I just tell them that they’re right and get back to using LLMs myself. I’ll take the edge while I can.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> No, it really isn't It really is. Either that or you’re not thinking about what you’re saying. Imagine code passes your rigorous review. How do you know that it wasn’t from an LLM? If it’s because you know that you only let good c
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by paulcole 2y ago
This is literally in the article. > When there are buildings in the way of a line he needs to draw, “I pause the app, then when I get to the desired destination, I resume,” he said. “When you un-pause, Strava runs a direct line between t
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by paulcole 2y ago
When Scrabble players talk about a "dictionary" they really just mean a list of words that are acceptable. They're not actually learning anything other than "_______ is an acceptable string." So even if just "p
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by paulcole 2y ago
Incredible recall of such an obscure fact that isn’t mentioned in the subtitle of the linked article.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> This seems to me like good enough safeguards, don't you think? No. I think it’s too much. Nobody else should be deciding that my mind is unsound. And if my body being “unsound” is a reason that makes it OK to want to die, why shou
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by paulcole 2y ago
> How can they differentiate between grief and actual clear thinking desire Personally I don’t think they should. Only I know what’s in my head. I think my rules would be: 1. Terminal diagnosis at any age - No questions asked. 2. Over 70
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by paulcole 2y ago
My brother has none of those things, owns and runs a blue collar business and is married. One person’s NPC is another person’s thriving.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> You give it a URL, and it tries to cut through all that noise Does it use AI to do this?
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Even if its 1% its still worth it. You’re 100% certain of this?
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by paulcole 2y ago
I never said nobody would subscribe to them. I said that most of the people who cry about ads in a subscription product are habitual whiners who rarely will subscribe to the thing they’re crying about.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I believe it is true because it’s harder to find what I was looking for Yes, because there’s more stuff and different stuff than there used to be. What makes you so sure the old algorithm would’ve worked as well with more and different
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by paulcole 2y ago
> The google algorithm from about 15 years ago. I doubt this is true given how the content on the web has changed. It is fun to be nostalgic though!
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by paulcole 2y ago
What specifically is better than Google today?
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by paulcole 2y ago
> There's a reasonable number of people who are willing to pay for content like this, but only if they actually get an ad-free experience in exchange. I guarantee that the majority of these zealous anti-ad people will not subscribe
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by paulcole 2y ago
> The correct amount of ads for a publication that’s directly supported is zero You are not the only one directly supporting the publication > you don’t get to double dip and also sell my data to your advertisers and earn more on the
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by paulcole 2y ago
> He has no relevant tech experience, except when it comes to preparing a company to be sold in the next 2-3 years. So other than his relevant experience he has not relevant experience?
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by paulcole 2y ago
What makes you think you’d be good and/or like a leadership position?
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by paulcole 2y ago
Audiobooks very rarely. Only if I’ve heard the “performance” of it is good. The last couple I remember were Great Gatsby read by Jake Gyllenhaal and Devolution read by Judy Greer. I live in the Pacific Northwest and listened to that one whi
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by paulcole 2y ago
I’m 42 with a full-time job and am at 103 books read so far this year. The tricks are to put a lot of time in it and always have a surplus of interesting books on hand. I spend around $2k a year on Kindle books (if I talk to someone and the
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I don't believe it's even that good a deal for artists. I heard the mighty Snoop Dogg makes like USD 40K a year off it or something stupid like that. What would be the non-stupid amount for Snoop Dogg to make off it?
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by paulcole 2y ago
> why are you repeatedly implying I'm a cheap freeloader? Sorry, I’m implying that most people are cheap freeloaders. > If they had instead offered a more reasonable time period, I would have seriously considered switching to a
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Why are you harping on about this? I’m pretty confident that if they’d given 30 days you’d say that 45 days was the minimum.
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by paulcole 2y ago
What would have been the correct number of days notice?
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Apps like these are sorely needed Why exactly?
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by paulcole 2y ago
What do you think they should have done instead to ensure that you would trust this service?
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by paulcole 2y ago
If you want a free lunch, I can understand when you’re eventually disappointed.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I am so surprised that in 2024 there still isn't a good consensus on things that are best to raise a child. Because it’s tough to screw up. Think of all the absolutely moronic people who manage to keep kids alive who then turn int
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by paulcole 2y ago
> the IRS will be up my backside pretty quick How many times were you audited before learning this valuable lesson?

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