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by pgt 6mo ago
@dang, pleaaase can we get proper markdown formatting on HN? I tried adding two spaces after each line, but I don't want paragraphs between code
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by pgt 6mo ago
The inversion is really cool, e.g. > f = λa λb concat ["Hello ",a," ",b,"!"] > f "Jane" "Doe" Hello Jane Doe! then, > g = f "Admiral" > invert g "Hello Admir
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by pgt 6mo ago
Fellow software engineers, what are we doing here? Why are we letting the EU / UK define the future of software?
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by pgt 7mo ago
Recently rewatched Demolition Man (1993) where criminals are frozen in cryostasis and then reanimated – a very prescient film. All I could think of was Demolition Pig
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by pgt 7mo ago
I wrote it down here: https://x.com/BraaiEngineer/status/2016887552163119225 However, I have since condensed this into 2 prompts: 1. Write plan in Plan Mode 2. (Exit Plan Mode) Critique -> Improve loop -> Im
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by pgt 7mo ago
I am getting disproportionately good results with the models by following a process: spec -> plan -> critique -> improve plan -> implement plan.
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by pgt 7mo ago
No one left ChatGPT over that deal: they decided to try Anthropic's Claude because the Department of War gave them free marketing.
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by pgt 7mo ago
modelless
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by pgt 7mo ago
I wanted to test this but if I decline file access I can't do anything. What gives? Do you want people to understand your product? Demo your product. Why do you need file access to sell me? Closed immediately. btw. I am your target mar
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by pgt 7mo ago
This is similar to how Clojure transducers are implemented: "give me the next thing plz." – https://clojure.org/reference/transducers
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by pgt 7mo ago
The US govt & Hegseth are in a pickle, because if they blackball Anthropic, they will become more powerful than govt. could ever imagine, because it would be the greatest PR any frontier model could ever hope for. It's a mistake fo
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by pgt 7mo ago
Ah, thought it was new.
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by pgt 7mo ago
No, this time is different.
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by pgt 7mo ago
Would recommend placing example language syntax above the fold. Was tough to have to scroll halfway down the entire site to see any syntax. Nobody cares about the EBNF syntax until they have a feel for the language.
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by pgt 8mo ago
My process is similar, but I recently added a new "critique the plan" feedback loop that is yielding good results. Steps: 1. Spec 2. Plan 3. Read the plan & tell it to fix its bad ideas. 4. (NB) Critique the plan (loop) &
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by pgt 8mo ago
Me too! Maybe it should be called "Slop HN:" :)
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by pgt 8mo ago
4% is yuuuge. In hard projects, 1% is the difference between getting it right with an elegant design or going completely off the rails.
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by pgt 8mo ago
I have helped a lot of people earn more money. The best advice I have for anyone doing salary negotiations: you cannot negotiate without options, so step 1 in any negotiation is to gather options.
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by pgt 8mo ago
"fits of rationality" is a great line.
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by pgt 8mo ago
Which ones didn’t materialize?
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by pgt 8mo ago
The constraint is getting regulatory approval for building new power plants on Earth, even solar plants. We can make chips faster than we can build power plants.
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by pgt 8mo ago
Solar panels are much more efficient in space (no atmosphere). Before downvoting, would you mind quoting the relative cost of batteries vs. solar panels for a 150kW solar-powered satellite?
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by pgt 8mo ago
Batteries are expensive. Marginal cost of launches keep coming down for SpaceX with reusable rockets and lifetime of satellites is long.
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by pgt 8mo ago
Boyle’s Law: run at higher temperature. Watch Elon’s interviews. He is right.
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by pgt 8mo ago
Yes, xAI & Anthropic. Electricity generation is the constraining factor, but the sun does not turn off in space. xAI data centers in space drives cost to zero, even with inferior models. I see no other future than SpaceXai winning.
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by pgt 8mo ago
EACL: Enterprise Access ControL is a situated ReBAC Authorization system based on SpiceDB, built in Clojure and backed by Datomic – https://github.com/theronic/eacl 'Situated' here means that your permission
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by pgt 8mo ago
OpenAI is in a pickle because they either have to make ads clearly delineated, which makes them easy to filter out by a simple proxy model, or they need to hide ads in the response (ala product placement), which reduces trust in the model a
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by pgt 9mo ago
If you're reading this, Anthropic, it's suicide. I will actively look for a way to cancel my $200/month subscription if you keep killing paying developers' accounts without warning. It is simply too risky to start depend
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by pgt 10mo ago
I'm working on EACL: http://github.com/theronic/eacl EACL (Enterprise Access ControL) is a situated ReBAC authorization library based on SpiceDB, built in Clojure and backed by Datomic. EACL queries offer sub-mill
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by pgt 10mo ago
With the help of AI, I made EACL (Enterprise Access ControL), a situated ReBAC authorization library based on SpiceDB, built in Clojure and backed by Datomic: https://github.com/theronic/eacl EACL replaced SpiceDB at w

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