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by pphysch 2y ago
Synthetic data is being proposed here as a solution to extrapolate ML scaling. Augmentation, interpolation, smoothing are different concepts.
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by pphysch 2y ago
Thanks, I now can see synthetic data being used to patch up holes and deal with ethical issues. I still don't see how it could address the volume problem, like needing 10x or 100x of current data to train GPT5.
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by pphysch 2y ago
How is synthetic data supposed to work? Broadly speaking, ML is about extracting signal from noisy data and learning the subtle patterns. If there is untapped signal in existing datasets, then learning processes should be improved. It does
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by pphysch 2y ago
That's essentially why "platform engineering" is a hot topic. There are great FOSS tools for this, largely in the Kubernetes ecosystem. To be clear, authentication could still be outsourced, but authorizing access to (on-prem
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by pphysch 2y ago
> If you’re implementing without formally verifying your solution through model checking, you only think you’re implementing it correctly. This is a comforting idea, but enumerating every possible state of a real-world (integrated/d
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by pphysch 2y ago
The author put "word-break:break-all" on a parent element of the text content, which itself is a <ul> containing <p>, probably for "layout" purposes. Methinks some CSS education is desperately needed.
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by pphysch 2y ago
Yup
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by pphysch 2y ago
More features = more customers = more revenue More data collection = more revenue More crap layered on = everything is slower Everything sucks = more support demand = supply price leverage = more revenue Enterprise software is necessarily s
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by pphysch 2y ago
If a product is straightforward, works well, has no lock-in, then customers don't spend on support or switch to a competitor. So don't make good products. That's the message for most of the SaaS world.
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by pphysch 2y ago
The slain CEO was a Democrat, like many of his peers. Again, it's not about political party. Red vs Blue partisan theatre is a tool used by the united ruling class to divide the exploited classes.
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by pphysch 2y ago
> Russia built up its invasion troops months before attempting the invasion In direct response to an official declaration of military action by Zelensky against legal Russian territory [1]. Sevestapol is a Russian city according to Ukran
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by pphysch 2y ago
> thinks Israel-Palestine conflict started on October 7. > "but what about 8 years before 2022 Russian invasion?" I'm not going to engage further with this obviously bad faith trolling. No point. Have a good weekend!
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by pphysch 2y ago
De facto, yes. There is substantial evidence that AIPAC and the broader Israel lobby coordinates closely with a foreign government. However, due to their enormous influence, they have avoided de jure registering as such. By your logic, the
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by pphysch 2y ago
> Russias invasion of Ukraine on the other hand, does not have an October 7th Zelensky massed the largest land army in Europe excluding Russia, and then in March 2021 officially declared imminent war on Russia. Only then did Russia start
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by pphysch 2y ago
> they regularly also lose the power? TPTB aren't limited to one political party.
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by pphysch 2y ago
People using new forms of media to break political status quos is a tale as old as time. This is a classic crackdown on democracy by a flailing elite, complete with the usual scapegoats.
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by pphysch 2y ago
So AIPAC is a cyberattack? Not trying to start a tangent, just trying to understand your argument.
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by pphysch 2y ago
Pure graph DBs, like Neo4j, are toys. Just use a proper relational database or kv store for your vertex/edge data, and then load it into memory in your desired graph format and do your graph analysis on it in your favorite PL.
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by pphysch 2y ago
Isn't that just relying on others to establish connection first?
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by pphysch 2y ago
Which character is this referring to?
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by pphysch 2y ago
There's a manifest difference between people who are naturally humble+curious, and people who are idealistically seeking an "egoless" environment. The latter is what I am referring to. Now that you mention it, there are paral
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by pphysch 2y ago
> It is all well and good to advocate egoless programming, but the fact of the matter is that human ego is a very natural thing, and it is difficult to find people who can—or even should—divorce their ego from their work. Ironically, it&
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by pphysch 2y ago
This is right. So many incentives are stacked in favor of making false attributions, specifically to enemy state actors: - real attacker doesn't want to get caught - victim doesn't want to admit being pwned by a script kiddy or pe
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by pphysch 2y ago
Look how easily they just fabricated 100% of a game's assets, with a consistent, high quality style, and then put them right into the game environment. That's the takeaway IMO. Very tight GenAI loop.
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by pphysch 2y ago
The "standardization" of C++, SQL, et al. are some of the most catastrophic examples of premature abstraction in software development. Programming languages benefit far more from a robust implementation, tooling, and good technica
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by pphysch 2y ago
I think TFA is implying that good SWEs are good architects too, the skills go hand in hand. I frankly don't believe in the "software architect" as a separate role. I've worked with "architects" who are clearly
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by pphysch 2y ago
I agree with this. A reason there is so much crappy software is because companies are hiring fresh CS grads expecting them to do real software engineering work. And they end up hacking it like they hacked it through school. CS programs have
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by pphysch 2y ago
Fairly certain Proton has cooperated with government investigations
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by pphysch 2y ago
Yeah, I've heard all those official talking points a thousand times. I've also seen Israeli officials openly dehumanizing and calling for the mass murder of Palestinians, and theft of their land. And I've seen the graphic res
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by pphysch 2y ago
Trump is heavily funded by Zionist extremists, but he isn't one himself. As soon as the ship really starts sinking (which could be induced by a Netanyahu arrest), he will attempt to jump ship and save himself.

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