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by proc0 2y ago
'It will continue to happen until people realize the true root cause which is bad leadership... or continue blaming "climate change" and giving up because we're not changing how much China pollutes the air anytime soon.
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by proc0 2y ago
Yeah that makes sense. There seems to be no escape from assessing the risks and investment, although I think there is some inherent value to doing proper engineering, such that the risk is usually worth it because software automation has ac
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by proc0 2y ago
If I understood correctly, you're effectively saying that the priority of a software engineer is the success of the business, and that their value is directly correlated to the amount of value they add to the business, and that it&#x27
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by proc0 2y ago
Fair enough, although I still believe more engineering should mean more productivity at least if the org structure allows for it. There is always someone who did not spend 10+ years studying CS that can help with the high level directions a
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by proc0 2y ago
I agree there is some overlap with what engineers should know about the business, I guess it's just a matter of where the line is drawn. I also think one of the factors is the size of the team and also the structure of the org. If an o
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by proc0 2y ago
Right, you are basically saying that because the company pays you, you are obliged to just do what you are paid for, and that can be literally anything within legal boundaries and the success of the company. I acknowledge that, and I am als
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by proc0 2y ago
Sure, but you are describing something that is not an engineering problem, and part of my point is that this has consequences for the business as well. We're really talking about how the roles are divided in teams within an org, and in
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by proc0 2y ago
I get what you're saying but this is inherently a contradiction: > As an engineer — in other words: a salaried employee — you're already a businessperson. An engineer is NOT a business person. I don't recall business funda
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by proc0 2y ago
Of course, but the expectation wouldn't be "make my house better", it would be specific to plumbing and making the pipes work. It wouldn't make sense to expect them to add a guest bathroom because that's better for
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by proc0 2y ago
I hate that word "impact". As an engineer my job should be to engineer systems not to worry about how the business is running and how much profit it makes. I know this is not how most companies work but I feel it is at the core of
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by proc0 2y ago
Love the design. One small comment (not really feedback, just my opinion), it would be cool to see this adjusted for modern resolutions and monitors. So it would adapt to a large monitor and spread out horizontally and scale a bit while ret
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by proc0 2y ago
Right, the term was hijacked to generate hype for investors. Someone needs to call them out on it because it's also generating a lot of unnecessary fear like machines are about to gain awareness and civilization as we know it will end.
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by proc0 2y ago
I was assuming it would be instantly available to everyone. In reality as you imply it will absolutely be handicapped for wider usage, and this will be after some time once whoever has it does everything they can to get an advantage. I susp
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by proc0 2y ago
"AGI" is now a bastardized term that has been appropriated by for-profit companies, and it's basically a really advanced smart tool for cognitive tasks. That's impressive and will change the world but it no longer means
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by proc0 2y ago
Depends on the cost. If it's very cheap I would immediately start a few startups, ideas are endless and I don't even need to have ideas. This would be proportional to how cheap it is and how many agents I get access to at once. Of
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by proc0 2y ago
Agree with the overall premise. In regards to that first experience... > In addition to all the coding, I had to deal with the manual, give press interviews, and all the other founder things. I find that this happens because coding is so
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by proc0 2y ago
I think part of the problem is how companies fail to define boundaries for their roles, and it's probably on purpose to get the most productivity from an individual. There is no ceiling or max number of responsibilities, it is always m
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by proc0 2y ago
I completely disagree but it might come down to semantics on the old 'what is engineering' question. As a disclaimer I understand a company can define its roles however it wants, but engineering software is something specific, and
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by proc0 2y ago
Right, piracy is a real issue here, but I think DRM and making games a SAAS hurts the industry in the long run. I'm still not convinced it's such an issue that it requires these methods of control. Indie games are constantly relea
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by proc0 2y ago
Right, that's the core of the problem. Piracy is indeed part of the reason the industry moves in this direction, but it's a solution that comes at a huge cost to the consumer, and as a consequence to the industry in the long term.
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by proc0 2y ago
Well I bought WC2 already and have the files. That's the best part of GOG, you can just make your own backup. I think with hard copies going away, the ability to make backups of what you buy should be protected by law, at least for sof
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by proc0 2y ago
This question has been of interest to me for a long time. I think it's fine to call it an Abstract Artifact but I think that's too ambiguous, and also we already have a term in computer science that describes what software really
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by proc0 2y ago
This is interesting but I wonder if it just moves the substrate from neuron spikes to that EM field, if it is involved in cognition. Additionally I don't think it would offer anything new in terms of explaining the hard problem of C. I
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by proc0 2y ago
Space is arguably the absence of a character. It is only a character for creating encoding standards in computing systems (*or actually since the typewriters).
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by proc0 2y ago
Can't they just make a good game?
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by proc0 2y ago
I think the missing piece right now is some kind of real-time learning for LLMs, which I believe is being worked on. The global memory of an LLM should adapt as you provide more information, and this way teams and orgs would be able to leve
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by proc0 2y ago
Seems we're not thinking about what an opportunity is in the same way. If someone can go and apply and it's part of the law that the employer doesn't discriminate based on gender then the opportunities are there. Women only n
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by proc0 2y ago
Look up the stats on criminals and single mothers.
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by proc0 2y ago
They don't understand what it means to be physically dangerous.
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by proc0 2y ago
No, it's not a contradiction. The criminal behavior arises from males not being able to control themselves and using force to get what they want. Fathers put boys in their place and they learn to respect authority. Mothers are there to

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