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by quxbar 1y ago
IMO you're better off investing in tooling that works with or without LLMs: - extremely clean, succinct code - autogenerated interfaces from openAPI spec - exhaustive e2e testing Once that is set up, you can treat your agents like (sl
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by quxbar 1y ago
https://www.dailybot.com/ I think we're re-inventing early 2010s development trends with extra steps.
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by quxbar 1y ago
I think of the sync paid tier as analogous to a patreon membership, combined with paying someone a tiny amount to manage my data for me. The fact that it's all markdown makes me confident I could take my files and go play elsewhere at
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by quxbar 2y ago
It depends on what you are trying to get out of a novel. If you merely require repetitions on a theme in a comfortable format, Lester Dent style 'crank it out' writing has been dominant in the marketplace for >100 years already
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by quxbar 2y ago
I've been using Youtube to re-discover a lot of fun movies from the 80s-00s that I never saw when I was a kid. It's quite nice to tune in and out while working.
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by quxbar 2y ago
Maybe not for books, but my taste in music benefitted tremendously from streaming and discovery algorithms.
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by quxbar 2y ago
> They are not suggesting new, very interesting melodies. They are finding you the tweaked versions of the songs you already like and, even on your first listen you can predict the melody that’s to come This seems like the complaint of s
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by quxbar 3y ago
Economists like Paul Krugman are using a SURVEY of people asking them what they spent (for a NON FIXED basket of goods). Let's say that you used to eat 10 units of grains ($1 each) and 5 units of beef ($5 each), for total spending of $
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by quxbar 3y ago
I would have agreed with you, but tech companies have done the collusion dance so much they've actually been caught: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
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by quxbar 3y ago
I would venture to guess that people are largely poor because they've been thoroughly exploited by the rich, and short-term greed is allowed to take precedence over higher-utility outcomes.
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by quxbar 3y ago
I came here to say the same thing!
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by quxbar 3y ago
Regardless of our understanding of them, antitrust laws are powerless without enforcement. It seems the only entities with standing to prevent these actions by massive corporations are other massive corporations.
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by quxbar 3y ago
Great! I just installed a front and rear camera system in my new car since my last one was totaled by a hit and run driver in a busy intersection. The (off duty) police officer who saw the whole thing told me it would be useless to call the
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by quxbar 3y ago
I appreciate the playful tone, it's good to be reminded of these pain points after the first few layers of skin and nerve endings have burned away. On the flip side, I can throw a hungry junior dev with a new macbook into the deep end,
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by quxbar 4y ago
People have no idea what AI is, they seem to go entirely off of the name. An intro course in Natural Language Processing reveals that while impressive, GPT-4 is a reflection of the training data. It is not conniving, it does not cause harm.
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by quxbar 4y ago
We castle and cathedral builders like to pretend there is great meaning in how we decide arrange the stones.
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by quxbar 4y ago
I thought I knew about numbers but I didn't really have a solid grasp until a year or two into college.
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by quxbar 4y ago
Guaranteed income is a form of stability, which changes the outlook of recipients far more radically than a one-time transfer. People are more likely to make plans that increase their productivity in the future, such as fixing vehicles, goi
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by quxbar 4y ago
If I knew every person had a guaranteed income, I would have a lot of business ideas that would be radically more feasible. It would be much easier to borrow against a portion of one's future income and secure capital.
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by quxbar 4y ago
Not so much chaff as a point that the thing itself is so outdated our very language has had time to radically change.
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by quxbar 4y ago
Has this author been on the other side of the fence? I have encountered, for every bloated javascript problem child, an equally burdensome python monolith, or sprawling maze of go microservices. I suspect the root cause is something to do w
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by quxbar 4y ago
Yes, yes, yes. I have bought a screen and plan on integrating exactly this sort of setup into my routine, mainly for the focus benefits the author notes.
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by quxbar 4y ago
I get the impression making a web app was considerably more difficult for a solo developer pre-jQuery. For a while we had an explosion of choices, and ultimately things coalesced around React and similar paradigms. Meanwhile the per-capita
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by quxbar 4y ago
that's like saying the cause of death is lack of oxygen to the brain - technically true, but hardly insightful.
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by quxbar 4y ago
I think the web developer's toolkit has benefitted from competition - every browser prioritizes supporting dev tools because that's the only way to get more sites to support your particular quirks. people building web frameworks c
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by quxbar 4y ago
I am mystified by the idea that 'the scammer disappears' - does Amazon do zero vetting of people they pay out money to? Can I continually commit copyright fraud for profit on the most popular audiobook site?
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by quxbar 4y ago
It is very difficult to recognize the dysfunction of a system that works to one's own benefit. Enough people are comfortable under the current system that any coherent policy change seems unlikely.
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by quxbar 4y ago
is there a simpler explanation than 'covid deaths are undercounted for political reasons? genuinely asking, since I can think of no other reason for such a huge expense to be incurred by this company.
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by quxbar 4y ago
Axie was always a pyramid scheme, not an actually enjoyable game. Being able to write off $540 million in crypto loss and ALSO keep the coin? Sounds like a pretty neat way to end a scheme.
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by quxbar 4y ago
Yeah, the court has proven precedent is entirely a matter of simple majority.

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