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by rafterydj 1y ago
Thanks for adding the link!
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I mean that's basically all high level programming languages are, right? I would argue that as an industry we love high level programming languages, because they allow you to understand what you are writing, much easier than looking at
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by rafterydj 1y ago
Interesting. Would you mind elaborating a bit on your workflow? In my work I go back and forth between the "stock" GUIs, and copy-pasting into a separated terminal for model prompts. I hate the vibe code-y agent menu in things lik
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by rafterydj 1y ago
Counterpoint: a cabinet has always been a cabinet and nobody expects it to be anything but a cabinet. Rarely are software projects as repeatable and alike to each other as cabinets are. Software is codified rules and complexity, which is en
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by rafterydj 1y ago
Hard disagree on every point. Just because implementations aren't always perfect does not mean you should not have public services. I know a librarian who spends an inordinate amount of time helping the elderly and tech illiterate memb
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by rafterydj 1y ago
"flippantly tossing words around devalues them and debases the conversation." Agreed- and that's exactly what you are doing with the word, "no." Soldiers are murdering an entire population- or as many of them as the
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by rafterydj 1y ago
well that's not a very convincing argument. That's just a failure to recognize when the use of a tool- base64 decoder- is needed, not a reasoning problem at all, right?
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by rafterydj 1y ago
I understand that the core similarities are there, but I disagree. The comparisons have been around since I started browsing HN years ago. The moderation on this site, for one, emphasizes constructive conversation and discussion in a way th
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by rafterydj 2y ago
Firstly, what we call a suit is a highly varied outfit of clothes that are designed to look good on a male silhouette. Deriving from that, yes, the suit is aesthetically better- to disagree is to discount both the entire field of custom tai
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by rafterydj 2y ago
Voting with your money works in a fair market for competitive goods and services, but health insurance is neither competitive nor a direct service, and it's also not a fair market (in the USA at least). In the USA, most health insuranc
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by rafterydj 2y ago
Question: is it depressing, or is it a wake up call for just how much the average American hates health insurance executives? There seem to be a few people online who mirror your sentiments about being shocked, what defenders of the crime w
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by rafterydj 2y ago
Two questions: 1) How would the feedback loop work from users who do not receive a response? 2) Are you concerned about a possible "chilling effect" for startups that don't want to post for fear of being spammed? As an aside,
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by rafterydj 2y ago
This is like stating, "What are software engineers doing that's worth so much? There's plenty of free code courses online." It reminds me of the old story of the plumber being called to a house that's leaking water
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by rafterydj 2y ago
I am currently living in Japan after living my whole life in the United States. I have noticed Japanese Starbucks are much more generous with the space and seating, and generally are wonderful places to socialize/study/work. Addit
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by rafterydj 3y ago
That's fascinating. As a novice to the problem, are there any resources you could link about this? I'm new to studying AI- but I've been prototyping connecting GPT to a nonrelational database to serve as a stand in for long