redeux

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   by redeux 4y ago

   My point is about not assuming people know specific topics in CS just because they have a CS degree. So, I feel like we agree here. There were no problems with his attitude, and it was a quick fix. I just assumed he knew, having recently go
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   by redeux 4y ago

   I don’t think this is a very controversial take, and I’m not arguing against the value of a CS degree. You just can’t assume that someone knows even foundational topics because they have one.
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   by redeux 4y ago

   We were talking about kinds of DBs, not specific products.
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   by redeux 4y ago

   I’m glad this was your experience, but your school’s CS curriculum isn’t universal. I was once chatting with a jr sw engineer that had recently graduated from a respectable state university with a CS degree about which database would be opt
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   by redeux 4y ago

   I think you’re probably right about them not actually using this but the implications of the capability are more interesting. There are potential privacy issues that could be troubling if not managed well, but it also has the potential to
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   by redeux 4y ago

   It’s extremely unethical to force users to do more to cancel a subscription than they did to sign up. I hope one day these types of shenanigans are outlawed in the US.
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   by redeux 4y ago

   Having played around with the same scenario, I’ve come to the naive conclusion that the lack of creative output is because the current generation of GPT is only able to regurgitate and not create. This makes everything feel very derivative.
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   by redeux 4y ago

   Depends on your scenario, I guess. If we assume an engineer’s time is worth $75/hr and it would take an hour (much more or less depending on the size and complexity of the code base) to complete one of these tasks then this looks like
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   by redeux 4y ago

   I love this thought. Smart people will just instruct ChatGPT to make some mistakes here and there in their prompt. When I use ChatGPT I typically use a couple sentences describing how I want it to sound, which makes it less bland and probab
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    by redeux 4y ago

    The author in this case is an expert in AWS billing and runs one of the most well known and respected AWS finops consulting firms in the world.
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    by redeux 4y ago

    I have noticed that ChatGPT will give me a consistent output when the input is identical, but I haven’t done extensive research on this.
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    by redeux 4y ago

    Repetition creates mastery is the saying, but that's only part of it. In truth, repetition only creates habit. To create mastery you also need to focus on technique, progressive difficulty, and have a source of high quality feedback.
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    by redeux 4y ago

    So you recognize that giving someone a negative label harms them, but you think people should do it anyway? The problem is that the label itself creates additional bias. It dehumanizes the person. Suddenly you’re not a person suffering from
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    by redeux 4y ago

    You don’t see how using the word “crazy” to describe someone with a mental illness creates a negative connotation that harms them? If you label someone “crazy” do you think you’re more or less likely to recognize them for their work, regard
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    by redeux 4y ago

    You’re right, much of this blog post is about winning the game of life in a western capitalist society. I don’t think that changes the fundamental message though, which is that your skills, experiences, and location are major factors in you
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    by redeux 4y ago

    Is it funny that people expect a salary commensurate with the country where they reside? It’s not like the world has open borders and people can just pickup and move wherever they want. Sure, some young single people can do the digital noma
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    by redeux 4y ago

    I think you could do this if your app handles everything on the frontend, right? Just use local storage to hold the user’s API key. The Star History[1] does this for its GitHub star graphs. [1] https://star-history.com/
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    by redeux 4y ago

    That’s my feeling as well. If I had to guess, I think the US government believes China will invade Taiwan soon and the US wants to mount a full scale defense, which would involve direct confrontation with China. The only problem is the US
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    by redeux 4y ago

    I’m actually working on an open source project to mitigate against prompt injections, handle cache, etc. and I’m collecting instances of prompt misuse. I’d love to see your findings. Did you document them anywhere that I can review?
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    by redeux 4y ago

    They’re both sitcoms but with very different styles. Seinfeld is a “smart” comedy and makes social commentary through the life of the Manhattanite characters. Married with Children is more of a base comedy, lampooning the old cliche of the
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    by redeux 4y ago

    > wrongly assume sexual activity prevents cancer What is the potential danger here? I’m not aware of any links to adverse heath for men ejaculate 21 times or more a month. Are you? Seems low risk for something that will potentially give
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    by redeux 4y ago

    I think quantum computing will start to take shape in the next 10 years. We’ll need a whole lot of hardware and software engineering to go along with it.
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    by redeux 4y ago

    I agree. I actually had a good chuckle at an article I read recently calling for a DSL for prompt generation, since the current state is templating. Seems obvious to me that the solution is AI generated prompts. I even tested this with Chat
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    by redeux 4y ago

    > there are people there who survive on below minimum wage, under the table jobs. What you’re describing is someone who’s living in the margins of society. Committing tax evasion just to survive while still living in poverty with multipl
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    by redeux 4y ago

    > They have absolutely no obligation to keep tens of thousands of overpaid people on their payroll. I’m not sure why you think they were overpaid. Surely a lot of these people delivered value well above and beyond their salary for Alphab
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    by redeux 4y ago

    Trade Wars was a fantastic game, but that last time I played about a decade ago a lot of people had turned to automation which took a lot of the fun out of it, for me personally.
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    by redeux 4y ago

    I think for some people it takes both. I’ve been successful in my work over the past decade, but no matter how many awards, how much recognition, or how much money I received, I always struggled with a negative inner voice telling me I was
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    by redeux 4y ago

    Please keep Hacker News Guidelines[1] in mind when making your comments. Ad hominem attacks don’t bolster your argument and make this forum a worse place to have open discussions. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguideli
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    by redeux 4y ago

    This is really useful shortcut, thanks for sharing! Do you have any good resources for getting started with iOS shortcut apps like this?
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    by redeux 4y ago

    Hating on JS and suggesting people write servers aren’t very constructive suggestions. A browser extension is just a client, you can back it with the “full power” of a server if you want.