rglover

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901.
by rglover 3y ago
Anecdotal/inference. I've seen quite a few posts on Twitter of people who were let go from high-paying/high-ranking positions surprised they've had trouble finding their next gig, too.
902.
by rglover 3y ago
Not doomed, but perhaps needing an adjustment of expectations and lifestyle (depending on what you were used to relative to salary in the past). The "why" is ZIRP (zero-interest rate policy) money. That made it possible for a lot
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I Don't Get Romantic About Commits Until Later(cheatcode.co)
1 points by rglover 3y ago|0 comments
904.
by rglover 3y ago
Never. Trust. The. Client.
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Aaron Swartz: Raw Nerve Series(aaronsw.com)
18 points by rglover 3y ago|3 comments
906.
by rglover 3y ago
Obligatory "I miss Aaron" comment [1]. [1] http://www.aaronsw.com/
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OpenAI’s Sora made me crazy AI videos then the CTO answered most of my questions(youtube.com)
58 points by rglover 3y ago|51 comments
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Bastion Fort(en.wikipedia.org)
21 points by rglover 3y ago|7 comments
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H.R. 7521 – TikTok Ban Bill [pdf](docs.house.gov)
24 points by rglover 3y ago|10 comments
910.
by rglover 3y ago
It's better if they learn the core language and then graduate to TypeScript (if at all, as there's active discussion of adding type annotations to the core language [1]). An anecdote: I was sold a similar story on CoffeeScript b
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Why Windows Is Terrible(willghatch.net)
16 points by rglover 3y ago|13 comments
912.
by rglover 3y ago
> What isn't rare isn't valuable, and there's never been inflation as exponential as there is in today's digital property market. Why I recently put a post-it above my desk that says "think boutique, mofo."
913.
by rglover 3y ago
This is killer. Love the idea of focused threads while still having channels. Really like the design of everything, too. Only question: long-term plans? Before I commit a lot of data to something like this it'd be good to know it'
914.
by rglover 3y ago
"Stop creating new ideas because it makes me uncomfortable."
915.
by rglover 3y ago
> I think that would require AI development to approximately halt at close to the current level for over a lifetime. What I'm getting at isn't AI development halting, but human knowledge/creativity halting [1]. Because the
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by rglover 3y ago
> Especially if you're of a sex, ethnicity or age group that they hate. Sometimes the same as theirs. Well, Gemini just proved that if you're white, you're the ethnicity the AI is told to hate. That's the thing, becau
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by rglover 3y ago
Yeah, but they had a limited set of rules to work within (they were just hyper-efficient at calculating the possible outcomes relative to those rules). Humans, in theory, only have the rules they believe as there technically are no rules (i
918.
by rglover 3y ago
You're right, they didn't. > “We can say without exaggeration that the present national ambition of the United States is unemployment. People live for quitting time, for weekends, for vacations, and for retirement; moreover, th
919.
by rglover 3y ago
> Doesn't that assume that people will forever be better learners than AI? Better creators, not learners. AI can't create, it can only remix what's already been produced by humans. Human progress is created, not learned. T
920.
by rglover 3y ago
> The government could then save money and provide better service for menial tasks such as "what permit do I need to do such and such" Yes, but apply Murphy's Law. They could also automate something like appeals to eminent
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by rglover 3y ago
> I kind of flipped out, and was motivated to finish this blog piece, when I saw this: “UK government wants to use AI to cut civil service jobs: Yes, you read that right.” The idea — to have citizen input processed and responded to by an
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Limited Hangout(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by rglover 3y ago|0 comments
923.
by rglover 3y ago
No joke: talk to yourself in private. About everything. I routinely talk myself through technical problems, new ideas, etc. I spend most of my working time alone and doing this has not only improved my work significantly, it's made com
924.
by rglover 3y ago
Neither controversial nor ill-thought out—you're just correct. Bookmarked this comment to reference later.
925.
by rglover 3y ago
It's all commodified. Think about it: how do you know someone is a "punk?" They look a certain way. They listen to certain music. Hang out in certain places. Behave in certain ways (e.g., 80s punks were all about "anarc
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by rglover 3y ago
> I didn't know anything about this pamphlet other than what you posted before reading it. You didn't read it, then (you replied to me within 30 minutes).
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by rglover 3y ago
There's a lot more to it than that and I'd encourage people to form their own opinions. It maps fairly close to our current reality, even if that mapping is uncomfortable for some to read. Considering the publication date, you can
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by rglover 3y ago
Because that's what it is: a commodified version of "f*ck you mom and dad" rebellion with DIY window dressings. I grew up in punk culture (my house in college was a DIY punk club [1]) and at the core, that's all it is [2
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by rglover 3y ago
I find it interesting that last week, we had a nationwide AT&T outage and one of the causes speculated on local news outlets (within a couple hours) was a solar flare [1]. Now, less than a week later, we have articles in the New Yorker
930.
by rglover 3y ago
Because the truth that everyone is dancing around is that AI is not intelligent and to protect their moat, the people who currently dominate that industry wouldn't dare program it to make themselves (or their profit potential) obsolete

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