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by schneems 3y ago
I see this as a problem of not investing enough in the deploy process. (Disclosure: I maintain an open source deploy tool for a living). Charity Majors gave a talk in Euruko that talked a lot about this. Deploy tooling shouldn’t be a bunch
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by schneems 3y ago
It reinforces my priors that human knowledge is Bayesian (we don’t just take in knowledge, we are constantly comparing it to a prior and updating that prior, but we aren’t aware of our own biases which can take a huge precedence over new in
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by schneems 3y ago
To try to restate that. Someone owns currency A then buys B which is a cost, but it has a good exchange rate with currency C and C has a good exchange rate with A. So the B-C-A move yields a profit which would be representative as a negativ
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by schneems 3y ago
I think the question isn’t “what is the issue with negative weights” rather “what is a real world example of negative weights” which the article doesn’t really explain. I don’t know any off hand. I would guess its when a path has a benefit
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by schneems 3y ago
Easier to parallelize and without all the side effects, which only occur when trying to directly observe them.
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by schneems 3y ago
> because they want to feel like they have the answers A huge pet peeve of mine: I ask a really difficult question that might be impossible to answer, then someone interprets it as needing ANY answer (rather than a correct answer) and th
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by schneems 3y ago
Tuple.app and Slack’s “huddle” are the two best screen share quality I’ve seen. I pair with both. Zoom is better than google hangout which seems to compress in a way that messes with fine lines and text.
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by schneems 3y ago
That’s a name I’ve not heard in a long while. I hated the controls but loved the game.
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by schneems 3y ago
I don’t disagree with any differences you pointed out. I still think a lot of the internet could have much higher standards than it does today.
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by schneems 3y ago
I’m a mod on /r/ruby and it’s got 80,000 subscribers. I like to think it’s not “beyond moderation”. We have fairly aggressive rules (around tone and impact) and very high standards and I would say most of the time the community me
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by schneems 3y ago
I agree with you that we’re in the infancy of context free communication (text only posts). But disagree that it wasn’t built (or couldn’t be changed, my extended interpretation) There are wildly different experiences with communities onlin
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by schneems 3y ago
> IMHO the far better and still my preferred approach would have been to favor a per-thread GIL with an explicit mode to share particular objects. You just described Ractors in Ruby, which didn’t turn out great. The setup cost for either
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by schneems 3y ago
> I basically stopped writing paper notes then. I’m curious why. Was there something in your notes that implicated you or was it more of a general “working under a microscope in public view feels stifling” or something else?
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by schneems 3y ago
Anecdotes are meaningful but they’re not everything. Especially when talking about a systemic, emergent problem. One of the larger problems in this space is: since we cannot view the inputs that created the problem, we cannot verify that th
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by schneems 3y ago
A controllable algorithmic feed solves problem 1 (kinda) but not problem 2. The phrase “algorithmic cruelty” is best demonstrated with the most seemingly innocuous efforts. Like reminding you of a special birthday photo with a friend who ha
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by schneems 3y ago
Define “bad”. YouTube optimizes for engagement and time on site. If that leads you to a bunch of conspiracy videos and radicalizing content then it thinks it did its job well. Algorithmic feeds goal seek and the problem is that 1) you don’t
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by schneems 4y ago
> Let's hope this will induce Fox hosts to be a wee bit more careful about keeping facts straight going forward. My guess is that the lesson they learned here is “don’t get caught”.
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by schneems 4y ago
I had a similar reaction to Lyft’s “you have 2 minutes to accept this faster trip” prompt and emphasizing the faster, more expensive option first. I saw that, balked a bit at the interaction and ended up taking a train instead. Not only was
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by schneems 4y ago
Wow. I’m surprised and delighted by your response. I feel heard and validated. Thanks for being open minded and for going the extra mile of stating what you will do above and beyond my original ask. Seriously, thanks!
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by schneems 4y ago
DRY SPOT love it!
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by schneems 4y ago
When I wrote my comment I was excited "I can help people understand a thing that was hard for me 10 years ago." When I read your comment I feel attacked. I need people to hear that the original intent of the DRY does not mean &quo
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by schneems 4y ago
First response is: > "Don't Repeat Yourself" versus "Repeat Once or Twice" This is a common misconception, that principle is not about code duplication but about conflicting logic. From Wikipedia: > The DRY pr
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by schneems 4y ago
“You can’t code and workout at the same time” Oh yeah, watch me
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by schneems 4y ago
> require more application instead of memorisation, like mathematics or electrical engineering I’ve dreamed of having some app that mixes in bite sized learning lessons with otherwise “fun” internet (social media, news, etc.) I could ima
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by schneems 4y ago
Turning the same data into an image provides no additional info and requires extra steps. The key requirement here for my feature is copy and paste from the terminal.
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by schneems 4y ago
I added comparative histograms (normalized to the same axis) for derailed benchmarks so that when I send a perf PR they get the distribution data in an accessible format. You can copy and paste it right into the comments or description. Tha
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by schneems 4y ago
The line between stealing and not isn’t defined by talent.
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by schneems 4y ago
Large language models do are no “A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer” they are stochastic parrots and don’t even parrot facts reliably. I teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade kids to code. Mostly code.org does the work of introducing code throu
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by schneems 4y ago
What buttons/actions do you commonly use? I got one to play the DJ air horn sound effect in meetings but between google hangouts, my m2 xlr device, and the stream deck something doesn’t work quite right.
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by schneems 4y ago
> And for that, the clone-makers are, IMO, contributing to the ecosystem Embrace, extend, extinguish.

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