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by seadan83 1y ago
Like a person that has memorized every single answer in the world to every single question ever asked - but is completely dead behind the eyes.
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by seadan83 1y ago
The proof for TDD is usually looking at bug detection rates. Similar for code review. OTOH, the "design damage" of TDD is something overlooked by those metrics. What it boils down to: - TDD in the hands of a junior is very good. D
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by seadan83 1y ago
I agree the risk of bus factor zero is reduced when ramp up time is reduced (through the use of AI enabled tooling), but I disagree in that you still have bus factor zero nonetheless.
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by seadan83 1y ago
No, it's not a wish nor an expectation for a magical panacea, but logic. The only code you do not have to maintain is code that is fully perfect (100% accurate, 100% of the time). Bus factor zero is a problem for code that needs to be
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by seadan83 1y ago
Unless I made a terrible copy/paste error, I 100% quoted the guardian article that we are discussing. In other words, "did you read the article?" To your other point: The goal post is the statement (I'm paraphrasing here
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by seadan83 1y ago
> an argument for the thesis that LLMs are not intelligent, and that this is wrong, Why is that wrong? I mean, I support that thesis. > since being a next-token-predictor is compatible with being intelligent. No. My argument is by de
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by seadan83 1y ago
> I'm more shocked that so many people seem unable to come to grips with the fact that something can be a next token predictor and demonstrate intelligence. Except LLMs have not shown much intelligence. Wisdom yes, intelligence no.
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by seadan83 1y ago
I quoted the article. The median age in gaza is estimated to be 18. Half of the population was not even born the last time there was an election. Consider hamas lost 3 of 5, it was neither a plurality. It's not about how liberals or co
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by seadan83 1y ago
I didn't write anything about targetting children. But, while on the topic. Targetting vs accepting children as collateral damage are different. Both can be true. The judiciary is also notably notoriously lenient in prosecuting crimes
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by seadan83 1y ago
Gaza is an occupied territory. It's not equal. > Gaza citizens supported Hamas for 20+ years- cheering on 7th of October-and probably still are This is a lie. The stats do not bare this out. Sure you can find examples, but a picture
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by seadan83 1y ago
You're repeating the same lies as laura loomer. Quoting the article: "Loomer wrote, before falsely stating that “95% of GAZANS voted for HAMAS.” "In fact, Hamas got 44% of party list votes in the 2006 Palestinian legislative
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by seadan83 1y ago
It's an example of notable criticism. The campaign was on twitter, so the PG quote is context and as an example of what detractors are saying.
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by seadan83 1y ago
Every fact about Laura loomer could be wrong, doesn't change the cruelty of the policy change. The VERY FIRST SENTENCE of your wikipedia link says: "Laura Elizabeth Loomer (born May 21, 1993) is an American FAR-RIGHT political act
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by seadan83 1y ago
> claims that true AGI wouldn't be any more powerful than humans very very much have a burden of proof. That's a shocking claim that I've honestly never heard before, and seems to fly in the face of intuition. The claim in
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by seadan83 1y ago
Re-check the data presented. The outcome of whether kids go forward or not is independent of aptitude/skill/study habits. You seem to imply the intent is to allow strong students to advance more quickly. Except the data does not s
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by seadan83 1y ago
France, UK, Norway, Spain, Canada.. here's your list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
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by seadan83 1y ago
To your interesting aspect, you're missing the most important (IMHO): accuracy. All 3 are really quite important, missing any one of them and the other two are useless. I'd also question how you know that ants have zero knowledge
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by seadan83 1y ago
Burden of proof is to show that AGI can do anything. Until then, the answer is "don't know." FWIW, it's about 3 to 4 orders of magnitude difference between the human brain and the largest neural networks (as gauged by co
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by seadan83 1y ago
> It does not make sense to have admins and other parents with vested interests block kids from whatever classes they want to take! Sure it does. There is a vested interest in some to ensure a desired peer group of the classes their kids
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by seadan83 1y ago
Who is to say any of this is a mistake and not exactly as intended? Like, it was not a mistake during red lining laws that you had to go into a bank personally.
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by seadan83 1y ago
No, the issue is if you don't take algebra I by 8th grade then you won't take advanced math. Nobody is considering algebra I tk be advanced, the key is when you take algebra I in order to move on. Turns out, whether you take algeb
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by seadan83 1y ago
I've found the best way to kill a conversation is to point out the appropriate place the conversation should have started.
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by seadan83 1y ago
The stats for collisions from rear are surprising, rarest way to get hit on a bike (and most of those are no lights at night). It turns out, moving closer to the center of the lane reduces the chances of the most likely directions of impact
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by seadan83 1y ago
The humiliation is the least of it IMO. When interviewing, let's say you've got to leads. You get hired and tell the test to pound sand. Companies (I've found) never like that. It's a burned bridge (despite the strong hi
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by seadan83 1y ago
According to the data in the article, the white board does not even show ability to code.
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by seadan83 1y ago
Simpler, add random cat fact at the end. For reals can be extraneous company info. I'm of course referencing the recent finding that LLM accuracy nose dives when confronted with extraneous info.
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by seadan83 1y ago
> a lot of younger programmers treat these patterns like a religious dogma First you learn what the pattern is. Then you learn when to use it. Then you learn when not to use it. The gap between the first and third step can be many years.
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by seadan83 1y ago
I would say reliability is availability times accuracy. (Your point remains largely the same, just more precise with the updated definition replacing 'reliable' with 'accurate'.)
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by seadan83 1y ago
I wouldn't take the claim to mean that humans universally have an attribute called "accuracy" that is uniformly set to the value 99.9%. The claim is pretty clearly 'can' achieve (humans) vs 'do' achieve (L
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by seadan83 1y ago
I've heard management (and a skill I've learned to appreciate from leadership) is "creating alignment" amongst a group of people. Would you say that is different from setting direction? Second question, if you don't

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