shombaboor

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by shombaboor 2y ago
ive definitely got into prompt cycles where i ask myself it definitely would have been shorter to have written it myself. so far it can't do anything I can't do myself, it's a time saver for the most common boilerplate block
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by shombaboor 2y ago
yeah i thought that was interesting, as if to say, if we made a pet torture video that has the most views ever, that's what's important. Also how wedded it is to youtube. understanding how youtube works is more important that ma
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by shombaboor 2y ago
or limitation
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by shombaboor 2y ago
they've got some great marketing to get away without using: bug, defect, error, malfunction
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by shombaboor 2y ago
what was the technical nature of the bot, a local shell bash/python script running constantly to make curl-esque requests the clicks on defined parts of the grid? Or something on top of the browser like a chrome extension? I'm c
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by shombaboor 2y ago
Apart from some ridiculous backgrounds featured here, the web used to be very readable.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
keeping up with the latest code assistants is the new keeping up with the latest js frameworks.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
it was too truthful from what I can ascertain. Always interesting when you get to hear what someone actually thinks. Most tech talk/interviews are access / pr fluff.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
definitely seen this. folks review, say nothing, then wait to critique in front of the bosses in a larger session. critique is only good if seen by someone important not in silence.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
UA to GA4 finally got us to abandon google analytics for cookie free cloudflare completing the cycle
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by shombaboor 2y ago
this just reminded me of the warriors video of draymond green punching his teammate. the organization was more mad that the video got out than anything else. Steve Kerr who likes to moralize carries endless weight for the misdeeds of his p
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by shombaboor 2y ago
or in the departed. Martin Sheen is the only one who knew dicaprio was undercover. With him dead the protection goes with it. Only a real contract would CYA. When a company goes from friendly to unfriendly they're happy they were &
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by shombaboor 2y ago
There was an interesting article that these third parties who lobbied to run in the kernel and microsoft acquiesced about 20 years ago which led us down this path. https://web.archive.org/web/20061023112233/http:&#
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by shombaboor 2y ago
it's funny that yc's motto is (where I see these posts) 'make something people want' and launch after launch in the ai/crypto/metaverse era, I just don't see it. Or it's simply me who is out of touch
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by shombaboor 2y ago
the cost of producing bs is too low, back in the day it would at least require time and money to print / distribute.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
I just wish there was some type of identifiable credit / penalty system for writing accurately as a news source. And this would include quotes / retweets. Never been a better time to be wrong about everything.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
does anyone else remember babbage's the store? That's how I became aware of who he was
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by shombaboor 2y ago
they're heavily regulated which is a good thing. the odds are completely transparent.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
Are all the companies doing blind interviews? Pretty sure it'll just be in-group hiring and calling that meritocracy. When people who look like me get jobs it's meritocracy, when it's others it's not.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
This is all fine but it's virtual signaling to the likes of PG and other VCs. To be merit based they'd need blind entrance exams so as not to fast lane referrals, friends of friends, alumni networks etc.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
in the long run it was probably good for his career. Everyone knows who he is. That type of PR/media awarenes/branding is worth a ton.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
there are a number of famous criminals back in the game. Being infamous is invaluable on twitter: jordan belfort, Shkreli, billy mcfarland. Just get a twitter account and sell the movie rights
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by shombaboor 2y ago
this comment made my day
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by shombaboor 2y ago
they went from "look at this dumbass on reddit" to "no it is I (Google) who is in fact the dumbass". It's an interesting strategy to say the least.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
It's funny (as in not funny) google is blaming the users for uncommon or unusual queries.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
OpenAI and sama should get no benefit of doubt given his conduct the past year or so, starting with their refusal to say whether or not they trained on youtube data.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
In addition to being unaware of case law related to lookalikes/soundalikes (midler, waits), AI bros are showing themselves having ear deafness (like face blindness) claiming to hear no similarities to scarjo.
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by shombaboor 2y ago
literally, how does anyone find this acceptable? It makes me feel dumb that I find this outrageous, like the emperor's new clothes: y'all can see this too right?
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by shombaboor 2y ago
This reporter appears to have confirmed it from a direct source https://x.com/yashar/status/1792682664845254683?t=EwNPiMPwRe...
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by shombaboor 2y ago
it seems most of the big companies try to break the rules while in the process become so strong they trade it off for what becomes a marginal fine & cost of doing business. Facebook, Uber come to mind first. This may just be the same.

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