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by sky2224 1y ago
With regard to window management, this will certainly depend on the distro. Ubuntu's WM has been quite good I'll admit, but that seems to have occurred in only pretty recent versions in the past 5 years or so. My previous experi
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by sky2224 1y ago
I get what you're saying, but the problem is the software does 90% of what I want really well and I like that they do that 90% super well and I want to keep that. In your Windows vs. Linux example, Linux just doesn't do a lot of t
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by sky2224 1y ago
Not true in my experience. A lot of companies make self-hosting a requirement since they're working with sensitive data that they want to keep on premises.
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by sky2224 1y ago
Man while Feynman was a genius, I think it's underappreciated just how articulate and philosophical he was. I've always loved reading his work because he just knew how to say things the right way. This letter really allows that s
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by sky2224 1y ago
Quit worrying about helping those that helped you in particular. If you have the opportunity and means to express gratitude, then go for it, but otherwise just pay it forward to the next person that comes along that you can help. I've
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by sky2224 1y ago
So far it's been sesame AI. The idea isn't novel as it's just AI voice generation that can be used in a conversational context (i.e., you speak it to it, it speaks back). But the way it convincingly sounded and communicated
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by sky2224 1y ago
I think the person you're replying to is being a bit alarmist, but in the context of AI, the models available 8 months ago were honestly significantly worse than what we have now. Simon Willison did a great write up about the advanceme
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by sky2224 1y ago
Your post took off significantly more than mine, but I asked something similar roughly 8 months ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41736600 Figured I'd post since seeing changes in responses over time can b
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by sky2224 1y ago
What have you switched to that isn't PayPal and also doesn't have this issue?
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by sky2224 1y ago
I didn't read the research paper, so maybe they do this, but I think an emphasis needs to be placed on the specific subject having notes taken on. I think hand written notes for math is just a no-brainer situation. Math formulas do no
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by sky2224 1y ago
Do you mean opt-in by default? It was on for me without my knowledge. Very gross behavior on their part.
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by sky2224 1y ago
I've had instances now where the code generated by copilot has saved me roughly an hour or more without turning into a can of worms. Your mileage is going to vary depending on the language and framework you're using. For example,
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by sky2224 1y ago
The key is knowing when and how to use both. If you can be twice as fast with something using AI and you're actively choosing not to use it, then yeah you're just being stubborn. Get over it or risk getting the boot. There will b
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by sky2224 1y ago
how reliable are those smart pens actually? I've always been concerned that you'll end up losing out on crucial or really finely drawn stuff.
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by sky2224 1y ago
Some of the most intelligent people I've ever met in math, physics, and computer science don't even use a notebook. They use printer paper and pen. When they're done, they throw the paper away. I have seldom found personal
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by sky2224 1y ago
Have you considered transitioning into an IT or even security related role? There can be a lot more of a business side to those roles, which I've seen people enjoy more when they've found that software engineering isn't righ
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by sky2224 1y ago
Just curious: as a SWE, what are the prospects like in this field? What kind of background would be necessary to step in and what does the demand look like? I've always been fascinated by nuclear and it seems like a field that's
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by sky2224 1y ago
What were some of those rights exactly?
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by sky2224 1y ago
The Civil War was 100% about the Confederacy's desire to preserve slavery. The "State's Rights" argument is revisionist to downplay things, especially given the fact that southern states would be hypocritical and demand
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by sky2224 1y ago
I don't think so. It's just outputting the character combinations that align with the scenario that we interpret here as, "blackmail". The model has no concept of an experience.
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by sky2224 1y ago
How often are you washing your jeans?
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by sky2224 1y ago
As someone else stated, there are enterprise services that offer solutions that make it so your company data isn't consumed, however, I think pretty soon we're going to see a lot of companies maintaining models locally in-house. I
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by sky2224 1y ago
He really hit the nail on the head with the part about realizing you only need 8% of what a dependency provides a lot of the time. I recall working on a project where we were using some really old WPF library that provided a bunch of contro
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by sky2224 1y ago
Even worse, you have to download a .zip containing the output. I'm probably a bit too trusting, but holy hell does that still give a terrible first impression when we have in-browser solutions available to show code demos.
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by sky2224 1y ago
This is cool. I remember not too long ago I had a professor telling me that this was essentially the future of software engineering and that soon we won't be writing code as we know it today. I believed him, I just didn't think
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by sky2224 1y ago
That sounds like an equal opportunity nightmare.
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by sky2224 1y ago
Ha, kind of funny to see this right now. I've been fighting copilot in vscode in trying to get it to output anything once I take the context down to a very specific problem. It feels like I have to reset and almost reground the model
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by sky2224 1y ago
Hahaha, nice try, but you're not getting me this year. Oh wait you're serious.
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by sky2224 1y ago
I think job stability/security for the individual is highly dependent on the company rather than the size. Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have had a history of laying off employees during downturns, while Apple has generally been bette
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by sky2224 1y ago
Something to address the overwhelming spread of information (whether or not it's accurate). We are destroying each other cognitively and it is tearing society to pieces. Frankly, if the solution was to develop some technology that des

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