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by skybrian 2mo ago
Can't really argue with that, but In my experience, coding agents work quite well with TypeScript too. :)
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Notifications are designed to be low-overhead, though. I’d still like to know of specific examples for why it’s worth making your computer go burr all night, rather than asserting it will be that way just because you could.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Maybe it's my lack of imagination, but what do you imagine you'd be doing where you'd want to keep a computer busy overnight? It seems like the purpose of humans isn't to keep machines busy. When our phone or laptop is i
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by skybrian 2mo ago
We don't assume everyone should be working. Some categories everyone accepts shouldn't be working: children, students, retirees, new parents, the sick, and the disabled. There's a widespread assumption that you should eventua
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Not quite sure what you're getting at with "authenticated distributed data," but records that came from a PDS are signed by the PDS. The signatures are there to enable untrusted mirrors to be used for distribution. There&#x27
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Does it need to be actual Bazel or could it be a similar but simpler, purpose-built system?
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Here’s a more positive take on it: alternatives need customers and/or patrons. Becoming an early adopter for some software or service or artist that you like is beneficial for both you and for them. The trouble is finding them. Writing
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Zvi’s write up has much more social media quotes and memes and speculation and left me looking for something else that’s shorter and more sober to share. Simon’s writeup is more like what I wanted.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Seems like OpenAI has already made themselves not the cause by shutting down the attack and beefing up security. But since there will be other attackers, that does nothing about the implications for defense.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Maybe they should get some credit for taking full advantage of whatever assets they have? It's better than not using them.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Burning natural gas instead of coal should result in about half as much carbon emissions theoretically, although methane leaks will narrow the advantage.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Some people want quick results. Some people want it to keep searching for a new math proof overnight without giving up, and they have money to burn. It seems like giving it a time limit or a budget in dollars would be clearer, though? Or, k
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by skybrian 2mo ago
$20/month also gives you API access for coding, in any coding agent. I keep hitting the weekly limit but it's a good deal while it lasts.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
It's also pretty cheap if you're paying for it (for coding). But I don't quite trust it for anything complicated, so I often use Terra.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Yes I know, but how do they plan to get to the moon?
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Seems like Starship has a ways to go before carrying human passengers?
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by skybrian 2mo ago
This is tricky to navigate because most of the sky survey hasn't happened yet. You need to zoom way out and look for patches that are mostly, but not completely black. And that gives you an idea of how huge the map will be once they&#x
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by skybrian 2mo ago
This seems to be for business plans only?
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Maybe, but a specific example showing how to do it would have been a more compelling argument.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Who says they aren’t? But it’s unclear how much damage they did and the attacked companies haven’t sued, yet.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
It should be the same as for any public transport: it's the service operator's responsibility to run the system. The rider doesn't need insurance. I imagine Google has enough money that they can self-insure. Particularly sinc
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Isn't that what you'd expect from a camera service provider? I'd certainly want any videos taken by my own cameras to be owned by me.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Why not use both open source and closed source software? Pick your battles. It's okay to buy a Mac or pay a hosting provider. Customize the tools that actually matter to you.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
It's a VM hosting service. The devtools they have in mind run on top. But there are other open source projects that will help you self-host.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
It seems like an odd purity test to advocate for on a Y Combinator website. Why are you here if you're so worried about being influenced by VC's?
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Open sourcing devtools seems like a "commodify your complement" thing. A way to do that is to sell hosting. People can self-host if they want to, but some people will prefer to pay a hosting service. This is what exe.dev is doing.
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Skilled use may or may not matter, depending on the task. Do you need to do what Terence Tao is doing?
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by skybrian 2mo ago
This will depend on the problem; I expect big algorithmic performance improvements in AI since the algorithms are still new, inefficent, and constantly being improved. But maybe not for sorting, fast fourier transforms, or other well-studie
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by skybrian 2mo ago
The idea is that upgrading a devtool is like upgrading a vendored library. It's not something you do automatically or while you're in the middle of doing something else. Usually the AI can fix merge conflicts. If upstream changes
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by skybrian 2mo ago
Updating a constant versus a config parameter isn’t all that different if the build is fast. I do think modularity will remain important because it makes merge conflicts less likely, and a system with good modularity could look a lot like a

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