softwaredoug

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by softwaredoug 5d ago
We have copious evidence for behaviors like note taking and writing creates deeper thinking and retention that passively watching / reading https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-writing-by-ha...
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by softwaredoug 6d ago
> Unfortunately, the manufacturing environment has changed dramatically. The effects of COVID, increasing manufacturing and operating costs, and significant changes in consumer purchasing habits have made it increasingly difficult for a
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by softwaredoug 7d ago
Is it really “research” - as in expanding human knowledge - if nobody understands it? The point is deepening human understanding, not producing research papers
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by softwaredoug 8d ago
We’re going to learn a painful lesson AI isn’t responsible. People are responsible. It doesn’t matter if it’s code, writing, or military decisions. People can / should be held accountable. As soon as people choose to remove their own a
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by softwaredoug 8d ago
This case is about a “visual search” as in CBP agent going through your photos. Not forensic tools copying / analyzing all the data
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by softwaredoug 8d ago
Doing a bit of research, this applies to what’s considered a “manual search” as in a CBP agent spending time manually looking at your phone. It does not appear to allow (or speak to?) plugging your phone into forensic tools for a deeper ins
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by softwaredoug 8d ago
It’s not about what the AI can do, it’s about your ability as a human to keep up with the details so you can make effective decisions. You the human are ultimately responsible. Because where dangers lie is when you lose track of that one ti
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Typesafe Manifesto - build prod not God(typesafe.ai)
1 points by softwaredoug 8d ago|0 comments
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OpenAI lost the plot on boring LLM use cases (2025)(softwaredoug.com)
3 points by softwaredoug 8d ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 8d ago
Thank you!
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by softwaredoug 9d ago
In my work on LLM as a judge, I prefer to use LLM decisions as features in a downstream classic ML model for the final decision. It works really well https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2025/01/21/llm-judge-dec
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Grug-Brained Evals (2025)(softwaredoug.com)
1 points by softwaredoug 9d ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
“Using and keeping secret” - for nefarious purposes? Or to make Linux work on PS5?
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
> The scene used to be a group of highly talented researchers, but now it is just a bunch of noobs using LLMs and writing hacks they don't even understand. Slop kiddies found the only hypervisor bug left, which I had also found a wh
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
That’s obviously reductive. They don’t have to be forced. They could mutually agree to unify more strongly
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
I’m just telling you the tradeoffs you’ve chosen. You can’t be an economic superpower in the current regime. Without your own “hypergrowth” you’ll always be dominated by the hypergrowth of competitors like the US and China. You’ll be in orb
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
Ok but you have to accept that means an EU country works with a hand tied behind its back. In the US I can start a company and instantly have a market of 350M. Start a company in an EU country, then try to expand to another country, it’s a
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
Absolutely not. I have way more hard problems that engage me then ever. I do both human and AI coding. The former more to learn and mold my mind around a problem. The latter when I feel I am ready to delegate to a junior dev. I think of AI
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
I want this one to succeed, but refactors often fail and revert to the original code structure :)
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
Maybe, but it’s way too difficult to do business in the EU. Not because I think regulations are bad. But regulations need to be well designed with clears lines on what the Federal / State are allowed to do.
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by softwaredoug 10d ago
I’m not sure this is a good thing for Canada. The EU feels like an incomplete experiment. Not strong enough to actually be a single market. But still able to create additional annoying regulations on top of nation level ones. The EU needs t
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by softwaredoug 11d ago
FWIW, Naza appears to be a fairly in depth documentary where Israeli soldiers give detailed accounts on how the Gaza war worked from the inside, including expansive targets, and well known high civilian death toll.
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US coal 'biggest contributor by far' to rise in global emissions(thechemicalengineer.com)
45 points by softwaredoug 11d ago|37 comments
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Sportacus(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by softwaredoug 12d ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 13d ago
Interesting, but there’s a big caveat > Anthropic said it found no evidence that the group succeeded in fielding an operational weapon.
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by softwaredoug 13d ago
I'm not sure I'd say it's "opt-in" It's presented as a series of checkboxes when you're using their native WebOS. As if to use Netflix you have to agree to ToS. One of the checkboxes says "ACR" w
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Head of LG Ad Solutions previously charged with fraud (2019)(cbsnews.com)
3 points by softwaredoug 13d ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 13d ago
I personally think the root cause is losing hand coding skills You can be much more token efficient if you code 5-10% and let the LLM replicate those patterns. You can also maintain an understanding of the system. Avoid needless AI layered
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by softwaredoug 13d ago
Texas had a lawsuit against LG that settled in the spring. Sadly with a default of you’re opted in, and you’re presented the option to opt out[1]. As others have pointed out, you’re presented this at the same time as normal ToS. So it’s ver
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by softwaredoug 13d ago
It reads like “AI is dangerous, only we should be allowed to make money from it”

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