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by specproc 2y ago
Aye, but we've learned it, we've got code bases written in it, many of us are much more data kids than "real devs". I get it doesn't follow best practices, but it does do what it needs to. Speed has been an issue, a
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by specproc 2y ago
My apologies, I stand corrected.
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by specproc 2y ago
I very much read it as I responded, and re-reading, still interpret it as such.
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by specproc 2y ago
The flipside is that you have no job security. In Europe, we've been moving towards more American style "flexible employment" for years, and it's highly controversial. As an aging guy, I'm also staring down the barr
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by specproc 2y ago
I can spell it out, if it helps. In a country with exorbitant healthcare costs, it means that leaving your job means that you (and often your family) don't get healthcare.
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by specproc 2y ago
I've found models to be incredibly fixed and repetitive for creative writing. I have this project based around a cyberpunk city, and have been experimenting with LLMs for content generation. The same names and themes continually crop u
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by specproc 2y ago
I wouldn't underestimate the influence of crypto, and a desire to change leadership at regulators as a factor in the election. There was a fascinating piece doing the rounds here last month, crypto lobbying has been huge. [0] Just been
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by specproc 2y ago
Fascinating there doesn't seem to be a consensus "just use this" answer here.
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by specproc 2y ago
> The best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity. Every time I read this poem it nails something. Incredible sense of tension and dread.
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by specproc 2y ago
The informal culture described in the article is massively underrated, or at least, the opposite is overrated. I'm from the (highly formal, rules-based) UK, but have lived most of my adult life in places with strong informal cultures.
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by specproc 2y ago
I worked in non-profit funding for many a year, and in the more traditional charity space, there's zero -- even negative -- correlation between grant value and effort. It's also not just about the initial (typically multi-stage) a
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by specproc 2y ago
The two practical ones are Arabic Geometrical Pattern and Design by J. Bourgoin (a pattern book), and Ruler and Compass by Andrew Sutton, which is a small general guide to building shapes. I've never gotten particularly far in doing my
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by specproc 2y ago
Thank you kindly! I've got a few lovely books, but I'm out and their names escape me. Will update later.
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by specproc 2y ago
I've worked around (and occasionally in) UN agencies for a good deal of my career, and it's getting to the point where I'd be surprised if it lasts another decade at this rate. I'd like to avoid a very dicey political ho
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by specproc 2y ago
Islamic geometry is gorgeous. I've a pile of books on my shelf but have never gotten off my backside to recreate some. Hope to take this as inspiration!
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by specproc 2y ago
Painting wargaming and TTRPG minis. I guess I've been at it about a decade now. Mine aren't quite as good as my more experienced and obsessive friends', but I've got my own style, they look good enough, and most importan
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by specproc 2y ago
Dunno about Ubisoft, as I don't play their games, but CDPR has a `--launcher-skip` flag that I use. Not ideal that it's needed in the first place, but better than nowt. Maybe Ubisoft has similar?
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by specproc 2y ago
Cato are a rent-a-wonk shop. This feels like someone wants this floated with an eye to a Trump presidency.
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by specproc 2y ago
I come from a town where the biggest employer is the state in a few different forms. I think it's entirely valid for the government to keep them all busy 9-5, salaried and pensioned. Main function of the state IMO. I don't fear go
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by specproc 2y ago
I'm not into them myself, but a lot of the ones that are struggling these days are the (non-chain) old man, football, working-class pubs in struggling towns. I'm back visiting for the first extended period of time in a decade, and
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by specproc 2y ago
A lot of the problems started under Blair. Licensing for music was a horrible policy move. The smoking ban necessary, but brutal for pubs; ditto a crackdown on underage drinking. In my forties, and I feel that my generation was the last to
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by specproc 2y ago
Hmm, sure, but if you want to spot malice, look for the one not taking breaks.
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by specproc 2y ago
I don't think we need more billionaires giving their money away. I think they and their companies need to pay tax properly so we can vote on how it's spent.
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by specproc 2y ago
In an increasingly cashless society, and as a European, I find it deeply troubling that it's very difficult to conduct the most basic financial transactions without a foreign (US) intermediary.
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by specproc 2y ago
Not sure if quite sci fi, certainly not in the Three Body Problem vein, but Viktor Pelevin is mind-bending stuff. Dark, funny and quite unique. Well, some debt to Kafka, TBF. Another Russian bonus, this 2014 short story[0] by Kremlin-inside
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by specproc 2y ago
Easily testable hypothesis, at its simplest we could do: flagged ~ google_in_title + title_sentiment + upvotes + num_comments + some_time_var
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by specproc 2y ago
Exactly. Who wakes up in the morning and thinks, "You know what the world needs? An LLM that writes linkedin influencer-style posts".
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by specproc 2y ago
As a Brit, one of the things that made 28 Days Later so good was the fact it was set in the UK. We're saturated in American culture. LA on fire, yawn. Manchester in ruins, now that's something that connects. And 65daysofstatic, in
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by specproc 2y ago
For anyone in the thread that's not seen "How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus" by John McAfee, you are very, very welcome [0]. Content warning: it was made in his Alpha-PHP era, and contains a lot of sex and drug references. It
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by specproc 2y ago
I came to stats through the social sciences, and I get the feeling that's where the author's beef is coming from. If you're doing say, econometrics for publication and you don't have a solid theoretical basis for all you

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