switchbak

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by switchbak 2mo ago
It's 9:30pm pacific time - my build is still completely borked ... and we're self hosting runners. I think we need to ask for some money back, this is BONKERS. Any more of this, and we'll go full Gitlab, like we should have y
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by switchbak 2mo ago
"I don't see how they could manage that without a full-scale invasion and control of Iran" - that's precisely what they're saying, and that the domestic populace wouldn't put up with it. I suppose "could&q
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by switchbak 2mo ago
Why though - seriously, what need are you bringing by doing that? What good could come of that besides a little catharsis? These middle managers are robots in an organization. You knew they saw you as "resources", now they can&#x2
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by switchbak 2mo ago
Sorry, I wasn't suggesting you had little scruples. That's just a silly part of common parlance that can be confusing sometimes.
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by switchbak 2mo ago
In this last week, I've performed experiments in an almost fully automated way - parallel to my main work, and easy to orchestrate. This has led to 3 parallel pieces of adjacent work that each speed up our build by quite a drastic marg
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by switchbak 2mo ago
Absolutely - in some cases you'll see the major sins addressed, and there's a small mountain of lesser issues waiting to be uncovered.
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by switchbak 2mo ago
Maybe it's just me, but someone deciding to physically sand things without my consent would get a stern eye from me. Unless it's well into the "no brainer" kind of decision. (eg: the railing didn't have a finish on
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by switchbak 2mo ago
I’ve just had the displeasure of interviewing a batch of candidates over zoom. ALL of them were cheating with AI in realtime. If you have so little scruples, I can imagine you wouldn’t think twice about doing that with an assignment.
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by switchbak 2mo ago
"The issue would be that LLMs seem to not improve senior devs productivity" - that's the opposite of what they said. And the opposite of my experience.
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by switchbak 2mo ago
"Rules for thee but not for me" - isn't that beyond obvious now? The folks running things simply do not play by the rules you or I do (assuming you do).
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by switchbak 2mo ago
That is true. Then again if you can’t even provide a reference you’re unable to jump a very low bar. We’re inundated with fake applicants. References are more than mandatory now. But not enough, the whole system is broken. Also you come off
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by switchbak 3mo ago
Enough to make it a non-started at the organizations that pay their bills. Everyone else isn't big enough to matter.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
They're not saying "one point" about the conclusion, they're saying that their statement isn't nearly confident enough, and that they would prefer that they say with strong confidence that there is unequivocally NO
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by switchbak 3mo ago
I have normal hair, and probably less hair loss than is average for someone my age. I don't use products on it. Aside from this issue, it's been clear sailing the whole time.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
What I'm getting from all this is that we have an armchair expert explaining details about something they're not an expert in, and we have you reviewing the way they present this information, saying their very weak hedge wasn&#x27
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by switchbak 3mo ago
It was certainly the case that gym bros thought you had to cycle it. But you're right that this was never necessary.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
"poses no danger to your hair" I keep hearing folks say this, and even in this thread there's someone who's experienced that and had it stop when they eliminated creatine. I too have experienced exactly that with exactly
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by switchbak 3mo ago
Human ingenuity thrives on constraints.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
If I worked at a place like that, I'd sure as hell work my butt of to get a job somewhere else. Or in my case, actively ignore any and all recruiting from that sesspool.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
"that can grammar correct" ... Did you do that on purpose?
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by switchbak 3mo ago
For the near future it seems that the new models will consume whatever improved hardware capacity we have. Competing with that is challenging, but I also think there will be strong economic incentives towards cheaper but adequate models on
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by switchbak 3mo ago
Supposedly it’s an urban (rural) legend going around for a long time. Good story, even if it’s not true.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
The prison sentence for being caught doing legal things is surprisingly short.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
It is when folks like you come around and vomit this kind of thing.
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by switchbak 3mo ago
"while others have their own battles, they are very rarely similar to this" - meh, I don't think that's true. Being human is hard, and in some circumstances can be very fucking hard. If you've had a challenging time
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by switchbak 3mo ago
The Buddhists call that seeking ground, and they consider it to be a real source of suffering. Their take is that the reality is fundamentally groundlessness, and the more you can relax into that (easier said than done), the less you'l
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by switchbak 3mo ago
Good refinement. I like Paul Graham's "keep your identity small" piece: https://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html When you're not personally identified with your work, it stings a whole lot less when some
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by switchbak 3mo ago
"HN comments are _NOT_ going to help debugging your mental state" ... I mean in aggregate, sure. But of course there could be people that are offering useful advice, in a well meaning way - that could actually help OP. You're
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by switchbak 3mo ago
Sounds like it grew out of the rationalist community (eww), and got picked up by various podcasters as it became a phase du jour. See https://www.yuzeh.com/etc/2021-01-24-beliefs-as-structures - folks have been using i
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by switchbak 3mo ago
Thank God, we can't just have people getting high for free.

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