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by tpoacher 8mo ago
I don't know what you're talking about. This is exactly as I remember things back in the Iraq war. With us or against us and all that.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Anthropic is the new Dixie Chicks.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
As memers say, of all things that didn't happen, this one didn't happen the most.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Argument: > It turns out it's X! Counterargument: > Ah, but here's the thing! Actually, it turns out it isn't X! Everything is well with the world again. Better yet. Make a cartoon / infographic / meme of so
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Microslop. Has a nice ring to it. Thank you Streisand effect!
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
For now.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
> But I do think that most people who are making the important decisions at Anthropic are well-intentioned, driven by values, and are genuinely motivated by trying to make the transition to powerful AI to go well. in which case, these pe
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Mr Chat more or less covers it correctly. If my memory serves correctly, in the book there's a bit more emphasis and nuance on the point that, for buy-in to exist in the first place, all team members who have a strong opinion prior to
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
> Nobody disagrees with the technical argument That's a very strong foundational claim right at the start. And in my experience, a completely false one. Which makes the whole argument that follows it completely unsound. Also, the au
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
I highly doubt the veracity of this claim.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
I suppose the irony is not lost on anyone that this article on how "AI is not dangerous" has clearly been generated by an AI. Reminds me of this quote: > I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. T
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Indeed. The best way to make the distinction really obvious is the phrase: "Github is to git what Pornhub is to porn". Alas, not a phrase you can use in an educational setting though. And I haven't really found other "hu
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
grep + xargs ... in other words, we're finally back at good old standard svn workflows
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
How to solve most cases of paraplegia: - Regular long walks at the park - Climb stairs whenever possible instead of using the lift - Good foot care - Engage in social exercise like running clubs - Wear good quality footwear, suitable for th
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
But only for "per protocol" analyses. "Intention to treat" analyses, now ... very different conclusions.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Fair enough. My personal anecdote (and obviously your mileage may vary) is that, I've switched to Libreoffice a long time ago, and now my frustrations mirror yours except in reverse; i.e., I'm very happy and comfortable with the L
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Don't mean to trivialise this problem, but, libreoffice provides full keyboard shortcut customization, which I find very easy and intuitive to work with, including, if you really wanted to, a "bring up menu then functionality from
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Yes, still though, it might be interesting to be able to measure this easily. E.g. when asking an AI to rephrase or summarise, if the entropy drops you might take that as a sign that it has eroded the style beyond what you might be willing
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
The part about a change in entropy was interesting. Is there an easy way to get / compare the entropy of two passages? (e.g. to see if it has indeed dropped after gen ai manipulation). And could this be used to flag AI-gen text (or at
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
is nobody going to comment on the fact that this page seems to be written entirely in latex?
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
it's real (in that it works) but obviously it's a programming joke rather than anything anyone would ever use in a real system.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
As an aside, I like their use of blockquotes+details/summary blocks for inserting "afterthoughts/addendums". It's a nice touch, and it works pretty well. Partly because, as a design choice, it forces you to add the
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
You reminded me of "Sleep Sort" [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2657277
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
so, "yes", but with added sarcasm? :D
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Is Java even a "systems programming" language? I don't even know what that term means anymore; but afaik Java didn't really have reliable low-level APIs until recently.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
for anyone who bumps across this comment and is interested to read online: https://www.readanybook.com/online/641149#458432
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
(thanks, though I think you're probably replying to the wrong thread?)
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Do you have a link?
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
I won't deny that vim has an "insane" feature count (particularly with plugins), but people who claim this kind of comparison typically vastly underestimate nano's own feature count and flexibility / extensibility.
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by tpoacher 8mo ago
Unironically yes, switch to nano. It is an excellent and vastly underestimated editor. (though admittedly, with a somewhat unfortunate default config, at least for modern environments) It has been my editor of choice over vim for many years

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