travelalberta

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by travelalberta 1y ago
>Can you choose the book you want, or does it have to be introductory Java. 2nd edition of Kleppmann comes out in a few months... if I flunk a DE interview think I can request it?
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by travelalberta 1y ago
> LLMs can't do math. Ignoring conversations about 'reasoning', at a fundamental level LLMs do not 'do math' in the way that a calculator or a human does math. Sure we can train bigger and bigger models that give
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by travelalberta 1y ago
I thank the stars every day that my direct manager is an actual engineer.
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by travelalberta 1y ago
People love gambling.
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by travelalberta 1y ago
> https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/costco-thin-... > https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/costco-thin-down-christmas... > https://globalnews.ca/news/
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by travelalberta 1y ago
The flurry of OpenAI deals make me think were reaching a tipping point maybe a lot sooner than I expected. This is a company that needs to show some viability of generative AI as a product and so far they've created AI-Slop TikTok (whi
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by travelalberta 1y ago
I know a guy who does this kind of contract work for Python/C++ programming. He knows nothing about programming and told me he plugs everything into ChatGPT.
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by travelalberta 1y ago
I have a CS undergrad and a MSc in Computing, did either really prepare me for industry? Not really. But I made a lot of friends, drank a million beers, and overall had a good time. They look good on a resume too. Even when I was in school
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by travelalberta 1y ago
I think this is my favorite part of the LLM hype train: the butterfly effect of dependence on an undependable stochastic system propagates errors up the chain until the whole system is worthless. "I think it got 98% of the information