unclebucknasty

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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> Not sure why you are being downvoted Not a downvoter, but I suspect it's because we all know that people have a tendency to act in their own best interest. But, we also expect leaders to consider the best interests of their charg
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> what's the ultimate benefit against just using hair dye? Permanent hair color generally contains PPD to penetrate the hair cuticle so the dye can actually bind to the hair. That stuff is notorious for causing wicked allergic reac
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
But, truly, what is the solution? I mean, you can use static analysis or similar, but you generally can't check every line of code for every open source lib you pull in, let alone its dependencies. Seems that, once you decide to use op
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Exactly. And, if correction is required, then you either re-write it or you're stuck maintaining whatever odd way the LLM approached the problem, whether it's as optimal (or readable) as a human's or not.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Yeah, I think it's coded to be super-conciliatory as some sort of apology for its hallucinations, but I find it annoying as well. Part of it is just like all automated prompts that try to be too human. When you know it's not human
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
All of this. Could have saved me a comment [0] if I'd seen this earlier. When people talk about 30% or 50% coding productivity gains with LLMs, I really want to know exactly what they're measuring. [0] https://news.yc
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> I think that's a net-benefit compared to human-only generated code. Net-benefit in what terms though? More productive WRT raw code output? Lower error rate? Because, something about the idea of generating tons of code via LLMs, w
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
This report from the CBO is more balanced and accounts for the variables you mentioned (and more). [0] "Compared with private-sector workers, federal workers tend to be older, more educated, and more concentrated in professional occup
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
The linked article reads more like a hit piece with a narrative and omits significant context. Features gems like these: government employment is a blight upon the economy government employment is terrible for society as a whole A more
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Google Is Jacking Up Its Prices(jacobin.com)
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
I understand. I'm saying that that alliance is in real danger of shrinking before it even gets started, and at any point thereafter. Seven countries now have far right parties in government, including Italy, France, and Germany. If the
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
You're missing that many European nations are having their own problems with the rise of ultra-right nationalism. We're in the verge of those countries being Trumped as well.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Why are people acting as if there's nothing "different" going on here? Like this is all just driven by standard foreign policy choices, and the current US regime doesn't have some unique allegiance to Russia and its lead
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> how quickly the US can turn from ally to bully This is not at all consistent with U.S. foreign policy. It is one regime, that clearly has different thoughts about our alliances. It's an anomaly or, more accurately, an aberration.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> Opinions can’t be lies But, they can be based on false info or deliberately misleading reasoning, or stated in bad faith with the intent to deceive.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
What's it called when you stole something from someone yesterday, then claim yourself the victim when they ask for it back today, because you already gave it to your kid?
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> I don't think there was much choice when it came to the size of the unit Yeah, I got the sense the design was intended for smaller on-demand needs versus strategically building out massive datacenters. So, my thinking is that you
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Yeah, I was thinking something a little more balanced than building an AWS-scale datacenter with full infrastructure—capable of accommodating thousands of racks—then starting with ten 42Us.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
You're correct that there's an analogy continuum here that starts at "ridiculous" and ends with "nearly indistinguishable". I suppose like many things, it's down to a reasonableness test.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> They could, but they will not. I intended to say "the number of AWS customers that currently survive on these services alone...". I've updated the comment. My comment was aimed more at those who assume that providers
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Very interesting. Yes, this is along the lines of what I was thinking. Seems you could calibrate the size of each unit according to anticipated growth and the max a site could sustain, area-wise (i.e. go larger to balance number of containe
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> Looking at the websites of those companies, I also wouldn't characterize them as AWS or Google Cloud competitors I'd say they're more "alternatives" at this point, as the article's title states. But... &g
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> you're not really building an 'AWS' until you're building a hyperscaler AFAICT there's no claim that they're "building an AWS" (or attempting to). The title is "Nigerians are building affor
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Is there a reliable modular datacenter construction technique that allows for easy scaling/expansion? Seems that could have a dramatic impact on bringing these within reach.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
You know, I've been hearing people warn of handling potential collisions for years and knew the odds were negligible, but never really delved into it in any practical sense. Context is everything.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Not even Trump or Musk is making this claim as the driving purpose of DOGE.
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> I think there are giant weak spots in the product offerings of social media companies Agreed. I'm not sure that the fix is necessarily to regionalize though. I think rather that the weakness is in the format, mechanics, algorithm
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> The fact it didn't cross their minds that maybe this is a bad idea to release in the US really shows the cultural difference They're YC-backed. Was there no one to advise them on the "cultural difference"?
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
> inoculate ourselves from it entirely. By that do you mean stop using it entirely? Because I don't think it's possible for many (maybe most) people to engage without being affected—at least with the currently prominent social
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by unclebucknasty 2y ago
Just seems to be one more front in this War on Truth we've found ourselves in over the last decade or so. Yes, I know some will say it's been longer than that, the MSM is evil, etc. It's true that the 24-hour news cycle and t

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