wickedsight

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by wickedsight 8mo ago
> It's about making people feel safe. My guess it's more about being able to say: 'We did everything we could.' If someone does end up getting a bomb on board. If they didn't do this, everyone would be angry and
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
Even less users know how to do this with an executable.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> How confident is the OP that every single one of these 60 calculators work all the time, with all edge cases? The compound interest calculator, which is their 'favorite page', already shows an incorrect value in the graph. So
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I can easily check network monitor in the browser to see exactly what a web app is doing. Running an executable is a risk by default and the way it interacts with my network is way less transparent. I honestly prefer this in the browser.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I don’t work in big tech. Wish I was, would be a pretty big improvement in my salary. Still think I’m very spoiled compared to about 90% of the world, probably more than that.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> when push comes to shove the EU can force banks in the EU to uphold EU rules and regulations. This made me realize that many people who are extremely critical of the power the EU has, have no idea how much that power is often protectin
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> His alternative of not working for big tech is literally the only way out of this. This won't actually work though. The only reason we even have this discussion is because we're rich enough that pure survival isn't even
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> I'd like to understand what a real, good alternative is. The "real, good" part all depends on your expectations of life. There's a real shortage in trades people and I'd love to see ChatGPT fix a leaky pipe, bu
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I find it interesting you're all writing 'the AI' as if it's a singular thing. There's a myriad of ways to code with a myriad of AI's and none of them are identical. I use a Qwen 3 32B with Cline in VSCode for
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
Sometimes it's pretty great and pops a video with only a few views into my feed that totally fits my interests. Sometimes my entire feed is Kitchen Nightmares episodes because I happened to watch one or two yesterday.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I feel like it's more because the detractors are very loudly against it and the promoters are very loudly exaggerating the capabilities. Meanwhile, as a bystander who is realistic and is actually using it, you have moments where it&#x2
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
The VM still needs access to the network for the use cases they described though.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
How did you make sure Claude wasn't doing anything unintended while allowing it to run scripts it wrote on your network?
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
Does anyone have any good advice or resources on a good workflow to do this with web apps? There's some stuff I'd really like to solve, for myself/family, that would require a front and back-end with persistent storage. I wou
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
ADHD is a thing for some people though. What works for one person might not work for other people. I have a friend who spends probably 8-10 hours a day writing code, every single day. I just can't do this personally, therefore, my idea
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> I do wonder why they changed it. Depending on model years, it could have something to do with Fiat merging with Chrysler in 2014. European brands usually have them on the passenger's side, while US brands have them on the driver&#
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> - He still lives in the same home he bought when he was 28 years old. Really makes me wonder what drives him. For many people it's the money, but with him it doesn't seem that way. But I haven't read too much about him,
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I definitely did.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I don't know either, but it appears it was only temporary. Always interesting how things go on the internet. I also would've loved for the people who downvoted to have commented, because I would really like to see another point of
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
> a very optimistic scenario for AI companies - that AI capable of replacing knowledge workers can be developed using the current batch of hardware, in the span of a year or two. I'm really interested in what will happen to the econ
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
I just removed 128 megs of RAM from an old computer and am considering listing it on eBay to pay off my mortgage.
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by wickedsight 9mo ago
They also have 12 months free when subscribing through Paypal. There's almost zero chance I remain a customer after those 12 months are over, since I find ChatGPT way more valuable.
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
Or, maybe, people are enthusiastic about something that works really well for them. I'm one of those people, LLMs have greatly improved my output on many tasks.
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
Your HR is the exception though, not the rule. I'm willing to risk this, since it allows me to keep my sanity. And if a company really seems awesome I will still put in the effort.
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
Also, people here are probably too technically inclined to understand what normal people want. If you look at the $500/mo side projects thread, there's a bunch of projects where HN would probably say: 'but anyone can do that
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
I was applying for a while last year. Spending hours to write a cover letter and then either hearing nothing or getting a canned rejection letter is super frustrating. I've come to the conclusion that putting effort into an application
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
> I think it is insane to expect that when you offer something for free (or very cheap), and it requires work and patience, that most people will follow through. Just look at gym memberships. Apparently over 2/3 of people never use
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
This is why I love that ChatGPT added branching. Sometimes I end up going some random direction in a thread about some code and then I can go back and start a new branch from the part where the chat was still somewhat clean. Also works real
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
Some good examples, but much of their true crime don't fit in that list. The Monster series is pretty good, but most other true crime show are extremely repetitive and spend 4 episodes telling a story that could've been a single e
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by wickedsight 10mo ago
Which ones are your favorites that fit on the 3060?

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