wolvesechoes

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by wolvesechoes 2mo ago
> Remember there was a paper saying programmers were 20% slower with AI? Key thing was not that they were X% slower, but that they were slower while being convinced they are faster . Of course, any analogies with the current hype cycle
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by wolvesechoes 2mo ago
> How about DHH, Max, Nolan, Steve, Mitchell Oh yes, dev celebs that rely on constant validation through social media. Very reliable source of data.
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by wolvesechoes 2mo ago
> You should stop using social media as your yardstick. Yes, don't believe people posting on HN.
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by wolvesechoes 2mo ago
> Random allocation of citizens to seats might actually make for a better government. Not only that, but that would be actually democratic concept. Greeks long ago found that elective systems are in the end oligarchies.
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by wolvesechoes 2mo ago
> Combined with the ability to compile to a single native binary, having a solid package management solution, a fairly advanced type system, and a solid selection of nice language features Good to see a praise for C#.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
But the moment you step into social realm it becomes political, as Mr. Aristotle said.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
Good, based. We need some pesticide.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> There’s millions of apps to choose from on your phone And choosing one of them obviously makes life more complicated than not doing that. > getting your ass profiled Gmail knows nothing of my ass. > let me know if the ads in your
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
Yup, it is often mind-boggling how people here are detached from reality. Millions of people around the world rely on Google services, Gemini in all probability is the most used model consumer-wise, Google receives unimaginable stream of da
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> But why people choose to bring the mediocrity of Google into their lives is beyond me. Because life gets simpler and better if you are just using what is available on your phone and in your browser instead of constantly chasing current
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> google being their usual terrible selves at anything consumer-product related And yet millions of people around the world are using their stuff, very often using only their stuff.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> They basically don't exist in the currently most profitable LLM market (coding). I think you overestimate long-term relevance of popularity among code monkeys.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> but to consider "pixels on screens that you disagree with" to be worse than actual mass killing is maybe a tad hyperbolic here And who considers this? I never wrote that world with war but without business would be overall be
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
"Don't hate the player, hate the game" I believe lack of social ostracization is one of the reason we find ourselves in current state. Because players are what perpetuates the game.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
They would love to, though.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
Thanks for correction, I'll try to be more accurate in the future
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
And where the acceleration comes in in such description? Improving one's immediate circumstances in such context is talking to someone and asking for help, not spending days installing latest set of tools endorsed by privacy advocate
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
Silicon Valley and Wall Street are cancer that should be cleansed with fire. If western societies couldn't lit the fire themselves, it is up to the Chinese dragon to burn it.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
It is not enough to invent a new medicine. You also need to make it easily available. People investing in AI are not interested in giving new awesome medicine to people that couln't afford it.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
I mean, war, in all its cruelty and tragedy, at the same time it brings the worst from people is also able to bring out the best. Ad business, and business in general, doesn't. It only brings out the worst.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> I have more meaningful intellectual conversations with LLMs in a given day than in a month on social networks. If by "social networks" you mean platforms like X, Reddit or HN, then sure, but bar is pretty low there. But let&#
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> Most of the people responding are probably those with a strong opinion because of what they work on Quite the opposite. People here have strong opinion because they work on web apps and CLI toys.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
"This is the elephant in the room regarding the big "digital sovereignty" talks in the EU" The elephant in the room is that it is just talk, as always in case of EU.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
"AI will "destroy" all jobs and create a permanent underclass" Of course, this is silly! The rich people will do this, using AI at least as an excuse.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
"I personally love social media because it brings different cultures together" It doesn't bring people of different cultures together - it removes different cultures, and pumps people full of goo produced by culture industry.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
People commonly voluntarily destroy their health and screw their lifes. So not very thought out argument.
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> Family, surely not. I hope so School, workplace, sports club, but yes, family as well. Children learn how to influence their parents to get what the want, which parent they should put pressure on, which parent should be first to be tol
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
> actually at the places where 80% of engineers call that shit out that political manager probably gets booted from the company. Congrats, you will soon discover that politics is about realizing your goals by influencing other people a
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
It is funny. Well-socialized person doesn't need this kind of guide, as unwritten rules of social play are learned in the process of growing-up. But it is clear for "nerds" and "hackers" social is impenetrable, th
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by wolvesechoes 3mo ago
So, typical species in Silicon Valley?

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