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by xantronix 7mo ago
You do raise an interesting point. The poison fountains would probably be more effective if their outputs more closely resembled whatever the most popular problem spaces are at any given point.
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by xantronix 7mo ago
The README.md specifically states how to allow for nice robots to proceed unhindered. The people behind these efforts, I would imagine, don't particularly care about their sites' reputations in the cases people use LLMs for searc
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by xantronix 7mo ago
That's the sort of question a reasonable person would ask. To answer this correctly, you need to occupy the mind of a madman. Now, we've got a boatload of KPIs to optimise or our necks are on the chopping block!
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Actually I think I'll play mean, specifically _because_ I want to be radioactive to investors and private equity. I sincerely believe there is a better way to exist and work without being beholden to a system that incentivises quarter
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by xantronix 7mo ago
The greatest value I see in LinkedIn is that it's one of the best places you can have PvP encounters with delusional C-suites making ridiculous claims in a world economy-defining hype bubble. Do I particularly think I am doing anythin
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Brother. What is up with the Makefile rule 'test'? I don't mean to be harsh but is this performance art? Edit: Homie. Why is bench.sh fetching external resources? Call me old fashioned, but it would be nice if when I cloned
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by xantronix 7mo ago
The point is a bit moot. The compiler is the one place where it's okay to be a little spendy, because you're not compiling each time you need to execute the program.
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Yeah I don't think humans were meant to create things faster than they could understand them, but, here we are
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Are you budgeting time to allow people to properly evaluate LLMs and possibly struggle with them? This is not the sort of new tool whose utility is universally immediately obvious to all builders and craftsmen out there. Are you willing t
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Wayland can never be an adequate replacement for X11R6, despite its stated purpose, because its design fundamentally chases specifying a protocol for heterogeneous implementations of, what I suspect to be one thing: Apple's WindowServe
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by xantronix 7mo ago
It's a multifaceted principled stand I take for reasons I do not wish to get into on HN. There are more than enough people I can associate with who feel similarly to me outside of work and HN that I will not feel particularly compelle
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by xantronix 7mo ago
I have noticed that when I encounter an HTTP-only web site, I know I am in for a pleasant, calm, well-curated experience, and I mean that without a hint of irony. I don't have a lot to say about the technical discussion here, other tha
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Before the advent of widespread LLM usage, and more particularly, before LLM-using coworkers began submitting large PRs against codebases I am the primary maintainer of, my velocity had never been greater. I do not like the current culture
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by xantronix 7mo ago
In the Lord's name we pray: Infinite. Growth. Forever. Amen.
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by xantronix 7mo ago
This feels similar to the slow encroachment of devops onto everything. We're making so much shit nowadays that there is nobody left but developers to shepherd things into production, with all the extra responsibility and none of the e
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by xantronix 7mo ago
I don't think we should worry about the advent of AGI deciding to get rid of us; I'm more worried about the people who own the AI current AI infrastructure, as well as the current US regime, who don't see the value in the pes
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by xantronix 7mo ago
Yes, this is a trend, but it doesn't seem like just a fad; a lot of people are choosing to return to "outmoded" things to embrace ritual and intentionality. As others have commented, it doesn't have to make sense to you
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by xantronix 7mo ago
"You're holding it wrong" is not going anywhere anytime soon, is it?
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by xantronix 7mo ago
So not only are we moving goalposts here, but we've decided the GNU team should join the other team? I don't understand how GNU would see mass model LLM training as anything but the most flagrant violations of their ethos. LLM l
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by xantronix 7mo ago
I can't help but think that the logical conclusion of spec-first development is a return to Waterfall methodology. The amount of rigour required almost entirely negates the speed advantages of LLMs, even in the hands of seasoned devel
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by xantronix 7mo ago
> (i.e. paying for third-party solutions) My experiences are not universal but apart from hardware and maybe $10 for a VPS for hosting, I do not find the need to pay for third-party solutions; I quite like this situation, and I
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by xantronix 8mo ago
I cannot tell if this is a genuine sentiment or parody; in this space, the two coincide with one another so frequently these days that it's hard to tell. Please don't give up. This too shall pass. The bill for the worst excesses
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by xantronix 8mo ago
Nobody has the _time_, that's for goddamned sure. The business model sounds very similar to that of Philip Morris International.
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by xantronix 8mo ago
It's bizarre to me how Microsoft somehow owns two of the largest social networks for software developers.
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by xantronix 8mo ago
I feel this article genuinely represents the gold standard for all such posts in this current genre and zeitgeist. It really does feel like a Spirit Bomb that Goku asked the entire planet to lend their energy to build, a collection of all
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by xantronix 8mo ago
When the definition is presupposed by somebody else without qualification.
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by xantronix 8mo ago
That's for us to decide as individuals.
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by xantronix 8mo ago
The notion that one's economic output is equal to one's worth as a person seems pretty wrong-headed, when considering what the purpose of life is.
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by xantronix 8mo ago
How do we maintain best practices when the compiler outputs a different result for the spec at any given time? How do we obtain reproducible builds? Do we pin to a specific version of our compiler (ie, snapshot of the model; is this possi
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by xantronix 8mo ago
Writing code by hand and managing the mental model of its execution and architecture is one of the few remaining joys of my day job, apart from delivering a good product people want and use and being helpful. Even the small things, the ted

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