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by xingped 5mo ago
I think the affiliate links work such that any product bought when the lead into the site is the affiliate code will generate affiliate rewards. So even if you don't buy the crap that's linked, maybe you'll buy something else
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by xingped 5mo ago
Gee wouldn't it be nice to live in your perfect little fantasy world where all managers are perfect and capable people and have more than two brain cells to tell the difference.
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by xingped 5mo ago
Unfortunately you're indexed on and promoted based on how much code you write, not how little. There's a very real reason the meme of "promotion driven development" exists. You'll never get favorable review making s
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by xingped 5mo ago
Nothing that C-execs and management advocates for has made any sense for a long time now. If this is the first you're starting to question it all, I must ask what rock you're sleeping under because I desperately need a really good
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by xingped 5mo ago
Thieves be thieving. LLMs proved how broken and ineffectual copyright enforcement is, so why not join the party? It's so pathetic...
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by xingped 5mo ago
Unfortunately HN is likely astroturfed just as much as any other forum, despite the otherwise seemingly substantiveness of HN compared to sites like Reddit. And unfortunately there's no way to cancel out bad faith flagging and downvoti
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by xingped 5mo ago
I agree, but basically my main use case for LLMs is just asking for clarification about programming questions/concepts since books don't always explain things in the most immediately understandable manner for all readers and you o
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by xingped 5mo ago
Man, this hurts to read. I feel like I had the exact same situations with my parents that the author had with their parents and I just wish that mine had acted like the author does with their own children. I don't know if I'll eve
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by xingped 5mo ago
I agree, and I would think the same, but I also feel like many things I've been sold as "door openers" for interviews unfortunately tend to ultimately be things that no one cares about.
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by xingped 5mo ago
Cool. Everyone's threat model is different. As long as we're not writing passwords on sticky notes attached to the monitor, I don't think there's any need to be throwing stones.
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by xingped 5mo ago
You're not entirely wrong on it being a maximally cynical take, but I think it depends on where the idea originated. Yes, they expended a lot on engineering to make it real, but you can do that with any idea. I think what matters was i
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by xingped 5mo ago
I mean, it's scary even to those of us that know what's going on. Some just choose to turn a blind eye to how dumb and destructive the current iterations and implementations of AI still are.
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by xingped 5mo ago
> Cryptocurrency actually does avoid this problem because it doesn't allow chargebacks and the consumer has to foot the bill for transaction fees. Those are also the reasons why consumers don't like it. I think the reasons cons
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by xingped 5mo ago
You joke, but even 8-9yrs ago, I had at least one new junior join my team who couldn't even tell or fathom the difference between whether they were on their own laptop or on the server when using the terminal. It was a constant problem
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by xingped 5mo ago
Probably going to get downvoted for this, but.. Unfortunately too many tech workers think they're special little snowflakes and deserve the highest pay possible and think that unions will interfere with that. Because if you aren't
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by xingped 5mo ago
Would be nice, but you know they'll carve out exceptions for themselves or use "unauthorized" messaging channels regardless with no consequences. It is _always_ "rules for thee, not for me" with politicians.
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by xingped 5mo ago
Oh don't worry your pretty little head, stack-ranking and churning are still _very_ in vogue with the tech companies.
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by xingped 5mo ago
Just your average Thursday in American capitalism!
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by xingped 5mo ago
TBH this is a pretty good way of looking at it. Yeah we're seeing an explosion of vulnerabilities being found right now, but that (hopefully) means those vulnerabilities are all being cleaned up and we're entering a more hardened
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by xingped 5mo ago
If you think enabling childhood gambling addictions and unregulated gambling systems aren't a problem then I don't know what else to say to you. Lootboxes are gambling, plain and simple.
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by xingped 5mo ago
Almost every game that has lootboxes, even only for cosmetics, is super stingy with cosmetics you can earn in-game through normal gameplay.
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by xingped 5mo ago
I didn't say that lootboxes were pay to win and most lootboxes in games are not. That doesn't mean it's not still profiting from and enabling gambling and addiction.
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by xingped 5mo ago
Ah yeah, I forgot about Dota2, sorry. It's just a genre I don't pay any attention to, but you're right.
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by xingped 5mo ago
The lootboxes drop as a normal course of gameplay, you buy keys to open them. People still play TF2 so presumably some still open boxes. It's also the base unit of trading for high value items.
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by xingped 5mo ago
I don't disagree with most of your statement, but Valve has and continues to make lots of money from loot boxes in both CS and TF2. Just want to point out that they do do stuff like that too.
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by xingped 5mo ago
It's not about you, you're just an unfortunate individual caught in the crossfire, and in some ways I am sorry about that. However I think it's important for countries to look after their own citizens first before foreign peo
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by xingped 5mo ago
I love the petty little fight over the blackest black and pinkest pink or whatever that whole drama is. It's hilarious.
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by xingped 5mo ago
The title says "quality" but the summary seems to say it only measures the "strength" oand "darkness of roast". Certainly won't measure how good it tastes. Given these are the two properties purportedly me
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by xingped 5mo ago
In this day and age where every company is playing _very_ fast and loose with their LPR/citizen employees' lives and livelihoods, yes, I think PERM should be a very strict and easily lost privilege across the board for the whole c
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by xingped 5mo ago
Because I care about art being a human endeavor. AI doesn't create art, it regurgitates an unidentifiable goop churned together in its stomach by all the crap its eaten. There is no thought. There is no feeling. There is no meaning. If

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