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by xpe 10mo ago
I think I see it slightly differently. Culture is complex: I would not generally use the word “force” to describe it; I would say culture influences and shapes . When I think of force I think of coercion such as law and punishment. Whe
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by xpe 10mo ago
Self-aware people are mindful about what "future them" might do in various scenarios, and they plan ahead to tamp down their worse tendencies. I don't keep a raspberry cheesecake in my fridge, even though that would maximize
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by xpe 10mo ago
> Most of these students are claiming mental health conditions and learning disabilities, like anxiety, depression, and ADHD. ... Obviously, something is off here. The idea that some of the most elite, selective universities in America—s
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by xpe 11mo ago
It seems likely that some people have perceived what I wrote above as some kind of criticism of Ghostty or that it is now funded by a non-profit. That would be a misunderstanding [1]. Personally -- for context, not to be confused with an ar
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by xpe 11mo ago
> Anyway, denial or not, his vision of the likely future is one in which individual humans become irrelevant slaves to either AI or massive corporations. Why would any self-respecting human accept that outcome? There is a difference betw
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by xpe 11mo ago
I would ask that you more carefully and neutrally reread my comment. Your questions do not match up with what I actually wrote. You seem to have injected your own uncharitable interpretations rather than commenting on what I wrote? This was
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by xpe 11mo ago
> I believe infrastructure of this kind should be stewarded by a mission-driven, non-commercial entity that prioritizes public benefit over private profit. One of my pet peeves is people trotting out “I believe” statements. (Usually) I c
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by xpe 11mo ago
A nicely done article by Robby, given that arguing definitions is too often a thankless waste of time. Some selections from [1] ... > Arguing about definitions is a garden path; people wouldn’t go down the path if they saw at the outset
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by xpe 11mo ago
> Humans are the real audience for documentation. Seeing "real" is a warning flag here that either-or thinking is in play. Putting aside hopes and norms, we live in a world now where multiple kinds of agents (human and non-huma
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> I have found that more context comments and info damage quality on hard problems. I'm skeptical this a valid generalization over what was directly observed. [1] We would learn more if they wrote a more detailed account of their ob
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by xpe 11mo ago
It helps when questions intended to resolve ambiguity are not themselves hopelessly ambiguous. See also: "Help me help you" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Maguire
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by xpe 11mo ago
I personally appreciated your comment. I'd guess that enough people flagged it to get moderator attention, but I'm guessing it was a small number. If so, I think this reflects a strong negative preference of a few. One guess would
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by xpe 11mo ago
Anyone want to commission an AI to make a sequel called Boing or Krill where you have to choose between boinging the spring or playing a game of snake (drawn as a line of krill)?
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by xpe 11mo ago
For those who can't be bothered to go a'link-clicking, the above refers Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, which means he ministers to prime numbers living at the north pole.
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by xpe 11mo ago
I don't know that it is necessarily sick ... I suppose it depends what you do, how the people respond, and if you are playing a useful role in the interview process for your organization. Tell us more? On the positive side... Seeing
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by xpe 11mo ago
> The observation on these oligopolies, that are now larger than some states is, that they seem to lack in their strategic reasoning and are more built on vibes of their leader… Yes, there are several problems with oligopolies and monopo
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by xpe 11mo ago
> Feedback doesn't scale because relationships don’t scale. I would not say it this way; it is too simplistic. In fact, I generally caution against the dominant metaphor here of comparing feedback to scaling. It falls apart quickly.
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by xpe 11mo ago
> Without an existing relationship, it feels like an attack, and your natural human response is to dismiss or deflect the attack. Or worse, to get defensive. Attacks trigger our most primal instincts: fight or flight. It is really import
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by xpe 11mo ago
“Most” in English means more than half. And there is an underlying meaning, stated or implied, by which we can figure out if we are in the “most” category. So, to restate, by what meaning is >50% of the article the result of too high exp
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by xpe 11mo ago
Product lines with market sales are downstream of markets. The degree of per-product profit matters. If you want to add “politics” to your causal map, that’s fine too. Reality is multi-factor. I do not deny that leaders make (to varying deg
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by xpe 11mo ago
> Most of it reads like too high expectation of overhyped technology. I don’t see how this is true. By what metric might “most” lead to a true statement? The post expresses a very low amount of hype, if any. It predominantly an account o
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by xpe 11mo ago
Have you questioned confirmation bias on your own side as well?
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I’ve worked at many companies with market mechanisms of sorts in play enough to matter. As one example, product lines that do better (as evidenced by market feedback) get more clout and revenue and command more influence. As another, there
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by xpe 11mo ago
What is the benefit of injecting one’s “take” on what level of hype exists when thinking about the OP’s exploration into agentic development? Better to step back and just look at what exists for what it is? Strive for a less biased take. Th
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by xpe 11mo ago
> So far the agentic stuff seems focused on shopping. Where are you getting this impression?
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by xpe 11mo ago
> Company prices resources within itself completely arbitrarily. I wouldn’t phrase it this way — to me, this implies unpredictability and/or a lack of rationale. Perhaps you simply mean “internal managers at companies do not necessa
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by xpe 11mo ago
To make sure we’re on the same page… In economics, “central planning” refers to a system where a central authority (typically the state) makes comprehensive decisions about production, investment, and resource allocation across an entire ec
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by xpe 11mo ago
Ok, but recall the context (see above): I’m saying one can understand how firms operate without making a connection to central planning (setting production targets and investment decisions from the top-down without prices). Economists have
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> … showing me a new kind of market failure - where resources can be massively misallocated just because some small class of individuals THINK or HOPE it will result in massive returns. Technically speaking, this is not a market failure.
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> Every corporation is a (not so) little pocket of centrally planned economy. This is confused. Here is how classical economists would frame it: a firm chooses how much to produce based on its cost structure and market prices, expanding

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