bob001

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by bob001 1mo ago
CICD and iterative development and agile work because interactive building leads to better product. Otherwise we'd all build perfect software using waterfall methodologies and release only once a year. If implementation is cheap then y
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by bob001 1mo ago
Specification is hard because you are trying to predict a future state in a vacuum. You need to do that because creating the product is very expensive coding wise. If instead you could instantly build to your current specification then you
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by bob001 1mo ago
That's an interesting analogy. My gut sense is that theoretical mathematics requires a high level of intelligence versus more grounded domains. That may imply that deficiency in grounding can be made up for with intelligence and basica
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by bob001 1mo ago
I didn't make the analogy to railroads. I'm just pointing out that its a terrible one if you want to use it to argue against AI.
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by bob001 1mo ago
To me that's not sustainable. It just brings in outside workers, distorts the economy in bad way for locals through increased costs, distorts their daily life in a bad way and then it all goes away leaving a void in its wake. Like the
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by bob001 1mo ago
> like a evil monster. I tend to like not fearing starvation every year, not fearing freezing to death every year and not having the vast majority of my kids die. Industrialization led to all that.
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by bob001 1mo ago
City taxes don't fix a broken economic flywheel. State taxes go to others and also don't fix it. You need a functional economy with jobs, income, spending and all that jazz. A small amount of taxes with no second order benefits is
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by bob001 1mo ago
> Do you have an encyclopedic knowledge of which terms are regulated and which ones aren't? The solution is to ensure all common terms people expect in a daily shopping are covered. Thus why "beef patty" was covered. Sound
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by bob001 1mo ago
Some people know how to look up GDP per capita numbers.
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by bob001 1mo ago
> YCombinator and HN would run a "Slit your mommas throat as a service" if they though there were hockey stick growth profit. While saying they're making the world a better place in the process. At least Wall Street sharks
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by bob001 1mo ago
It used to be that living next to an airport was hell due to noise even without supersonic jets. Then they regulated noise levels and magically airplane companies started to find ways to mitigate noise levels. Such a coincidence that sudden
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by bob001 2mo ago
Just like Putin had Europe's best interest in mind regarding natural gas. At this point it's not a question of if Europe will become a puppet state but whose puppet state.
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by bob001 2mo ago
So basically "if they were only allowed to cause harm then maybe maybe one day they might have found a way to on their own for no profit stop doing that harm"? Yeah, no thank you. Also, all of corporate history shows that without
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by bob001 2mo ago
So most people not wanting to hear sonic booms to benefit a small group of high wealth fliers is bad?
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by bob001 2mo ago
Wall Street: We're making the most money no matter the consequences. Silicon Valley: We're making the world a better place by making the most money no matter the consequences.
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by bob001 2mo ago
That describes all of human civilization and society. We pass knowledge and learnings to each other without needing to personally experience it. Language, writing, books, schools, universities, apprenticeships and so on are all shortcuts.
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by bob001 2mo ago
> regardless, it got me thinking about some kind of a potential implementation of a formal social reputation system that essentially mirrors what goes on informally now, but makes it visible and makes the actions of affecting somebody&#x
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by bob001 2mo ago
> social scoring and consequences and reputations rarely actually stem from one’s actions In my experience, this viewpoint is most strong in people whose actions are the most direct cause of their social issues. Almost always these peopl
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by bob001 2mo ago
>The details matter (training set, full context). But you said: >Training shifts the probability - but doesn't change the fact that the output is a sampling based on input and the model? So which is it? >You're essentiall
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by bob001 2mo ago
So do humans more or less? The only counterpoints I've heard are religious or unmeasured quantum brain something.
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by bob001 2mo ago
You do realize this is an announcement of already fixed issues which were fixed (and not just flagged) weeks or months ago, right? Or are you claiming that Chinese models allow for time travel?
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by bob001 2mo ago
The linux kernel team disagrees with your approach but what do they know? > Note, due to the layer at which the Linux kernel is in a system, almost any bug might be exploitable to compromise the security of the kernel, but the possibilit
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by bob001 2mo ago
Let's see if the EU shows some backbone or not.
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by bob001 2mo ago
> penalty for rudeness is gone I assume Andrew's goal isn't to be a viral influencer but to achieve some type of long term impact or goal. Programmers don't pick languages based on maximal vitriol and if anything do the op
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by bob001 2mo ago
Viral is not an inherently good thing unless you're an influencer. Not all publicity is good publicity.
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by bob001 2mo ago
I never said it's not a horror. > In some ways that is more depressing than society simply collapsing. The inability to discuss a horror in realistic terms is how you get a horror. Not exaggerated "society will collapse" b
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by bob001 2mo ago
Gerhard Schröder would like to have a word.
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by bob001 2mo ago
> collapse of society due to the ensuing refugee crises Society won't collapse. Humans will do amazingly evil things to survive. The British were happy to starved millions of Indians to death until the country gained independence. A
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by bob001 2mo ago
> Are the anti-AC zealots in the room right now? The first response to my post was one. Last post that touched on this a couple weeks ago had a number of them as well.
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by bob001 2mo ago
That tends to happen when you spend a couple decades shutting down the non-fossil fuel energy sources. Germany used to be 30% nuclear up to 2005 so well past climate change is real times. Now it's around 1%.

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