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by borealis-dev 6mo ago
Speaking as the author of the original article, I wholeheartedly agree! :D
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by borealis-dev 6mo ago
You can't trust anything Dario tells you: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/
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by borealis-dev 6mo ago
Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are particularly sneaky about reporting numbers, but there's good reason to believe it is: https://www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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by borealis-dev 6mo ago
You're right. I did a fair amount of hand-waving, and I'm leaning pretty heavily on Ed Zitron's investigative reporting to make the case instead: https://www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
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by borealis-dev 6mo ago
Sorry, I realize the headline perhaps implies something with more rigour than it actually delivers. I'm pretty new to writing blog posts! But if you want some actual factual data, you seriously should read Ed Zitron's blog: https
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by borealis-dev 6mo ago
You're right about that. It's something I should have addressed in the original article, but I don't really have a solution for those who aren't self-employed. Maybe just use up a bunch of tokens on junk tasks while cont
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Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents(standupforme.app)
80 points by borealis-dev 6mo ago|107 comments
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by borealis-dev 5y ago
I once worked at a company like that without meaning to. It seemed great at first; seemingly limitless private funding and no expectations meant we could basically dither about on whatever we wanted. But it drove me crazy eventually because
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by borealis-dev 5y ago
One time I actually came in on the Saturday after my last day to put the finishing touches on my final deliverable. I don't think you should follow my example to that extreme, but it's advisable to try to wrap up everything befo
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by borealis-dev 5y ago
As a developer that has worked almost exclusively in startups for the past 16 years, I have not once had to create or even look at a Gantt chart. Most organizations I encounter follow the Agile principles (at least in a loose sense), which
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by borealis-dev 5y ago
I've been using Fastmail for my side business for a year now and am happy with it. Pretty straightforward to set up with your own domain. Trivial to set up a number of aliases for a single inbox.
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by borealis-dev 5y ago
The sanctions don't directly threaten the lives of Russian citizens and soldiers (arguably they may indirectly threaten lives in some cases, though); whereas a no-fly zone that is actively enforced by NATO would almost certainly lead
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Show HN: PostgreSQL in a virtual private cloud on Heroku
2 points by borealis-dev 5y ago|0 comments