codewench

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by codewench 15d ago
This is far from impossible, and happens all the time when, for example, a company spins off a subsidiary, or any number of other situations. It's hard isn't really a blocker, it's just saying 'this isn't convenient
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by codewench 4mo ago
So we haven't found a cure for cancer because those silly scientists are too busy farting around with unimportant stuff? That's your take away here?
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by codewench 4mo ago
You also have to consider a ( I would argue large ) percentage of those evangelists are simply lying for financial gain. They see profit, or at least reduced costs, and quite simply don't give a shit about customer experience or anythi
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by codewench 5mo ago
Yes? That's a very important piece of information, and I hope would be a thing a doctor asks, especially if there are concerns about weight or nutrition.
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by codewench 7mo ago
How is that useless? You adding the warning tells me everything I need to know. Either you generated it with AI, in which case I can happily skip it, or you _don't know_ if AI was used, in which case you clearly don't care about w
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by codewench 1y ago
So given that the output of an LLM is unreliable at best, your plan is to verify that a LLM didn't bullshit you by asking another LLM? That sounds... counterproductive
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by codewench 1y ago
Seeing as how this article is talking about the deportation of US citizens, I'm going to question what exactly you mean by "here illegally". Expanding the argument: I've just decided that you are illegally, and will thus
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by codewench 1y ago
Well someone has to shovel in all the coal we need to power those AIs
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by codewench 1y ago
>Is he (a) legally (b) morally entitled to open fire on them? Given how these "arrests" seem to be done by plainclothes individuals who don't identify themselves? Yes. Legally (depending on state) yes, and morally always.
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by codewench 1y ago
18 USC 793(f) seems to apply here: "Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing ... through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered
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by codewench 2y ago
Gogogo - very popular, and pretty extensive coverage [0]. The only problem is the scooters themselves are so quiet they sneak up behind you on the street. [0] www.gogoro.com/gogoro-network
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by codewench 2y ago
Conversely, it's far better to have a slightly more verbose section of code that is immediately readable than a super slick one-liner that like two people can parse. Maintainability is, in my opinion, just as important as other conside
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by codewench 2y ago
> Nothing prevents the next president from having a radically different opinion. Of course, this is only relevant if they are interested in having a 'next' president, something which it seems a segment of society is less than o
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by codewench 2y ago
> There is a reason no country provides it. While small, Luxembourg is still considered a country. And their public transit is both free, and fantastic
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by codewench 2y ago
How do they compete for the same role? Nuclear is the definition of base power generation, whereas solar/wind/etc (when backed with massive battery farms) are perfect peaker plants due to their near instantaneous demand response.
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by codewench 2y ago
I suspect that if you have ever posted copyrightable material online, you will have valid cause to sue them, as they very obviously have incorporated your work for commercial gain. That said, I unfortunately put your chances of winning in c
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by codewench 2y ago
Obviously looking at it from today's perspective it's (hopefully) unthinkable, but there is a lot written from contemporary sources which make a fairly persuasive argument. The main concerns were that the Japanese government was s
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by codewench 2y ago
That's pretty much what Microsoft tried with the UAC prompts, and that was fairly universally disliked. Not that I disagree with you, running as admin by default is a terrible practice, but it's a tough sell to the general public
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by codewench 2y ago
SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol, and is a way to directly address not just individual hardware elements, but to access specific functions or methods within that device via a "simple" addressing scheme. A MIB fil
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by codewench 2y ago
The logical decision then is to entrust the preservation to once of the few organizations capable of surviving thousands of years, and forming a religion based on the preservation of works.
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by codewench 2y ago
Taipei has single use NFC tokens that people can buy, but they are non-disposable. Instead, they are coin shaped, and are deposited in the ticket machine at the end of the trip so they can be re-used.
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by codewench 2y ago
>AI reduces the need for low skill humans Except the focus on AI has been replacing _high_ skill jobs like artists, writers, and developers. The end-goal of AI devotees is that humans will dig the ditches, and AI will do all the 'fu
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by codewench 2y ago
> I don't think we have the correct word for what LLMs do but lie and hallucinations are not really correct. I believe 'bullshit' is accurate, as in "The chatbot didn't know the answer, so it started bullshitting
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by codewench 3y ago
Wootz (and Damascus) steels for example were of much higher quality than what was usually produced in Europe. I can't say if this is what gave European smiths the knowledge they needed to create their own quality steels, or if it was a
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by codewench 3y ago
Also previous attempts[0] have been bogged down in endless red tape by groups against the creation of such projects. [0] see for example the Cape Wind project: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Wind
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by codewench 3y ago
I don't have any inside knowledge, but I believe it was a mix of wanting to simplify things for users, and to keep users within their system. I suspect that the rise of imgur as it's own community was seen as a threat, or at least
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by codewench 3y ago
Imgur for example was created by a reddit user specifically for hosting content posted on reddit. The move to reddit itself hosting content came much later
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by codewench 3y ago
They are fairly entrenched in their approach, which has been good for individual developers for sure, but has (in my opinion) produced little of actually legitimate societal value.
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by codewench 3y ago
Another concern is losses. Water can evaporate, can leak, and tends to corrode fittings. Sand? If some spills just grab a skid loader and stuff it back in.
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by codewench 3y ago
To be fair, that is at least consistent with Google's past history

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