dextrous

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by dextrous 8d ago
typo: Idirans
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by dextrous 9d ago
Thanks for this post, I can truly relate. Some thoughts from a 50+ year old genx guy (EE/CS) who’s worked to stay current and keep a sharp mind in the face of these challenges plus the inevitable age-related decline: - regular exercise
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by dextrous 9d ago
See Amodei’s comments regarding Iain M Banks’s Culture, his goal is benevolent machine rule. I suspect many HN folks would agree; I, for one, was rooting for the Iridians.
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by dextrous 9d ago
> If it is done responsibly, we believe automated AI research will yield models that directly enhance human welfare and advance OpenAI’s mission. That’s what I call a load-bearing “if”. I do not trust OpenAI or other hyperscalars to do t
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by dextrous 12d ago
Ok, let’s get a rabid pack of agents cranking on P = NP? next!
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by dextrous 1mo ago
I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice…
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by dextrous 4mo ago
Beautiful work, thanks for sharing!
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by dextrous 5mo ago
I agree. Even though I thought this mission was interesting, to me the article massively overstates everything. NASA and the crew is SO amazingly competent, the world in recent years is SO totally devoid of competency, everyone has been thi
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by dextrous 6mo ago
One way that I could imagine a human-only HN could evolve in the coming AI wasteland: motivated individuals join small local groups and are validated face-to-face at meet-ups. Local trusted leads gatekeep their chapter’s posts, and this sca
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by dextrous 6mo ago
Fully agree: I believe my decades of software engineering experience definitely help me fly LLM tools better than less experienced folks. But the much more interesting question to me: as LLM coding becomes the norm, does it drive the cost o
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by dextrous 7mo ago
My team has experienced this over the past 6 months for sure. The core of the article is “ AI-assisted development potentially short-circuits this replenishment mechanism. If new engineers can generate working modifications without developi
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by dextrous 7mo ago
Agree on data value, but as mentioned above I am not yet buying the “everything will be instantly copyable and so any solution is instantly commodity” argument … crud web-app sure, something with significant back-end complexity or a multi-s
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by dextrous 7mo ago
“And when everyone’s super, no one will be”. Fair point, but my hope is that the creativity involved in deciding what to build, with the choice informed by engineering experience (the project/value will not be obvious to everyone) will
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by dextrous 7mo ago
After a multi-decade career that spanned what is rapidly seeming like the golden age of software development, I have two emotions: first gratefulness; second a mixture of resignation, maudlin reflection, and bitterness that I am fighting ha
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by dextrous 8mo ago
Thanks very much for this awesome write up! It’s detailed labor-of-love work like this that helps others (like me!) make great jumps in learning. So appreciated.
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by dextrous 1y ago
Politics aside, according to a pretty comprehensive study (118 missions) it does seem that SpaceX is much more efficient than NASA [1]. Data like this would suggest privatization of space missions is a good idea. Maybe this conclusion is bi
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by dextrous 2y ago
SOFA works just fine with marriage, just tweak the vows: “… to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until I feel like this is done and want
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by dextrous 2y ago
I am a C/C++ dev learning Rust on my own, and enjoying it. I am finally starting to enjoy the jiu jitsu match with the compiler/borrow-checker and the warm “my code is safe” afterglow … but I have a question for the more experienc
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by dextrous 2y ago
“List six habits you wish to adopt, assign them to different times of the day, and aim to consistently perform at least four.” SIX? Um, how about we start with, like, one? That aside, a concise article with good advice IMO, but I would add
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by dextrous 2y ago
I must say, I love the tagline “creating order out of chaos (or reverse if needed)”
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by dextrous 2y ago
Off-topic: I loved “The Cuckoo’s Egg”, was part of what influenced me to get a CS degree. Fantastic read.
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by dextrous 2y ago
Where’s the H1Bs? Didn’t see them in the legend, but might have missed em since that legend is legendary
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by dextrous 2y ago
I am reminded of David’s song in Psalm 19 … It’s amazing to me how in the thousands of years since he wrote these words, we’ve still only scratched the surface of observing the beauty and depth of creation. The heavens declare the glory of
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by dextrous 2y ago
I can totally believe the beauty-in-the-eye-of-beholder thesis, and it’s encouraging to think that I just need to find the 3% of people that will think I’m gorgeous. But it would be interesting to run the numbers and test the following thes