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by ensocode 13d ago
I tried drawing my life by entering my birth year and location, and it was surprisingly accurate :-D Which, I suppose, says absolutely nothing about the accuracy of the birth years.
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by ensocode 3mo ago
I get the point and I’m thankful for the article. I just find “middle of nowhere” and Switzerland a bit hard to reconcile.
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by ensocode 3mo ago
This is basically Covey's "sharpen the saw" for knowledge workers. [1] When you're cutting trees, sharpening the saw looks like you're not working. When you're doing software or organizational work, figuring ou
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by ensocode 3mo ago
Interested as well. Are there any recommended guidelines or blog posts with more details. Thanks.
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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer (2021)(icculus.org)
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by ensocode 4mo ago
Interested as well!
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by ensocode 5mo ago
right, I think DHH's "Majestic Monolith" is another good approach here
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by ensocode 5mo ago
This resonates a lot if you’ve ever worked in system integration. In practice, most of the complexity comes exactly from what’s described here: every system has a rich internal model, but the moment data crosses a boundary, everything degra
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by ensocode 5mo ago
I sometimes think the same, but look at it this way: you’re an IT worker—probably a specialist, at least a bit of a nerd in something. The days when we were seen as “wizards” are gone, sure. Right now a lot of people in business, and at the
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by ensocode 5mo ago
small scale farming to get your kids fed
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by ensocode 5mo ago
Second this. Just because you're aware doesn't mean everyone else even realizes they're talking to a SalesmanGPT.
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by ensocode 5mo ago
insane story!
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by ensocode 6mo ago
No worries. You are in the right place. This is how others feel as well and how software engineering will feel for new generations so yeah the bicycle comparison fits well.
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by ensocode 6mo ago
What if Elon Musk had been born in a much poorer region/family instead?
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by ensocode 7mo ago
I like your comment I think this is a pragmatic way to see oneself
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by ensocode 7mo ago
I don't know if consuming world news makes you ethically better. That sounds a bit much and yes you can make something better in your society by what ever ... opening a hacker space in your village... I just do not get the relation bet
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by ensocode 7mo ago
You may be right. I just wanted to add that there are probably people stranded in Dubai right now because they booked a Berlin–Sydney flight with a stopover six months ago. Sometimes you simply can’t predict these things. Yes, staying infor
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by ensocode 7mo ago
sounds unrealistic to me. For military and industrial use cases yes but I think we are at least 5 probably 10 and more years away from that moment. I think there is not enough data, and hardware is not software so the scaling will be more d
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by ensocode 7mo ago
I wouldn't see it positive that we just need to rethink and offer platforms. As this platforms already exist Azure, AWS, GCP
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by ensocode 8mo ago
I think this guy is a marketing genius!
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by ensocode 8mo ago
dang on position 4
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by ensocode 8mo ago
every day waking up, reading hn and thinking "This new AI xy is insane - it will change everything" then start my daily work in low code integration and thinking "How long will this last?
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by ensocode 8mo ago
There is a great book about this from Rolf Dobelli "Stop Reading The News" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48581422-stop-reading-th...
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by ensocode 8mo ago
Gave GPTZero a random ChatGPT text about finances. It was 84% confident, that it was entirely human writing
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by ensocode 8mo ago
> I think the opposite, they're great for skipping 'learning' and just get the results. yes, and cars skip the hours of walking, planes skip weeks of swimming, calculators skip the calculating ...
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by ensocode 8mo ago
I feel the same. Do you think this is because the ADHD brain has so many ideas or is it the same for neuro-normal people?
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by ensocode 8mo ago
Maybe it’s not that we’re getting stupid because we don’t use our brains anymore. It’s more like having a reliable way to make fire — so we stop obsessing over sparks and start focusing on building something more important.
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by ensocode 8mo ago
I can relate. I started contracting, and the added sense of responsibility really helps me. I still work with teams within the organization and interface with them, but having some distance makes a difference. Wouldn’t it get lonely without
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by ensocode 8mo ago
Interesting thought, thanks. So what would we need? What if everyone effectively had a permanent microphone — via smartphones, smart speakers, cars, wearables — and all of that lived, spoken, emotionally charged data were fed into future LL
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by ensocode 8mo ago
Same here. Starting to automate my homestead. Good luck!

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