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by jmfldn 1mo ago
My approach is to write a bit of totally AI-free code every day. So after a day of Claude, I'll spend at least 30 mins wrestling with something. The gnarlier the better, e.g.leet code or Project Euler-type stuff. I think of it as like
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by jmfldn 2mo ago
Buddha addressed this idea directly. Your instinct that "getting comfortable with nothing" is still doing something turns out to be exactly right, and Buddhism doesn't deny it. Its answer is basically: yes, you use one kind o
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by jmfldn 2mo ago
As the Buddhist joke goes 'don't just do something, stand there'.
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by jmfldn 6mo ago
I'm somewhere in between. I'm excited about building more things faster and extending my capabilities. But I also love thinking about the underlying language, runtime, algorithms, the wider system. I want LLMs to enhance this for
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by jmfldn 7mo ago
I understand he’s making a technical point about efficiency, but language isn't neutral and I think it betrays something deeper. It's such a glib and shallow point too that I think it should be called out since he has a track reco
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by jmfldn 7mo ago
This is a profound category error. What Altman reduces to a 20-year 'training' cycle fueled by 'energy' is what we, in the actual world, call life. It is a stunningly hollow perspective that uses the language of industri
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by jmfldn 9mo ago
Well exactly ;)
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by jmfldn 9mo ago
"In 2025 finally almost everybody stopped saying so." I haven't.
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by jmfldn 10mo ago
If it moves and connects with you then it's real music. It's fine to have a preference for live musicianship, but the 'real music' argument has been leveled against every new musical technology (remember the furore aroun
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The Tune of Things – Is Consciousness God?(harpers.org)
3 points by jmfldn 10mo ago|0 comments
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by jmfldn 11mo ago
Seeing all the experienced engineers on this thread who feel discouraged is really depressing. Not because I disagree with you, I don't! It's because I fear a gradual brain drain of people who actually love their craft and know ho
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by jmfldn 1y ago
Sure maybe you're right. I'm just so underwhelmed by what I see in my day job that it's hard to map error prone and limited deep learning tools to what is being described here. I don't see a strong argument here, more ju
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by jmfldn 1y ago
A fun read, but wildly implausible. Perhaps there are other frontier technologies out there that get us even a fraction of this. But if we're talking this time horizon, I assume we mean LLMs or some other related thing? Are you joking?
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by jmfldn 1y ago
I love his attitude, an example to us all. Woz knows what's important.
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by jmfldn 1y ago
Best compromise is a markdown file. You can read with it with Obsidian if you want a better gui, but you can also just treat it like a simple text file if you prefer. No lock-in to an app. I agree that complex todo apps are a bit of a waste
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by jmfldn 1y ago
Less training data for Scala is the issue probably. Imagine how much Python is out there.
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by jmfldn 1y ago
Depends what we mean by better. If you prefer rock music to Bach then great. Enjoy! I love popular music and classical for different reasons But if we're talking skill, intellectual depth, craft, then there are objective criteria. Take
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by jmfldn 1y ago
I think this is a bad take by the way. Sure, coding is changing, but people still need to understand AI code. And it's also getting boring pointing out that coding is only part of the job. Often the easiest part.
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by jmfldn 2y ago
Impossible without either harming your own wellbeing, the child's or both. And I suspect the quality of your work, even if you somehow manage to somehow pull it off, would be very badly affected. Caring for young children, let alone ba
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Technically breathtaking, but why do these examples of AI-generated content always have a cheap clipart vibe about them? So naff and uninspired given the, no doubt, endless potential this technology has. I also feel a sense of dread too. Im
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Agreed, it is a bit complex. I've looked into KaiOS, but I read that its future looks murky at best. In principle though, I like this idea. https://www.reddit.com/r/KaiOS/comments/15wn0co/is_kaios_de
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Does anyone here use both a dumbphone AND a smartphone? I was thinking I could call forward from my smartphone to my dumbphone when I'm leaving the former at home. Seems like a good compromise?
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Worse than useless for non-trivial tasks. Great for simple code / scripting questions where I would have used Google in the past. It's basically by Bash script assistant now.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
They might be wrong. And since they might be, and we have a chance to mitigate things somewhat, doom is not a useful response. It is paralysing. Imagine fighting a war. If you and your fellow troops believe you will definitely lose, what ha
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I'm really glad to hear that you found a way to deal with this. As someone who has dealt with generalised anxiety / panic disorder, it always deeply heartens me to read stories of people who have found some relief. Similarly, I ha
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I use a Thinkpad T460s (Linux), 4 year old Android phone and an old Garmin running watch I bought off ebay. The simple fact for me is that all of these types of devices are thoroughly comoditised now, and almost perfected, so even old tech
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by jmfldn 3y ago
I love this take on it, I've watched it a few times. It goes to show that when you have writing and acting of this quality you don't need any other embellishments.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Ha yes! We're not there yet with this tech, that's for sure.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Yep for sure. Loads to consider here! My initial comment was just a brainstorm /bluesky thinking kind of idea. Clearly the implications are incredibly deep for security, data retention and a host of other concerns.
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by jmfldn 3y ago
Perhaps? I'm an LLM / NN layperson so I know basically zero. In my mind, the data is all smashed into a trillion numbers so there's no notion way of removing it as such. Your point about fine-tuning it out is interesting thou

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