johnpdoe1234

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by johnpdoe1234 2mo ago
I agree, so many things to disagree in the article. However, I think you are missing that people are lazy. We all are to some extent, some more than others. Putting effort in doing something, well, takes effort. In my experience most people
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by johnpdoe1234 2mo ago
Which is the case for probably 90% or more of the companies/offices/situations. There are ALWAYS going to be non-productive people, or people that are less productive than you. And guess what, that is OK. We learn to live with the
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by johnpdoe1234 6mo ago
Spares (1996, HarperCollins) – ISBN 978-0002246569 Michael Marshall Smith
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by johnpdoe1234 6mo ago
While I don't disagree with you as you described the US situation, many places out there have societies and government regulations closer to the US than China and they have built successful railway networks, including high speed ones.
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by johnpdoe1234 6mo ago
> For me, LLMs are just another source of information with a different UI, analogous to newspapers, TV documentaries, Wikipedia, Google search, YT talks/documentaries, even the majority of informational non-fiction books, and resear
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by johnpdoe1234 7mo ago
Not sure I agree. One cannot (in most of the planet) go to the supermarket and buy an M16 and a box of hand grenades, or get a hold of a couple of kg of plutonium cause they want some free energy at home. We also have rules in place of wha
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by johnpdoe1234 7mo ago
Gunpowder (weapons) and atomic tech (energy, material, weapons) are heavily regulated in most of the planet, as the risks of having free access to them for everyone (company/person) for their own selfish purpose without strong guardrai
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by johnpdoe1234 9mo ago
I kinda like your analogy but I find it a bit misguided. I'll give another one that fits more my experience. Consider a math/physics studying a course. Using an LLM is like having all the solutions to math/physics exercises i