mmusson

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by mmusson 2y ago
Lol. The resume includes expert in Mia Khalifa easter egg.
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by mmusson 2y ago
Power abhors a vacuum.
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by mmusson 2y ago
Another thing is that COBOL records commonly have complicated unions (to save space) where a separate code affects how you interpret the fields. You need to understand all the business logic to make sure you are reading the data correctly.
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by mmusson 2y ago
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't...
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by mmusson 2y ago
And if it causes near-universal outrage, what then?
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by mmusson 2y ago
This reminds me of the duct tape X-ray source.
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by mmusson 2y ago
Or worse, pursuing something already proven not to work.
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by mmusson 2y ago
> Huh? How do you think `const char s = "Hello"; const char t = &s[1];` works? I think you and the parent are using different definitions of granularity. The parent meant that sizeof(t) could be 32 or 64 bits. I think you
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by mmusson 2y ago
I think there is a skill issue. Just like in any other pursuit, some people are going to be better at using AI productively. It is a tool. You are still responsible for the quality of the resulting code whatever the mix of human and tool ge
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by mmusson 2y ago
The thing I find fascinating is that apparently there is a chunk of behavior that we might define as “intelligent” on some level that seems directly encoded in language itself.
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by mmusson 3y ago
The 737 design is like an axe that had its head and handle changed a few times. Is it still the same axe?
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by mmusson 3y ago
From what I have read, John had a genius for what you might call relentless optimization. Even if they just improve the performance or reduce the hardware requirements of executing an already trained LLM that would be a huge win. Current pr
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by mmusson 3y ago
I was pleased that he called his write up on the industrial design for the computer, a case study.
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by mmusson 3y ago
Johnny Fox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Fox_(performer) you are missed.
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by mmusson 3y ago
I remember the doctor explaining that newborns are slippery. All I could imagine was the newborn launching from this contraption with doctor and nurses attempting to catch as the baby slips from person to person while the mother vomits from
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by mmusson 3y ago
I just saw an article that explains the superconducting diode effect https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ubiquitous-superconductive-dio... So theres the answer.
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by mmusson 3y ago
How would that work? A diode requires a p-n junction created by doping the substrate. It has low resistance in one direction but ideally infinite resistance in the other direction.
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by mmusson 3y ago
The sweet spot for SO for me is workarounds for esoteric problems, not for more common issues because the solutions tend to be out of date (but correct for an older version of the library or whatever).
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by mmusson 3y ago
The question is what you really believe to be true. If your car hit me and you truly didn’t remember it that way then you are proving the author’s point. Maybe you do remember hitting me. There will still be innumerable questions that you c
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by mmusson 3y ago
I think the point is that interpretation is all we really have. We believe that memories are these absolute things, but rigorous studies show that no human being remembers things perfectly, even when they believe they do. For many years as
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by mmusson 3y ago
I was a juror on a very small case. A previous trial assigned guilt. Our trial was to determine damages. It was eye opening for me. We were not allowed to know things like medical bills and costs the victim incurred. We were forced to choo
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by mmusson 3y ago
I read a short story (don’t remember the author), the gist of which was an a future where time travel is possible and accessible. There was a group tasked with cleaning up time travel mistakes. Their motto was Everyone always tries to kill
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by mmusson 4y ago
It was implied that we would see another Earth. But that is a science fiction trope.
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by mmusson 4y ago
The debt ceiling doesn’t control spending because it is a misnomer. The money has already been spent. The debt ceiling controls whether the government will honor the obligations it has already made.
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by mmusson 4y ago
For certain types of prompts like basic arithmetic that would give ChatGPT trouble, it actually does do a good job coming up with useful questions when prompted. For example, if you ask it the answer to 2 * diameter of the Moon, and then gi
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by mmusson 4y ago
It may be more a question of a new generation of physicists, willing to consider that particle dark matter is not the explanation for the acceleration discrepancy.
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by mmusson 4y ago
It is the old joke. Dev says it is shit. Manager says it is dung. Senior manager says it has a strong odor. Director says it is powerful features. VP smiles in satisfaction.
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by mmusson 4y ago
I do like that the Fields Medal goes to people nearer to the start of their careers than the end like the Nobel awards. I would be curious about, say, the next five people that didn’t make the cut. Is it common that they still go on to get
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by mmusson 5y ago
For mean one of the most appealing parts of his comedy is that he is very clear that it is one thing to be insightful and quite another to actually make the better choices. He plays with that dichotomy a lot. Even here. An essay on the corr
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by mmusson 5y ago
Some of the famous people just have knack for asking the right questions and then answering them. I am reminded of a joke that goes something like, if you hit a roadblock in your math problem, the best way to solve it is to get Terry Tao in

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