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by plif 2mo ago
Not new about LLMs. Targeted ads / big data is this. Another degree of capability, yes. But we have been trending here for a long time.
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How LLMs Express JavaScript (experiment, results inside)(terminalvalue.net)
1 points by plif 7mo ago|1 comments
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by plif 7mo ago
I started experimenting 2-weeks ago on using LLMs in a pseudo-deterministic way. I kept getting results that proved my hypothesis, which is that LLMs could be harnessed deterministically, but I could not prove why, so I kept going. I may no
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Show HN: A pipeline to render and serve web components dynamically via LLM(github.com)
2 points by plif 7mo ago|0 comments
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by plif 3y ago
My experience is that it's much better than the alternative of games running natively on your phone. I would say better than the switch too in most cases for me (more battery life, shorter load times) though may depend on the game. I a
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by plif 4y ago
There's no way you're going to get top quality like those sites at a place like Fiverr either. They've spent millions on branding and marketing. I can see Midjourney already replacing the low end. The question is how good can
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by plif 4y ago
I wouldn't say useless. He'll look to buy other smart peripherals that fit into the Alexa ecosystem, not a competitor's. It helps build up the brand. There's also a lot of data there to collect. Maybe not the most lucrat
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by plif 4y ago
Yep, this is a feature, not just for tracking but also containment when navigating to external links. Big reason why all of those apps and others aggressively push users from web to mobile.
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by plif 5y ago
I've been using it. It's gotten a lot better than when it first came out. Super annoying that they released a product that was far inferior (and probably still is inferior) to Google Play music and forced everyone to switch.
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by plif 5y ago
Also includes YT Music, making it not much more expensive than other streaming music services if you're willing to use it over something like Spotify.
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by plif 5y ago
Yeah, this is the biggest reason I switched to MacOS. Not enough time / mental energy to deal with scaling fonts on external displays.
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by plif 5y ago
Heh, SA was a huge part of my formative years, spent a ton of time (years / many many hours) lurking there. Sad to see the spiral that happened with Lowtax. Feeling very melancholic...
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by plif 5y ago
Accessibility. I can't game on PC anymore because of RSI when using mouse. Even for cross platform games, the console version usually has far superior controller support.
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by plif 5y ago
I had a very similar experience around the same timeframe. I was also heavily discouraged by relatives in the field. How wrong they ended up being...
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by plif 5y ago
Something about the savings math doesn't check out, especially given the NEET aspect. 200k savings in 4 years out of school is a lot.
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by plif 6y ago
It's a rubber stamp like many other things in this development model. Not saying their QA is useful, but it's not tough to imagine their QA being many layers removed from decision making. ie: Program Manager -> Product Owner -&
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by plif 6y ago
Not trying to defend anyone, but I'm sure we can find many other reasons why there are so many bugs here unrelated to QA :)
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by plif 6y ago
Seems high, but this is par for the course for this type of work. You would usually estimate this in terms of months for a team. Let's say a team of 4 for simplicity -- that brings it to ~3 months. I'd also be careful with the ter
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by plif 6y ago
Which car and what did you drive before? And can you quantify how much benefit you see over adaptive cruise / lane assist / etc that is standard on many cars these days? I agree with your sentiment, just unsure what your point of
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by plif 6y ago
> If I break something, it usually means it wasn't built strong enough to begin with. I've broken a lot of stuff over the years... Based on my experience, this statement scares me :) Not to pass any judgment on your impact or a
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by plif 6y ago
Great idea. Could you explain what differentiates it from Tock? https://www.exploretock.com/ -- not that there isn't room for two solutions here, but just curious. We've used Tock a few times in the way you descri
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by plif 6y ago
> In order to have a net positive effect, such a program would need to be able to generate an income, not necessarily a engineer market-level one (because you could have students working on this) but at least something above the minimum
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by plif 6y ago
Point well taken about culture and great examples. I completely agree with your premise. However, tone is an extremely important part of cross-cultural training, and the tone of this article takes its premise from: _you may have a conflict
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by plif 6y ago
Wouldn't an ecosystem of smaller / walled off news services promote polarization? Genuinely asking -- what you are describing strikes me as an echo chamber that may have the opposite effect.
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by plif 6y ago
Glad to see this at the top. This is a very cynical take that applies wildly general negative sentiment and statements to a huge group of people. It's not just about workplace dynamics. I couldn't keep reading after the ~5th parag
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by plif 6y ago
> A lot of this is, as Aqua mentioned, an exercise for their conscience. Just as important to build (some...) trust and preserve culture among remaining employees. Imagine this from the lens of remaining employees: A) The new big boss wr
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by plif 6y ago
I assumed that it was an internal promotion. If it was an outside hire, yikes. Although to be fair, we don't know how much time he was given to make the decision.
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by plif 6y ago
Yeah, me too. If they don't have this in 2021 their IT staff should be fired.
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by plif 6y ago
Not just email / text comms -- it's not hard to fake voice and video now either. Maybe PGP in its current form is too complex for your mother, but that is one of the reasons her generation needs it the most. I agree that it's
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by plif 6y ago
Microsoft is also mostly purely tech. Amazon and Google (Alphabet) are more pervasive and threatening to other industries. For that reason, I'm not surprised. I've seen the decision come down to not wanting to give money to the ot

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