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Effective Bureaucracy(sackfield.substack.com)
3 points by sackfield 11d ago|0 comments
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by sackfield 1mo ago
It is reasonable to break PRs up into smaller chunks, but there is a limit. There are frequently reviewers who get very zealous about this and insist on breaking things up beyond what is reasonable, for example if breaking it up would destr
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by sackfield 1mo ago
Wow I thought I was the only one. I have also had these experiences, including abused by people on this site for the crime of saying I miss the office. I am back at the office now, and am enjoying the separation between work and home.
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Wrangling Evals(sackfield.substack.com)
1 points by sackfield 1mo ago|0 comments
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AIs Favourite Number(sackfield.substack.com)
2 points by sackfield 2mo ago|0 comments
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by sackfield 2mo ago
One thing I wonder, if you look at the comments here it is clear the moderation and the general hostility of the site was a big reason why a lot of people left or didn't engage with it. Yet, I can't recall SO doing anything about
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How does an LLM feel about you?(sackfield.substack.com)
2 points by sackfield 2mo ago|0 comments
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by sackfield 5mo ago
I've always found it quite sad and cringeworthy when people talk about AI's water usage. The first thought that comes to my head is whether its even worth trying to talk the person out of their delusion, or just accept that they a
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by sackfield 5mo ago
How is it going in the other countries that are trying this? Do we know yet? If not, why move forward with legislation based on untested theories, especially when other countries are currently testing it for you?
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by sackfield 5mo ago
I'm not interested in defending the trend as much as I am in understanding it, which the article promises but doesn't deliver. To begin to understand this, you have to examine the actions of the heroes as critically as the villain
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by sackfield 5mo ago
If you are actually looking for an article on "How the Tech World Turned Evil", you are going to be sorely disappointed. This article is, as you might expect, the usual cast of villains and the usual cast of saviors. The villains
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by sackfield 5mo ago
Something I have noticed about tax and spend advocates is they have shifted their messaging from "these taxes will pay for great services" to "these taxes will hurt the rich". It's telling that even they have lost f
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by sackfield 6mo ago
It feels more and more embarrassing as time goes by to tell people I am British.
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by sackfield 9mo ago
Can you provide more information on this? I can't seem to find any.
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by sackfield 9mo ago
What are the metrics this Australian law should hit? How do we know its achieving its intended result?
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by sackfield 10mo ago
Countries like Singapore figured out that high reward / high risk (e.g. punishment) is the essence of capitalism and thus retaining talent in the public sector. EDIT: You will notice a lot of talk about high pay. It's important to
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by sackfield 10mo ago
Yes, and to keep it like Singapore, lets increase the penalties for financial mismanagement.
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by sackfield 11mo ago
Is there any evidence that this law is achieving the goals it was designed to tackle? If not, is there any reason it still exists? Why don't laws have to continually justify themselves as a matter of procedure?
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by sackfield 11mo ago
A rather controversial opinion I have is this will begin to bend back very soon, once AI starts controlling more of the development process it will be able to reason about why we have these verbose frameworks at all, and start slimming them
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by sackfield 1y ago
Brexit is an interesting case to bring up. As someone who voted against it, it is also clear to me that it hasn't been implemented in any way that could have made it a success from the representatives, and looks like a clear case of th
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by sackfield 1y ago
Keir Starmer is trying to sell this to public with the promise that it will curb illegal immigration. But by how much? And if that target isn't met, will it be rolled back? It always amazes me when governments hold themselves to such a
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by sackfield 1y ago
really interesting approach to calibration for hallucinations, im going to give this a go on some of my projects.
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by sackfield 1y ago
FWIW most of the inbound traffic to startups websites that I know enough to ask about is coming from ChatGPT.
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by sackfield 1y ago
This pops up every few years, and I bet once it gets in it never goes away. It seems asymmetric that one side only has to win once to win permanently while the other side has to win constantly. Is there any mechanism to stop this in the EU
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by sackfield 2y ago
I would hazard a guess that AI technology is already close to break even from an economic perspective, nearly everyone I know (especially those not in tech) uses it on a daily basis to assist with their work, especially coming in the form o
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by sackfield 2y ago
Does anyone know what this fine is about? It says celebrity endorsements but I'm not actually sure what the root issue is here?
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by sackfield 2y ago
I don't know a lot about it, on the face of it I think its terrible. Why do you ask?
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by sackfield 2y ago
Diffusion of responsibility is definitely a defense in these cases, but the system should recognize this shortcoming and assign accountability (at least in an ideal world). Although I'm willing to bet that the true actors here weren&#x
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by sackfield 2y ago
In an ideal world we would get to do a reverse investigation to understand which government officials were complicit in his very obviously politically motivated detention, action would be taken upon those individuals to ensure accountabilit
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by sackfield 2y ago
Is there any reason this couldn't be made into a right to prevent the constant legislative onslaught? Is it a lack of organisation/will or is it something intrinsic to the way the system is setup?

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