specproc

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by specproc 3d ago
Now that's what I call programming.
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by specproc 3d ago
> feel sympathy for moms who kill their kids That's a bit of a weird jump, where's that come from?
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by specproc 3d ago
In fairness, I wasn't doing this for Americans. I would say the Anglo-American model of schooling, which treats students like customers, is very much to blame. The industry wouldn't exist if students were result expelled for cheat
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by specproc 5d ago
I spent a lot of my life outside the English-speaking world, and this was a small sideline for a while. I get it wasn't the nicest way to earn a living. My day job was loftier but poorly-paid. Still, I've got respect for anyone wh
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by specproc 6d ago
> I’m more and more convinced that all of AI engineering is Neijuan (内卷, meaning curl inwards). In China it describes a system that demands ever more effort and competition without improving output. The way in which it sometimes shows up
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by specproc 8d ago
That's our moat, right there. I'm starting doing clean-up jobs now, advising non-technical users on where they're going wrong. I had a guy recently who'd spent well over a month on Claude, running up the wrong tree on a
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by specproc 8d ago
I worked in PR for a bit. I'm confident in saying most of our information ecosystem is the product of numerous competing (or cooperating) PR agencies pushing their clients' products, policies, narratives, and national agendas. If
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by specproc 9d ago
Yeah, this is my use case for skills. Even with good documentation, it feels better to have things local and easy to tweak. I'd add to that I've also used them as a style guide. The project involved taking in unstructured inputs a
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by specproc 10d ago
Give us time, we've had less than a century of nukes, and only need to screw up once.
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by specproc 10d ago
This is the correct approach. If these American companies want to operate in our countries, and maintain their positions as our primary information channels, then they need to obey laws. We need open APIs, transparent algorithms, and above
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by specproc 10d ago
Aye, but it's also possible to waste an incredible amount of time on HN. I'd call it my main internet vice after lichess. Both are outwardly better than say, TikTok or Reddit, but if you're spending hours a day flitting unstr
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by specproc 12d ago
As part of a military industrial complex which spans the Five Eyes and Israel, yes.
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by specproc 12d ago
It's hard to reach any other conclusion about where this is heading. I don't think we're long off a major breakout event. These things are weapons. Imagine a government, pointing their data centers at another, and instructing
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by specproc 12d ago
I read Nowhere to Hide recently, really worth it if you can get past Greenwald sticking himself in the middle (start halfway through). The stuff in there is horrifying, and incredibly cute compared to what's possible now. The bottlenec
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by specproc 14d ago
None of this has ever worked for me. I still struggle. What does help is understanding that the problem is often me. Not that the internet isn't a hellscape of addicting design, or that I've not been flex to screens of some sort o
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by specproc 14d ago
People are misreading the author's case as annoyance, that they simply don't like apps or the way society is foisting apps on them. What I read was what they really hate is being forced to have an account with a handful of America
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by specproc 16d ago
Seeing as folks are sharing in the thread here's some of mine. I moved on from Warhammer to 6mm cyberpunk city dioramas. Models mainly from LazyForger. https://specialprocedures.github.io/
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by specproc 16d ago
Been painting for years and not come across that one. Thank you kindly.
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by specproc 19d ago
The writing is hideous, I can see that being the case.
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by specproc 19d ago
There are multiple legs to The Hobby (tm), the painting and modelling, the game, and the lore. For me, painting is the fun bit. I find the game broken and totally driven by marketing. Horrible pay-to-win stuff. Gaming you need people, you g
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by specproc 21d ago
> It is a self-care luxury that I can indulge when I have some free time. This is such an incredible source of sadness.
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by specproc 26d ago
Yeah, glazed immediately. It's not even like I recognised it as generated, there's just no substance.
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by specproc 26d ago
As a personal rule, I don't touch short form video, much like I keep away from cocaine.
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by specproc 26d ago
So many dead lads from both my countries fighting American wars, for zero gain to our peoples. That's vassalship, not an alliance.
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by specproc 27d ago
As someone who spends far too much time questioning the system, I often assume the hoop-jumpers are somehow happier. I wonder if life would be easier if I stopped worrying about the big picture.
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by specproc 27d ago
> The report stated that the US had concerns about Japanese government market intervention to support the TRON OS and identified two specific markets where TRON was receiving government advantage. The US government is one hell of a moat.
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by specproc 28d ago
So many folks in the thread, myself included. Really fun type of project.
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by specproc 28d ago
I made one of these recently! Total vibe-code, but exactly the sort of thing that I'd never get around to without. Plugged it into Sonic Pi, wired it up to play samples on gestures. Got a nice installation brewing at some point.
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by specproc 29d ago
*Quasi-experimental, see my comment below. Excuse the sloppy language, it's a while since I've done one. It's not as good as an RCT, but lifetime sugar consumption, as the article points out, is not something you can randomis
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by specproc 29d ago
OK, quasi-experimental, a discontinuity design, surely? It's not purely observational, as you've got (albeit imperfect) treatment and control, built around (presumably very similar) people born on either side of a cut-off, simulat

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