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by trunc8 4mo ago
I wonder though what is the "good enough" level of LLM assist for software dev? Similar to say CD quality audio or 4K video is good enough for most people. I feel that Claude Sonnet is nearly "good enough" for my current
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by trunc8 8mo ago
Certainly in Irish pubs you wouldn't want the queue blocked while waiting a few minutes for a Guinness to "settle" before it can be served.
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by trunc8 2y ago
I've discovered that a heated mat on top of said box encourages good posture, in winter at least with the incentive of warm feet.
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by trunc8 2y ago
I had a Dell 333p from 1992 running Windows 3.11 via DOS 6. For many years I would dig it out and see it beat newer PCs from boot-up into editing a Word document. And Word 2.0 had a lot of the features I suspect most people still only use t
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by trunc8 4y ago
To continue the tangent, I'm currently learning Spanish and appreciate the really long tail involved in language learning. I often work with people who, while they do not speak English as their first language, speak it pretty much perf
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by trunc8 5y ago
My top tip would be to regularly sip water while desk bound. This has the dual advantage of both hydrating and ensuring a physical break is regularly taken (a trip to the bathroom that involves a flight of stairs is a bonus). Paradoxically,
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by trunc8 5y ago
Well that's a most uncharitable characterisation of Ryanair. They are indeed profit-driven but they are unashamedly upfront and, frankly, honest about this. Their ruthless efficiency enables cheap flights across Europe, which was large
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by trunc8 6y ago
Would appreciate if you would expand on this. How does the employee experience differ when a worker's council is in place?
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by trunc8 6y ago
While his company and name seem to trigger a whole lot of people, Charles Koch has applied such a free market philosophy throughout his company, which is undoubtedly successful. I would recommend reading his book (Good Profit) to get a view
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by trunc8 7y ago
Being doing this for years also, occasionally emailing to myself as a backup, mine is at nearly 60k lines. Top tip is to add meta tags. I suffix them with a colon to help with searching. For example, the section containing my git notes begi