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Comment · 1 day ago
Now I'm glad I've not opened VSCodium in a few weeks; I prefer using Claude as a separate application anyways, will have to remove the extensions. No evidence, but I do feel like the problem is going to be OpenVSX and not Anthropic.
Comment · 2 days ago
North Korea could make a "Dear Leader" device that lives in people's homes, and discusses how happy they are and answers questions.
Comment · 4 days ago
But they sure are upset now that Discord bans accounts based on reports to its thought police.
Comment · 5 days ago
That raises a question I'd never thought to ask: who owns a murder weapon, after it's been confiscated and the sentence fulfilled?

Or make it simpler, is an unlicensed firearm returned after the legal process? If not, who owns it?

Comment · 5 days ago
Those are FBI agents, not Flock contractors
Comment · 5 days ago
They didn't use AI to write the prospectus...
Comment · 5 days ago
Maybe it's useful for people spending money to present the odds they wish for?
Comment · 8 days ago
How about backwards compatibility, support the new spellings as well as the old? We're sort of already in that situation with English vs. American English. Over 100s of years, the "natural" spelling will win out.
Comment · 8 days ago
Would the AI have bothered to maximize the benchmark, if it hadn't been asked to?

"LLM" isn't the problem. Asking an LLM to explain cheating is a good goal. Asking it to "Maximize the benchmarks" reeks.

Comment · 9 days ago
Sometimes the public defenders actions are indistinguishable from collusion with the prosecution. The window to appeal can close before your sentence is over.
Comment · 9 days ago
It does NOT mean "He agrees to settle any financial claims against himself or his employer, for damages caused by negligence".

Could have said "I blame only myself for this mistake, nothing else needs to change".

This will keep happening until the system where this can happen runs out of willing scapegoats.

Comment · 9 days ago
Like going to an "independent" restaurant and being served a McDonalds Spicy Chicken Crispy Deluxe . Good sandwich, but I could have just gone to McDonalds.

And if McDonalds started mass-producing the restaurant's signature burger, I would hope the chef has enough pride/business sense to make a new signature burger.

Comment · 9 days ago
There are Minecraft bots written in Crystal, which was the first time I'd heard of it.
Comment · 10 days ago
It's obviously not "the best" way to play; seems like even a bad filtering rule is right twice a day.

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