canadaduane

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Comment · 2 months ago
I get it, but the underlying problem is: we don't have a society-wide, effective solution to counterbalancing extractive systems. Lacking a reliable label, we have to constantly signal what's on the ingredients list.
Comment · 2 months ago
I think your comment could be more helpful--"You borked it" doesn't describe the problem or what you're expecting to be different.
Comment · 2 months ago
It is faithful.
Comment · 3 months ago
Maybe "indirect" modern slavery? First we teach a man how to cult, then we show him how to enslave himself?
Comment · 3 months ago
There are gradations to failure. And "our governments" and "us" also overlap.

I'm probably more on your side than it sounds based on this comment, but I find it frustrating to encounter learned helplessness dressed in profundity.

Comment · 4 months ago
This was about a year ago, but I had trouble getting podman to add an nvidia GPU so that the container could use it. It was technically possible (I succeeded) but it was annoying and "different".
Comment · 4 months ago
I'm curious what you think of as "the mean"? I consider the input training set for an LLM to contain its mean. My hypothesis would be: an LLM alone cannot consistently produce code above the mean of the quality it was trained on.
Comment · 4 months ago
I posted this elsewhere, but I think it still has a valuable insight to bring to the table: https://halecraft.org/software-engineering-is-the-new-manufa...

> LLMs are regression-to-the-mean machines--they pull junior developers up, and drag senior developers down. Taming them requires trading the romance of 'code as craft' for the physics of manufacturing.

The thing I don't know is: how do we decide which direction is most valuable? I can see arguments in both directions--quality vs quantity, essentially. I think there's a strong argument for the value of both:

- we need more quantity of software: for a long time, the ability to write software has been locked up, confined to a closed cabal of specialists

- we need more quality in software: we depend more and more on software in every aspect of our lives, mistakes are intolerable and should be avoided

Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
Isn't this one of the main improvements that Podman has over Docker?
Comment · 7 months ago
The frequency of choosing to go out to the movies is also about how often I think "I wish I could do this in VR".

Examples:

- Before going on a trip, pre-visiting the destination in Google Earth with VR is very spatially informative & makes directional intuition memorable upon arrival at the real world destination.

- Virtual role-play with environmental cues that cause make-believe to be ever more real.

But most people don't need this very often. Picking up a book or throwing on some earbuds to listen to a book are far more frequent and compatible with simultaneous other activities. VR feels the same--a high-demand focused experience that is infrequently worth the effort.

Comment · 9 months ago
"Don't look him up, he's not exactly role model material." I don't admire the ethos of putting people in bad boxes.
Comment · 1 year ago
I like the concept, but I bailed at "GPT 5". The only thing that has given me peace of mind and the ability to journal honestly and successfully is Obsidian, because it lets me own my data (as text files).
Comment · 1 year ago
> The anti-AI slop that dominates HackerNews doesn't serve anything productive or interesting.

To you. I find the debate quite valuable, as there is a wide open future and we're in the midst of figuring out where "here" is.

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