gloomyday

I see some books where the same person recommended it many times. I think you should account for that.

Meta is not the Internet. It is a company.

Less powerful models are already extremely capable, so going for the best model is just like buying the most expensive hammer in the shop instead of the functional and well-priced one. Your experience is not representative of their usefulness.

You may be going through the same crisis that chess masters went through decades ago. But chess didn't die because engines were better, in fact there has never been more people interested in chess as today. Cheaters are annoying though.

This feels like a new phase for open source. I think screening people to join development efforts will become the norm, at least for resource-constrained projects. Trust will have to be earned.

I once had a very weird experience on LSD (of course), in which I perceived my brain and thinking as a bunch of separate entities working in synchrony. Only two of them were capable of speech, and some were very simple and reactive. The "me" part was just them agreeing on stuff. I will never forget the experience.

The battery concerns are just a ridiculous excuse. E-bikes are allowed in public transport.

I really wanted an e-scooter to help my shorter routes here in Germany, but the legislation is quite unfriendly to it now. I need insurance and can't carry it in public transport. Maybe a folding bike would be great.

Marketing has such a gigantic influence in our field. It is absolutely insane. It feels unavoidable, since IT is (was?) constantly filled with new blood that picks up where people left off.

In principle, they could make such responses part of their training data. I guess it is just easier to do it through prompting.

I think newer developers really need to learn that you can actually do production stuff using bare tools. It is not crazy, especially in the beginning, and it will save you a ton of money and time.

Society is lacking people that stand up for something. My efforts to consume less is seen as being cheap by my family, which I find so sad. I much prefer donating my money than exchanging superfluous gifts on Christmas.

A quick way to make me not respect someone's economic opinion is to mention the "Efficient Market Hypothesis." This should be buried 7 palms underground.

Microsoft products are decreasing in quality at an astounding rate. You can clearly see that sales people took over the whole company.

This is a fatalistic attitude, but I can totally get behind. It has become harder to associate my job with contributing with society.