johnmw

Joined 17 years ago

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Wandering developer currently living in New Zealand.
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Comment · 2 months ago
I wonder if I'm the only person whose first analogy that came to mind was: model = toddler, harness = baby bouncing jumper harness
Comment · 8 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I changed the plan type some time ago and it happened when my existing subscription expired and it automatically switched over.

I'm afraid I wasn't paying close attention so only know it happened around the same day. If you have already switched over to Classic and have had no problems then hopefully the issue has been fixed.

Comment · 1 year ago
Just another heads up - I switched to Family Classic and when it renewed it dropped all access to my family members. I wasn't aware it would do that and had a family member unable to use their "full" email account until I had worked it out and was able to re-link them.
Comment · 1 year ago
I really like what you have done.

I know you are trying to avoid boiler plate but I'm wondering how technically difficult it would be to provide an alternative for those of us who really like named components? Something like:

  <script>
    ZjsComponent.register("counter-component", "counter.zjsc");
  </script>
Then I can just use in the named way, like:

  <counter-component start-at="100"><counter-component>
Comment · 1 year ago
Edit/Addendum: the full title of the video is "A.I. is a Religious Cult with Karen Hao". Karen Hao recently released a book called "Empire of AI - Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI".

I don't think the video title is great. The interview covers a wide range of topics around AI companies (often quite critically) and makes some interesting points.

Comment · 1 year ago
I think this is an interesting interview about AI companies. I'm curious to see what people think.
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Comment · 1 year ago
I wonder if this project can easily be integrated into Deno (built mainly in Rust)?
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Comment · 2 years ago
I was sad to read this and thought "this is why we can't have nice things."

But following the links was fun and educational:

"The end goal here [of the Tea protocol] is the creation of a robust economy around open source software that accurately and proportionately rewards developers based on the value of their work through complex web3 mechanisms, programmable incentives, and decentralized governance."

Which lead to:

"The term cobra effect was coined by economist Horst Siebert based on an anecdotal occurrence in India during British rule. The British government, concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Initially, this was a successful strategy; large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, however, people began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped. When cobra breeders set their snakes free, the wild cobra population further increased."

Which lead to:

"Goodhart's law is an adage often stated as, 'When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.'"

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