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Comment · 3 days ago
Many things that we treasure are anomalies in the grand scheme of human history. Treating other races as human beings, valuing life and human potential, believing that everyone including women should be educated... How's that appeal to historical authority apply in those cases? Perhaps you're also a monarchist? In which case, my bad, at least you're consistent :)
Comment · 4 days ago
Just because individuals may not be fully aware of the consequences of their actions does not make them suddenly not responsible for them. See for example not studying well in college, eating poorly, not exercising, walking around barefoot in hookworm country, leaving food out while camping in bear country, and swimming without underwear in candiru-infested rivers.
Comment · 4 days ago
Yes, I read the article, although I appreciate your manner of suggesting i haven't over what it could have been. And again - the responsibility for making poor choices and over-reliance on AI lies with the individual, regardless of what the article says. This is like saying that responsibility for being able to do mental math should be tackled by the professional community because calculators exist, or that the professional chef community needs to get involved to prevent a devolution of skills due to this new-fangled micro-wave oven.
Comment · 4 days ago
Artificial Dams are renowned for their limited damming capabilities with respect to the natural beaver-built genuine article.
Comment · 4 days ago
Plans and git worktrees. If you (or anyone else here) want more info than that, give me a way to reach out and I'm happy to help. I regularly run 40+ subagents sustained in parallel (productively) without toe-stepping or any significant rework.
Comment · 4 days ago
they're very clearly talking about multiple independent features, each of which may have sequential lines of work.
Comment · 4 days ago
The professionals who are deskilling themselves, obviously.
Comment · 12 days ago
Comment · 12 days ago
yes
Comment · 14 days ago
Of course. I hadn't noticed that the definition of 'like' in the dictionary is no longer 'similar to', any more, 'but exclusively equivalent'. Strange how words keep morphing meanings so suddenly, in these modern times! Glad there are people like you to keep us folks who are used to words having at least a somewhat-consistent meaning up-to-date :)
Comment · 14 days ago
"large parts of the USian West embody #{state-run economic and social groups like early 20th century Italy} in their unnatural relationship with nature." Learn something new every day!
Comment · 16 days ago
The Dunning-Kruger effect got published because Dunning and Kruger and their reviwers were... subject to the Dunning-Kruger effect? <dies laughing>
Comment · 23 days ago
Learning mathematics is about understanding the world, not proving things.
Comment · 1 month ago
I don't know that I'd want bots to think I was threatening them with non-existence. that feels... unsafe?
Comment · 1 month ago
I had this experience having AI critique my poetry back when GPT4 came out. The right prompting can go a long way (and these days, apparently not even that :))

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