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131012

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    Comment #49009504

    I think another source of variation on the results is the actual nutritional intake of the subjects. The vegan/vegetarian is a big spectrum. A vegetarian eating plenty of dairy pro…

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    Comment #48981935

    Could it be that the startups that embed LLMs in a product will prefer Openweights for a more stable economic model, while SWE who use LLMs as a tool prefer SOTA to produce code?

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    Comment #48863773

    A blogger.

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    Comment #48863285

    Typos are frequent (including in this blog post), and have been for a while. Bret is not an AI bot.

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    Comment #45834686

    I stopped reading when the author classified people in binary categories. Absolute proof of their own stupidity.

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    Comment #45823270

    Because when one exec ask: "Why is that?" the room goes silent.

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    Comment #45745890

    Nah it just got promoted as the database for PowerBI. /s

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    Comment #45538727

    > I think the argument that automated outputs are inherently and universally worse on objective quality measures Just remove universally and the argument stands. The point here is …

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    Comment #45503442

    There is more to life than Pepsi or Coca-Cola.

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    Comment #45449851

    If it is relevant, I tend to take very good care to understand the request. I ask follow-up questions, take notes, etc. Not only it is useful (understanding the problem is key afte…

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    Comment #45304069

    Trust by Francis Fukuyama explores this relation if you want more meat than comments on a board.

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    Comment #44812321

    Since you're asking: I took a pause mid-reading and told myself: "Woah, I like their writing style."

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    Comment #44574904

    > LLMs do not think independently and do not have the ability to challenge your assumptions It IS possible for a LLM to challenge your assumptions, as its training material may inc…

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    Comment #44111783

    This is exactly why I follow your work, this mix of critical thinking and enthusiasm. Please keep going!

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    Comment #40014076

    I don't know for sports, but sex indeed. And just like any other art form, some are absolute virtuosos and some draw cheap logos and are about to be replaced by AI.

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    Comment #38533637

    [flagged]

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    Comment #38044730

    Nutrition science does change at a surprising rate. In case of doubt... drink plenty of water!

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    Comment #38032577

    most citrus fruits help to reduce kidney stones, but not grapefruit. grapefruit has different weird interaction with medication and does increase risk of kidney stones, contrary to…

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    Comment #36970205

    Sorry to break it to you, but someday you will die. Better get used to it.

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    Comment #36523369

    Well no. May I suggest water?

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    Comment #36326483

    Care to give more details about your third point?

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    Comment #36138133

    I think they got stuck at the heteronormative bias, but the real blatant bias here is class. Most men are working class, and it's been like that forever* (more peasants than knight…

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    Comment #35082399

    Christianism considers everyone intrinsically bad. "Original sin is the Christian doctrine that holds that humans, through the fact of birth, inherit a tainted nature in need of re…

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    Comment #34820331

    Let me turn that around and suggest that when America finally embrace universal culture, it will understand that arming every random person with an assault rifle with extended maga…