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alickz

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    Comment #47528655

    You're right in that it's unreasonable to expect someone else work for you for free But I would also say a quality bug report is a contribution in and of itself Closing it without …

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    Comment #47528630

    >Because I have a reason to believe it's fixed What reason?

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    Comment #47528587

    Even if you're not correct, I respect your positivity and constructive attitude It's good to raise people's expectations of themselves

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    Comment #46187184

    >what if the LLM gets something wrong that the operator (a junior dev perhaps) doesn't even know it's wrong? the same thing that always happens if a dev gets something wrong withou…

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    Comment #45960197

    >There is a lot of money to be made from paid cosmetics, ranks, moderator (demi-tyrant) status, etc on custom servers. Anyone have any idea how much a 15 Tbps DDoS attack would cos…

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    Comment #45947404

    The only GUI products that work are GUIs that you can interface with, or that perform tasks for you Maybe the real value of AI, particularly LLMs, is in the interface it provides f…

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    Comment #45944537

    I use their app on Android and it blocks ads system wide I would recommend it

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    Comment #45944533

    I think that is an unreasonable expectation given the advice they received from their lawyer Maybe it would have been virtuous to fight it tooth-and-nail from the start, but I don'…

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    Comment #45944246

    You make a good point Though I wonder why it works with Linux, which I assume doesn't have code for a special handshake specific to AirPods

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    Comment #45944228

    Also if the README is to be believed the following are also hidden behind an Apple DID (not driver): - Multi-device Connectivity - Accessibility Settings and Hearing Aid While the …

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    Comment #45886220

    >Some skills, like framing, values, balance, etc. become even more important differentiators. I agree. I think many artists in the future will be closer to directors/cinematographe…

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    Comment #45886179

    >AI has no intent or creativity, so it can be neither right nor wrong, neither good nor bad. AI is just a wrapper around a tool - it doesn't need intention or creativity because th…

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    Comment #45886156

    Good single player campaign too, if anyone is interested

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    Comment #45886150

    Arc Raiders, and their previous game The Finals, uses AI in some capacity for Voice Acting - though they do still hire VA and make it explicit in their contract offer >Some of the …

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    Comment #45526556

    I come from a Swift/Kotlin background and I've been learning Rust for fun in my spare time From what I heard online I was expecting it to be a lot harder to understand! The moving/…

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    Comment #45526511

    >LLM generated code is noisy as hell, for no good reason You can direct it to generate code/docs in whatever format or structure you want, prioritising the good practices and avoid…

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    Comment #45520162

    >LLMs make this even worse Not in my experience Better documentation, more test cases, and an NLP interface to query the code Less cognitive load, more complete mental models >even…

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    Comment #45520113

    Agreed LLMs are a force multiplier

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    Comment #45520064

    >I think some people have more fun using LLM agents and generative AI tools I think I'm one of them The rate at which I can explore new paths, or revisit old ones with a new perspe…

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    Comment #45520014

    >But happy to be corrected - is someone using these agents in their paid / professional / enterprise / team job? Yes, and I find them quite useful I don't see myself going back to …

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    Comment #45519916

    Agreed Infallibility is an unrealistic bar to mark LLMs against

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    Comment #45456783

    I have also had some success with this method I asked ChatGPT to analyze its weaknesses and give me a pre-prompt to best help mitigate them and it gave me this: https://pastebin.co…

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    Comment #45456725

    People have blindly followed GPS routes into lakes and rivers, but that should hardly be a point against GPS With 8 billion people on the planet, you could write a "man bites dog" …

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    Comment #45456695

    I agree, and my flow is similar I've made great use of AI by keeping my boundaries clear and my requirements tight, and by rigorously ensuring I understand _every_ line of code I c…

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    Comment #45456641

    If you write a screenplay (the idea), and direct actors to act it out according to your vision (the implementation), did you _create_ the film? I think my answer would be "Does it …