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Yes. And for the same reason I still write in C or Common Lisp - by hand - in the age of LLMs. It’s a hobby.

Interesting question. If the Waymo was driving aggressively to remove us from the situation but relatively safely I might stay in it. This does bring up something, though: Waymo ha…

I live in such an area. The route to my house involves steep topography via small windy streets that are very narrow and effectively one-way due to parked cars. Human drivers routi…

I somehow doubt there is any future version of me that regrets joining The Long Now Foundation, and work like this is the main reason why. If you're in SF you should pay them a vis…

I am a former student and graduate of this department at Texas A&M. I just called The Association and informed them that I consider this completely unacceptable and will not consid…

If it’s part of an otherwise coherent post making a larger point I have no issue with it. If it’s a low effort copy pasta post I think downvotes are sufficient unless it starts to …

Other resources I like: - Eskil Steenberg’s “How I program C” ( https://youtu.be/443UNeGrFoM ). Long and definitely a bit controversial in parts, but I find myself agreeing with mo…

I am happy the author followed her curiosity. I remember feeling much the same “pull” when I moved to San Francisco in 2013. Those of us who really vibe with the place seem to shar…

Holy cow... I signed up to HN 18 years ago. I am more of a behind-the-scenes guy in the tech world so I don't know most of you but I've enjoyed participating in this community over…

Interesting critique. Care to elaborate?

Right. So do you flick it at ChatGPT? It's talking to you, after all. (I honestly don't know. If there's any phenomenal consciousness there it would have to be during inference, bu…

> How does the wand know what I'm flicking it at? Magic! (i.e. not purely part of the thought experiment, unless I'm missing something interesting) > What if I miss? Panpsychism be…

Hey not fair! While you're in there I have a few favors to ask...

Let's say a genie hands you a magic wand. The genie says "you can flick this wand at anything in the universe and - for 30 seconds - you will swap places with what you point it at.…

No. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat%3F One of the primary issues with Nagel's approach is that "what is it like" is - for reasons I have never been able t…

Likely at least two reasons: - People simply disagree with you, especially this line: “Who cares if you’re still replying to emails at 7pm if you can do this, right?” That might wo…

I road trip frequently and it’s astonishing how much space there truly is. Unfortunately our national attitude around population growth would need to change. Adding on to existing …

When this question is asked in person, though, the tone is frequently one of “WHY do you know how to do that? It’s not your job”. The difference is easily discernible. Online, thou…

My story is similar. I’ve been programming nearly every day for over 35 years and don’t see myself stopping any time soon. Occasionally someone (usually at work) will ask “why do y…

Thanks for your work on this. I’ve bookmarked several of these videos and used them as reference. Learning assembly with a really good visualizer or debugger in hand is highly unde…

Assembly is one of those things where setting your ambitions higher than is usually advised can be wise. You could try writing a game (perhaps using Raylib) or a pixel art editor. …

I can think of several reasons: 1. You are primed to think that it is mysterious because that’s all you usually hear about assembly. (“Roller Coaster Tycoon was written in 100% han…

I wonder if some of it is a good old fashioned marketing problem. "Communes" in America seem to be far-left or far-right coded, with little in between (and always - it appears - wi…

I propose we stop using the term "discourse" to describe what amounts to mobs with ever-shifting alliances shouting at each other. Not really sure what I'd call it instead, but in …

Didn’t the ancients define “sophistry” as (in part) exactly the kind of writing one does when influence is more important than truth? It might be that it’s hard to create sophistry…