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> Tbh, I think it's a terrible question. I think it's a terrible _interview_ question, partly due to it's "IQ test" nature, but mostly because it's a pretty hard problem and I real…

I've been using a plain ASD-STE100 prompt for a little bit now, and while I somewhat prefer the text that agents produce while being told to use simplified English, it does not nec…

Indeed, I suspect the approaches/algorithms for solving a Rubik's cube "compress" a lot better than trying to distill the entire search space in order to be able to predict the exa…

> Somebody on the forums posted a tool that converts generic joystick axes to keypresses, but not sure how well that works. I don't have a TSC-X, but did frown a little bit that th…

Somewhere around the initial ChatGPT release, I was experimenting with having the model draw various types of ASCII art. I believe the first time I ran into a doom loop might have …

If we're going with a math analogy, I guess it's a bit like teaching them integrals in 3rd grade. You can do it, they probably have the raw IQ for it. But they won't really underst…

Aside from the pragmatic reasons, I think it's a good idea to separate out cardio, muscle-building, and flexibility into its own separate categories, and ensure you consistently da…

I don't see this as a binary thing. Legally we tend to draw a clear line between child and adult for pragmatic purposes, but I don't think my responsibility of intent disappears ju…

To be fair, this topic seems to be quite divisive, and seems like something that definitely should be discussed during an interview. Who is right and wrong is one thing, but you li…

I find the chess comment fairly weak; while chess is a "perfect information" game (in that you have full information about every piece on the board), at every level that chess is p…

I completely agree, it's fantastic both for general fitness, and as a way of exploring. I do this on a smaller scale on a daily basis, walking the 8-10 km route to or from my work …

Availability is definitely a factor, but I feel that a far more important aspect is that a YouTube feel is personalised. It's A/B testing you for weeks on end, and has a pretty goo…

Because obviously, we can be trusted completely!

> Why not! Responsive layout would be the biggest reason (mobile for one, but also a wider range of PC monitor aspect ratios these days than the 4:3 that was standard back then), p…

Godot is a great engine, and .Net support is very good. You can't go far wrong with it, especially for small 2D games.

I think 5-10% is pretty good, it probably means that the codebase is mostly understandable and maintainable. I have definitely worked on some which were full of little traps and la…

Very interesting post, thank you! I'd also be curious to know the following: how many new errors or regressions were caused by the bug fixes?

I've heard this argument before from the perspective of C# having more keywords and language features to be aware of than something else (in my particular argument, the other side …

I also spent hours messing around with calculators as a kid. I recall noticing that: 11 * 11 = 121 111 * 111 = 12321 1111 * 1111 = 1234321 and so on, where the largest digit in the…

While I certainly had the _concept_ of compound interest taught to me at some abstract mathematical level, the application to real life practical financial scenarios was definitely…

> Nobody had to teach me that delicious things include Oreos and not cardboard. Well, no, that came from billions of years of pre-training that just got mostly hardcoded into us, d…

> First point: if you imagine that the brain is doing something like collapsing the quantum wavefunction, wouldn't you say that this is a functionally relevant difference in additi…

> In response to this, Searle argues that it makes no difference. He suggests a variation on the brain simulator scenario: suppose that in the room the man has a huge set of valves…

I think a lot if comes down to the domain, language and frameworks, your expectations, as well as prompt engineering. Having said that, I have had a number of excellent experiences…

I think the gist of your argument is "they should have just kept their separate, original, gendered surnames", and I agree, that is generally the path of least resistance. Neverthe…