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> Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy LLM of Antioch towards thy task, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

Yesss, the multiple levels and the overhanging gardens. Perfect on a hot day for a cold one.

Joburg?

When you come home and sneeze black after a few minutes on the platform twice a day, it's safe to assume that's not great for your lungs...

You could just have left off the last part of that :D > Culture wars are sadly one of the biggest inhibitors of progress

Then don't move to a country that has another language as a requirement?

Art is subjective, entirely so. People pay more for works by famous artists or specific artists despite there being artists who can replicate their style exactly. So having someone…

I appreciate the measured discussion on what can be a thorny subject. So extended clarification on the "belief shaping morality" point. I hold no issue with it, until one person's …

To answer your first question (apologies should have done so in the first reply) It isn't worse, objectively the end result is favourable even if the "driver" for it is not (to me)…

But those aren't the only options? There's 4 at least Seeing eye believer feeds the needy Non believer feeds the needy Non believer doesn't feed the needy Believer doesn't feed the…

Morality is a social construct. We created it for ourselves and at its core is our social nature and the ability to feel Empathy for other humans/creatures. Now I lead with that be…

Writing code by LLM feels like management, or tech leading a project. It's tiring in a different way, but without the flow state or "high" of solving a particular problem in a clev…

So Silicon Valley's big-head is based on an actual stereotype?

In a perfect free market, like a spherical chicken in a vacuum. Maybe. Problem is there's no such thing, monopoly powers, government subsidies, inter-company issues, contracts. All…

Seems like a great way to end up knowing no real information and with no ability to analyse literature or think for yourself? Not to mention the hallucinations

To paraphrase Mean Girls Stop trying to make browser llms happen, they're not going to happen.

The point is the main branch reflects the "units" of change, not the individual commits to get there. One merged pr is a unit of change, at the end of the day the steps you took to…

Planting trees, digging holes and generally trying to get as much landscaping done as possible before the start of winter halts my progress. Blockers: gravelly clay is a pita to di…

Yeah that's the thing making my head spin, tack a 30% profit margin on that and it's 550usd per day? Probably going to be more than that for rocketship growth and investor expectat…

Ah a fellow Aussie, hi! Sorry to hear about the redundancy (Atlassian?). I did implicitly assume USD but yeah still crazy cash, that'd pay for 2 junior-mid level devs in aus D=

$700 a day of tokens can't possibly be sustainable right? That's 2X the salary of a lot of the world's software developers

Alpha Centauri yes, the edge of the universe no :D Edge of observable universe is something like 46 billion light-years away, even at 0.9c thats 50 billion years of travel (22 bill…

That would be an accurate summary of almost all software. Either it's quickly produced and thrown out the door as it's a startup trying to iterate and find market fit asap or becau…

No, the majority of people use something a lot of Americans struggle with "Public transport". The MRT and bus system in Singapore is great for getting around to the point that you …

Nah, only if you're not willing to self host. I run a 6 person server on an Intel NUC, without major issue.