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devnonymous

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About devnonymous

Just your run of the mill anonymous developer named Steve. github, can ? https://github.com/lonetwin

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    Comment #49076339

    > For example, I worry that biology will have a strong attacker-defender asymmetry, where sufficiently capable models may be able to quickly weaponize pandemic-level viruses with w…

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    Comment #49058161

    Not with LLMs, it won't. (The probabilistic prediction property prevents proper persistent programmable predictability)

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    Comment #49058125

    You're applying the doorman fallacy here. This has been discussed a lot. Honestly, the sooner the industry accepts that we aren't there yet nor does the current architecture enable…

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    Comment #49053008

    > We simply have better magic wands and more powerful spells now. Wouldn't it be nice though if the incantation of the same spell would always do the same thing every time ? You se…

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    Comment #49052907

    > In the new system prompt we say: Write code that reads like the surrounding code: match its comment density, naming, and idiom. Hmm, so what happens in greenfield projects ? In a…

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    Comment #49052858

    tl;dr Since nobody really understands why or how any of this shit works, last time around we just threw a bunch of crap at it to see what stuck. Seems like we could just have have …

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    Comment #49042913

    > So then it’s seems it’s either that this was intentional(ish) or bad security My take - don't attribute to intention that which can be sufficienty explained by inexplainability o…

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    Comment #49037153

    > rocket engineers/scientists are in high demand with lots of likely sponsors for immigration I wouldn't be too sure about the immigration part, when even a software engineer hire …

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    Comment #49028767

    The defaults seem sensible. This isn't keep-alive-forever by default solution.

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    Comment #49028618

    Yes https://github.com/izeigerman/claude-thermos/blob/main/src%2...

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    Comment #49028557

    From the README: > Detect the danger window. When the main lineage goes idle and a subagent is actively running, the main prefix is at risk of expiring. So, this is not demanding t…

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    Comment #48870541

    > Couldn’t a Lindy enthusiast have gone “umm but isn’t Java too new and shouldn’t we just stick to C which is well trodden and understood??” I think people often misrepresent histo…

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    Comment #48772309

    To be blunt you should perhaps read the README before being condescending and dismissive. https://github.com/prime-radiant-inc/superpowers-evals

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    Comment #48768683

    Ehe ... https://github.com/prime-radiant-inc/superpowers-evals

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    Comment #48768648

    I'm honestly surprised at all the people here commenting that superpowers didn't work out for them. For me personally, it was a game changer when I first began using it and now it …

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    Comment #47231401

    The real joke here is how close these quips are to the reality of modern day financial markets. Specifically, lending and hedging, are time entangled and value within the markets e…

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    Comment #47178768

    > For me a bigger issue was git calling vimdiff for each file, If you configure vimdiff as the difftool in your git config, just doing a `git diff` would show you the diff for each…

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    Comment #47127790

    24K is presumably the number that got caught. It isn't out of the realm of possibility that there indeed are (/ were over time), 5x accounts that managed to bypass the checks anthr…

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    Comment #47127737

    Are you sure about that ? Because the very next tweet says: > Distillation can be legitimate: AI labs use it to create smaller, cheaper models for their customers.

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    Comment #47127692

    > These labs created over 24,000 fraudulent accounts and generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude What exactly makes these accounts ^fraudulent^ ...did they not pay Anthropi…

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    Comment #47033079

    So what you're saying is the interface fails the common case?

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    Comment #46911349

    I'm almost certain what the OP meant was if the commands were run synchronously (ie: from 2 different shells or as `mv a b &; mv c d`) yes there is a possibility that a and d exist…

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    Comment #46824327

    From the "Discussion" section: > This suggests that as companies transition to more AI code writing with human supervision, humans may not possess the necessary skills to validate …

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    Comment #46823193

    Otoh, tarrifs as a foreign policy / coercion method disconnected from trade and local economy impacts definitely is a new thing. Sure, it might have been used as a delicate lever p…