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dinkumthinkum
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Comment #49219743
Do you realize that there is software out there that are not simple React apps? The models are clearly advanced but I think the world is a lot more complex than you seem to think.
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Comment #49219674
If you a degree already, you don't necessarily have to go for four years for another degree, you will have to take the courses for your major and a small amount of additional requi…
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Comment #49219654
What are you talking about? Why do you call out "Western world," this seems like the reflexive idea of the left that the West is some brutish downtrodden hellhole. What's weird is …
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Comment #49152934
I feel like this post unironically proves the point.
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Comment #49152034
Maybe you should ask AI to review your statistics and reasoning. A large amount of 16-22 year old kids are in school. And retirees 80+ are retired. I don't see how any of this is r…
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Comment #49139986
Are you a programmer because this doesn't logically follow. An LLM can be trained on a book but that doesn't mean it will perfectly implement the principles "learned" in in that bo…
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Comment #49139905
Volume 1 is actually a really good book. Randall Hyde is a great author on this subject. HN has changed a lot from what it once was. It's just filled with a lot of this kind of sna…
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Comment #48886936
I think there is more in this world than is dreamt of in your philosophy. The crowd on HN now is very different than it used to be rest assured there are many people self-teach the…
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Comment #48514643
huh? You think using it to advertise to us is worse than taking our jobs? Why would anyone advertise to jobless people. How is what you seem to be trivializing not the central prob…
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Comment #48514610
If any AI wins, how can that be good for humans? It's high minded but if any AI wins, why would any of "The ability to study, build, repair, deploy, audit, adapt, teach, preserve" …
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Comment #48449756
I'm just being honest but the parent said "production," is that your idea of what that means?
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Comment #48443031
If you go by percentage of Americans, well consider the percentage of Americans that are actually net taxpayers.
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Comment #48442905
So, this is a complete nonsense take. Why do people keep making this kind of comparison? Is there really such a lack of critical thinking being taught these days?
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Comment #48221528
Is that so? What do janitors? They clean offices, right? What's in offices? Oh people. If no people are office workers, no offices need cleaning, no need for janitors. I think the …
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Comment #48221421
Maybe its because in the UK, you are basically just giving all of your money to the government so there is nothing to work out.
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Comment #48218556
Has anyone in these comments ever heard of QuickBooks?
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Comment #48146277
Most tech companies give paternity/maternity leave. There is the WARN act and most companies provide severance. Are the packages always great? No, but I don't think equivalent in E…
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Comment #48146211
I hear you. It is impressive technically but as far as finding flaws, I will just say this. This looks like something aliens would create in a dystopian simulation based on very od…
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Comment #48132782
Yeah, but compare the salaries to the US and then factor in taxes.
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Comment #48132753
No. Very large numbers of Indians, particularly ones in the US do not even really speak Hindi or use it much. It is more common for them to speak their local languages and good luc…
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Comment #48132640
Is this reply even real?
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Comment #48132630
Yeah, you're out of your of mind. This is just so stupid. You don't feel this kind of thinking is beneath you? You're literally advocating for cold blooded murder for someone you d…
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Comment #48132542
I'm sure there are innumerable Adderall infused "startups" vibe coding this exact thing right now.
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Comment #48128613
You might be interested in the history. That was definitely not the case 133 years ago. Since at least the Middle Ages education has had a big impact on profession and station wasn…
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Comment #48128582
This can easily be stopped. I don’t see how you would copy whole paragraphs or the working of a physics this way without easily being caught but this can mitigated against.