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dror

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About dror

dror @ matal . com

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    Comment #46907492

    Not the OP, but I use the same approach. https://gist.github.com/drorm/7851e6ee84a263c8bad743b037fb7a... I typically use github issues as the unit of work, so that's part of my ins…

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    Comment #46089948

    Beyond the obvious IP address difference, there are other way to fingerprint you, see https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ which will actually provide details about how you're a specia…

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    Comment #38123825

    I tend to disagree. I trust most engineers know how to use a library to generate a crytographically save string. I can't say the same about sanitizing the data in a new domain like…

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    Comment #38123121

    That's not quite it. The issue is determining what is code and what is data. With a prepared statement, you simply tell the the SQL engine, I'm passing you data in this variable an…

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    Comment #38077510

    Anyone with a current significant salary in tech who lives in a major metro will make $183.5K. The salaries adjust by location, pick your location from https://www.opm.gov/policy-d…

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    Comment #36914319

    - Lead by example. Be responsible about your own use and be honest about it. - Help them engage in constructive risk taking behavior. Sports are a common example, and there's plent…

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    Comment #36334981

    I've had good luck with both: https://github.com/drorm/gish/blob/main/tasks/coding.txt and https://github.com/drorm/gish/blob/main/tasks/webapp.txt With the second one, I reliably …

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    Comment #35709624

    Agent, shmagent. CREATE EXTENSION pggpt; and you're done. The AI watches your db and adjusts the params on the fly as needed. We're joking, but I give it less than 12 months before…

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    Comment #35518809

    GPT4 is definitively the future, but GPT3.5 is the present :-). In addition to being more expensive, GPT4 is a lot slower. For most casual things I use gpt3 and upgrade to GPT4 as …

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    Comment #35497860

    I created one, focused on language skills, but can be used for anything. https://github.com/drorm/leah

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    Comment #35497526

    Well, if you're interested in something more lite-weight, I wrote https://github.com/drorm/gish which is a shell command that lets you interact with GPT with flags, pipes, etc. in …

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    Comment #35475735

    Looking at https://d1muf25xaso8hp.cloudfront.net/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazo... it looks like it's figures out you're using javascript and trains itself on all the libraries you install…

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    Comment #35418737

    Pretty much, except that I'm automating everything as much as I can, so that I just give the instructions and GPT does the rest. Here's an example: ----- #import ~/work/gish/tasks/…

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    Comment #35416511

    Here are a couple of good resources around prompt engineering https://www.promptingguide.ai/ https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2023-03-15-prompt-enginee... These clearly demonstra…

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    Comment #35416372

    He can make the same criticism of Internet searches as he does of GPT: you shouldn't trust them until you validate them. I find that GPT's answers are for the most part more reliab…

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    Show HN: Talk to ChatGPT to help you improve your foreign language skill

    Leah is a Google Chrome extension that combines voice recognition, voice synthesis and ChatGPT to provide an environment where you can improve your foreign language skills. Feature…

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    Comment #30522181

    You don't need an upfront caveat. You get to decide which of the available jobs, in various agencies you get involved in.

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    Comment #23026578

    The 30+ day group has now 1600+ members. I'm on my 8th week, and some people are on 60+ days. What's amazing is the wide variety of symptoms. The original article: https://www.nyti…

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    Comment #22817805

    Or just use Libreoffice and insert the image in the right place. Has worked for years.

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    Comment #22679543

    There's no drug testing. I just started a month ago. There is a background check.