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estetlinus

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    Comment #49236414

    > London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years. What the hell.…

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    Comment #49122411

    I think this is even worse for music. There’s almost no way to tell if a track is produced by humans or AI.

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    Comment #49039903

    Pretty convenient that the prompt is too dangerous to share. We just have to take them at their word.

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    Comment #49037546

    I don’t know if this helps, as kids don’t make it easier BUT they do make you much more aware of how valuable your time is. One free hour as a parent feels like a full free day to …

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    Comment #49032960

    An escaping AI is such a better narrative

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    Comment #49020656

    > My company spends millions on ai token every month How much profit does the AI company make from those tokens?

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    Comment #49016827

    And I am still waiting for the Apple Reminders AI to sort Milk in the right category…

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    Comment #48980104

    > absurd Rube-Goldberg contraption of microservices Such a lovely analogy. FYI it’s mine now.

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    Comment #48965583

    The AI is just like me, then.

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    Comment #48960363

    It is the only fruit that requires no washing before consuming. And also, it makes my tummy hard.

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    Comment #48957415

    It the synthetic IQ goatse

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    Comment #48955219

    > I can't seem to keep my notes messy. Eventually, I start structuring the notes, doing cleaner handwriting, adding a cover or some stickers Is this a so-called humble brag? FYI my…

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    Comment #48945258

    Yup. When it does me dirty, I let it know my entire emotional spectrum.

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    Comment #48939169

    Can you suggest any good resources for your statement? I know DuckDB is hyped, but didn’t know they’re eating engines and catalogs.

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    Comment #48939104

    I love what I am hearing. I still see a lot of engineers using pandas, but it is such a horrible tools. You usually find an abandoned notebook with 100s of ”df_final_2” with sequen…

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    Comment #48916436

    Inference is cheap as long as you have 1000 data centers full of GPUs. The only crux is you have neither.

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    Comment #48884662

    CC went from sane defaults in late 2025 to feature scope creep early 2026. So more features might be good, but sounds like an ick for me. But I have zero prestige, I might switch b…

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    Comment #48884648

    Anthropic is the silver lining keeping p(doom) below 1.0

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    Comment #48883768

    Recently switched to Codex after 6m in Claude. Codex seems more open, it’s easier to follow what the model is doing and the approvals have a better UX. Overall, it just feels more …

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    Comment #48883748

    Well, I have to open the lid on my computer and remember my password, no?

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    Comment #48883427

    +1 The best audiobook I’ve ever listened to is Stephen Kings On Writing: A memoir of the Craft, read by the author. One of our times best storytellers, both when it comes to writin…

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    Comment #48882335

    I find it so hard to read with two toddlers. But find your tips inspiring tbh.

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    Comment #48879250

    +1, I don’t understand who these greenfielders are. Either I wait on the CI to finish, or I’m in a meeting.

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    Comment #48876533

    I can’t help but wonder how they’ve implemented the suggestions, I am not alone https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/s/Sk6kDfv3Hp

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    Comment #48876497

    We have Siri, we have Apple Intelligence, we have AI that can solve open Erdős problems. Obviously, creating software is still hard.