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greenail

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    Comment #48722471

    you can set the "temperature" which is a lever on how stochastic the prediction is. If you are doing your own inference this is clear and easy. If you are consuming tokens this is …

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    Comment #48665287

    maybe it doesn't turn them into assholes. maybe it just frees them to act naturally.

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    Comment #48309407

    if "the ai" was delivering value you'd think it would be lowering both cost to develop these dev tools as well as the cost to support them. In that light the move is odd unless the…

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    Comment #48110446

    maybe now isn't the time but at some point it needs to be better understood which models are best for which types of programming or styles or languages. These models are not all th…

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    Comment #48110361

    my experience with elixir is that if you tell the LLM "let it crash" it is productive. If you don't tell it this it hides errors and writes crappy tests. So, maybe it is go and not…

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    Comment #47754476

    I think GB10 is a bit of a counter point. There are tons of features that are not implemented for GB10 which was released 8/2025 It isn't all roses on the cuda side.

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    Comment #46950288

    you can buy dual coaxial shaft steppers ( X40 ) for car instrument panels open them and remove the hard stops. A very small magnet and 2 hall sensors gets you end stops.

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    Comment #44826763

    This is a bit of a simplification of how enterprise sales works. A few extra dimensions are sometimes required. For "decision makers" their own personal view of reality may not in …

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    Comment #44469643

    this doesn't add anything to the conversation.

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    Comment #36103957

    This doesn't work when you are in a relationship with someone with a personality disorder like BPD. They use it to hurt not to heal.

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    Comment #33385693

    It is not who you know, it is who knows you! Seems like a small nuance but realizing this changes how you think about building relationships.

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    Comment #33123671

    +1: the globally unique identifier that is reused across multiple accounts is an antipattern in my opinion. This is just as bad as reusing passwords. There should be no need for an…

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    Comment #32826763

    IaaS lockin should be minimal if you make the right investments in automation and think hard about dependencies you can't unwind quickly. An IaaS deployment without automation miss…

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    Comment #32826226

    if you flip the script you'd never ask an exec you don't know for a meeting without giving context. This is common courtesy if you do it without seeming demanding. "Looking forward…

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    Comment #32825282

    If you don't have a relationship with the executive you should ask for an agenda and clarity on the goal of the meeting. You should say "you need the context so that you can prepar…

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    Comment #32522307

    This is a very good question, but you should also dig a few why's into it: "What type of people are successful here? What type of people are not?" I also like to ask: "what's the b…

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    Comment #32522207

    My rule of thumb has been to stay close to the revenue so perhaps asking if you would be working on topline related projects or bottom line related project. Related is to ask what …

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    Comment #32521897

    Are you basing this on math or history?

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    Comment #32521432

    it is a good book actually!

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    Comment #32514209

    it doesn't look very good visually and also in terms of dimensional accuracy. how do you finish this without cnc or hand work? It looks warped. This lack of dimensional accuracy is…

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    Comment #32513568

    If you are not a fan of big government do you view expanding the power of the federal reserve as dangerous?

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    Comment #32482671

    step 1: make sure you boss's goals are aligned with yours step 2: make sure you boss will have your back and clearly communicates how aggressive they expect you to be. step 3: have…

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    Comment #32474688

    crypto is a solution in search of a problem which makes me wonder how these startups are getting funded.

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    Comment #32473688

    "they had seen data viz that had showed he was the epicenter of disinfo that radiated outwards to the persuadable public." Interesting they are plotting social graphs like this in …