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yep. the comments are for folks who have never tried to read cobol before, which is probably 99% of people looking at the project. this way they can understand a familiar idea expr…

the code is similar to fixed format, but the location of the comments gives away that it is actually in free format. * comments use *> at start of line, though I'm not sure i'll ke…

yep, it calls the external c function. same with setsockopt, bind, and listen further down.

thank you!

i helped Chris Callison-Burch design a class at upenn, called interactive fiction, which is a similar context to what Simon suggested. the real magic is that it reframes hallucinat…

hallucinations is when we dont like it, creativity is when we do

please check my other comment. it's not a wild rewriting, just needed clarification.

he was vocal about his opposition to intrusive ads in particular. he'd say "You’re either the customer or you’re the product." he believed users paid a premium for apple products a…

Jobs hated ads. You're right that he never wouldve done what Apple is doing now. Cook needs to stop listening to investors, like Warren Buffett, because he's letting them wreck App…

depending on what you're using the synthetic data for, it is sometimes called distillation. here is a robust example from some upenn students: https://datadreamer.dev/

> Spec updates every three months are really tough, especially when not versioned, thoroughly documented, or archived properly. Couldnt AI help with that..?

There is another angle to this too. Prior to LLMs, it was amusing to consider how ML folks and software folks would talk passed each other. It was amusing because both sides were g…

This is awesome! Love the work the charm bracelet team is doing.

If you say "china" to any of them, you'll see how very true your words are.

Where did TCP/IP come from? It's on every computer.

"there is no such thing as general intelligence, natural or artificial" - Alison Gopnik

one hasnt fallen behind when those in "front" are on the wrong path

The author is an intern, but they're also almost done with their PhD. They're not just any intern.

No, it wont. This comment essentially says science doesnt matter for anyone, only whether or not they're leading in marketing.

Apple's paper said a bunch of folks with weird predictions are wrong and so obviously lots of bad information will emerge in response. Who says what matters more now than it used t…

fair point!