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kubanczyk

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    Comment #49148638

    > Is there a way now to define a slice-based type that enforces strict typing of its index Nope, no way to do that. I wonder about ergonomics. I can imagine "academic" usage, but I…

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    Comment #49148334

    > I don't think any of the new additions to the library have seriously made the learning curve more difficult. Ah, so you haven't looked into json/v2 yet.

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    Comment #49138347

    My anecdata is that both Duolingo and LLMs are useful in learning. Yes, you have to put in the work. Seeing the usual HN hate on Duolingo specifically, I wonder whether it's blind.…

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    Comment #49129704

    We want them to better predict consequences of their outputs.

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    Comment #49003882

    ááattsistaawa means "rabbit, hare" for those who prefer real words (language of Blackfoot Indians, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1%C3%A1attsistaa- )

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    Comment #49003519

    > At least in this configuration ads are separate from answers. As a frog would say: at least the heat is separate from water, for now.

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    Comment #48921474

    Nothing in this list implies "post-modernist", and post-marxism does not imply "marxist".

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    Comment #48918540

    On Linux. Look for `NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath` if you want to learn about Windows.

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    Comment #48595676

    > I'm pretty nuclear I'm atomic, FWIW. > how having nuclear power prevents vulnerability to direct attack? OP alluded to a well-known bonus capability of nuclear power plants: http…

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    Comment #48526024

    > you can obviously just decide who has sex with your wife That's your fantasies, not author's. He merely implied that one can obviously decide whom to allow to fuck one's wife. He…

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    Comment #48305376

    I've checked RFC 1738 and it's not the case. The only standard for "+" is: > (RFC 1866) specifies that space characters should be encoded as `+` in application/x-www-form-urlencode…

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    Comment #48207362

    Sludge metal, where else...

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    Comment #48207175

    I see Tiamat at Goth Metal.

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    Comment #48177798

    Looking around at evidence, only the ones with somewhat cute eyes can qualify for empathy. Bad luck if someone is a grass or an amoeba, but machines will be just fine. Philosophers…

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    Comment #48007024

    > An LLM containing the information doesn’t take away from the book being available at the library. What if there are less libraries? Will LLMs lead to more or less libraries?

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    Comment #47886618

    > this is trivial to prove Please don't forget to state the axioms before building the proof.

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    Comment #47704990

    Sure. Historically, at times people had free trade. At times we had no monopolies at all. At times there were really few laws. We had democracy and free speech and more. Various co…

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    Comment #47704743

    Hmm, sounds close to "shut up and mind your own business because sure I know better" so I'm keen to upvote it.

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    Comment #47672790

    > The reasoning behind Gentan was that a landless peasantry was more likely to revolt. So, it was an anti-revolutionary policy. Which at that time of history worked as well as an a…

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    Comment #47612297

    > breaking capitalism It seems non sequitur. This hypothetical scenario sounds like entrenching capitalism, because it would concentrate capital even more. It would probably weaken…

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    Comment #47579369

    > The Settler unit was a big eared bat You validate my feelings. I always knew that at heart.

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    Comment #47524241

    > My gut says something simple is missing that makes all of the difference. We have too much code - languages to program machines. We need a new different language now. A plan.md, …

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    Comment #47515699

    > Ads as a concept are not evil. Sticking a piece of steel between two wooden planks is not inherently evil. Until we declare it to be unethical in some settings, and codify a law …

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    Comment #47504554

    You know what else strongly disincentivized legitimate contributions from people? Having your code snatched and its copyright disregarded, to the benefit of some rando LLM vendor. …

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    Comment #47465974

    There is no meaningful solution to this, besides just this one exception.