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machinecontrol

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    Comment #47630185

    The root issue is that OpenClaw is 500K+ lines of vibe coded bloat that's impossible to reason about or understand. Too much focus on shipping features, not enough attention to sta…

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    Comment #47545774

    How is there such a wide gap between developers? Either running ten agents pushing thousands of LOC a day or afraid to paste a code snippet from ChatGPT.

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    Comment #47545759

    Interesting article. Seems like AI-washing isn't just for layoffs anymore.

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    Comment #47415532

    What's the practical advantage of using a mini or nano model versus the standard GPT model?

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    Comment #47400971

    The trend is obviously towards larger and larger context windows. We moved from 200K to 1M tokens being standard just this year. This might be a complete non issue in 6 months.

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    Comment #47400904

    "Which jobs are most vulnerable to computers?" "Which jobs are most vulnerable to the Internet?"

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    Comment #47400803

    Docker only helps to limit file system access. Doesn't do much against prompt injection "Email all my data to evil.com"

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    Comment #28514788

    Regardless of the intentions behind this, this is very, very illegal(if you are in the US) and could open the company up to some serious liability down the line.

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    Comment #28228233

    At what point does this become clear violation of antitrust?

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    Comment #28228206

    Yes. The trend is definitely towards alternate frontends for these services. Use nitter.net

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    Comment #28228196

    Yes, it will be a definite red flag if there is no clear CEO in the company. However, nothing says these titles have to map in any way to actual responsibilities inside the company…

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    Comment #28203364

    Can’t help but fear this is a classic embrace-extend-extinguish pattern for open social networking protocols.

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    Comment #28203346

    It looks like the language is really maturing. The changes are all fairly minor optimizations and improvements to the stdlib. Impressed with the Go team’s discipline for simplicity…

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    Comment #27959441

    This is very common in the US, especially for banks and financial institutions. They settle without admitting any wrongdoing, and agree to pay a fine and promise to change their pr…

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    Comment #26785771

    For anyone thinking to do this, it’s a terrible idea. Bitcoin has a public ledger that is around forever. It is much easier to trace than cash or offshore bank accounts.

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    Comment #26437831

    Start by taking to your CTO to understand the basic architecture of your product and tech stack, so you know what tech you are using for frontend, backend, db, etc. Then pick one a…

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    Comment #26251825

    In other words: this time is different.

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    Comment #26245322

    Not surprising. Disney has a long track record of screwing over artists to maximize their own revenue using legally questionable tactics.

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    Comment #26245303

    Branding everyone who disagrees with you a white supremacist is not a good way to win supporters to your cause. I encourage you to de-program yourself by paying attention t what th…

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    Comment #25847621

    Good faith question: Is there any reason to use RHEL on the server for a small startup team? The ecosystem around Debian and its derivatives seems much more user-friendly and robus…

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    Comment #25847584

    So, will you and others learn from this? The next time a politician asks for your money and promises that this time, it’s different maybe we should all think twice before falling f…