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rfgplk

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    Comment #49134169

    Maybe the person writing the report isn't an expert in this domain or doesn't have the time to commit to it? From my point of view as long as the information is accurate and reprod…

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    Comment #49134033

    Why is it unreadable? I actually find LLM bug reports/breakdowns to be far more detailed and concise that classical human written ones. If you read the linked repo it clearly goes …

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    Comment #49068632

    Nice article. There a few issues with your code however from a cursory glance; your dtor seems to allow for spurious/double frees due to custom deleter support (you wanna check up …

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    Comment #48519122

    C++ is actually obscenely complex, I don't deny that. Just mastering object lifetime rules is crazy difficult due to all the edge cases, but it comes with the territory.

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    Comment #48519101

    But isn't this a problem with all code? Looking at a Rust function signature how can you be sure that it does what it says it does? Or python?

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    Comment #48519094

    The standard library implements really do suck (in some cases), but this should be separated from C++ (the language). Even the standard splits the language grammar from the standar…

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    Comment #48518687

    Not yet, I might one day.

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    Comment #48518679

    This is gonna be a long critique, I'll try to keep it concise. > C-like C++ is good start, if code doesn’t require more complexity don’t add unnecessary C++ complexities. C is almo…

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    Comment #48518557

    One thing I've noticed about a lot of these "strict C" developers is that quite often they actually refuse to learn C++. One of the most common complaints of C developers regarding…

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    Comment #48518485

    I've developed a style that I legitimately call Heterodox C++ (mainly due to the popularity of Orthodox C++), it is effectively a purely functional & metaprogramming heavy style of…

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    Comment #48518034

    A few comments. > VCs think, 'Apps are risky, infrastructure is safe,' so they invested in AI infra. First off, this isn't even infra in the infra sense of the word. Infrastructure…

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    Comment #48518007

    > The calculus in “buy or build” has shifted for me over the last six months especially. If I can make an agent build it, I get the version that’s tailored for me. I feel like this…

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    Comment #48517950

    $7m actually isn't a whole lot, especially if they hired a (larger) engineering team. Assuming their cali based, that's easily 150-200k per engineer, a team of 20 easily eats throu…

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    Comment #48494512

    Made me laugh. Thanks :)

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    Comment #48493712

    > Like OK someone vibecoded an FPS in COBOL or Pokémon emerald in a web browser with web assembly? Ok good for them, piss off karma farmer. Sorry, but most of these discussions ree…

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    Comment #48493650

    > It's not impressive that Claude wrote it, it was impressive if you have written it, OP. Do you have evidence that it's Claude written? Looking through the source it isn't clear t…

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    Comment #48465100

    Meaningless and easily bypassable. Will actually try coding up a tensor library with it, see if it sabotages anything.

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    Comment #48464165

    If the claimed capabilities are true, Fable 5 is already at a superhuman level. We might see genuine unprecedented leaps in technology now, across all fields.

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    Comment #48462180

    I'm actually working on something similar to this. Basically works as an additional preprocessed layer over C++. You can get some crazy results, but it's tricky to integrate with e…

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    Comment #48462041

    > void DoSomething(const void* p, size_t numBytes) would be something like template void DoSomething (const T& ref) or void DoSomething(const T& ref, size_t numBytes) or C++20-y vo…

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    Comment #48461809

    Very nice, fairly efficient too. I don't like the explicit split of Newtonian and relativistic gravity, this is often how it's presented in educational content, but it creates too …

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    Comment #48461355

    > the result is some massive crap in nextjs that needs 10GB mem to compile, has 1000s of lint errors, dev logs in git (very noisy ones) and so on. The anti-LLM propaganda is gettin…

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    Comment #48453374

    Companies IPOing should be forced to put up their estimated market cap as collateral in cash. Oh what is that? You don't have $1 trillion in cash to put up? Cool, you're not a $1 t…

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    Comment #48453333

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    Comment #48450116

    > Plus that's what the whole article is about. I'm not sure how you could've missed that? Even if code typing goes away, a new breed of engineering will take it's place.