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As it just so happens, I was struggling with this in Python recently and this post describes a better solution than what I came up with. > Essentially, if this is a feature you mus…

I agree with the overall sentiment, but it's is not necessarily the case that "the world has collectively decided to lose their minds with this AI crap". You only need a relatively…

Conversely, if you don't want to use OpenAI and/or SO, you are free to do so. SO has no obligation to continue losing users for your whims. On top of this, you could say the same a…

I don't think it's common for people to wait for flow to come in order to get things done. You can set up the conditions for it and likely reliable trigger it, but getting things d…

Tesla has absolutely not been the #1 selling vehicle in the world, especially not for years. With that said, I do largely agree with your main point.

We can't unless the whole world agrees to. It's simply impractical to limit your own progress when you have foreign adversaries not doing the same.

> Let me be more clear: individual programmers are improving AI for its intellectual amusement, but organizations use it for its disruptive powers. Two different groups of people, …

There were plenty of people 'complaining' about Copilot and there are plenty 'complaining' about Devin. However, what can you really complain about? Technological progress? We can'…

If what you were saying was accurate and taken at face value, then we would see companies and products simply crumbling every few years, for seemingly unknown reasons. There is def…

As with everything else, it's all about incentives. If well-crafted software made more money, then all we'd have would be craftsmanship. But it doesn't. There is plenty of software…

David Grusch is supposedly in the process of writing an op-ed in which he reveals more about his actual knowledge. He was not allowed to talk publicly about his actual involvement.…

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Whatever the truth may be, we now have people testifying in Congress - under oath - that the UFO phenomenon is real. David Grusch has gone through the official whistleblower proces…

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> You're talking to someone who spent N years, for uncomfortably large N, as a grad student in a philosophy PhD program, so it ought to be very obvious that I'm not a ruthless weal…

> The rich also tend to have the power to write the rules themselves, for their own benefit. This is correct, and the 'poor' do the same, within the limits of their abilities. > Th…

> In general, though, my issue is with the system, and defenders of the system, rather than with the beneficiaries of the system. Finally, we agree on something. This is exactly it…

I don't think you're stupid or a liar, but there are two strong trends I'm noticing recently - playing the contrarian and a hate for the rich. To me, it is just an axiom that worki…

You seem hell bent on pretending to not understand what I am saying. I'm sorry, but I will not be replying anymore.

Look, to be honest, I just think we have vastly different opinions and views on the world and how it works. There is absolutely nothing in your message that gave me any pause, and …

> Regardless of what other people mean by "hard work", what exactly do you mean by it, and how exactly do the wealthy work harder than everyone else? You get too caught up in the m…

I see this argument frequently and I never could understand quite where it's coming from. Throwing manual labor into the conversation is disingenuous since nobody would ever make t…

Obviously not. As I said, I think taxation for anyone making say 500k+ should be comparable percentage-wise with any regular employee. That is indeed happening in practice, through…

I believe it is a coping mechanism for many people. Software engineering is a field in which many revel in its perceived complexity, the 'status' that comes with doing a job that b…

I definitely believe that wealthy people should be taxed at similar or higher levels than the average middle class employee, and I am definitely not some Elon fanatic. With that sa…