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People tend to not realize how far these models have become. I remember when they would always hallucinate APIs that wasn't there or make up fields that didn't exist.. those proble…

> That's because they're thinking that they're still going to get paid $200k/y for typing in "Duh, Claude, make me an app, here the specs from the client, doh!" If software genuine…

Yes, so you should optimize your time to have the best quality of life NOW and never later. You can die at any time.

Denmark is already considering raising the retirement age to 70: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44088957 This is the natural consequence of declining birth rates.. it's eithe…

I don't mind people having conversations, just don't blast the volume up or put it on speaker for the whole train to hear..

Which I don’t think it’s healthy either. Any ruling party can become corrupt especially on a longer scale. So the question is what happens if you have another madman in charge? I t…

I don't think it's all Americans however there is a portion of them who are not able to grasp the world outside of their borders. I think it's mainly due to poor education many rec…

For majority of people, including business executives it's the latter. No one cares about artisan code. Software is just a means to an end for them and not an art form. People trea…

> Google will be considered "the new IBM" in 20 years. They have plenty of great tech for consumers right now: Gmail, Maps, YouTube, Chrome, Android,.. You can perhaps argue that s…

> I am curious why is height important? Isn't there simpler explanation in terms of evolution: taller men look more intimidating and can provide better safety for their offspring? …

> you can feed more and more and more I have a meta thought.. Hypothetically what happens once there is no more data to be fed to the system? Are we expecting AI to invent its own …

> the main role of our military is to ensure that our ideology (liberal democracy) is protected across the world. How is US defending liberal democracy? So far they've killed 3,000…

"Ethics" is subjective, there is no such thing as an objective ethics (unless you are religious). This is why thought experiments like the Trolley problems don't have a simple answ…

I think you found a great way to never "lose" anything with this definition.

For me it's the opposite, if I do any kind of exercise before sleeping, whether it's lifting weights, doing cardio or slow walks, I'll be awake for hours due to energy. My muscles …

> long term maintainability Did business ever cared about this? Like ever?.. I've seen too many code bases with awful code by humans, now AI simply exacerbated the issue but this i…

> It cannot do the job I want it to. I mean in your case, you are not able to use LLMs effectively to build features, so you should type the code by hand. However, upper management…

Ironically, I wonder if all these AI stuff is going to spin up a new industry for "organic content" that is verified to be human produced. Then they would be selling at a higher pr…

> This isn't a wealth inequality issue, it's a "you're overspending" issue. Just so that I understand your position, you think the reason a cashier at McDonald struggles is because…

> People in that situation are not seeking investment advice Why do you think poor people often fall into get quick rich schemes? You don't think they are seeking advice?

Everyone thinks they can set boundaries with regards to drugs, until they try it and realize that they can't. I don't think anyone trying out hard drugs for the first time thinks t…

The problem with giving financial advice to people is that many struggle to pay their rent. Telling them to invest in index funds from an ivory tower is laughably misguided of the …

It's funny, because right now the top news on HN is about OpenAI's "Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science". So I suppose which is it? Is AI going to replace …

How are you going to flatten Iran? A country twice the size of Texas with 90M people. You would have to fire your entire nuclear arsenal and commit mass genocide. Even then, you ma…

Those will usually leave a voice mail if it's important. Then you can call the place back and discuss it. If they don't bother to leave a voice mail, then it's not urgent / importa…