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Just read your blog post[0], thanks for it! If I may leave some feedback here... It'd be cool if you could add some syntax highlighting, because being at it is, it's hard to distin…

Cambridge Analytica gathered data to build targeted profiles and used these profiles for political advertising without informed consent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%8…

> I don't think they've been pushing that "It only took us 11 days!" message nearly as hard as their critics suggest that they have. I have to disagree here. From their blog post R…

I think you're just neglecting the fact that LLMs only exist in the virtual world, whereas we're interacting with a world that's richer and has much more to offer. The virtual worl…

I'm not following. Your last comment on Lobsters[0] was 4 days ago, that's not soft quitting. And even if it is, how is soft quitting war? [0]: https://lobste.rs/~matheusmoreira

> This is what robotics should be used for. I disagree. We should use robotics to extend our reach into hazardous environments, enhance our physical capabilities, or to provide a s…

So you thought putting empty cpp files in a repo for a closed-source project would give you some credibility there?

This doesn't answer GPs question, though: Why is a panic-baiting "we'll get rid of jobs" better than some gain-baiting "we'll make your workforce 10x more productive"? Why is panic…

Cool, didn't know about `history fixup`! I only ever did the manual dance with `rebase -i` and `rebase` for all other branches. That and `history split` will sure come handy! What …

I meant to write quite a long response to your comment, but let me just bring it down to a single question: How is your feeling different from melancholia? There is and always will…

> Our hypothesis is simple: session logs are now the most important artifact in software development, and should be stored alongside the code itself in the repository. [...] Humans…

In Austria and Germany, you just cannot transfer the copyright ("Urheberrecht"). You can only transfer - meaning sell - the right of use ("Nutzungsrecht"). The only exception I kno…

Hoarding massive amounts of data for the success of machine learning algorithms was a thing long before LLMs were a thing too. Remember the neural networks hype that kicked off aro…

I don't think GP was referring to transpilation speed when they wrote "most advanced type system known to mankind".

Maybe the link should be changed to the original story: https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-says-us-states-are-see...

Title should be changed to "The Social Tier: Remembering Who Said What". Please look at the guidelines[0] before posting: "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is mis…

Well yeah, but GP also writes about local shops and complains about quality and service...

What do you mean? Where is the percentage of "75-80%" coming from? Local service is great, and I'm happy to pay a little extra to see my neighbors employed.

> not 100% of the population voted yes. Well, call me surprised! Which democratic election ever achieves a one-sided 100%? Still, the majority of the EU population seems to in favo…

I concur, except about the "putting it mildly" part. The digital ID stuff feels kafkaesque, sure, but not more. It's good lobbying at play, and I'm sure we'll find a way moving for…

> But in reality a big enough proportion of Europeans see the EU as a hostile foreign influencing force. Yeah, I have to doubt your perceived reality here. Can you name some of the…

Well, where do you live? I live in an EU country and care deeply for the right to erasure and our consumer rights. The EU legislature does some good things on that front. I "care" …

How is the definition incorrect? I know haplotype as all the genomic variation on a single gene. And since every gene comes in two copies, two haplotypes define one diplotype.

I can just tell you from experience that aluminum foil is much more fragile than paper, your college might face some difficult challenges in making it work and need to rework their…