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Very strange if you ask me and disturbing. I don't know if I'd let such a dev touch a database. Of course nowadays we just vibe code and YOLO everything, but still. This is making …

I'm shocked, shocked to find out capitalism's tricks are going on here. Yet we keep praying at its altars. Delta are just playing the game. It might not be the nicest thing to do, …

That's assuming there is a substrate that can be disturbed. That's where the parent's analogy breaks down. As an example of an alternative analogy: think of how many bombs need to …

Ah, I met my match it seems. I confess I might be showing signs of unlawful thought patterns. I will correct that, fellowniusmonk. Thanks for pointing that out. I am in the "code i…

Once they start making deals with the relevant organizations, book rooms, handle insurance, replacement hotels, etc, then they'll replace travel agents. These guys don't just Googl…

There is this interesting thing called the Paradox of Automation where increasing automation increases the importance of human intervention. We are trying this out on a societal le…

I realize I came across as harsh and I surely don't want to judge you personally on your skills as A) that's not necessary for my point to make sense and B) uncalled for. I'm sure …

You did not and you are not proficient. LLMs and AI in general cater to your insecurities. An actual good human mentor will wipe the floor with your arrogance and you'll be better …

Yes, this is definitely missing a /s, I hope. Please for the love of god tell me this is a joke.

I'm nearing forty and I have a sneaky suspicion it's a weird cultural thing. A bit like the Romans lamenting the fall of their culture right at the start of their golden age and th…

By experiencing the sheer existential horror that Nietzsche and others spoke of and coming out of it knowing the only way out is through. There is nothing to lean on. You decide yo…

I think this is reasonable. Came to the same conclusion. I need to at least pretend to myself that I care, but I will not allow it to bleed into my PL. If it does I check out and c…

I find there is middle ground between "who the fuck cares" and "I got to fight for what is righteous". Do the job best you can. Accept resources, including skilled human beings, ar…

Notice I included interaction with people, but you're right. I think just using books is about equal to just using apps. Both won't get you there but books will get you further alo…

False. Those are all things books will give and people as well and often better. Can it be a tutor? Sure, if you squint. But "tutoring" you on some question you have is not the sam…

That's bad news for the millions that had to do just that and learned fine in fact better. I'm not saying you should read the Upanishads in the original, I'm saying a proper intro …

The heavy, thick irony of these people running their own platform on as little technology as possible and depending heavily on human input. It's like they know somewhere deep insid…

Oh, right. I think whatever works best for your personality but in general doing some exercises and/or interacting with people has been working for a couple .. ten thousands years …

What introductory German class does not use books and does not talk to people?

> Thoughts? On what? If I understand you correctly you learned through people and practice and community.

Ah, Duolingo. What lengths people go just to avoid reading a book and talking to people. All this tech and I wonder how many people are now fluent in multiple languages compared to…

LLMs cannot "teach you a language". They make for cool demos to show off. They can perhaps be a building block of a proper language learning experience. Then again, the only langua…

> My sisters played around with Dall-E and are now able to do simiiliar things. This is no way shape or form in any actual productive way similar to being skilled at Photoshop. The…

You can read in Kernighans History of Unix that really good managers - "enlightened management" IIRC - were involved and not just involved, some of them were absolutely crucial or …

> We finally have a system which encodes not just basic things but high level concepts That's the thing I'm trying to convey: it's in fact not encoding anything you'll recognize an…