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yifanl

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About yifanl

Not-so-recent graduate, novice developer.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49213330

    They did it on permissively licensed code would be the difference.

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    Comment #49211868

    You don't get to decide how you're hated is the point.

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    Comment #49201882

    Thank you, I take great pride and effort in compressing as much emotional weight into as short a statement as possible.

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    Comment #49201384

    [flagged]

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    Comment #49174389

    I agree that if things were different, things would be different, but I'm not sure what this adds to the conversation.

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    Comment #49174379

    And then what happened?

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    Comment #49173926

    > For the most-dominant military power in the world to "whoopsy" run out of weapons because of a low-stakes engagement isn't readily believable. This is a concerning statement, as …

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    Comment #49110093

    They set off circuit breakers for KOSPI twice in two days.

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    Comment #49097133

    We're back to Von Neumann architecture in the worst way possible.

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    Comment #49084605

    They have authority over you, therefore all interactions must be taken under that context.

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    Comment #49070865

    What running shoes are you buying that last 2-3 years?

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    Comment #49040236

    Can I have LLMs replace my GLP-1?

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    Comment #49023583

    [flagged]

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    Comment #49006573

    Only truly exceptional executives can be SBF or Elizabeth Holmes.

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    Comment #48980026

    Its true that things change, but it's also true that there will eventually be a day when the last programmer is hired.

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    Comment #48979560

    There's actually zero difference between a bottle of water and a river reservoir if you think about it.

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    Comment #48821973

    Rule's maybe too strong a word, but knowing that you have all the good ideas and wanting to structure everything to support those good ideas... it's not a bad word for it. Like, it…

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    Comment #48821566

    This is one of the oldest ideas of civilization, wanting society to be ruled by philosopher kings (who happen to be people just like me!).

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    Comment #48675152

    If they gave the engineers appropriate severance packages, then they're at least out that much as a stupidity tax, but that's probably the most we can expect as far as consequences…

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    Comment #48644953

    This is good to keep in mind, but we'd need a substantial proliferation of nuclear before we get into a position where over-standardization is a problem.

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    Comment #48642986

    I don't doubt there are exceptional people working at BigCo at any role you or I can name, but by definition, it isn't possible that _everyone_ working there is exceptional.

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    Comment #48635515

    > Wherever these tens of thousands of qualified ex-Meta, ex-Microsoft engineers willing to work less are, I'm not seeing them. Two possible reasons: 1. People who are truly in-dema…

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    Comment #48575893

    OpenAI is much more eager to jump on board with the administration than Anthropic is, Altman is a lot of things, but he definitely knows which wheels need grease.

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    Comment #48571352

    I just ask it to spellcheck the Webster dictionary about 50 times an hour.