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zarathustreal
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Comment #48754131
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Comment #48747806
Because “trying” to be different and actually being different are not the same thing
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Comment #48528771
The counter-examples are so obvious it makes me feel that pointing them out wouldn’t actually help you understand reality
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Comment #48528711
Not giving everyone equal % is exploitation? Interesting, by that logic every participant in the economy should also be required to bail out any startup that fails otherwise we’re …
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Comment #48527885
Do you think “work” means literally “manual labor”?
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Comment #47771868
Zawinski’s Law in action
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Comment #47537265
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Comment #47537138
You’re significantly worse off assuming your government is adversarial than cooperative, regardless of what reality may be, and the majority of us know that. It’s why the chaos psy…
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Comment #47471751
These dismissals based on the source rather than the material are getting really annoying. We’re supposed to be intellectuals here, we can do better than that.
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Comment #47398627
(Ad-hominem is not a counter-example btw)
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Comment #46846932
You’ve never heard it before because explicitly signaling “I know basic set theory” is kind of cringy
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Comment #46289360
Is the implication that they are in fact the same thing or that you don’t like Elon?
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Comment #45966067
Internet points demand obscure references these days. My system prompt has its own area code
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Comment #45899058
Suppose you've managed to get a job as an editor at Communications of the ACM. As "Editor, Communications of the ACM" what do you think your job is?
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Comment #45399923
This may explain the phenomenon but it certainly doesn’t excuse it - just because something is natural doesn’t mean it’s smart or morally correct
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Comment #44412113
They’re not being paid, at least not directly. They don’t need to be. “Educational” “content” is a play to increase the personal profile as a “thought leader.” This turns into invi…
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Comment #44141175
Amen brother
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Comment #44141172
I think you’re misunderstanding. This product doesn’t make sense because the problem itself is not solvable under your given constraints.
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Comment #44074281
“Your model has memorized all knowledge, how do you know it’s smart?”
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Comment #44008113
I like to call this “lazy altruism”
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Comment #43924947
Criticism isn’t necessarily condescending. “You should be doing x because y” is just a plain assertion, it doesn’t imply any moral judgement or opinion of the author.
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Comment #43890882
Universities do not provide knowledge, this is a romanticization of an ideal. They are about getting a passing grade and a certificate so that you can enter the workforce. The idea…
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Comment #43890821
This is not necessarily true, you can pretty easily implement just about any syntax you want
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Comment #43881014
Are you asking for an example of control flow?
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Comment #43857732
Please do elaborate, I can’t see anything else that would be a competitive advantage in a market full of capable computer engineers?