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I agree that these are implemented "worse" than Java but that's because Python wants these things to be optional! You can complain about it as much as you want but that just means …

I was so frugal that I didn't refinance my (admittedly already low) interest rate during Covid because "we were planning on selling the house in a year or so". Oh well :)

And when the haruspex LLM fails, what do we turn to?

It was weird to read this. I know antirez is on HN, so it's strange to say this, but here goes... I always looked up to antirez. Redis was really taking off after I graduated and I…

On the other side of the test, I don't know a non-tech person who uses ChatGPT at all.

Interesting, I haven't tried tests outside of the code base the LLM is working on. I could see other elements of isolation being useful, but this kind of feels like a lot of extra …

I've felt this too as a person with ADHD, specifically difficulty processing information. Caveat: I don't vibe code much, partially because of the mental fatigue symptoms. I've fou…

Always interesting (in an informative way) to see people "defending" em-dashes from my personal perspective. Before you get mad, let me explain: before ChatGPT, I only ever saw em-…

Yes, it's essentially the Pareto principle [0]. The LLM community has conflated the 80% as difficult complicated work, when it was essentially boilerplate. Allegedly LLMs have save…

Reading the text of the article, and not just reacting to the title, I do think this article has a kernal of truth to it that resonates with me. It's not really talking about intel…

So vibe coders need to know how to write tests? I doubt that lowers the effective barrier of entry to coding very much. I assume you can't trust the LLM to write these tests, since…

This is super interesting to me. A lot of threads about aphantasia devolve into both sides being mildly incredulous that the other exists, I think partially because it's _hard_ for…

I think an interesting different way to talk about aphantasia is not, "Can you see an apple when you close your eyes" but more along the linked of, "Can you mentally edit the visua…

I've been trying to generate my own maps using Voronoi diagrams as well. I was using Lloyd's algorithm [0] to make strangely shaped regions "fit" better, but I like the insight of …

I live in the DC area and whenever I hear people say "just crack a window" I think, that brings in all of the pollen I'm allergic to in all seasons except winter, plus humidity and…

Looks like you invented telemetry

So many drugs that unequivocally improve people's health have minor negative side effects. I think this person needs to find a way to connect with their loved ones and understand h…

I feel like this one is a mixed bag. I would be very annoyed if my every day life was disrupted by tourists, especially like in the train stop example, and losing local businesses …

Isn't the article about college towns in America? It's not theoretical there. A more universal example is probably towns with large seasonal influxes, such as ski towns or beach to…

I've seen several posts like this recently. The title is something that seems very insightful into something that I've recently been dealing with, and I'm intrigued. I open the web…

I'm in the same boat. I want to have a stake in what I'm working, on but the politics/meetings seem overwhelming. I want to do interesting work without the pressure of unrealistic …

Aren't there plenty of examples of the kind of speech you talk about in your second paragraph already on Twitter? There are plenty of hot takes to pick from, with some being censor…

You are presenting opinion as objective fact for a subjective medium, which is surprising to hear from an artist. This argument, and this article, are not about the "great masters"…

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> I don’t personally think that other animals will have a verbal inner monologue in the way that I do I find it funny that this article and the quotes within state that humans have…