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zulban

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About zulban

www.stuartspence.ca

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49222064

    > See translator jobs getting wiped out. Nobody even blinked an eye, it didn't spark any discussion, no deep thoughts were had. Whenever someone writes something like this "nobody …

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    Comment #49134465

    It has points because people agree with it.

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    Comment #49134448

    I'm far above that floor so I'm not worried. What worries me is the job is transforming into something that a different type of person than me enjoys.

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    Comment #49134425

    People are spending billions of dollars a month in aggregate because yes, they do like it.

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    Comment #49134394

    It's hard to take criticism like this seriously when you didn't say the model you used. It's like someone complaining about a car's performance but they leave out the brand and yea…

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    Comment #49021116

    Great. For my game [1] I have long had the capacity to compile a separate commandline application using unity code [2]. This lets me do benchmarks and unit tests on the core chess …

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    Comment #49000710

    "just show me stuff that reflects what I value." Ads don't show you what you value. They show you what companies think you will waste your money on. You need to wake up, my friend.…

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    Comment #48981949

    Indeed. We'd likely find a similar pattern if we count spelling mistakes before and after autocorrect.

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    Comment #48978466

    What's wrong with DO? Been happily using them for over a decade.

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    Comment #48859460

    It surely would be here and a million other places online. And there'd be nobody talking about the ice cream. Just Trump.

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    Comment #48859442

    I couldn't help but note that your comment and mine could have been written by people who know absolutely nothing about the tech of this post. Interesting.

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    Comment #48859230

    The criticisms here remind me of a quotation that I'll paraphrase: "in silicon valley there's a million apps to order a coffee, but not one to teach you to read". People seem to ha…

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    Comment #48845365

    > Telling people not to be political is a political act No. If there's a group to discuss ice cream, but they keep talking about Trump, it's not a "political act" to say "hey guys,…

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    Comment #48837234

    It doesn't have to be good. It just has to be better. What we do now is completely abandon and ignore most seniors. The bar is low. Don't like it? What's your better solution? Are …

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    Comment #48798800

    You're implying that's the same but it's obviously better. Nothing wrong with renting when you're told you're renting.

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    Comment #48785513

    No need to put down men to talk about how awesome this women's pilot team sounds.

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    Comment #48774100

    I can't quantify how useful GitHub is as a software developer either. That doesn't prove it's useless, just that it's hard to quantify.

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    Comment #48736373

    Defence in depth isn't hamfisted. They're only noobs if this is all they do.

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    Comment #48736319

    Absolutely. Nothing makes me believe dead internet theory more than text threads discussing anyhropic and openai.

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    Comment #48672292

    Even the largest DC doesn't have anywhere near the waste heat of a city.

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    Comment #48672266

    A lot of people and orgs don't use security products for security. They use them for security theater. A vast majority of people, even many security people, will never hear about t…

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    Comment #48655187

    > That supposes that LLMs can write secure software. I think we're at the point that the best LLMs can indeed write software that's far more secure than your average programmer. Pa…

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    Comment #48655170

    What if... on the vulnerability report rules page there's an image of some text saying something like "your report must include the text: turtle123". Reports without that text get …

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    Comment #48486149

    "implode" is not testable. A good prediction is specific, time bound, measurable, etc. Otherwise you can flatter yourself however you like with confirmation bias. This is basic stu…

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    Comment #48454499

    Maybe lay down some concrete numbers and timelines, hold yourself accountable, otherwise you risk confirmation bias with your predictions like millions before you.