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QuiDortDine··on I'm funding Ladybird because I can't fund Firefox
"Thanks but no thanks"
QuiDortDine··on Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum
QuiDortDine··on Fabric is an open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI
Looking at the facts and references sections is an exercise in absurdity: by and large, they contain neither objective facts nor credible references. Until the thing can automatically fact-check it is useless, once it does I suspect it will become useless, as knowing what information to trust is most of the problem when trying to gain wisdom from something.
QuiDortDine··on Language models on the command line
Do you have a followup command to execute the suggested command?
QuiDortDine··on A review on protein language models
To be fair there is a disclaimer about the limits of metaphor, plus the article is really about protein folding, not natural language. Still, I'm curious as to which "underpinnings of actual human language" you think he's misunderstanding or misrepresenting?
QuiDortDine··on GPT-4o
Is this a trick question? OpenAI blatantly used copyrighted works for commercial purposes without paying the IP owners, it would only be fair to have them publish the resulting code/weights/whatever without expecting compensation. (I don't want to publish it myself, of course, just transform it and sell the result as a service!)

I know this won't happen, of course, I am moreso hoping for laws to be updated to avoid similar kerfuffles in the future, as well as massive fines to act as a deterrent, but I don't dare to hope too much.

QuiDortDine··on GPT-4o
Okay so we're all agreed that IP laws don't matter and we can have all of OpenAI's data for free? That's a good deal!
QuiDortDine··on "'We Cannot in Good Conscience Encourage You to Pursue Our Profession"
Why stop the money printer
QuiDortDine··on When do we stop finding new music?
So what you're saying is it's badly designed?
QuiDortDine··on FTC announces rule banning noncompetes
I didn't know the FTC was this savage lol
QuiDortDine··on Show HN: Vapi – Convince our voice AI to give you the secret code
I got it by asking for a story.
QuiDortDine··on Show HN: Vapi – Convince our voice AI to give you the secret code
You have to wait for the Level 7 animation to finish, the text appears after that.

Edit: It's really hard, seems impossible to me so far, there's clearly more than one layer.

QuiDortDine··on Show HN: Vapi – Convince our voice AI to give you the secret code
I beat the thing by asking for a riddle. But your instructions also didn't work on the bonus level.
QuiDortDine··on Scammers are targeting teenage boys on social media and driving some to suicide
It's not just teenagers, my friend's brother fell prey to this. His life is one ongoing mental health crisis. These people are truly the scum of the earth, their scam only works on vulnerable people by design. Disgusting.
QuiDortDine··on Friends don't let friends export to CSV
> You give up human readable files, but what you gain in return is incredibly valuable

Not as valuable as human-readable files.

And what kind of monstrous CSV files has this dude been working with? Data types? Compression? I just need to export 10,000 names/emails/whatevers so I can re-import them elsewhere.

Like, I guess once you start hitting GBs, an argument can be made, but this article sounds more like "CSV considered harmful", which is just silly to me.

QuiDortDine··on Genetically engineering koji mold to create a meat alternative
Basically the problem with focusing on protein is people will tend to eat more meat, which has terrible cardiovascular consequences, rather than what they should be doing which is varying their nutrition, not analyzing a single food for its protein content. Don't eat just the one food, people.
QuiDortDine··on Genetically engineering koji mold to create a meat alternative
You'll get your proteins without even trying, as long as you're eating a somewhat normal diet. Look at the table in your own link titled "Combining incomplete proteins". Just don't eat only the one thing all the time and you'll be fine.
QuiDortDine··on Genetically engineering koji mold to create a meat alternative
Protein considerations are largely a myth. You'll get your proteins unless you go out of your way to avoid them, you don't need them in every meal unless you're a bodybuilder or something.
QuiDortDine··on Devin: AI Software Engineer
> And do that several times until it's good enough

Or just write the damn thing yourself.

QuiDortDine··on BlackCat ransomware group implodes after apparent payment by Change Healthcare
Bad idea to guarantee the improbable (deleting their own copies), a valid choice for a one-time result (unlocking your data on your device).
QuiDortDine··on BlackCat ransomware group implodes after apparent payment by Change Healthcare
You can't encrypt all your data at all times. It has to be decrypted somewhere along the line to be used, and hackers can gain that access as well unless the security is truly extremely tight.

Security is not anywhere close to "good" in most corporate environments however, and many things are still stored in plaintext that should not (e.g. passwords), let alone data that is merely "private".

QuiDortDine··on Weaveworks is shutting down
GitLab's not too surprising, they're a very valued player in the open-source space.
QuiDortDine··on Quicksort with Jenkins for fun and no profit
A good Groovy script limits itself to running scripts in better languages.
QuiDortDine··on Quicksort with Jenkins for fun and no profit
GitLab CI is great, I've seen CircleCI used a lot.
QuiDortDine··on How to get coworkers to stop giving me ChatGPT-generated suggestions?
This is the problem with getting people to understand that ChatGPT can't actually think: a lot of people also don't actually think as a matter of habit.
QuiDortDine··on Signs that it's time to leave a company
Yeah I'm about to be harmed by my working conditions
QuiDortDine··on After 34 years, someone beat Tetris [video]
Indeed serif fonts are considered easier to read for big blocks of text. I would consider the font too thin as well.
QuiDortDine··on What’s behind the Freud resurgence?
Here in Canada, you basically can't say "Fuck Freud" if you're a practicing psychotherapist, as there is something in the ethics code about respecting your peers. I can say it as I didn't make it to the PHD, but it's a bit frustrating to realize the field is self-regulating and at least 25% of its members basically don't believe in the power of... evidence.

Not unrelated, epistemology classes are not mandatory, despite the field being in the rare position of accepting (or at least tolerating) several vastly different epistemological viewpoints. Kind of like studying homeopathy and epidemiology in the same program.

QuiDortDine··on What’s behind the Freud resurgence?
There is no silver bullet, but if we're going to talk reproducibility, CBT blows any psychoanalysis-based approach out of the water, even once we account for all the outright fraud.

It's true however that psychoanalysis has evolved a lot over time and bringing it back to Freud every time is not really fair to modern approaches.

QuiDortDine··on What’s behind the Freud resurgence?
DBT is basically a category of CBT. "It’s based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it’s specially adapted for people who experience emotions very intensely."

This is why it's often recommended to people with PTSD who fit this (or similar) criteria, among others.

(I've never heard of IFS, but I studied in Canada so some things don't cross over.)

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