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bofadeez··on OpenDevin: An Open Platform for AI Software Developers as Generalist Agents
That works if the LLM has adequate external feedback from a terminal and browser in context with the past trial etc.

It can't self-correct its own reasoning: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.01798

bofadeez··on Cancer Incidence by Country
Seems like there's absolutely nothing UNIQUELY in common amongst countries with high incidence rates as compared to those with low incidence rates. AI agrees.
bofadeez··on Dear AI Companies, instead of scraping OpenStreetMap, how about a $10k donation?
Still too expensive. Why not just sell it at the prevailing rate per GB for residential IP bandwidth? A thousand max.
bofadeez··on Show HN: A source-available billing system I've spent 18 months building
Way too expensive
bofadeez··on Server-side rendering is a better choice for many applications (2020)
Your skepticism about the viability of enterprise-level applications built without heavy frontend frameworks reveals a narrow understanding of software history and architecture. Let's not forget that companies like Amazon, Google, and eBay built scalable, complex systems long before React or Angular were even conceived. Amazon's initial architecture was famously built on Perl, and Google's original frontend was simple HTML and JavaScript. eBay was initially built using Java Servlets and JSP, and it scaled to handle millions of transactions. These are not 'imaginary success stories'; they are well-documented cases that prove scalability is not solely the domain of modern frontend frameworks.

Your assertion that older frameworks 'became a mess at scale' is a sweeping generalization. Any technology can become a mess if not properly managed; that's not a failing of the technology but of the architecture and development practices. PHP, for instance, powers Wikipedia, one of the top-ten most visited websites in the world, and it handles this scale quite well.

The emergence of frontend frameworks was not solely because 'existing solutions did not scale'; it was also driven by the industry's evolving needs for richer user experiences and faster development cycles. These frameworks solve specific problems but come with their own trade-offs, including complexity and steep learning curves. To dismiss alternative approaches as unscalable without evidence is not just intellectually lazy; it's a disservice to the field of software engineering, which thrives on diverse solutions to complex problems.

bofadeez··on Server-side rendering is a better choice for many applications (2020)
The argument that 'simplistic' technologies don't scale is dismissive of the robust, enterprise-level applications that have been successfully built without heavy frontend frameworks. It's not the tool that scales; it's the architecture and the development practices.
bofadeez··on Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]
While I appreciate your engagement with the topic, I must point out that the notion that we can 'tackle both' is a dangerously simplistic perspective. The resources—both financial and intellectual—that are poured into space exploration are not infinite and come at the expense of urgent, life-saving initiatives here on Earth. To say it's 'widely known' only underscores the normalization of this skewed prioritization. We're not living in a utopia where all problems can be solved simultaneously; we're in a world where choices have consequences. The urgency of our Earth-bound crises doesn't afford us the luxury of romanticizing space exploration as if it's without trade-offs.
bofadeez··on Server-side rendering is a better choice for many applications (2020)
Modern web development has become a wasteland of over-engineered solutions, and the real issue isn't client-side vs. server-side rendering; it's the industry's obsession with frameworks. Frameworks are not just tools; they're ideologies that developers subscribe to, often blindly. This has led to a monoculture where questioning popular frameworks like React is heretical. Ironically, this 'framework-first' mentality stifles the very innovation it claims to promote. The future of web development should focus on lean, framework-agnostic solutions, even if it means revisiting 'outdated' technologies. The most secure and maintainable code isn't necessarily wrapped in the latest framework; it's code that is simple, well-documented, and, above all, understandable without needing a 'decoder ring' of npm packages.
bofadeez··on Show HN: OpenCopilot – Build and embed open-source AI copilots into your product
You understand it fully
bofadeez··on NASA enters ‘home stretch’ to reach golden asteroid
To say it's worth $10,000 quadrillion is to completely misunderstand how price formation works by supply and demand.

It should say "Asteroid found will make gold under $1 per ounce"

bofadeez··on Grigori Perelman
What about him
bofadeez··on Case study: Algorithmic trading with Go
This is professional gambling. Embrace (weak form) market efficiency. Why do you think mutual funds have never generated profit in the history of their existence?
bofadeez··on AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
GPT-4 can barely break the 10th percentile in AP English Literature according to OpenAI. Biological neural networks have a competitive advantage in some areas.
bofadeez··on A suspiciously criminal portfolio website
Did bots upvote this?
bofadeez··on Domain registrar Gandi gets bought out, removes free mailboxes
They no longer have a competitive advantage and I'll be moving all my inboxes to MXRoute.

RIP Gandi

bofadeez··on SymPy makes math fun again
Math isn't supposed to be fun. It's supposed to work. What's with people trying to make everything fun?
bofadeez··on Show HN: MrScraper – A visual web-scraping tool
Too expensive. Make it 50x cheaper and you'd be competitive with python scrapy + rotating residential proxies.
bofadeez··on Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs
Society should pool resources with family and community and stop blaming ego-driven people for their problems.
bofadeez··on Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs
The reason companies exist in the first place is to respond to market conditions and make profit for shareholders, not for employees and not for the public good. It's not your boss' job to take care of you or be concerned with your welfare. That's what family and community are for.

An employee is an economic input, just like land or capital or machinery. Why do you think you're entitled to not being treated like a commodity exactly? It's their money and their risk:reward profile, not yours. You don't get a vote just because you have emotions. Labor IS a commodity. Labor takes no risks when they show up to work and collect a guaranteed paycheck.

All you can do is focus on gaining competitive skills that allow you to enjoy the luxuries you think you're entitled to automatically. You're entitled to nothing.

bofadeez··on [dead]
He only makes 7.4 million? And yes 22/hour is way too high. Bring in the robots
bofadeez··on [dead]
Derp
bofadeez··on Don’t use Stripe. I am trying to save you from my mistake
Yikes. Time to diversify processors
bofadeez··on Being swamped is normal and not impressive
You used to be impressed by people who were swamped? Lol
bofadeez··on Swag in the Tech Industry
You think that you're attracting people because of your shirt? You don't think you have any personal qualities that might be a factor? (Wow)
bofadeez··on Web 3 is Flawed
Only a very small percentage of the population has a demand for encrypted email or decentralized anything. Most people trust institutions blindly and it gives them anxiety to even think about not trusting them. Most people don't even agree that there's a problem at all with centralized institutional trust-based systems. They don't understand or trust algorithms, they trust brands on TV.

Web 2.0 gave us legitimate added productivity and functionality of being able to do stuff online for the first time. Web 3.0 does nothing but give us a trustless system that nobody asked for. Zero new functionality in any of those apps.

If you trust banks and FAANG companies, as most people do, Web 3.0 has exactly zero value.

bofadeez··on YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud
Shout out Tim Dillon?
bofadeez··on Jack Ma's Ant Group set for record $34B market debut
"it's simply a fact of life" - No

"Everything in the world need _not_ be late stage capitalist democracy. There are plenty of ways to attain success and happiness."

- You meant to say "early stage" and of course there are many ways to attain success and happiness. That's why we allow people to make their own choices, elect their own representatives, and speak freely. We don't force them into accepting one single system, like they do in China. In America, we believe humans have inalienable rights that the government has no authority to usurp. The government exists subserviently to protect our rights to pursue happiness as we see fit, provided we don't infringe on the rights of others. If you want to go live in a communist community within a free society, you're more than welcome to share your income with a group of people. What you have in China is totalitarianism / authoritarianism, which we believe is axiomatically immoral, as it removes option for people to decide on their own, it removes the inalienable rights that all humans naturally have at birth. Don't you agree that you own your physical body, and you own the fruits of your labor? Don't you think you have the right to express criticism against leaders? From where exactly do they derive their authority? It's not by elected mandate. I would love to hear why you think restricting freedom and being a cheerleader for totalitarianism / authoritarianism can (even in theory) lead to greater happiness. Thank you!

bofadeez··on Jack Ma's Ant Group set for record $34B market debut
And nothing. I agree with you that it's not a controversial thing to say.
bofadeez··on Jack Ma's Ant Group set for record $34B market debut
Okay, I guess you need a reading list to understand the implications:

1. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/07/we-cant-tell-if-chinese...

2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/china-business...

3. https://justthenews.com/world/asia/made-china-owned-china-20...

4. https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/politics-in-the-boardroom-th...

This took me 1 minute to assemble. There's a lot more...

bofadeez··on Jack Ma's Ant Group set for record $34B market debut
You've fallen for propaganda. Read and learn: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46353767
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