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I find it discouraging that the poster is very active in comments to this post, but thus far is ignoring concerns like this.

I am continually in awe of how rapidly terrible its gotten since Windows 7. I loved Win7 - it just worked, with a sleek presentation. Every release after was worse overall (I'm not saying good features weren't added, mind you - but the aggregate experience has been worse with every release for me).

(Note: I fully realize Win7 had a ton of windows warts under the hood - I'm just talking about the user experience)

I think the implication was that this is a more insidious "milk them for all they are worth, damn the consequences" group

Never played any of the Heroes games - what's the draw to 3 specifically, above 4, 5 etc?

Thanks for the added details, I wasn't aware of the 2004 case. Its all sort of messed up, and ridiculous for someone actually trying to follow the law.

Couldn't agree more, but this is why we don't have nice things. The digitizing of DVDs we lawfully own isn't legal.

Technically that's still illegal in the US. Breaking DVD encryption is not legal, so ripping them is not legal.

I don't have the problem OP has, I just know something about the system. A better way to phrase this for a useful discussion (rather than unsolicited, assumed advice) would be to say "do you know if volunteer work with children would help alter this perception?".

It is theoretically possible as a single male, but there are many more restrictions - in practice its very very rare. For example, see these requirements for a very large international adoption agency: [1]. In my experience there is, as OP describes, a strong stigma against single males, not just that they are considered perverts, but also that they are considered incapable of taking on this responsibility alone, not nurturing enough, too career-focused, etc.

[1] https://www.holtinternational.org/adoption/ See "Quick overview of parental eligibility requirements" section

Just seems like another abstraction layer to me. With its own DSL, which will have bugs and limitations. And of course buildpacks - yet another abstraction thats simple until you need to build and maintain your own because none fit quite right. I don't know, not sure this solves it.

I've recently been learning how to tie some decorative knots. This site is fantastic, but suffers from the same frustration point all resources seem to: not explaining how to calculate the length of rope you will need for a given knot so you can cut it before starting.

I can't believe so many beginner tutorials seem to forget this very basic first question of "how do I prepare my materials?".

I've often phrased it closer to "I like how much effort you put into this. You clearly put some thought in, did you consider this approach?"

I don't have to say I liked the solution to appreciate the effort and dedication.

Yes - diet and exercise can play a significant role in slowing progression. If you become aware early you can quickly adjust these things in your life and it could slow progression.

Agree fully - I've always used the term "expert system" as well, for the same distinction. An expert system operates on rules, created by a more "creatively intelligent" entity.

Though when we talk about AI now, we are talking about what the _public_ thinks "intelligence" means. This really muddies the conversation, because these technical distinctions we are making now fall completely flat. I think when you tell random people that we have created "artificial intelligence", they think we mean what I am referring to above as "creative intelligence", not "it executes an if/else rule" intelligent. So as AI becomes a topic in the mainstream, our conversations are likely to be completely misunderstood because of the colloquial meaning of the technical terms we use.

> Any new ambiguity here comes from the ambiguity inherent in the word "artificial".

Not sure I agree here. Seems to me the ambiguity comes from the word "intelligence". As in, does that if/else clause indicate "intelligence" that's been programmed in. Of course we've created more terms like Artificial General Intelligence[1] to try to clear up the muddy definition of what constitutes intelligence.

I think our fundamental challenge as society begins to try to understand what AI is comes down to what "intelligence" is. As you said, we all know what it is, but can't define it easily. If I write some really clever code, is the system running it intelligent? Is some of my intelligence imbued into that system, or does it have some of its own? At what point does a stochastic process approach intelligence - when it has enough data? Does that mean babies aren't born with intelligence, but acquire it as they learn more? So many questions, good questions, necessary questions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligenc...

In case anyone else was looking for a clear, concise summary of the new feature:

"The new feature gate "SidecarContainers" is now available. This feature introduces sidecar containers, a new type of init container that starts before other containers but remains running for the full duration of the pod's lifecycle and will not block pod termination."

Is the function of the developer to write outstanding code, or develop outstanding products?

I think there's something to be said for praising the developer that is able to understand user needs so well that they create flawless experiences.

Please thoroughly read the comment you are replying to.

I've used gitea for years in my homelab - so far great for my non-exterprise needs.

I believe this framing is a bit over-simplified.This description presumes that the Human does indeed have the entire solution in their head, and the only problem is expressing it in a language.

In reality, Human only understand a fraction of the necessary solution (maybe even a fraction of the full problem!) when they begin to program the solution. A big part of the iteration is discovering things the Human did not know about the problem or the necessary solution. Eventually we converge on A solution, which may not look very much like the originally envisioned solution at all.

So no, I do not think the LLM is functioning as a transpiler for english. I think its a tool providing feedback in a necessary iterative cycle or discovery and development. The iteration itself is the "transpiler for english", in a crude way.

No, this was done from fear. My generation were given peanut butter early, and it was tested in a small amount to see if there was a problem first. This was common sense for a long long time, and it seemed to work fine.

A generation later parents were told to avoid it until age 3 or 4 for no real reason, and it created a ton of peanut allergies in those kids. They were scared of their kid having a peanut allergy. This was fear, counter to the common sense they themselves were raised with.

I've found operator-sdk [1] (which uses kubebuilder under the hood) to be a better starting point for operator development.

[1] https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk

Doesn't that mean they still pay for the real estate? I wonder how viable it is to keep that cost on the books for ad-hoc usage.

Not that I agree with the above comment, but Valve is a private company. Hence, they would not be beholden to shareholder pressures. Perhaps the argument the posted intended was to never join a pubic company?

Asking the real questions. If some magic could make a search engine that ignored all SEO spam, life would be better. I find it hard to believe google themselves are having such a hard time with the obvious cloned copies of other sites/content that now own most page 1 results. But they seem to be.

Working multiple full time W2 jobs without employer consent is not moonlighting. Both employers believe you are working for them full time during business hours, which would be false. This practice is deceptive.

Meeting productivity targets is an important aspect of your job, but so is being available during business hours, meetings/collaborations, etc.

Moonlighting is working another job outside of business hours - which I agree, employers have less of a right to object to.

I believe this is why the author referred to it as "executive wisdom". As in, executives often believe or were taught this mentality as wisdom. The way its used, it reads as a bit of a euphemism.

Would you ever expect that for anything? There are always going to be disgruntled employees/customers. if I see 100% positive, I'm usually looking for the scam.

> It highlights that the true business driver is that personal interconnectedness: author's friend had good relationships with both restaurant managers and drivers. This is what has allowed an MVP to be successful, not the kludgy "product".

Exactly! It feels like the article draws exactly the wrong conclusion. They were able to succeed _in spite_ of having a crude application because the relationships trumped. Know your customer, have an audience, all that stuff that you hear all the time.

Interesting point, I hadn't considered this.