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codelemuron Ask HN: Who Wants to Be Fired?

Probably AskJeeves

codelemuron Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

(no sarcasm)

You know, I can't prove that researchers being funded is the best way of figuring out how to do things, but I have a gut intuition that tells me that.

I'll look into it so that I'm not just blindly suggesting that $$ ==> people ==> research ==> progress.

Thanks for the opportunity to reflect!

codelemuron Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

[EDIT]: friendly -> non-friendly oops.

That's what seems so confusing about HN replies here. (Non-friendly) AGI is an extreme existential risk (depending on who you listen to).

I'm perfectly fine with rewarding the org that's responsible for researching friendly AGI to do it _right_ (extremely contingent on that last bit).

codelemuron Microsoft is investing $1B in OpenAI

Despite all the negativity in replies, I try to remain optimistic that this investment in AGI-related research is going to be a net positive.

Congrats to the team, and break a leg!

codelemuron My Terminal Setup: iTerm2 and Zsh

On the topic of dev configurations, I've really enjoyed Thoughtbot's work on getting a computer set up for web development. The dotfiles

Here's a link if anyone's interested: https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop (setting up the machine) or https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles (custom dotfile setup)

codelemuron Translating math into code with examples in Java, Racket, Haskell, Python (2011)

Thanks for doing the sleuthing on that, I (and surely others) had been wondering about the same :).

codelemuron Cengage and McGraw-Hill will combine to create one giant education publisher

I'd say the title is slightly misleading, as they have filed to merge, pending regulatory approval.

codelemuron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)

Just wanted to validate that this place was awesome to interview at. Extremely polite with regards to your time, and engaging people the whole way through.

codelemuron What Makes the Animation of 'Into the Spider-Verse' So Spectacular – Digg

Might be better to link the youtube video directly. Linked page doesn't offer much commentary AFAICT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXUG_vN540

codelemuron Tesla Model 3 Can No Longer Be Recommended, Says Consumer Reports

> body parts filling with snow and falling off

I'm embarrassed about how many times it took me to read that to understand the article was not referring to human body parts.

codelemuron Ask HN: What can I do so that Monkeys do not chew my fiber optic cable?

So I've oddly enough had somewhat of a similar problem with my cats chewing through our various cables as well, though they don't surround me threateningly...

One solution might be creating an unpleasant texture on the cable (by using a cable sleeve). If it's sufficiently unpleasant and not the same texture as before, it might be enough of a deterrent.

https://www.amazon.com/Polypropylene-Computer-Management-Ele... was what I was thinking.

Good luck!