HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

gmdrd

12 karma · joined June 22, 2022

submissionscomments
gmdrd··on Israel reportedly used fake social accounts to garner support from US lawmakers
> Or you protect your citizens as best as possible by entering the game.

It doesn't seem reasonable to me to assume that the main objective of any government is to protect its citizens.

gmdrd··on Amber: Programming language compiled to Bash
There is a typo in the docs:

    Notice that when executing a single expression, Amber automatically includes it's standard library for you.
gmdrd··on Logicola 3
I'm taking one of the tests and the feedback seems strange: although it appears I got it right, because the selected answer turns green, many of the other answers turn red (which usually indicates a failure) and other unselected answers also turn green. It's confusing.
gmdrd··on How do you accidentally run for President of Iceland?
It seems there is a correlation between appearing at the beginning of the list of candidates to endorse and having a last name that starts with "A".
gmdrd··on TypeScript: Branded Types
Equivalent code in Python:

  from typing import NewType
gmdrd··on TypeScript: Branded Types
Is there something wrong with creating opaque types using this method?

  type ObjectId = string & { 
  readonly __tag: unique 
  symbol }
This way, we don't need to use `never`, but we still prevent the creation of a structurally equivalent type by mistake.
gmdrd··on “Emergent” abilities in LLMs actually develop gradually and predictably – study
That paragraph outlines the findings of previous research, findings that this paper challenges.
gmdrd··on A.I. Is B.S. [video]
I find it an interesting point of view on the current risks of AI, and on how the current development of LLMs interacts with our own biases and our economic system, generating potentially serious problems.