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mechanical_bear··on 'Ralph Wiggum' loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone commercial software for $10 HR
A thousand digital monkeys and a thousand terminals..
mechanical_bear··on Ask HN: Facebook is bullying me, what can I do? Warning
You need legal insurance.
mechanical_bear··on Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnadzor
Cutting yourself off from civilization is not the hallmark of a society that is growing in a positive direction.
mechanical_bear··on Tracking supermarket prices with Playwright
Where does this lack ethics? It seems that they are providing a useful service, that they created with their hard work. People are allowed to make money with their work.
mechanical_bear··on OpenAI deletes ban on using ChatGPT for "military and warfare"
It absolutely is. I know of independent researchers doing some side project work on various social media platforms utilizing chatGPT for responses and measuring engagement.
mechanical_bear··on A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US Southwest
If you give a mouse a cookie…
mechanical_bear··on ChatGPT's odds of getting code questions correct are worse than a coin flip
This has definitely not been my experience, nor my colleagues’ experiences.
mechanical_bear··on LK-99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistance below 110 K
nm.
mechanical_bear··on Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
As to your very last point, it isn’t my “job”. It’s yet another task that I take on for no recognition, nor additional pay - as is much of academic life.
mechanical_bear··on US smartphone shipments fall sharply, but Android more than iPhone
“Just a phone” is incredibly reductive, and not an argument made in good faith.
mechanical_bear··on The Mickey Mouse Copyright Runs Out in 2024
Religions “take” 10% of your income??
mechanical_bear··on Twitter Is DDOSing Itself
Definitely end the H1-B program.
mechanical_bear··on Twitter Is DDOSing Itself
It’s bad for everyone in tech because it drives wages down artificially.
mechanical_bear··on Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens
What “we” did? Speak for yourself sir.
mechanical_bear··on The Apple Vision Pro and the future of workspaces
Easy to predict the future when you write about it after the fact.
mechanical_bear··on Programming isn’t coding (2020)
That’s literally what it is though.
mechanical_bear··on Concrete Diagramming, a Lightweight Alternative to C4
How is it that a domain is an abstract entity, when something like an API is concrete? They are both something that is interacted with in the system? Or is it purely contextual based on the perspective of the person/team preparing the diagram?
mechanical_bear··on Leaving China
Rgr. Thanks again for the balanced moderation.
mechanical_bear··on A cyberpunk bathroom in the middle of nowhere
Agreed, I was merely pointing out what their initial comment was saying.
mechanical_bear··on Leaving China
I understand what you are saying.

My only comment on that matter would be that one need not reside in any particular location to work for the CCP, they have workers all over the world, from many different backgrounds. I wasn’t implying that he/she was of any particular ethnicity, race, or nationality - not have I denigrated such. To further that point, I then asked where they were from to gain perspective on their comments, there was nothing insulting meant in my asking. (I actually meant to go back and change the accusation of working for CCP comment, and overlooked it.) However, it did seem like they were a new account, with comments not made in good faith (imo), and they were pushing a distinct CCP narrative that I see often in my research in this topic.

Thank you for taking a balanced hand to moderation here. I understand it can’t be easy.

mechanical_bear··on A cyberpunk bathroom in the middle of nowhere
That was not their reaction. They just wanted to know how it qualifies as “cyber punk”.
mechanical_bear··on Leaving China
It lets others understand perspective a bit better.
mechanical_bear··on Leaving China
How long have you worked for the CCP?
mechanical_bear··on Our production servers were suspended by Google Cloud
Why all the quotes? It makes your response seem either sarcastic or disbelieving, either way a bit disrespectful.
mechanical_bear··on Ask HN: What's the fastest and simplest way to prototype a web app in 2023?
PHP/Symfony
mechanical_bear··on The beginner's guide to over­complicating coffee
And yet nearly all of them have an iPhone of the same cost.
mechanical_bear··on CheatGPT
“enough friction and a timesink”

Have you taught students before? Many will spend inordinate amounts of time to not learn the material. Often times it seems there is no friction too great if it allows one to not think too hard.

mechanical_bear··on CheatGPT
“Oral exams also don't scale and raise obvious equity issues.”

Not to be intentionally obtuse, but what are the obvious equity issues?

mechanical_bear··on Washington, D.C., Has More Tech-Job Openings Than Silicon Valley
So much “butts in seats” and not as much concern for Productivity.
mechanical_bear··on Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
Bing. I guess.
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