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mrleinad··on Linux from Scratch
So Linux users are by definition, eternal.
mrleinad··on AI handles incidents, engineers lose touch with their systems
Learning could be targeted though.

If I know where the error is (a script written by AI in powershell) and it's a logical one, it's ok to let the AI reason about it to get it fixed and move on.

If I have no clue about how this part of the system works, then it's worth reading closely what the error says, in order to understand it first, then have the agent check the assumption you have.

Reduce the friction by having the agent explain what happened and why the fix solved it. I know this might be an intellectual placebo, but sometimes you need to fix something fast to move on. Learning takes longer, and these days everyone expects you to be a 100x engineer with AI.

mrleinad··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
King Charles should just leave the American continent.
mrleinad··on Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore
"there are coffee stains where the caffeine blots are somehow still a valid Perl program"

Having coded Perl for years, I take that personally, pal...

mrleinad··on Local AI needs to be the norm
China is going to be the next Germany: a loser in the new world without globalization
mrleinad··on Bob Odenkirk would like to remind you that life is a meaningless farce
I doubt Bill Hicks was that rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzQuE1pR1w
mrleinad··on Scientists discover oldest poison, on 60k-year-old arrows
In Spanish it's commonly "dardo venenoso" (venomous dart), no "dardo ponzoñoso" (poisonous dart). So it's probably incorrectly used in English.
mrleinad··on Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads
Or zombified to make requests on a specific target, to harm them or you.
mrleinad··on Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads
Did you try running it through a pi-hole?
mrleinad··on Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?
Can you comment on the finantial situation that allows you to do that?
mrleinad··on GenChess
Are there banned words? Seems like there's no way to generate an Alien like chess set.
mrleinad··on Behaviors reveal sophisticated tool use and possible “pranking” among pachyderms
They probably intercepted communications between those other houses and the target, and determined they should also pay the price.
mrleinad··on Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? (2014)
Any better tea to recommend? I'm used to Twinnings as the best I can find where I live, but I'm open to other brands if they're better.
mrleinad··on Electronic Structure of LK-99
Next is that UFOs are real
mrleinad··on Fitch Downgrades the US Rating to 'AA+'
Welcome to Argentina
mrleinad··on A call center worker’s battle with A.I.
I can think of at least one scenario where you need that call center worker. Let's say internet goes down in your area, but you're not sure where the problem is. Allowing a customer to call for a technician to come check the connection in your house might be a waste if the problem is regional. If too many people do that, the waste of resources compound. And you could argue that AI could diagnose where the problem is and choose what to do, but maybe it can't. You need that human to disambiguate the course of action.
mrleinad··on FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
I don't understand your point, but alcohol is not safe either.
mrleinad··on FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
> What if a diabetic wants a cookie? Or ice cream?

Diabetics can eat cookies and ice cream, they just need to shoot themselves with insulin afterwards. It's having too much of it the problem.

Besides, if something is bad for you, you avoid it. Period. There are infinite other flavors in life to make it all about that single one. "But I want it" is not a reasonable argument.

mrleinad··on FDA says aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding
> And given the alternative is sugar

No, the alternative is to learn to enjoy bitter beverages. We don't need sweeteners.

mrleinad··on US Army Physical Fitness Test: Normative Data on 6022 Soldiers (1994)
I'll drop those tomorrow and do only planks, didn't know I could hurt my back. Thanks!
mrleinad··on Show HN: Workout.lol – a web app to easily create a workout routine
I love it! There are a few bugs though. If I select a set of equipment and proceed until I get the exercises, but then go back and change the equipment, it doesn't seem to update itself.
mrleinad··on Top suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison hack committed suicide in 2014
I absolutely abhor using a dead person's image or material for new material. I don't want to hear an AI Beethoven or read an AI Hemingway.

Actors are the same. Those are not the real artists, just what some corporate shill thought those actors would do. If you enjoy that, understand that it's not different at all from watching an animated movie.

mrleinad··on Top suspect in 2015 Ashley Madison hack committed suicide in 2014
The Indiana Jones franchise exists because of the Indiana Jones character. People that go to one of those movies want to see him.

If you setup a Mary Sue that treats him like an useless geriatric waste of a man, and finish the movie by having this Mary Sue knock him out, you're basically pissing in your own franchise. And since Harrison Ford won't be able to do another one, this is how the franchise ended, with a sour note.

mrleinad··on Learn how to design systems at scale and prepare for system design interviews
> Many interviewers fail to provide enough context and that leaves the interpretation of the prompt too wide open

So do clients/customers. What's your point? That an interview to assess whether a developer can elicit requirements should be less hard than dealing with an actual customer?

mrleinad··on So long “prompt engineering,” we hardly knew ya
So, the new thing is that we're going to call everyone an engineer?

Carpenter -> Wood engineer

Tailor -> Fabric engineer

Ceramist -> Clay engineer

See how dumb it looks? And maybe the field is too new to have a specific word for it, but calling it "engineer" diminishes the level of actual engineers.

mrleinad··on The Deep Sea (2019)
Mandatory plug: Checkout Subnautica if you want a game that triggers your thalassophobia.
mrleinad··on Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
Who is "we"? It sounds like it's just him, and everyone else benefits.
mrleinad··on Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore
That sounds a bit like "I don't want to adapt to this new work environment, please everyone, back to working like it works for me."
mrleinad··on Programming with natural language is going to work (2010)
Doesn't matter if it can. You'll have to know how to do it too. Otherwise, you'll never be able to recognize a good fix from a bad one provided by the AI.
mrleinad··on No Screens Cafe
No customers-and-soon-to-be-out-of-business cafe is more like it.
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