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rdfc-xn-uuid··on Using go fix to modernize Go code
I am also of the opinion that LLMs are still pretty bad at what's called "Low level design" - that is structuring functions and classes in a project. I wonder if a rule like torvalds' "No more than 4 levels of indentation" might make them work better.
rdfc-xn-uuid··on Using go fix to modernize Go code
This is a rob pike reference for the uninitiated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30688969
rdfc-xn-uuid··on Why I don't think AGI is imminent
But javascript is not java. can we blame your grandma?
rdfc-xn-uuid··on I’m joining OpenAI
> There is a reason why if you aren't in a Tier 1 tech hub like SV, NYC, Beijing, Hangzhou, TLV, Bangalore, and Hyderabad you are increasingly out of the loop for a number of changes that are happening within the industry.

I am in one of these tech hubs (Bangalore) and I have never seen any such practitioner pervasively using these "AI executive assistants". People use chatgpt and sometimes the AI extensions like copilot. Do I need to be in HSR layout to see these "number of changes"?

rdfc-xn-uuid··on Rice Theory: Why Eastern Cultures Are More Cooperative (2014)
X (formerly twitter)-tier generalization.
rdfc-xn-uuid··on Rice Theory: Why Eastern Cultures Are More Cooperative (2014)
Its true. Only problem we avoid speaking such things to westerners is that your left-brained 90IQ liberal arts media picks it up and spins as an anti-brahmin narrative (who are less than 10%) while most perpetrators of such crimes are landholding classes (often grouped as "other backward caste" for political reasons).
rdfc-xn-uuid··on Lua is so underrated
https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF
rdfc-xn-uuid··on Why it took a long time to build that tiny link preview on Wikipedia (2018)
They are also under fire for putting misleading adverts in low-income countries like Brazil and India, sounding like they are going to be sold if they don't get enough donation.