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sebringj

1,000 karma · joined July 14, 2014

enjoying the latest ai wave, its nuts

you might as well try my autonomo mcp in github, its kind of badass, tbh

https://github.com/sebringj/autonomo

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sebringj··on Inflation rises to 6.8% year over year
This suggests to me if you don't get at least a 6.8% raise as an employee per year, you should start looking for another job. That isn't really a raise mind you. It should be added to whatever % raise they give you IMO.
sebringj··on Assume everyone is stupid, lazy and possibly insane, including you
This may seem unrelated but I think a lot of our abilities are unconscious and we tend to see things in hindsight to explain why we behaved as we did, trying to rationalize things and believing in our explanations even if they make no sense. I noticed playing Beat Saber in VR in the beginning I sucked. I went from thinking about what to do in beginner mode making a lot of errors then much later just automatically doing very complex movements effortlessly in expert+ mode over the pandemic. I didn't have to think. Maybe most of our lives are on autopilot so we are dumb in that sense of not being aware. I feel similar with driving, walking, typing, etc... so many behaviors seem like this...but oddly enough, that seems to be the key to actually performing effectively.
sebringj··on Javascript RORO pattern
true but isn't that the case in typed languages?
sebringj··on Javascript RORO pattern
I used this pattern more often than not before typescript but now it is harder to argue that point in typescript, although I do prefer it still. Swift is readable in that it has named parameters that can be in any order similar to a javascript object but even more compact.
sebringj··on Curiosity Is Better Than Being Smart?
I don't feel these labels matter. If you are amazing at execution of important or hard problems, this should be the bar. Elon Musk talks about how he interviews people. He asks them about the challenging problems they've solved and how they go through it. In the process finding out if they actually did it. Given his success of hiring seems like good advice to focus on achievement.
sebringj··on Ask HN: Where can you apply for a programming job when you are a Class A asshole
idk I think you have to think differently. It's a game that you play. No one cares about your problems or quirks on an interview. Think of what they want to make a decision and be that...respectful, courteous, helpful, excited...then slowly be yourself as appropriate AFTER you get in as they'll be invested in you to be more accommodating. They may even celebrate your unique personality after getting to know you, even if its a little darker than others.
sebringj··on The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence
They were able to move here and there quite quickly, adjusted trajectory in the most efficient way possible. They commonly gather together in large groups. They are...dried up leaves blowing in the wind. Now if you think dried up leaves are smart, wait till you hear about mushrooms...
sebringj··on The success of Aubrey de Grey baffles me
From a laymen perspective, I see David Sinclair as the clear leader in this field with actual lab results to back it up. https://sinclair.hms.harvard.edu/research I only remember Aubrey de Grey talking and presenting a lot but there wasn't the level of substance that seemed satisfactory to me. Ad hominem alert... Aubrey gives me the sensation of scratching a chalkboard with his strange social life and terrible hygiene but is obviously intelligent. In stark contrast...David has all the admirable hallmarks, socially and academically.

Substance really only matters to me but it is worth mentioning Aubrey's oddness as it seems quite extreme and entertaining. I think Aubrey's weirdness actually had the opposite effect of making me give him more credit of a potential mad genius than now seemingly deserved but maybe that will change.

sebringj··on Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Needs It
thoughtful and respectful :)
sebringj··on Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Needs It
In my experience of HN and StackOverflow, at first, I did not like people downvoting my naive or thoughtless comments. Throughout the years, my reputation on StackOverflow grew and a little bit on HN since the bar is so much higher seems... but in any case, this has been a learning journey in being a more thoughtful and respectful contributor and without those downvotes, I wouldn't have had the self reflection to be better, as trivial as that may sound.
sebringj··on World’s first lab-grown meat facility pumps out 5k burgers per day
I wonder then if "vegetarian" will be expanded to include lab grown meat or possibly a newer "labatarian"? "I like green eggs and ham." has a new meaning now.
sebringj··on Fluid Paint
the paint realism is amazingly realistic and fantastic...it really blends together with texture, love this, favorite of all time for browser.
sebringj··on Show HN: Check the things that matter to you in the menubar
This is a great idea but just so developers know, you can do some great stuff with google sheets, I made one with google sheets and the built-in request object via google sheet scripting to do REST requests for data and found that to be super useful. You can then tie it in to calculations and totals etc. using spreadsheet functionality...but this is nice for a quick summary with little effort.
sebringj··on As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen
Is it bad to point out the obvious? The way people process and vet information seems to be fundamentally in opposition and tied to their political party, reinforced by machine learning silos, diametrically opposed tv networks and further fueled by hostile nations tinkering with narratives. Let's not forget, without "he who shall not be named", this wouldn't have been possible.
sebringj··on Show HN: Kaboom.js is a zero-dependency declarative JavaScript game library
This is the first time I've seen a dev-made musical intro video for a game platform and it was great!
sebringj··on Streamlit's $35M Series B
Probably at GPT6 because I would have to be convinced I was real with all the simulation qualia on top of that. Pretty convincing so far.
sebringj··on Streamlit's $35M Series B
That makes sense. "MVP" use cases make perfect sense. But I suppose you could also make dynamic python that another app created just like HTML is the target response for many web apps. New possibilities. I will check this out more.
sebringj··on Streamlit's $35M Series B
Right, good points. This does remind me of how Flutter dev experience is just by yourself except this is published as a product. It's slick cool and at the edge of what's possible.
sebringj··on Streamlit's $35M Series B
Out of curiosity I saw what this product was about. It appears to be like a chatroom in the sense that its live but with an API or live application refresh where the programmer can write lines of code that immediately show app results. This is pretty cool but I don't know if its a real product other than live coding interviews or the most intense pressure cooker of your manager having you do the TPS reports right now. If coupled with GPT3, however, it might be perfect, as you could just speak what you want and then it can output python that then updates this.
sebringj··on A new model for faster-than-light travel that uses conventional physics
My knee-jerk reaction was to skip directly to comments. It seems correct.
sebringj··on In 2020, two thirds of Google searches ended without a click
I think this is mostly due to the immediate messaging they give on the topic that is sufficient and no further click is needed. Meaning the little drop down suggestions more often than not for me has the full content I want. For example, "What is the meaning of temporal?" or 'Who wrote "Wild Thing?"'. Google has inline calculators and an amazing array of usefulness without needing a website to go to in so many cases growing more and more. What is kind of sad/funny about this is its making the search results themselves less useful in which it was built on, giving less incentive to give this AI food.
sebringj··on Why Become a TypeScript Fan?
idk i think its good to be like wtf but then have enough people that use it to get you wondering more... then eventually winning you over. You only know in hindsight if it was worth it to you but then we like to justify that it was before we went through it. I think of it like the tech is earning your respect, not the other way around. It helps me sleep at night in believing i'm not a total tool whether its true or not.
sebringj··on Why Become a TypeScript Fan?
The pain of TS is when you come upon it as a noob after someone else very advanced at it created it. It seems overwhelmingly annoying and seemingly unnecessary. As you use it though and it becomes easier, you start to notice an overall net gain effect where you cease to make stupid naming mistakes or signature errors or payload confusion etc. etc. Time saved in abundance.
sebringj··on Show HN: I made a note-taking app for roleplaying games like D&D
Looks like those issue are gone now.
sebringj··on Show HN: I made a note-taking app for roleplaying games like D&D
I noticed when I went to different tabs, like the player wasn't editable or the tab wouldn't select but I know this is early so best of success, good idea.
sebringj··on Show HN: I made a note-taking app for roleplaying games like D&D
I like the concept. You could expand it quite nicely as you go, putting maps and possibly player icons in spaces on board for saving last positions etc. I noticed there was some stuff not working but i know its early. Maybe have it rely on rock solid data such as firebase or s3 or something to make it more reliant but good start.
sebringj··on The Two Classes of Software Engineer
After wiring up a button-click event...I do have moments of self reflection when I see SpaceX belly-flop and land the latest rocket knowing there were C++ programmers helping to do that with incomparably higher competencies. It pays the bills though.
sebringj··on The future lifespan of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere
I think the point was a billion years is quite a long time and many things we know today will not be the same. Predictions were made about the amount of horse dung that will overrun new york city if the pace of traffic continues, as an example.
sebringj··on The future lifespan of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere
The pace of current technology seems like it is speeding up more and more. Feels like a solid prediction even in hundreds of years of not thousands but of course if there is no civilization-ending thing that happens.
sebringj··on Consciousness Is Just a Feeling
Consciousness is just a feeling <-> Feeling is consciousness? Doesn't this seem like not understanding you are not understanding which is level 0.
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