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sevenzero··on Ghost Font: A font that humans can read but AI cannot
Also this can always result in something useful over time. I'd love if AI safe writing will be possible at some point again...
sevenzero··on Parental device use and the adolescent-caregiver attachment bond
So they have kids for their personal joy and completely ignore if their kids even have a chance of a good future, got it. I am sad when I see what kids will be confronted with in the long term. Humans nowadays already cant cope with climate change and wars, this will only be multiplied tenfold for our kids.
sevenzero··on Study: "Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?"
Weird how I dont have this drive huh
sevenzero··on EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0
But this is the direct result of Europes shift to right wing parties and corruption? How can you sympathize with the right-wing sentiment?
sevenzero··on Cloudflare Drop
That would require you to consult a lawyer for everything you do... I personally couldn't afford that.
sevenzero··on Cloudflare Drop
People are losing the ability to read. Lots of high schoolers are incapable of reading properly already. Attention spans shrink. We got some fun times ahead of us.

We need these legal texts as short form TikTok content I am afraid.

sevenzero··on GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
Most companies I ever worked for inherently operate on criminal negligence, and even when addressed, have no interest in fixing it.
sevenzero··on GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos
Yea agreed. LLM guardrails are either just written prompts as in "Please do not bad stuff :(" or other LLMs verifying that the first LLM didn't so some bs. Both of wich methods do not work sufficiently as time shows again and again.

Funnily enough, nobody expects quality software anymore and errors became tolerable. So thats a win (for someone like me that lost all passion for the industry).

sevenzero··on Re: I'm Begging You to Leave Your AI Note-Taker at Home
The secretary usually didn't wire all the info to a different company though.
sevenzero··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
I am saying that none of this is just an "oopsie", a miscalculation, maybe, but definitely not as unexpected as it seems.
sevenzero··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
With cheaper models I really meant cheaper subscriptions but used the wrong vocabulary. We still use Claude Opus (if thats what 4.6 is?). We just have the 20 bucks subscription and I barely use up my token limits in my day to day work.

I often wonder what kinda features other devs implement compared to me, if they need that many tokens?

It kind of feels impractical to bloat up an app with features one barely understands? I've just been reading about these devs using x-amount of tokens, having that y-amount of steps perfected AI workflow, but none of them ever talk about what they actually implement all day...

sevenzero··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
I think its a fallacy to believe people like Zuckerberg or any other stupidly rich person aren't extremely calculative about this. I am very sure they have surrounded themselves by top tier engineers making very informed decisions while their top tier marketing teams make very calculated decisions on how its expressed to the public. The public generally is NOT in favor of AI outside of tech circles so it makes sense to communicate critique of AI to the public.
sevenzero··on When AI Costs More Than the Engineer
>it still makes sense to pay for the LLM Enterprise subscriptions.

Does it though? I do not see any advantages in my day to day job over using the cheaper models.

sevenzero··on Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix
I highly prefer a copy and paste approach. The less npm installs the better.
sevenzero··on PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform
>I think people who don't make videos for a living severely underestimate how expensive it is to produce high-quality videos people want to watch.

This is something I always thought to be extremely funny. Producing videos is a hobby. If you made it your job, go figure out how to monetize your material yourself. Nobody prevents you from taking sponsorships.

sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
You prefer capitalism because you live privileged and weigh short term wealth higher than long term effects of capitalism. Personally I'd much prefer not exploiting 3rd world countries to fund first world consumerism.
sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
You can always start the trend
sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
>is that we will eventually fix anything we break along the way

Thats the most dangerous thought one could have. Simply thinking "its okay because we can fix it later" leads to taking issues lightly and hoping that a fix is eventually discovered in time. We run out of time with climate change for example. There are no fixes.

sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
Regulators being paid off arent actually regulating things you know? Regulation as it is, is extremely flawed and prone to corruption.
sevenzero··on Single Dose of Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Eradicates 100% of Tumors in Mice
Yes yes socialism also made mistakes so capitalism must be better!!
sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
Just proves my point :)
sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
Resource exploitation and destruction of ecosystems are direct results of capitalism and greed and neglect. I stopped bringing up arguments against capitalism on here generally due to the sheer amount of people in privileged circumstances that wouldn't change a thing about their ways. Also doesn't help that people in tech often times have no sense of empathy whatsoever, so its no use to argue about this on here.
sevenzero··on Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice
We get what we deserve. We let the top 1% destroy our planet and also let them live the longest in their bunkers, while we deal with the repercussions of not having done enough. But I've noticed that folks on HN are very very fond of capitalism, so it's no point arguing against it on here and on the effects of wealth accumulation and greed.
sevenzero··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
At least this would not force applicants to fine tune their applications to the latest LLM bullshit bingo.
sevenzero··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
>instead of just interviewing 10-20 people and just pick one

Here's a realistic proposition. HR just wants to inflate numbers so that they seem busy looking for the right fit. Keep posting open for 1 week, manually filter for another week, invite people, employ one. Plenty of people with degrees looking for jobs right now, I don't see what's the issue with just trying one. Companies desperately look for the "magic" applicant that checks all boxes, while also trying to pay them almost minimum wage.

sevenzero··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
Wdym, cant you just litter your applications with buzzwords and other bs to automatically get a high score in these systems?
sevenzero··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
What a inhumane way of looking at this. Hiring is deeply flawed, you know it, and yet you keep job postings open for weeks/months in case "the one" magically appears on your doorstep instead of just interviewing 10-20 people and just pick one...

Corpo bullshittery at its finest.

sevenzero··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
>AI output appears insufficient or incomplete or outright misleading

It has been like this since the rise of "AI". The only people enthusiastic about it are usually the ones hoping to make a profit in one way or another.

sevenzero··on An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
Would be neat, loss of knowledge/skill is really a bummer in regards to ancient technology.
sevenzero··on An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
>technology that build the pyramids

You mean ropes and carts?

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