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skeezyjefferson··on AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
> Seniority doesn't come from churning out code quicker. Its more long the lines of communication, leading others, empathy, toughness when needed, not avoiding uncomfortable situations or discussions and so on. No room for llms there.

they might be poor at it, but if you do everything you specified online and through a computer, then its in an LLMs domain. If we hadnt pushed so hard for work from home it might be a different story. LLMs are poor on soft skills but is that inherent or just a problem that can be refined away? i dont know

skeezyjefferson··on AI is a front for consolidation of resources and power
RSS was such a redundant idea
skeezyjefferson··on Scientists Reveal How the Maya Predicted Eclipses for Centuries
isnt it more embarrasing that they believed the sun needed help to reappear? that they mistook the feelings in their head to be real, kind of how people think they can feel or talk to a god? we love to pat ourselves on the back but never take a look at how stupid we actually are, most people most of the time. i feel regularly embarrassed at the mistakes we make
skeezyjefferson··on The lost cause of the Lisp machines
> Okay they're dead

jesus christ dont say that around here, youll be swamped by fanatical emacs users describing various bits of lisp theyve written over the years and what they each do. it will send you insane

skeezyjefferson··on Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150
im sure one of my beelink n95 boxes has gpio
skeezyjefferson··on Build vs. Buy: What This Week's Outages Should Teach You
> you can point the finger at them with no issues.

yeah sure, if your business is one of the 500 startups on HN creating inane shit like a notes app or a calendar, but outages can affect genuine companies that people rely on

skeezyjefferson··on Outdated Samsung handset linked to fatal emergency call failure in Australia
the price you pay for making telephones into computers. i love em but boy do they fuck up regularly.
skeezyjefferson··on What happens when even college students can't do math anymore?
so is the saying "could care less", but both are wrong and indicative of some kind of low level neurological deficit, possibly lead contamination or something similar
skeezyjefferson··on Emoji evidence errors don’t undo a murder conviction
i love how after having actual law professionals take a look at his appraisal, he has to retract all the things he said about law, leaving you with how he noticed emjois werent rendered on a printout. typical internet know nothing
skeezyjefferson··on How do the pros get someone to leave a cult?
i stopped after reading these two were taken in by promises of levitation. i dont care how attractive the cult is, youre an idiot to believe it
skeezyjefferson··on What happens when even college students can't do math anymore?
"But SAT and ACT scores are the most reliable predictors of a student’s math ability, the report found...."

how else do they gauge someone's math ability then?

skeezyjefferson··on What happens when even college students can't do math anymore?
cant do mathematic? shouldnt it be mathematics? ie "...students cant do maths anymore?"
skeezyjefferson··on Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication
from when a racoon is born, they are told that humans are evil. its obviously not true but the stereotype persists
skeezyjefferson··on Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication
animals werent kept as pets until recently - they were all (dogs, livestock etc, cats technically) working animals.
skeezyjefferson··on Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
why was this flagged?

imagine just buying normal food that wasnt done on the cheap. nobody could afford to live. even in usa, richest country in the world, people are eating cheap crap, living in wooden houses... of course you can be the richest country in the world if you just lower your living standards perpetually

skeezyjefferson··on The terminal of the future
its more like asking for a painting and being given a paintbrush, then told i was the reason the painting is shit
skeezyjefferson··on EDE: Small and Fast Desktop Environment (2014)
they posted literally just the wiki article for MUDs earlier, slow news day
skeezyjefferson··on Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)
slow news day is it??
skeezyjefferson··on A Note on Fil-C
thats a bit of unreflective self projection there, mate
skeezyjefferson··on A Note on Fil-C
> And for the most impressive bit of un-self-reflective projection

bit shitty of you given youre having him over his tone, no?

skeezyjefferson··on The terminal of the future
> Many HN readers grok software development, would likely get a kick out of learning Emacs Lisp, and have time to invest in coding and debugging.

but why would they? what problems are they solving by being able to paste text into your web browsers address bar? or load a pdf into an LLM? or some other incredibly specific-to-you ability youve added?

if simply adding a lisp interpreter to a program is enough to impress people, why not add it to something other than 1970s terminal text editor? surely an LLM plus lisp can do more of these inane tricks than a 70s text editor plus lisp?

skeezyjefferson··on The terminal of the future
> This 1970s vintage text editor is also a futuristic language learning platform, it blows my mind.

and all it took was a deep understanding of software development, experience with lisp and a bunch of your own time coding and debugging! what a piece of software!

skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
but you believed that same system when it told you ADHD exists... is there any contradiction in that?
skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
I can only understand this if they were incapcitated, unconscious... I mean just kick it off, it weighs a few ounces. How does a rabbit do enough damage to require amputation of the effing leg!?! Think how small a rabbits mouth is, they dont each meat so it would take them a long time to chow down on your leg. Theyre weaker than a cat, unless its one of those massive hares, and have you ever heard a cat mauling someones leg off? I need to see either the size of this rabbit, or the size of this person.
skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
even border collies have attacked babies in carseats for no reason
skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
we should probably take what those useless doctors say about ADHD with a similar pinch of salt then?
skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
> Ask yourself how many barely graduated after cheating their way through the program and are now faking their way through life.

id probably still have to take his word over yours. and didnt these same doctors discover ADHD in the first place? at once theyre reliable and "dangerously bad"

skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
It makes me uneasy how people with ADHD shopped around until they got a diagnosis like this. Surely you let the doctor tell YOU whats wrong with you, rather than you tell the doctor?
skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
> Way to risk getting elevated uric acid, vitamin A overload or a slew of other intestinal issues.

I thought vegatables = good? You can never eat too many greens I think youll find is the prevailing wisdom

skeezyjefferson··on Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of choline in the brain
you lost your leg to a rabbit?
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