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togaen··on How come GPT can seem brilliant one minute and so breathtakingly dumb the next?
Because it is neither. It is just a mindless generative model. It’s “brilliance” or “idiocy” is just random variation of an unaware algorithmic process.
togaen··on Breaking up with JavaScript front ends
lol, and yet the page doesn’t load with JavaScript disabled
togaen··on Games don't treat death like death
Games also don’t treat physics like physics… they are games.
togaen··on Ask HN: Are iPhones designed to last for a couple of years?
What are you talking about with “highly reduced battery”? My iPhone is almost five years old, latest version of iOS, it works fine.
togaen··on New Book Identifies 26 Lines of Code That Changed the World
It is perfectly valid, just less interesting as a critique. This is well-trod ground, journalistically. If writing about it were actually going to change anything, it would have already. As it stands, writing about it now is just a shrewd way to sell copy to people who like think that reading about something is the same as “taking action” against it.
togaen··on Floppydisk.com – a website that still (now) sells floppy disks
It’s an interesting story: https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-s...
togaen··on Front end developers: stop moving things that I’m about to click on
jfc yes
togaen··on Ask HN: When should you leave a company?
You want to leave so you can maximize for learnings, but you’re worried you will leave before properly learning what you are doing? Those are conflicting ideas.

Sounds like you’re chasing something, but you don’t really know how to recognize you’ve gotten it. Figure that out. The rest will follow.

togaen··on The modern web on a slow connection
The modern web is almost unusable even on a fast connection. The entire “profession” of web development is a disgrace. There is no excuse for how poorly implemented much of the web is.
togaen··on Temporal Programming, a new name for an old paradigm
Property 2 implies immutable state. I also used to think that was a great idea. Then I tried actually programming that way.
togaen··on Ask HN: Why are slides used in talks instead of document scrolling?
Use whatever works. Slides work for most people.
togaen··on Don’t Kill Real Turkeys
mmmmm… consuming the flesh of a once living being… delectable
togaen··on [dead]
“But it doesn’t appear he even understands why this invention is interesting”

Thing is, it’s not interesting.

togaen··on Please stop writing shell scripts
No.
togaen··on Show HN: Speed up your site by running JavaScript when the browser is idle
Totally agree with this, actually.
togaen··on Subtext - A multi-user BBS server for classic macOS
why
togaen··on Ask HN: Does the blockchain improve any parts of the existing tech stack by 10x?
No.
togaen··on WTF Keep Building in Crypto
Call me crazy, but if crypto were actually useful, then more people would, you know, use it.

The problems crypto “solves” can already be solved with existing tech. The fact that some of those problems aren’t being solved by existing tech either means people don’t actually care about the problems, or that there are non-technical barriers in place to solving the problems.

Either way, there’s no there there for crypto.

togaen··on Ask HN: How do you start a startup in your 30s when you have wife/kids/mortgage?
I did this. What made it possible was two years worth of savings, a very understanding wife, and chronic sleep deprivation. It’s possible, just don’t be stupid about it.

Your mileage may vary.

togaen··on Ask HN: Why are today's consumers not discerning what is ad and what is not?
“Today's audiences are attached to brands more than ever.”

Got any actual data to back up that claim, or is that just what it “feels” like to you? Maybe before making broad assertions about what’s ailing consumers, reality check your assumptions first.

togaen··on If Elon Musk kills Twitter, what will he have killed?
Nothing of value.
togaen··on Language models are nearly AGIs but we don't notice
clickbait nonsense
togaen··on a16z Crypto
lol
togaen··on Is Web3 Bullshit? (Transcript)
Yes. Obviously.
togaen··on Truth Is Required for Growth
what is this junk?
togaen··on Generalizing from One Example
way, way too long. author needs an editor… whole article could have been one paragraph.
togaen··on Ask HN: Is everyone on Hacker News super charismatic?
That’s the impression you get?? I read HN and more often than not think, “man, these people sound like insufferable pseudo-intellectual know-it-alls.”
togaen··on Tell HN: Musk's Twitter Plan is Proceeding as Stated
The world would be a better place if everyone just stopped paying attention to both Musk and Twitter.
togaen··on Ask HN: Is Anyone Else Tired of the Self Enforced Limits on AI Tech?
You sound like a spoiled child. Don’t complain that people aren’t giving you free and complete access to their work. They made it, they decide how it gets released. If you think it should be done differently, then you do it.
togaen··on Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
Problem: cloud computing is hurting the environment.

Solution: a new cloud computing service to add on top of your existing cloud computing services.

Brilliant.

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