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tomconroy··on The False Promise of ChatGPT
I asked ChatGPT about the apple:

> i am holding an apple in my hand. if i open my hand, what will happen? why?

> If you open your hand while holding an apple, the apple will likely fall to the ground due to the force of gravity. This is because gravity is a force that pulls objects towards the center of the Earth, and the apple, being a physical object, is subject to this force.

> When you hold the apple in your hand, you are exerting a force on it in the opposite direction of gravity. This force is what keeps the apple in your hand. When you release the apple by opening your hand, the force you were exerting on it is removed, and gravity takes over, causing the apple to fall to the ground.

> The speed at which the apple falls depends on a number of factors, including the mass of the apple and the strength of the gravitational force. In most cases, however, the apple will fall relatively quickly due to the strong gravitational force exerted by the Earth.

The other example is easily refuted as well:

> explain the meaning of this sentence: “John is too stubborn to talk to”

> The sentence "John is too stubborn to talk to" means that John is very resistant to changing his opinions or beliefs and as a result, it is difficult to have a conversation or communicate with him effectively. This implies that talking to John might not be a productive or helpful experience as he is not open to listening or considering alternative viewpoints. The use of "too" in the sentence emphasizes the level of stubbornness and implies that it is extreme, making communication with him nearly impossible.

tomconroy··on Reactive Clojure: A web language
Claiming "this is PHP" misses the point entirely, which is turning PHP-like templates into apps that can react to user input
tomconroy··on Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income
What will you do with your new free time?
tomconroy··on Phoenix LiveDashboard
Better link is Jose's tweet about it: https://twitter.com/josevalim/status/1250846714665357315
tomconroy··on TypeScript 3.7
`get` will destroy type inference, there's no workaround. Your output types are always `any`. The new optional chaining fixes that problem, giving you the same terseness as `get`
tomconroy··on Next.js – A small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript apps
Can you back up this claim? Have you seen google.com's own page source?
tomconroy··on The cold fusion horizon
Could someone explain how Rossi's device is different from recent fusion reactor experiments?

http://www.ipp.mpg.de/3984226/12_15

tomconroy··on ClojureScript 1.7: ClojureScript can compile itself
He's referring to parsing the JavaScript on page load.
tomconroy··on Show HN: The Intercept redesign, rebuilt with React
Appreciate the kind words! Still working out kinks with image loading and positioning bugs.
tomconroy··on Ask HN: What language should I invest my time into?
Learn Clojure (and LISP).

If anything it will help you write better JavaScript (immutable data structures, functional programming, functional composition, ...)

tomconroy··on Pop Music Critic Leaves the New Yorker to Annotate Lyrics for a Startup
Coincidentally, genius.com uses a font (Whitney) that his brother designed.
tomconroy··on Don't React (Presentation - Use arrows to navigate)
Make.