dijksterhuis

do you remember writing this? https://fly.io/blog/carving-the-scheduler-out-of-our-orchest... this was amazing post. i enjoyed reading it, it was relevant to some work stuff i wa…

> Honestly, the biggest problem with that article was the title. Pretty sure the content of a company's blog post being overtly arrogant, abrasive, dismissive and generally dickish was also …

i believe the GP is probably acutely aware of that considering they were quite obviously being sarcastic

his flagged "goodbye" submission mentioned at the circa 26 minute mark for those who are curious https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47928645 and while i'm not a massi…

> everybody should expect an LLM to give slop answers from time to time. oh really? because that’s not how they’re being advertised or marketed. they’re being touted as oracles that can answer any …

this situation says more about rampant/unchecked/unregulated businesses and the american legal system/beliefs around regulation than anything. mcdonald’s coffee “warning: contents may b…

the key differentiator is whether your business is aiming to provide a quality service, or is desperate to eek out as much profit as possible. my example: A&A — uk internet service provider. costs…

tbh, any time i've said it i've been referring to testicles, but thanks for the helpful excuse in future.

there's a difference between a moral wrong and a legal wrong. in a heavily simplified view, moral wrongs are usually decided in the eyes of the victims -- you did bad thing to me so i'm not …

also, human beings themselves can be contradictory. as an example i will happily pirate films/tv shows, but refuse to do the same with music.

“closed door” is a bit disingenuous considering any private individual codeberg user can apply to become an active voting member https://join.codeberg.org/ …

> it's hilarious to see how all these HN intellectuals, who on any other day are rabidly against most DRM / IP issues all of a sudden become private property absolutists. for the record, …

> it's only now the issues are coming into the commons in a way that industry / society needs the regulatory clarity. you mean like the regulatory clarity surrounding stealing shit to m…

> "Keep ruling over and over" is way too strong. There have maybe been two rulings, nothing nationally binding, and most of the litigation is still ongoing. yep https://www.bri…

> Courts keep ruling over and over that an LLM trained on copyrighted works qualifies as a transformative work and is therefore fair use. They don't have to dismiss copyright law, this has alw…

distillation has been around for 12 years. it's not new in terms of ML techniques. https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02531 although i doubt there has been a legal case over it yet …

Instant Ubik has all the fresh flavor of just-brewed drip coffee. Your husband will say, Christ, Sally, I used to think your coffee was only so-so. But now, wow! Safe when taken as directed.

use plain apt, fewer letters ;)

> in the next few centuries assuming we can make it another few centuries, which seems increasingly unlikely.

fyi you can report an editorial issue via email https://www.bbc.com/news/55077304

recent jon oliver last week tonight segment on kratom and the wider 7-oh stuff. Gas Station Drugs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRZqHzDG_c8 …

addendum because that was admittedly a bit of a low effort reply. throwing a token generator at an idea is not really fun . there’s a reason show hm rules say something about not posting quick one of…

except it’s not really fun .

i originally wrote users from the wider public or something but then decided to edit the comment down. fair point i suppose for the ~1% of users of these sites that are super tech nerds