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ronbenton

2,022karma·354submissions·February 3, 2025
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Ok I was confused about this because LLM seems like an ill-fitting solution for a recommendation engine. This is much more classic machine learning stuff right
1d ago·view thread
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Bogus query params could work maybe
3d ago·view thread
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Meta is extremely net evil though
5d ago·view thread
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So the people lagging in the commercial model game are issuing this warning? Got it.
22d ago·view thread
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I think a lot of people in this thread are missing the point that CEOs or other execs can’t be replaced simply because AI can do their jobs. C-suite job security comes from power structures, not task …
25d ago·view thread
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> With AI we do have the chance to return to meritocracy I think I am more inclined to believe the opposite of this
25d ago·view thread
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"Ads plus AI is sort of uniquely unsettling to me. I kind of think of ads as a last resort for us for a business model." - Sam Altman
25d ago·view thread
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I feel like the DRY concern with RSS feeds is overstated. I can’t remember the last time I had trouble with automagically generating an RSS feed using whatever open source framework I was authoring wi…
28d ago·view thread
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Have it work down my jira tickets while I’m sitting on the porcelain throne
29d ago·view thread
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Think this needs calibration, it's way too hard!
1mo ago·view thread
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IMO this is the social internet at its best. Pretty obscure question answered relatively quickly with answer and source.
1mo ago·view thread
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Easy, then you just delay your project’s dependency updates just a little more than everyone else
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Weird dark surveillance state stuff. I thought EU was trying to champion privacy?
1mo ago·view thread
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Glad to hear this is a universal big tech experience. The promo process is entirely antithetical to shipping good products
1mo ago·view thread
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One “trick” nowadays is to just do a thing for the sake of doing the thing. I draw. Not to post my drawings to social media, not to try to get income from paid commissions, but rather just to enjoy th…
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Truly have so much trouble keeping up with the frontend (or JavaScript?) ecosystem. I so miss working in laravel. Wish more jobs paid well to use it.
1mo ago·view thread
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Seems like a good way to get targeted by attackers
1mo ago·view thread
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Here's my translation of this announcement: https://layofftranslator.com/layoffs/2026-06-24-elastic/ …
1mo ago·view thread
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I have worked some places where a significant amount of business logic lived in database functions and triggers and, hoo boy, that was really hard to reason about. If you're disciplined enough to…
1mo ago·view thread
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I’ve seen a framework strip body content off GET requests, so doing hacky things doesn’t even always work. The QUERY method is a welcome addition
1mo ago·view thread
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No? CORS is about preventing an unauthorized third party from _accessing_ data. That’s the meaning of “resource sharing.” If you want to prevent action-taking, there are other mechanisms. For example,…
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Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should
1mo ago·view thread
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Some felt too easily guessable. Too many joke answers maybe?
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Can’t trust anything online
1mo ago·view thread
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In this market they can essentially all collude to treat employees like garbage
2mo ago·view thread
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They’re saving that for the next one
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