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orphereus··on People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes
You have to actually WANT to quit to actually quit smoking, and I don't mean on a superficial level.

You might think, oh I should really quit smoking because it is bad for my health. But if you don't make a decision and change your core mentality that you really want to stop smoking, you'll just go back to it at some point, no matter what "trick" you use.

orphereus··on AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep up
What do you mean by empire building?
orphereus··on AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep up
If most software development is for clueless executives, and therefore subpar and useless in the grand scheme of things, why do we still need clueless executives. How much resources would be better allocated in the whole humanity if it was not for the clueless executives spending resources on garbage.
orphereus··on OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005
Too bad Bletchley Park didn't have one back in the day.
orphereus··on GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?
Are people getting burned out?
orphereus··on Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
How does that translate to cost? I am unfamiliar with OpenAI pricing models.
orphereus··on Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?
So does using an LLM.
orphereus··on Mistral raises €3B
It couldn't tell ASML to do that because ASML doesn't do chip design.
orphereus··on GPT-6 Astra on robot arms
I don't want to make this sound rude. I'm curious what job protections are there in various Asian countries?
orphereus··on Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
I think the opposite because in this specific case we have the US which has the world's strongest navy, and the strongest navy by far in the Atlantic.

My opinion is that there is an implied reliance on the US "allowing" Europe to ship the rockets to Kourou and launch them there.

If our relations ever completely sour, the US might, for example, take over the shipping vessels going to Kourou, kinda like Europe takes over Russian shadow fleet vessels.

Now all of a sudden Europe has no means of launching rockets, except now it can launch to polar orbits. It might seem a stretch, but there is a non-zero chance that could happen, therefore it is better to have an alternative.

orphereus··on Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
Doesn't it matter if this part of France is an ocean away?
orphereus··on OpenAI begins rolling out GPT-6 Astra
And the headline will be "Welcome to the AGI era".
orphereus··on OpenAI begins rolling out GPT-6 Astra
Because it is in their own interest to hype it all up every time they release a new model. By they I mean people which stand to gain financially.
orphereus··on I wanna live an NPC life
Don't be patronising. I am pretty sure he has read the article because I agree with him, and I have read the article as well.

Surprised pikachu :OOOO

orphereus··on Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]
To be fair, I didn't watch the video to the part where he mentions monkeys writing Hamlet, but I thought the point of the monkeys is that they will stumble upon a Hamlet by accident at some point in time, by randomly pressing buttons on a keyboard. Obviously, it would take a long time, but it would happen at some point.
orphereus··on Highlighting My Code Based on How Much I Care
I get the theme of the site is inspired by retro games, but the font makes it so hard to read the article, I had to give up. Too bad, since I like the concept of a retro game theme.
orphereus··on Automating Immersive Reading
What is the purpose of this outside people with disabilities? Why do you need word highlighting, it's like those TikToks and IG reels where they show one word at a time to keep you hooked.

Surely, if you need this to read a book (again, besides any disabilities), you should stop your current habits.

orphereus··on Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Well, Kosovo and Montenegro haven't joined the Eurozone. They just use the Euro, but they have no influence in the monetary (?) policy.

Edit: I'm not the first one to point this out, so to add some new information: both of them used Deutsche Mark prior to Euro, Montenegro even under the union with Serbia.

orphereus··on Hunting Down a Go Runtime Bug on 32-Bit Embedded Systems
Very cool site. Makes me want to do some system programming project just to make a site with all the tests like this.
orphereus··on Nitter project received cease and desist
Which servers are these fun ones? I would like to explore a bit.
orphereus··on How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
Analogies can take you only so far.

A dog cannot launch a cyber attack.

orphereus··on AI Isn't Outthinking Mathematicians. It's Out-Remembering Them
Past performance does not guarantee future returns.
orphereus··on AI Isn't Outthinking Mathematicians. It's Out-Remembering Them
Yeah, my bad.
orphereus··on AI Isn't Outthinking Mathematicians. It's Out-Remembering Them
That is not the point I was making. I am not talking about validating software or maths. It can generate stuff that is valid, but bad and incomprehensible.
orphereus··on AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain
> Why would I care what they want me to believe?

How would you not care? Are you a robot?

They can say random stuff with the goal of increasing their shareholder value. Things they spit out do not have to be true. It is not easy to verify things they say, therefore, everything they say should be taken with a huge grain of salt.

orphereus··on AI Isn't Outthinking Mathematicians. It's Out-Remembering Them
C'mon AI companies, pivot to lawyers or doctors already.

Trying to convince us that mathematics and software engineering are "solved" is getting very tiring.

The pushback would probably be too much for the soon-to-be IPO-ed companies.

orphereus··on AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain
"The age of humans comprehending things is coming to an end"

That's something AI companies would really want you to believe.

orphereus··on AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?
What was he doing? Showing them that bad code will make them feel hotter?
orphereus··on LinkedIn CringeBot 3000
Wow, I didn't notice that, thanks for pointing it out.
orphereus··on Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering
Trust me bro
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