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pjio··on Multifaceted: The linguistic echo chambers of LLMs
There may be a neuron which fires if details have to be skipped to generate a shorter answer. Maybe it originates from reinforced learning. The later could possibly be confirmed or disproven by OpenAI.
pjio··on Governments turn to Open Source for sovereignty
Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time.
pjio··on Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets
On one side yes, on the other side those two entrances are now more crowded, making it even worse for handicapped people, possibly for the time to come.
pjio··on Starship’s second flight test
Scientists being able to do more science stuff in place where things wobble so strangely.
pjio··on The brand new Thunderbird logo
I wonder if someone bothers to do a scientific study about how a more gentle or more aggressive icon affects the style and communication success of the mails written with thunderbird.
pjio··on “Considered Harmful” Essays Considered Harmful (2002)
Generalizations are always wrong (at the least to some degree).
pjio··on Do Papercuts Matter?
Related concepts: The Brown M&M’s Principle (Papercuts could be perceived as indicators of overall quality). Broken Window Theory (Papercuts may communicate poorer quality is acceptable). In practice it's a question of priorization and limited resources. I recommend setting aside some time to fix them.
pjio··on SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out of Control
https://archive.is/0WtTm
pjio··on That won't scale: Present cost vs. future value
An important skill is to differentiate when it's absolutely worth planing ahead. Sometimes what would have been a simple change at the beginning becomes a risky refactoring in the future. Other times starting simple and change it later is just right.
pjio··on Semaphore: A Full-Body Keyboard
Not what I expected, but not disappointed either.
pjio··on Is it my fault if you can't handle the truth? (2019)
The Socratic method used to avoid being faced with the possibility of being wrong about something.
pjio··on Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, AI and their impact on humanity
> I can't foretell the future...

I like how he states the scope of his answer just like ChatGPT would.

pjio··on Ask HN: Is anyone else getting AI fatigue?
With all respect for good salesman who can understand a customer and recommend the right solution: Those other types, which just verbally hype something until they get their lead, those may be replaceable by said ai some day...
pjio··on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative
there is the same recommendation for "she".
pjio··on A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels directly on the ground
s/Factorio/Rimworld/

tilted: https://wiki.factorio.com/images/Solar_panel_entity.png

flat: https://rimworldwiki.com/images/b/b4/Solar_generator.png

pjio··on PHP 8.2.0 RC1 available for testing
> ... when tied to a framework to avoid the footguns.

Escaping is typically handled in the framework.

pjio··on Telegram is asking German users when to share information with law enforcement
You're right, there is no option for "serious crime but only with warrant".

Option 1 is more strict in both ways. Only Terrorism (which is more serious than "just" crime) and even then only with a warrant. Option 2 is unacceptable (IMO). "serious crime" is too ambiguous and without a warrant prone to misuse.

pjio··on A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)
I'm a "breakfast is my most important meal" person and therefore I eat breakfast and lunch but skip dinner. Works too!
pjio··on Ask HN: How did you move on from past experiences?
If you can afford it and the corona restrictions allow it, travel for some time with little luggage and on a low budget.
pjio··on Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? (2007)
Not that hard, just type this command and press enter:

:wa|:!kill -9 $PPID

pjio··on PHP 8.1.0
Good point. One can read it as "making 50 mistakes per minute", I read it as "wait only 1.2 seconds to see the effect".
pjio··on Happy birthday Vim (2020)
> While there's no direct alternative to ci(

The shortcut CTRL-W (CMD-W on Mac) could be used in IntelliJ for this. But not sure, I switched back to Vim some time ago...

pjio··on The unreasonable effectiveness of print debugging
The quality of the language servers vary, but you could get a decent IDE-like experience.
pjio··on Mars sucks
> I've never understood this assumption that focusing on one thing must necessarily always be to the detriment of another.

I totally agree with you, having a bright, exciting vision of the future is a huge motivator and technological driver to help with our problems on earth.

This website really gave me a good laugh in a positive way. I would say, space exploration made it again possible to look at our homeworld in a more appreciating way!

pjio··on Microsoft’s failed attempt on Debian packaging
> to yank out parts of a system which I did not understand - to see what breaks, and through that, gain understanding.

On your development machine or on machines of other people all around the world? You can also gain understanding from the later, too.

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