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thomasfromcdnjs

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Co-Founder of jsonresume.org Co-Founder of cdnjs.com

thomasalwyndavis at gmail dot com @ajaxdavis on x

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thomasfromcdnjs··on I Won't Use Next.js
Side note: That typography hurts my brain/eyes when I try read it, might be the line height.
thomasfromcdnjs··on AI hype is built on flawed test scores
Life longer programmer, and same sentiments, I use it everywhere I can.

I am currently transliterating a language PDF into a formatted lexicon, I wouldn't even be able to do this without co-pilot, it has turned this seemingly impossibly arduous task into a pleasurable one.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Researchers mined Erowid and fed the entries to an AI
I took LSD with a group of close friends, one of the guys didn't come "down" from the trip. It was a very off putting experience, watching someone you knew 24 hours ago never be the same again. (there was a history of other drugs, but this particular trip was day and night difference)

He was in and out of mental asylums for about 10 years, and recently has just went missing.

I still take drugs when I want to, and don't advocate against them.

My rough advice is to just wait until you are at least 25, follow the safe, sound, setting tips, and always premeditate on what you about to do before you do it.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Nomnoml
Depends on the person I guess, I've actually found it easier to type out my diagrams.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Who lusts for certainty lusts for lies
Does this criticism of ngrams also translates to keyword trends when considering SEO/SEM?
thomasfromcdnjs··on Cache headers could probably be more aggressive
I've always had a great a time using Fastly (varnish) for caching.

You can cache a lot more than you think if you mastermind your strategy.

A diagram of fastly/varnish state -> https://www.integralist.co.uk/images/fastly-request-flow.png

thomasfromcdnjs··on Yash: Yet another short hand
I love plain text websites, but, a simple maximum width would be nice.
thomasfromcdnjs··on How much garden you would need to survive on
I'm a home gardener and find that estimate hilarious.

Even if you just grew potatoes you would likely be starving.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Ask HN: How to monitor loved elderly ones in the 21st century?
I did, and understand this notion, a complex topic for another day maybe.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Ask HN: How to monitor loved elderly ones in the 21st century?
It does seem great, but the battery life seems a bit on the lower range. Three to seven days might be more appropriate for an amnesiac who also might be a bit confused with the nature of charging it.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Caddy is the first and only web server to use HTTPS automatically and by default
For local development, I don't think nginx/apache even contend against it. The config is incredibly readable, and caddy is a single executable with no dependencies.
thomasfromcdnjs··on Neopets is still around
I would to know if there any Utopia (created 1998) players here?

https://utopia-game.com/shared/

https://mud.fandom.com/wiki/Utopia_(online_game)

I believe there is about 2000 active players still.

Played a few ages a couple years ago, thinking about kicking back in.

It is complete nerd warfare, imagine 25 with people warring 25 other people through spread sheets in a fantasy context.

It probably has the hardest learning curves of any game ever made, but the community is really strong and encouraging.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Turbo 8 is dropping TypeScript
I've been writing Javascript for 20 years.

Typescript has done nothing for me.

Just a religious battle at this point.

(I'm okay with it on the server, but client side is just something something)

thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: Fully client-side GPT2 prediction visualizer
This is beautiful. Needs to be a standard tool for all models.

Great work!

thomasfromcdnjs··on Show HN: Transform any website or eBook into a research paper (no LLM required)
Love the idea.

Plenty of personal open source projects I've wanted to attempt writing a more scientific explanation of.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Farms that create habitat key to food security and biodiversity
I am at best a home gardener, but have always been interested in the subject.

I did go down the route of "Fragile Earth Theory" stuff, but have now come full circle to understand how powerful modern farming is.

Modern farmers know exactly what is going on with their crops, concerns about top soil are moot from what I've seen.

You can grow plants in air, as long as you give them what they need, they don't need or want a more "natural" biological landscape.

A lack of "black gold" is no problemo, plants love a sandy loam of sorts with nothing in it, everything else can be top fed.

thomasfromcdnjs··on A GPT-4 capability forecasting challenge
I got a "Wrong" answer, as I sit here and listen to the worst rendition of "Happy Birthday" ever.

On a more serious note, I'd be interested in a similar test that use's the auto agent stuff, can a sufficiently setup LLM answer any question.

thomasfromcdnjs··on *@gmail.com
Auto replies would kill it pretty quick.

"I am currently on leave" could be the Wikipedia page.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Echo Chess: The Quest for Solvability
This could be a good coffee table book.
thomasfromcdnjs··on A study on robustness and reliability of large language model code generation
What I find useful is I write two lines of comments when starting a new file, about what it is going to do.

Otherwise, even just creating a function, generally they will be filled out automatically.

I suppose I'm quite big on naming (vars and functions)

Maybe if your language or code is more terse, it might struggle more.

thomasfromcdnjs··on A study on robustness and reliability of large language model code generation
I've heard this from many people now but I cannot relate at all. Copilot has changed my entire strategy of programming (which I have been doing for 20 years)

It writes lots of code before I even think about what I was going to do in that file. Half the time it just works outright, and if not, with minor changes.

It is fantastic when I have to build functionality in languages I am not great at.

I regularly copy and paste code from my colleagues PR's and paste it into GPT-4, it explains it perfectly and gives tips on how to improve it (which I add as comments to my PR review)

thomasfromcdnjs··on JSON Schema Store
JSON Resume uses a defined schema. (listed on schemastore.org)

It has made writing resumes with co pilot super powerful.

thomasfromcdnjs··on Is this a good book for me, now?
I usually prefer reading over audio books, but if I don't feel like finishing a book, I just play the rest of it as an audio book while I am working.
thomasfromcdnjs··on X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes'
> The real tragedy is letting your own bias blind you to what’s in front of your face.

This is the sentiment I am getting from everyone. But it would seem to be the pot calling the kettle black.

Everyone is making an assumption off _their_ bias, I am asking for data before I decide.

Feel like I am taking crazy pills.

thomasfromcdnjs··on X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes'
Thanks for the reply.

javajosh wrote a great reply in that vein -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37142280

thomasfromcdnjs··on X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes'
That is a beautiful standalone comment about human nature.
thomasfromcdnjs··on X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes'
I feel like my questions are pretty rational and not exactly hard to answer if there were any data.

All I've seen is between 10-20 websites were tested by HN users.

And a whole lot of "inference" based off that.

thomasfromcdnjs··on X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes'
I said nothing about whether I like Elon as a person or not.
thomasfromcdnjs··on X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes'
Can anyone actually provide any proof that this was an intentional/nefarious "throttle" by X.

Using ten domains as an example is not evidence. Did anyone check the millions of sites on the internet?

How do you know there were not lots of sites Elon "likes" that were being throttled?

Did anyone test more than 100 domains?

This could have easily been a bug.

e.g. a bug that was happening temporarily because an in memory cache was breaking for certain indexes.

Oh well, people like casting stones — personally I am going to wait for more of the facts.

(Note: I haven't said whether I like Elon or not)

(Edit: If my post is so disagreeable, I would love if someone could take the time to give me a short reply as to why)

thomasfromcdnjs··on Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news and websites he dislikes
I don't know why you are being downvoted. It is completely unsubstantiated nonsense. Just because some sites seemingly have had a 5 second delay when opening doesn't prove anything. Yes, some of the sites it was happening to Elon might not like. But you have no idea how many sites it was happening on. It could have been affecting more sites Elon likes than he dislikes. But no one can prove otherwise, so it is by definition unsubstantiated.

Even using the word throttle is not an overly apt description. You can still open as many links as you like, there was just some delay. (semantics I know)

Down vote me too, but there is zero proof this was nefariously enacted.

As techies, we should know systems fail often in bizarre ways.

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