detectivemittens

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[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 7 points 7 months ago

Yes and no. I compare it to a graphing calculator: I know how to graph a parabola by hand already, but I don’t want to have to do it over and over already. That’s just busy work for me.

LLMs are similar that way. There’s often a lot of boilerplate to get out of the way that’s just busy work to write over and over again. LLMs are great at generating some of that scaffolding.

LLMs have also become a lot more helpful as Google search has gotten worse over time.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

According to the report, while 54 percent of developers canvassed said there had been no layoffs at their company over the last year, 35 percent said either they or their colleagues had lost their jobs.

Yeah, its 35% of the people canvassed for this report. Even then, not all those people were laid off - some of them are people who know somebody who was impacted.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 7 points 9 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia

Based on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and preceded by the CIA-operated Radio Free Asia (Committee for a Free Asia), it was established by the US International Broadcasting Act of 1994 with the stated aim of "promoting democratic values and human rights"

Uh wow… TIL. Absolutely not an unbiased source whatsoever.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Fedipedia? I guess you want the wiki bit in the name, but Fedipedia really rolls off the tongue.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 4 points 10 months ago

100%. We’re all human and so many phrases are just in the vernacular.

I grew up hearing the word “gypped”. I didn’t know that’s how it was spelled (thought it was jipped.) It wasn’t until I was in college that I realized gypped -> Gypsy and extremely offensive. I’m still embarrassed that it took me that long to figure out.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

What’s funny is there’s definitely ways to make it more realistic while also being flashy/interesting. The stories told on the podcast Darknet Diaries are plenty interesting! It’s often fantastical feats of social engineering.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Hmm, generally the Econ professors I’ve seen/heard interviewed usually say that printing money is not the only cause of inflation.

But I see read/hear things from sources not on a large TV network news station, so maybe that’s why.