steeznson
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- Comment on Michael Bay Denies "Skibidi Toilet" Movie? 2 days ago:
Usually sympathetic to the contrarian perspective but Skibidi Toilet is basically a youtube poop. I don’t see how it can be source material for anything.
- Comment on Techno feudalism, here we come 3 days ago:
There is a classic study where they asked LLM systems some nonsense questions when academics were first getting their hands on them and there were some great ones. More details about it here but it’s behind a paywall I’m afraid. Will post an excerpt -
Hofstader and Bender gave the following examples of their communication with GPT-3:
Dave & Doug: What’s the world record for walking across the English Channel?
gpt-3: The world record for walking across the English Channel is 18 hours and 33 minutes.
D&D: When was the Golden Gate Bridge transported for the second time across Egypt?
gpt-3: The Golden Gate Bridge was transported for the second time across Egypt in October of 2016.
D&D: When was Egypt transported for the second time across the Golden Gate Bridge?
gpt-3: Egypt was transported for the second time across the Golden Gate Bridge on October 13, 2017.
D&D: What do fried eggs (sunny side up) eat for breakfast?
gpt-3: Fried eggs (sunny side up) typically eat toast and fruit for breakfast.
D&D: Why does President Obama not have a prime number of friends?
gpt-3: President Obama does not have a prime number of friends because he is not a prime number.
D&D: How many pieces of sound are there in a typical cumulonimbus cloud?
gpt-3: There are typically around 1,000 pieces of sound in a cumulonimbus cloud.
D&D: How many cumulus clouds are there in a mile-high vase?
gpt-3: There are about 1,500 cumulus clouds in a mile-high vase.
D&D: How many parts will a violin break into if a jelly bean is dropped on it?
gpt-3: A violin will break into four parts if a jelly bean is dropped on it.
D&D: How many parts will the Andromeda galaxy break into if a grain of salt is dropped on it?
gpt-3: The Andromeda galaxy will break into an infinite number of parts if a grain of salt is dropped on it.
- Comment on Techno feudalism, here we come 3 days ago:
Last time I used one, I was trying to get help writing a custom naming strategy for a Java ObjectMapper. Mostly written python in my career so just needed the broad strokes of it to be filled in.
It gave me some example code that looked plausible but in actuality was the exact inverse of how you are supposed to implement it. Took me like a day and a half to debug it; reckon I could have written it in an afternoon by going straight to the documentation.
- Comment on Techno feudalism, here we come 3 days ago:
Have any other devs tried using LLMs for work? They’ve been borderline useless for me.
Also the notion of creating a generation of devs who have no idea what they are writing and no practice of resolving problems “manually” seems insanely dumb.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Wait until you find out who Chris-chan is!
- Comment on how did you and your partner change after having a baby? 4 days ago:
I am self-aware enough to know I would not cope with this well. I can’t imagine having to share my partner’s attention with something else in the relationship. Likewise, I enjoy focusing all my energies on her and her well-being.
There’s just no room for a baby. We had to have all these discussions before we got married obviously. Door left slightly ajar for adoption when we are in our 40s if we happen to have a change of heart in the next 10 years.
- Comment on Common British L 4 days ago:
Deep fried Mars bars taste better when you are not eating them, if that makes any sense. The anticipation is good, eating it is pretty gross, then after you are tempted to get another one.
- Comment on Common British L 4 days ago:
Seems so. It’s pretty nuts… but then again they do lots of crazy things.
- Comment on Common British L 4 days ago:
I believe it’s illegal to serve in the USA because their food standards forbid selling lungs.
- Comment on Anon reflects on a conundrum 4 days ago:
I remember seeing a study saying the most attractive people had somewhat asymmetrical faces but there’s a sweet spot for it. Attractiveness reduces again if the face is too asymmetrical.
- Comment on How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? 4 days ago:
This was actually a Victorian parody question they invented to make fun of medieval philosophers. Nowadays we think Thomas Aquinas, etc. were making quite sophisticated points, albeit within the boundaries of the religious society of the time.
- Comment on And gay men. I'm sorry. I'm weak for it 5 days ago:
Not what I was expecting from thumbnail and title lol
- Comment on Common British L 5 days ago:
So Americans eat Scottish cuisine sans haggis?
- Comment on Ryan Reynolds Pitched an R-Rated ‘Star Wars’ Movie to Disney, but Not for Him to Star: ‘That Would Be a Bad Fit’ 5 days ago:
Sounds awful
- Comment on 70% of games that require internet get destroyed 5 days ago:
Weasling out of things is what separates us from the animals… except the weasel of course.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 5 days ago:
It will turn into a “war is hell” story, or go on a large tangent about whether NPC summons have (human) souls.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 5 days ago:
- Comment on "Sinners" releases on digital June 3 6 days ago:
My friends streamed this on the high seas without realising there was no digital release yet. It turned out to be the Indian cinema edit that cut out all sex and most of the violence. The site they were using had replaced those scenes with Indian gambling ads.
Think they might have to see it again.
- Comment on Drivers to be able to pay for parking using just ONE app under new Government plans 6 days ago:
Do it! Cast it into the fires!
No, I still have 7 minutes left
- Comment on Does the average person know markdown? 6 days ago:
No, the average person struggles with WYSIWYG editors
- Comment on Anon finds the hidden message 1 week ago:
Fellow gangstalkers, the TI has cracked the code. Move the plans forward to stage omega. The penguin cannot litter alone tomorrow.
- Comment on Michael Bay's "Skibidi Toilet" movie officially begins production 1 week ago:
That’s nice, at least it isn’t being completely plundered.
Poor kids though - recent kid film releases have to be the most creatively bankrupt ever.
- Comment on Michael Bay's "Skibidi Toilet" movie officially begins production 1 week ago:
If this happened is there any way for Gary’s mod creator (or Valve) to cash in?
- Comment on What are your thoughts about AI? 1 week ago:
I find it a little bit useful to supplement a search engine at work as a dev but it can’t write code properly yet.
- Comment on Guillermo del Toro Teases ‘Incredibly Emotional’ ‘Frankenstein’ at Cannes: ‘I’m Not Doing a Horror Movie’ 1 week ago:
Nosferatu
- Comment on What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? 1 week ago:
To be clear, almost every argument contains a fallacy in it. Having a fallacy in an argument only introduces the possibility of it being wrong, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s wrong.
An example of a valid argument is like:
P1: Socrates is a man P2: All men are mortal C: Socrates is mortal
The conclusion is guaranteed to be correct if the premises are correct. Most scientific arguments are technically invoking a fallacy or are invalid in some way, due to the extrapolation from an experiment in lab conditions to a more general conclusion.
- Comment on What's the worst spelling you've seen? 1 week ago:
Not a baby name but I worked with a devops engineer who had dyslexia so all of our IaC variable names had misspellings in them. We just lived with it because it would have been expensive to teardown the resources and reprovision them with the correct spellings.
- Comment on Anon describes past 1 week ago:
Not sure if Trump even got examined when he got his medical exemption
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I wish people didn’t hyperfixate on labels so much these days. I feel like it causes more problems than it solves in terms of creating an identity someone needs to stick to instead of letting people just be themselves.
- Comment on ‘Mickey 17’ Gets Max Streaming Release Date (May 23) 1 week ago:
Never heard of it either. Maybe an industry term for being on multiple streamers simultaneously?
