The issue with current AI train hype in general is the gap between a cool demo and thinking that it means you can prompt anything just because the demo worked. This is really obvious with images or video. There are some amazing examples, beautifully rendered, and it gives the impression you can prompt anything that comes to mind and it will work. The reality is most prompts don't work as expected. Many concepts don't work as expected. There is a space of "viable prompts" that produce acceptable outputs and anything outside of it is unusable. Similarly with code there is a "space" of languages, projects, features, etc., that will produce decent output, but of course the vast majority of things that are possible and novel are not in this space.
Something I don't see mentioned in the article is the obvious hypocrisy and lack of accountability for making bad decisions. If solar is so bad for prices which affect poor people, then doesn't it follow that the government shouldn't be as aggerssive with other "green" policies? Wouldn't this be the same outcome if everyone starts switching to electric cars? If this is not corruption it is unprecedented levels of incompetence. Unfortunately Californians don't seem to pay attention while the ones that are paying attention are leaving. I fear it's already in a doom loop.
“solar is so bad for prices which affect poor people”
One of the main points of the article is that this premise is completely false, and that the opposite is in fact the case.
This is why I hack the registry to stop updates. I'm on earlier build that is pretty stable, and I am tired of updates breaking this stability for no benefit to me.
Software companies have a toxic business model at the moment. They make software and expect the testing to be done by the end user. There is not even a conversation about it. End users pay to consume bad software that gets patched over time and it also changes over time, and to top it off you don't even own it and it's actually a license.
Of course the solution is to use Linux, but we're in this hole because for-profit companies have aggressive market strategies that force adoption and create interdependencies that make it hard for any other software to compete. It's like the network-effect but for software usage, but I digress.
At least from my experience it tends to be that outsourcing agencies who often supply H1B candidates are not finding the most experienced or talented people. i'm guessing that CS degrees are still better in the US on average.
> The US war machine is structurally dependent on Islamophobia to justify decades of military intervention and surveillance, and, as Silicon Valley becomes even more intertwined with the defense sector, extremists like Maguire will likely only obtain more power and influence
How are we allies with Saudi Arabia if it's about hating muslims? Saying it's all anti-muslim is not logical at all and therefore the entire argument of the article is invalid.
I've always played a few games for many hours as opposed to many games for one playthrough. Subscription just does not make sense for me, and I suspect that's a big part of the market. Add to this the fact that you have no control over it and then top it off with potential ads and I will quit gaming before switching to subs only. Luckily there is still GoG and Steam doesn't seem like it will change but who knows.
My hesitation is around high end settings, can Proton run 240hz on 1440p and high settings? I'm switching anyway soon and might just have a separate machine for gaming but I'd rather it be Linux. SteamOS looks promising if they release for PC.
"good at the job" is elusive and vaguely defined in most companies. They want you be a part of the company and get excited for the product and invest all of your focus in it. It's an unwritten rule but it's there. People who just do the job are not promoted and are looked down upon, in my experience.
I wish it was just doing the job, it should be that way unless you are on commission or one of the owners
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