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Striver for general adequacy occasionally employed as a software maker 🇵🇹
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David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...

submitted 3 days ago • 61 comments

"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries

submitted 3 days ago • 450 comments

I think fancy autocomplete is a great mental model for both LLM capabilities and limits! Don't know what to order at a restaurant? Fancy autocomplete! Invoicing a client? Not autocomplete! Position paper you don't care about? Fancy autocomplete! Filing a lawsuit? Probably not autocomplete!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Fun fact: in the 1960s, Civil Rights protestors were given literal classes on nonviolent protest; they didn't all just spontaneously know what to do. So, if you're planning on showing up, this weekend: read this comic. And if you're staying home, signal-boost it/link it around.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

"Describe a favorite movie in the most misleading way possible" In this singsongy tale, a top cop discovers religion, uncovers the heroic legacy of a young woman's father, and enjoys the peace of nature with his best friend

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why did something happen

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Sleeping on the floor and eating MREs is literally the least bad thing someone can be asked to do in the military Misery is in the job description (for non air force)!

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment