DeaconBlue's recent activity
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Comment on Clanker: A word for the machine in ~tech
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentWe are allowed to if we wanted, but we are a small team in a relatively small company and the hard part of writing our code and fixing bugs are just cases where "this piece of data will never be...We are allowed to if we wanted, but we are a small team in a relatively small company and the hard part of writing our code and fixing bugs are just cases where "this piece of data will never be X" ends up being "X" and we need to update the business rules to handle it. Often my PRs are in the realm of a dozen lines. It would regularly take me more effort to explain the fix to the LLM than it would take to just change the code myself.
Small company, small problems, all business rule kind of code issues rather than generating pipelines where it would have more benefit to me specifically.
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentJust the entire concept of a business comparing their own rates against themselves to show you what a great deal you got. I have no opinion on how this person actually uses LLMs.Just the entire concept of a business comparing their own rates against themselves to show you what a great deal you got. I have no opinion on how this person actually uses LLMs.
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentGood to know! I thought it was just hyphens and it doesn't come up often enough for me to have researchedGood to know! I thought it was just hyphens and it doesn't come up often enough for me to have researched
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentI intended to use hyphens and apparently my phone keyboard has en dashes on that keyI intended to use hyphens and apparently my phone keyboard has en dashes on that key
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkI am not going to comment on the entire article, but this bit is funny to me > $1,199.79 for Anthropic Claude Code > $980.37 for OpenAI Codex This sounds like my mother when she explains how it...I am not going to comment on the entire article, but this bit is funny to me
I just ran the ccusage tool on my laptop to get an estimate of how much I would have spent if I were to pay for API tokens in the past 30 days and got:
> $1,199.79 for Anthropic Claude Code > $980.37 for OpenAI CodexThat’s $2,180.16 worth of tokens for $200—not bad at all
This sounds like my mother when she explains how it was such a great deal to buy the baby clothes at Kohl's for no specific use because it is such a good deal that those clothes could have cost $80 but I got them for $20.
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I hope that the increasing prices do force people to stop throwing every single query at them.Funnily enough, my office did get a memo from one of the higher ups asking how the Dev team could figure out how to lower our LLM usage because they are seeing all of these articles about price jumps. None of us are using them, we have no LLM licensing costs. The top brass just assume we all are.
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Comment on Why airlines are always going bankrupt in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentI assumed it was Air NZ as well. I was down there for two weeks and it seemed like hopping on a domestic flight with a backpack was very very common. Jetstar looked incredibly frustrating if you...I assumed it was Air NZ as well. I was down there for two weeks and it seemed like hopping on a domestic flight with a backpack was very very common.
Jetstar looked incredibly frustrating if you didn't read the fine print. I think like two thirds of the people I saw weighing their bags at the gate blew past the 7kg limit and had to pay to check bags.
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Comment on Maybe just eat the bean goo in ~food
DeaconBlue Link ParentPeople also don't eat beans, then eat a lot of beans all at once. Then they feel bad and gassy for a bit and decide beans make them feel bad and the cycle repeats. Mixing more beans into more...People also don't eat beans, then eat a lot of beans all at once. Then they feel bad and gassy for a bit and decide beans make them feel bad and the cycle repeats. Mixing more beans into more meals would alleviate that for most.
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Comment on Maybe just eat the bean goo in ~food
DeaconBlue LinkI watched this the other day when it came out. The quick version of the video is that the bean goo is basically just super starchy water so if you are putting the beans in something including a...I watched this the other day when it came out.
The quick version of the video is that the bean goo is basically just super starchy water so if you are putting the beans in something including a sauce then the goo (or some portion if the goo) will help emulsify and make the sauce nicer. If you just want the beans as a garnish or whatever, drain them.
As usual with his videos, pretty practical advice!
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Comment on Was the creepypasta subculture as a phenomena already dead by somewhere in the mid 2010s? in ~talk
DeaconBlue Link ParentI just checked the SCP articles and they go back to 2008. If anything, SCP was one of the things that started the trend, rather than being a "nowadays" thing.I just checked the SCP articles and they go back to 2008. If anything, SCP was one of the things that started the trend, rather than being a "nowadays" thing.
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Comment on Mythos finds a curl vulnerability in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat would require the maintainers of a project to approve of the code change request. In the case of curl this would be a very high barrier.Wouldn’t hackers soon learn to use Mythos to insert hacks in a format that Mythos would ignore?
That would require the maintainers of a project to approve of the code change request. In the case of curl this would be a very high barrier.
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Comment on Why so many people are going "no contact" with their parents in ~life
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat happens with my nephew too, absolutely crazy. At Christmas a couple of years ago he ate one of the terrible frosted cookies with bright red frosting and he had an absolute meltdown followed...That happens with my nephew too, absolutely crazy.
At Christmas a couple of years ago he ate one of the terrible frosted cookies with bright red frosting and he had an absolute meltdown followed by getting violently sick and then he was back to normal. He can't read very well yet but the one thing he definitely can read is "red" and looks for it on any ingredient labels because he has connected the dots that it is terrible for him specifically and will refuse whatever is offered.
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Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe number of trucks with glowing red metal at the bottom of mountains would confirm this. Terrifying to see every single time.Not for very long thankfully (unless going down a mountain)
The number of trucks with glowing red metal at the bottom of mountains would confirm this. Terrifying to see every single time.
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Comment on 'Blue dot fever' claims Post Malone, Pussycat Dolls concerts. What's really behind it? in ~music
DeaconBlue LinkSticker price on the ticket is $100. By the time all of the bonus charges are applied it is $180 per ticket. Parking is $20. A babysitter is at least $50. One beer each is another $20. All in for...Sticker price on the ticket is $100. By the time all of the bonus charges are applied it is $180 per ticket. Parking is $20. A babysitter is at least $50. One beer each is another $20.
All in for a couple to see a show is 400 dollars best case scenario. Easily 500.
I might be a hundred dollars interested in a Post Malone show (well, maybe not since he decided to be a country singer). I am never 500 dollars interested in a Post Malone show.
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Comment on What is your go-to project for learning a new language? in ~comp
DeaconBlue Linkhttps://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/33172/american-gothic-in-the-palette-of-mona-lisa-rearrange-the-pixels Take pixels from picture A and try to use them to create picture B. It deals...Take pixels from picture A and try to use them to create picture B.
It deals with file IO, arrays, heavy math comparisons, I have a local server set up to animate my output so it involves web calls, and I try new ways to solve the problem each time because there is no "correct" solution.
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Comment on PBR and Grillo's Pickles are releasing a limited-edition pickle beer in ~food
DeaconBlue LinkMy favorite local brewery has been trying for years to make a good pickle beer and have not been successful. I might have to try this one, even if it does involve me spending real actual money on...My favorite local brewery has been trying for years to make a good pickle beer and have not been successful. I might have to try this one, even if it does involve me spending real actual money on a PBR.
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Comment on No one can force me to have a secure website!!! in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentWhich is hosted on his insecurely-secured website. So, y'know, be careful of those hooded hackers finding out that you visited Tom7.orgWhich is hosted on his insecurely-secured website. So, y'know, be careful of those hooded hackers finding out that you visited Tom7.org
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Comment on Nvidia's DLSS 5 video taken down due to copyright issue after news site uses the footage in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkIs there any chance that Nvidia changes their video hosting and social media strategy because of this? I doubt it. Why would YouTube make an improvement to their AI system? You put Nvidia on a...Is there any chance that Nvidia changes their video hosting and social media strategy because of this? I doubt it.
Why would YouTube make an improvement to their AI system? You put Nvidia on a special exclusion list and move on with your functional monopoly.
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Comment on I miss technology that was meant to be used as a tool in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThey are busy caring about paying bills, and figuring out how to continue to put food on the table, and trying to figure out what they will do if they are part of the next round of layoffs, and...why people do no not care about something that has large direct and indirect effects on their life
They are busy caring about paying bills, and figuring out how to continue to put food on the table, and trying to figure out what they will do if they are part of the next round of layoffs, and driving their kids to school and extracurriculars, and everything else that they have to do.
Caring about your tools is a luxury. It requires time, if nothing else.
what would society look like if they did care
No idea.
should they care
Sure, but I don't really know of any examples where population-wide anyone has turned around and tried removing the abstraction that a tool provides to see an example of how we might make that happen.
would it materially improve they life if they did care, now or a decade from now
Now? No.
A decade from now? Maybe? But I will pose that getting people to step back and look at their technology in a different way would be a terrible use of the one wish that you got to make this happen. You would get much higher societal impacts by getting people to dedicate that time to other causes that protect workers and support communities and trying to give people the time that they need.
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Comment on Improving my focus by giving up my big monitor in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkThat sounds awful. I don't want or need to have my email and messaging clients up at all times, but on the occasions that I am doing something novel at work and reading through documentation at...That sounds awful.
I don't want or need to have my email and messaging clients up at all times, but on the occasions that I am doing something novel at work and reading through documentation at the same time as writing the code to do the thing, I do not want to be toggling between windows on one screen or workspaces.
It was the name for the big rusty robot shark in Banjo Kazooie in the late 90s