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  1. Comment on Executing programs inside transformers with exponentially faster inference in ~comp

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    Compiler bugs that require you to retrain the model...

    Compiler bugs that require you to retrain the model...

  2. Comment on Executing programs inside transformers with exponentially faster inference in ~comp

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    Unless you mean that the world is code, I think this is limited to things we can compile. Consistent symbolic interpretation is a huge advance, but it seems like it's still slower and less...

    world model

    Unless you mean that the world is code, I think this is limited to things we can compile. Consistent symbolic interpretation is a huge advance, but it seems like it's still slower and less scalable than the current external tool approach.

  3. Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society

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    Nuclear used to be cheap until the regulations became extraordinarily burdensome. While the regulations are theoretically for "safety," they mostly act to stifle nuclear energy development and...

    Nuclear used to be cheap until the regulations became extraordinarily burdensome. While the regulations are theoretically for "safety," they mostly act to stifle nuclear energy development and keep us hooked on dirty, polluting sources like coal and gas.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: US candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate in some products in ~food

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    I still don't understand the current row over seed oils. Beef tallow is obviously unhealthy, but somehow it's the health food of the moment. It doesn't make sense.

    although people hate canola because it's a seed oil

    I still don't understand the current row over seed oils. Beef tallow is obviously unhealthy, but somehow it's the health food of the moment. It doesn't make sense.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says in ~society

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    ...why wouldn't they build both? More cheap energy is always a good thing.

    That said, at least in sweden the last government scrapped several huge windpower projects in favor of building out nuclear which is much farther from implementation.

    ...why wouldn't they build both? More cheap energy is always a good thing.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp

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    And a lot of Kotlin! All new JetBrains code is supposedly written in Kotlin, excluding some public-facing APIs.

    it is written in Java.

    And a lot of Kotlin! All new JetBrains code is supposedly written in Kotlin, excluding some public-facing APIs.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Untangling the connection between dopamine and ADHD in ~science

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    I found this example particularly funny because I've heard so many people describe my family as "squirrel brained." They always say it kindly and mean it as a simple, bemused observation. I don't...

    Popular media still depicts ADHD as "oh, squirrel!"

    I found this example particularly funny because I've heard so many people describe my family as "squirrel brained." They always say it kindly and mean it as a simple, bemused observation. I don't think any of them were even making a conscious ADHD connection because even oooold people use the squirrel comparison. Anthropomorphism is a funny quirk of human psychology.

    This isn't to detract from your point. Media representation is its own deep topic. I get why people have strong feelings about media portrayals.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    I'm curious what the higher retention rate districts are doing differently, if anything?

    I'm curious what the higher retention rate districts are doing differently, if anything?

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    I wonder if this finding plays out in other industries as well? My grandfather used to say a paycheck was only half the job.

    I wonder if this finding plays out in other industries as well? My grandfather used to say a paycheck was only half the job.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    There's a lot more than pay if education wants to compete with industry. Districts could be more flexible to get working professionals to pick up a part time gig teaching. Universities do this,...

    There's a lot more than pay if education wants to compete with industry. Districts could be more flexible to get working professionals to pick up a part time gig teaching. Universities do this, but it seems rare for K-12 education.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    For STEM, I think it's more common to double major or get a minor in education (varies a ton). If someone has a bachelor's degree in an engineering related field, they'd be turning down big money...

    Most teachers have education degrees or dual majors in an area + education and aren't trained to go into those high paying stem jobs.

    For STEM, I think it's more common to double major or get a minor in education (varies a ton). If someone has a bachelor's degree in an engineering related field, they'd be turning down big money to stay in education. I have friends that have converted from education to industry because of this.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on I don’t know if my software engineering job will still exist in ten years in ~comp

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    The problem is language is imprecise. For your spreadsheet example, I could ask an LLM, "make the title columns bigger," meaning, "increase the font size of A2:A7 to 14pt and make the font...

    Just tell the software what you want to do.

    The problem is language is imprecise. For your spreadsheet example, I could ask an LLM, "make the title columns bigger," meaning, "increase the font size of A2:A7 to 14pt and make the font Calibri, bold, and underlined." We've all gotten requests without enough details, and LLMs are far too happy to oblige which makes them painful for experienced users. Don't get me wrong, they can be helpful for "tip of the tongue" or discovery, but they're terrible for precise work.

    I think everyone can remember a time they decided to handle something themselves instead of trying to explain it to another person. I don't want to type out an overly precise sentence then wait 30 seconds to find out the LLM misunderstood what I want. I'd rather press three buttons myself to get exactly what I need.

    7 votes

  13. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    Admin hardly backs the teacher when they try to fail students or remove disruptive children. There's no way in hell they'd support a squishy grading policy like that.

    Admin hardly backs the teacher when they try to fail students or remove disruptive children. There's no way in hell they'd support a squishy grading policy like that.

    10 votes

  14. Comment on Survey reveals almost 50% of California teachers may quit teaching soon in ~life

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    While it makes sense to vary salaries depending on specialization, there's going to be serious pushback on paying STEM teachers enough to compete with industry salaries. Universities have these...

    While it makes sense to vary salaries depending on specialization, there's going to be serious pushback on paying STEM teachers enough to compete with industry salaries. Universities have these same struggles with STEM departments requiring higher wages to retain talented professors.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on Canada is already at war with the US, we just don't know it yet in ~society

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    The US is the largest consumer market in the world. If trade stopped right now, countries would be staring down economic hardship at least as bad as the great recession, if not worse. How many...

    every single country on Earth should have immediately gotten together and said "okay, fuck the US ... no one buys anything from the US, no one sells anything to the US, until the US either grows up, or dies of starvation ... we can go right back to disagreeing on everything else afterwards, but for this, we need to act in unison, put a hard stop to this behavior right now".

    The US is the largest consumer market in the world. If trade stopped right now, countries would be staring down economic hardship at least as bad as the great recession, if not worse. How many voters are actually willing to endure that hardship?

    Resisting is a collective action problem. Many countries are resisting in large and small ways already. The false narrative of absolute capitulation is due to media capture and fatalism on social media. If anyone remembers the story about law firms bending the knee to the Trump administration, many firms actually refused and recently won in court, but their fight didn't receive much press.

    16 votes

  16. Comment on Slay the Spire 2 launches into Early Access in ~games

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    Yep! Things like poison effects stack, and there are cards which seem specifically designed for multiplayer.

    Yep! Things like poison effects stack, and there are cards which seem specifically designed for multiplayer.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Electricity use of AI coding agents in ~enviro

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    Aren't most business activities ultimately for consumers? There's a reason carbon taxes are so effective. They help consumers see the real price of emissions for every product.

    Ultimately, the bulk of the impact happens outside of an individual consumer's direct control

    Aren't most business activities ultimately for consumers? There's a reason carbon taxes are so effective. They help consumers see the real price of emissions for every product.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop

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    TL;DR: Buy the Core SWADE book, everything else is optional/supplementary. Side note, their PDFs are actually great and super handy for sharing with players! I always buy the book+PDF bundle...

    TL;DR: Buy the Core SWADE book, everything else is optional/supplementary.

    Side note, their PDFs are actually great and super handy for sharing with players! I always buy the book+PDF bundle straight from PEG.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop

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    You need exactly one core book to play Savage Worlds. This book contains all of the essential rules, character options, GM advice, enemy stat blocks, etc:...

    You need exactly one core book to play Savage Worlds. This book contains all of the essential rules, character options, GM advice, enemy stat blocks, etc: https://peginc.com/product/savage-worlds-adventure-edition-core-rules-pdf-swade/

    The companion books are optional companions to the core book. They are not necessary to play Savage Worlds. The companions provide additional genre-specific options. If you wanted to run a horror game, you could easily build a werewolf or vampire player character using only the core book's system for custom races. Alternatively, the horror companion has prebuilt monstrous races like werewolves and vampires and provides additional character options (amongst other things): https://peginc.com/product/horror-companion-swade/

    Instead of buying the setting-agnostic SWADE core book (and optional companion books), there is an alternative core book called Pathfinder for Savage Worlds which contains all of the rules, races, classes, and monsters you'd need to run Pathfinder for Savage Worlds: https://peginc.com/product/pathfinder-for-savage-worlds-core-rules/

    Other settings like Rifts, Flash Gordon, and East Texas University have supplemental setting books which require one core book: https://peginc.com/savage-settings/

    3 votes

  20. Comment on D&D Beyond will label the 2024 rules as "5.5e" to match the community's naming in ~games.tabletop

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    Savage Worlds has satisfying progression across sessions, and it strikes the perfect balance for me between tactics and cinematic gameplay. If someone wants to disarm the bad guy, that's a called...

    Savage Worlds has satisfying progression across sessions, and it strikes the perfect balance for me between tactics and cinematic gameplay.

    If someone wants to disarm the bad guy, that's a called shot to the arm, hand, or weapon. If someone wants to distract the dragon, that could be a test with the taunt skill. If someone just wants to shoot it? Well they just need to roll shooting then damage if they hit.

    It's not exactly rules light, but it is crunch-lite with simple math (your target number is usually 4). This two-page comic gives a good rules overview: https://www.uptofourplayers.com/ready-to-roll/savage-worlds-rules/

    1 vote