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Comment on Agentic test processes, LLM benchmarks, and other notes on agentic coding in ~comp
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Comment on Agentic test processes, LLM benchmarks, and other notes on agentic coding in ~comp
snake_case LinkI was really hoping to get some insight into testing LLMs, but its just about using LLMs to test. Very insightful regardless, would have been useful to me years ago.I was really hoping to get some insight into testing LLMs, but its just about using LLMs to test. Very insightful regardless, would have been useful to me years ago.
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Comment on The world has an anchovy supply problem in ~food
snake_case Link ParentI remember sitting down for sushi in the united states years ago and thinking that I should savor this while it lasts cause this is definitely not sustainable.I remember sitting down for sushi in the united states years ago and thinking that I should savor this while it lasts cause this is definitely not sustainable.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (July 2026) in ~health.mental
snake_case Link ParentI guess I do, I used to bike 20 miles once a week and do a 1m walk every day.I guess I do, I used to bike 20 miles once a week and do a 1m walk every day.
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Comment on Too Much Media in ~movies
snake_case Link ParentYeah Ive been torrenting everything for over 20 years now I got a massive collection. I do buy cds and dvds now when I see them but thats pretty rare. Ive never used Netflix or anything. When it...Yeah Ive been torrenting everything for over 20 years now I got a massive collection. I do buy cds and dvds now when I see them but thats pretty rare.
Ive never used Netflix or anything. When it launched I was too broke and when I could afford it they had already ruined it.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (July 2026) in ~health.mental
snake_case LinkI broke my arm a few weeks ago Then I sprained my ankle I cant use crutches and I live in a split level house. Ive just been scooting around on my ass for 2 weeks. Haven’t been outside in over a...I broke my arm a few weeks ago
Then I sprained my ankle
I cant use crutches and I live in a split level house. Ive just been scooting around on my ass for 2 weeks. Haven’t been outside in over a week. Just watching 20 year old episodes of ER and working. No exercise no hanging out with friends just ER.
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Comment on EU introduces €3 customs charge on small parcels to curb cheap Chinese imports in ~society
snake_case LinkDoes this mean they’ve decided tariffs work? Cause last I heard its just raising prices for everythingDoes this mean they’ve decided tariffs work? Cause last I heard its just raising prices for everything
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Comment on SpaceX stock tumbles 23% from its high as average investor sees gains wiped out in ~finance
snake_case Link ParentI'm not like, the most financially literate, I've been slowly learning about stocks and my knowledge stops at VG funds, but, I figured everyone knew this was a massive pump and dump scheme the...I'm not like, the most financially literate, I've been slowly learning about stocks and my knowledge stops at VG funds, but,
I figured everyone knew this was a massive pump and dump scheme the minute they bullied nasdaq into rushing them through? My guess is the suckers just held for too long because everyone in the know was insider trading and the normies never had a chance.
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Comment on Burnout, A(u)DHD, and what next in my life & career? in ~life
snake_case LinkI've also got Audhd, and I'm in my mid 30s, and I did read your whole post. I've got a cardinal rule at the workplace about changing peoples ways of working. I just stay away from that shit. No...I've also got Audhd, and I'm in my mid 30s, and I did read your whole post.
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I've got a cardinal rule at the workplace about changing peoples ways of working. I just stay away from that shit. No one likes when you do it, no one cares things could be better, they are all just trying to get through their day the way they're comfortable with and they don't want anyone up in their workflow messing with their productivity.
That being said. You were hired to specifically mess with their productivity, and then, it sounds like, you were given no pointers on what is an acceptable way to mess with their productivity. I wouldn't have taken that job in the first place, but if it were me, I'd have been looking as soon as it became obvious they had no goals for me to meet. -
I honestly purposely take production-adjacent positions because my workflow is different enough from everyone else's that I'm at my best when my work is far, far removed from everyone else, and, even then, I'm never at my best simply because I'm doing work for someone else on their timeline and I have to just not care about the quality of work that I do because if I did I'd want it perfect and it would never get done.
Meet with your boss, establish some goals, and then meet those goals. It doesn't matter what you want to do or what you think your goals should be, it matters what your boss thinks.
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Comment on The room the economy can’t see in ~society
snake_case Link ParentRight like, you want to up the quality of life? Everyone with the power to do just that is working in the total opposite direction, wage stagnation and inflation for the past, my whole entire...Right like, you want to up the quality of life? Everyone with the power to do just that is working in the total opposite direction, wage stagnation and inflation for the past, my whole entire life. Like how about just convince those in charge to actually pay us what our labor is worth and then we wouldn't need basic income
Ugh.
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Comment on The room the economy can’t see in ~society
snake_case LinkI just sat through that whole article for it to end up being another basic income post god dammit It’s never gonna happen. Wed sooner cure aids in Africa. There is no will by anyone in power to...I just sat through that whole article for it to end up being another basic income post god dammit
It’s never gonna happen. Wed sooner cure aids in Africa. There is no will by anyone in power to give us the power to choose what to do with our time.
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Comment on No right to remain silent: negative rights in a positive-rights world in ~tech
snake_case LinkI don’t use social media, I have often wondered what would happen to me if it were requested while I was traveling. Tildes is basically it for me. Wonder if that would satisfy them?I don’t use social media, I have often wondered what would happen to me if it were requested while I was traveling.
Tildes is basically it for me. Wonder if that would satisfy them?
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life
snake_case Link ParentIts not about her its about you. And she doesn’t have to move out tomorrow.Its not about her its about you.
And she doesn’t have to move out tomorrow.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life
snake_case LinkNo I would find a way to remove myself from this situation and take this shit to the grave. lil sis needs to move out. Give yall some space to work on your monogamous relationship. you love her...No I would find a way to remove myself from this situation and take this shit to the grave.
lil sis needs to move out. Give yall some space to work on your monogamous relationship. you love her but you dont wanna be in a relationship with your girlfriends whole family etc etc gf does not need to know your real feelings
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
snake_case Link ParentI choose to be optimistic about it and assume recruiters ask that in order to give you a chance to fill that gap yourself somehow with something a potential boss would accept Its already bad...I choose to be optimistic about it and assume recruiters ask that in order to give you a chance to fill that gap yourself somehow with something a potential boss would accept
Its already bad enough companies prefer to hire people who are already employed. Being totally out of the workforce for over a year at this point prob means you know nothing about LLMs and would need to get caught up.
Its the same issue women have when returning from maternity leave and why its so important to have protections for them to be able to leave and come back.
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Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance
snake_case Link ParentMy partner has been out of work for almost a year and the recruiters started asking about the the gap last month. Its not great. Ageism also a factor for us too. We’re lucky I make great money. Im...My partner has been out of work for almost a year and the recruiters started asking about the the gap last month. Its not great. Ageism also a factor for us too.
We’re lucky I make great money. Im saving what I can and cutting our costs but Im terrified. I never thought id be sole breadwinner, I’m a total fuckup.
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Comment on 'Stop Killing Games' movement gains momentum: California Assembly passes game protection bill in ~games
snake_case Link ParentRight what they really needed to do was make it legal for others to try and preserve a game.Right what they really needed to do was make it legal for others to try and preserve a game.
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Comment on The last technical interview in ~life
snake_case LinkThe best tech interview I ever did was an on site interview on a desktop pc in a small window office with the whole stack live on it and the interviewer told me to figure out what variable “blah”...The best tech interview I ever did was an on site interview on a desktop pc in a small window office with the whole stack live on it and the interviewer told me to figure out what variable “blah” was for.
This was in like 2015 and I didn’t get the answer but i tried my best and talked through my thinking and I got the job.
The world had changed with these remote interviews. Way too easy to cheat and steal company code with remote interviews.
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Comment on Can we have the day off? in ~society
snake_case LinkHalf the time my team has to work weekends cause someone puts a 3 day deadline on us and expects we can do it cause we use Claude code. Id settle for a reliable 5 day work week.Half the time my team has to work weekends cause someone puts a 3 day deadline on us and expects we can do it cause we use Claude code.
Id settle for a reliable 5 day work week.
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Comment on Lost in a sea of HVAC in ~life.home_improvement
snake_case Link ParentRight exactly and idk where OP is but I had a house in northern PA for a while and it didn’t have central air at all, just electric heating units in each room. No duct work. We’d just open the...Right exactly and idk where OP is but I had a house in northern PA for a while and it didn’t have central air at all, just electric heating units in each room. No duct work.
We’d just open the windows at night and use fans during the day in aug-sept and that was totally fine about 5 years ago. It got hot but like, you acclimate a bit if you spend a lot of time outside and we were outside all the time.
I live in NC now and it gets sooo hot, we try to keep the house at 78 but some areas get to be like 80-82 in the afternoon and we cant open windows at night cause its hot and humid at night too. I miss being able to just open windows at night haha
I mean just that it’s pretty common knowledge that open benchmarks are useless, even when testing on specific data benchmarks are useless.
What Ive been doing is designing questions in a way that it gives me a functionally correct answer that I can pass/fail since I work on a RAG system. Things like “the response to this query should contain this type of graph”. It woulda been neat for him to talk about something close to what Ive come up with. I’m sure I’m not the only one doing it.