colonial

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[–] colonial 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A large language model has no concept of good or bad, and it has no logic.

Tragically, this seems to be the minority viewpoint - at least among CS students. A lot of my peers seem to have convinced themselves that the hallucination machines are intelligent... even when it vomits unsound garbage into their lap.

This is made worse by the fact that most of our work is simple and/or derivative enough for $MODEL to usually give the right answer, which reinforces the majority "thinking machine" viewpoint - while in reality, generating an implementation of & using only ~ and | is hardly an Earth-shattering accomplishment.

And yes, it screws them academically. It doesn't take a genius to connect the dots when the professor who encourages Copilot use has a sub-50% test average.

[–] colonial 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

My guy, see a doctor. Temporary blindness/blacking out is not a normal reaction to nicotine, even in excess. "Nic sick" should just mean nausea/vomiting, dizziness and headaches.

[–] colonial 1 points 11 months ago
[–] colonial 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't beat Iosevka in my opinion. I use the Term variant for my shell as well.

[–] colonial 3 points 1 year ago

A few posters I bought from the campus poster sale at the start of the year. (Specifically, a woodblock print, a solar system map and a Cowboy Bebop poster.)

I have a huge window with a nice view (in a university owned apartment no less!) so I can afford to skimp on the other walls.

[–] colonial 1 points 1 year ago

Too late, already moved to Garmin after my third dead Charge 5 in ~1.5 years.

[–] colonial 5 points 1 year ago

$0.26/hour is pretty good!

[–] colonial 0 points 1 year ago

At least five years. Even if the company goes under tomorrow, it'll be a while before the mainboard is truly obsolete. The main "consumable" would be the battery, which I can probably hack a replacement for if official parts are no longer available.

[–] colonial 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've had mine (first generation 13" model) for over a year now. I'm very happy with it, and I intend to make it last me through university (3 years) and then some. I would consider it a good investment for me.

[–] colonial 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... Eh, no. I've seen GPT generate some incredibly unsound C despite being given half a page of text on the problem.

[–] colonial 0 points 1 year ago

Good, I would like to avoid interacting with the hallucination machine.

[–] colonial 0 points 1 year ago

Let the arms race begin

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