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Re:Scaling Git at OpenAI on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:02AM (#50349686)
> It does not necessarily write sensible code that is architected in a way that makes sense based on what it does.

It writes like it works at big tech and is angling for a promotion to L{n}+1 with this "project".

Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:41AM (#50349554)
RISC architecture's going to change everything.
Re:European RISC-V Industrial Computing Initiative on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:35AM (#50349527)
RISC architecture's going to change everything.
Must cover for child abusers and bomb schools - not a great time (or maybe a great time if you are into that sort of thing) to be a government employee
Re:Anthropic's growth just flattened (really) on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:14AM (#50349383)
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
Re:Anthropic's growth just flattened (really) on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:12AM (#50349364)
At this point only they have the skill to f' it up from here.
Re:Anthropic's growth just flattened (really) on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:09AM (#50349348)
Fixing the shitter
Re:Anthropic's growth just flattened (really) on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @03:04AM (#50349320)
We can finally dispel the myth that management is competent when they, almost as one, tied continued employment to setting fire to company money
all this time people said it was useless ... just shows what they know
Something as trivial as knowing the GDP to the nearest cent in real time pales in comparison to Dear Leaders abilities
Re:I Returned My iPhone Duo on Friday October 30, 2026 @06:10AM (#50301883)
peak phone form factor was over 20 years ago now, the dragon has been one long bad trip ever since
Re:I Returned My iPhone Duo on Friday October 30, 2026 @05:59AM (#50301812)
Its one of those "what poor people think rich people do" things that doesnt actually send the signal they think it sends
> bans were associated with slightly worse mental health

I expect if you took away adults phones for a few hours every day their would experience increased anxiety

Google own 15% of Anthropic - so they still win
Re:Google AI gets cagey when asked who won the 2020 elections on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @06:39PM (#50281953)
The guardrails are only for users that are profiled as MAGA or those who struggle with reality.
all those people doing 72f should be in prison for violating the terms of their freedom
Re:Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @10:54AM (#50274717)
Unwillingness to grind and memorise leetcode is a signal the candidate is not serious about getting the job ... in no way is it a signal of their coding ability
there is protesting and then there is rioting and looting - its petty criminality and nothing grand like beheading elites
Re:Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @04:36AM (#50270687)
The heart of the coding interview is to get signal on a candidates’ willingness to join the cult.
France just banned rioting
> Meanwhile there are more heat deaths in Europe than gun deaths in America.

You suggesting that in the name of freedom - everyone must have air conditioning and cool their homes to 60F?

Re:Git for US Legislation on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @04:08AM (#50270503)
Or just name the pile of slop "The Patriot Act" - then you can legally hang anyone treasonous enough to votes against whatever may be inside.
Re:Git for US Legislation on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @03:53AM (#50270416)
> you should only care who voted for it

even then you have three-line whips and numerous reasons to vote for / against things that are wrapped up in party politics and other stupid games

once something is passed; the intent of the writer, the intent of those that voted for it and the meaning of the words in the final legislation can all be wildly different.

9 figure signing bonuses are a horrible problem to have
Residential electricity pricing is 3x-4x wholesale pricing.
> protects American companies who operate in the green energy generation

Wont someone think of the big beautiful clean coal companies

the real shovels are gpus
Re:How employment is changing at Anthropic on Monday October 19, 2026 @06:23AM (#50150600)
> There simply is no way to separate what’s reporting and what’s advertising.

The company is literally trying to sell itself via an IPO ... every single word they say is advertising.

Re:How employment is changing at Anthropic on Monday October 19, 2026 @06:20AM (#50150585)
100x the output ... 0.0001x the quality
open access before Ai was mostly slop - with Ai its going to be a higher volume of slop.

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