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I think there's a difference here.

The AI end user is using the tool as intended by the manufacturer: "Book me a yoga class". If the tool does something illegal/harmful it is the manufacturer's fault.

If the power hammer user uses the tool as intended but it explodes, it is the manufacturer's fault.

If the AI end user says "Hack the yoga website" or the power hammer user uses the tool to destroy something it's the end user's fault.

Re:Zed: Delta on Thursday August 13, 2026 @04:12AM (#49283049)
Pair programming requires a lot from you and your relationship with your pair programming partner.

When it's working I think it's absolutely great. Together we find the best solution in the fastest time with less errors along the way. I'm also less sloppy and more focused when someone constantly sees my work and vice versa. At the end of the day you can celebrate what you've done, both feel responsible for the work and knows exactly how it works.

Re:Zed: Delta on Thursday August 13, 2026 @04:08AM (#49283021)
Works well if you're communicating while you're making changes in code.

At my work 20 people are changing the same wiki-page when we do heavy regression tests. Works like a charm (not everyone is writing at the same place in the document since we are testing different things and writing results at different sections).

Re:Zed: Delta on Thursday August 13, 2026 @04:04AM (#49282997)
I like it because we don't have to do the this dance all the time: * Commit * Push * Say: Now it's pushed * Pull

We can just work together, talking and writing code. Works great with people you work well with and are aligned with.

Re:PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:19AM (#49080919)
So how much would you say this have cost you so far? Just $200 for this month?
Re:PGSimCity - How PostgreSQL Works on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:07AM (#49067366)
~3.86B * $5/M tokens ≈ $19.3k

Is that the cost you've payed for this or is my calculation completely wrong?

Re:Advertise in ChatGPT on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:42AM (#49008595)
If it's like the commercials in the movie the Truman show I think this could be a nightmare.

I think it all boils down to how (if?) this will be transparent to the user.

If the response suggests a sponsored product/service to the user it could either be the specific product/service that ChatGPT is biased to suggest or the whole idea of using a product/service. As a user I would like to know both of these biases to understand that using any product/service for my need might not even be the best thing.

> Made it harder to be the "come on guys! we can win this" coach when we were down on points + bodies.

Would you say that paintball on that level is almost deterministic? Compared to, for example, (American) football where momentum and perseverance can turn games around completely.

Re:Learning Software Architecture on Thursday May 14, 2026 @04:21AM (#48132547)
I work at a Swedish state authority and we don't have architects deciding software architecture, the teams do that themselves. There's however an "architecture guild" composed of about 6-8 senior architects that happily help you out if you want to have help, suggestions or review of your current or future architecture. I think that's a nice way of having good support if you need it.
Re:Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @06:55AM (#46704410)
A Swedish pension fund has been doing the same with about 8 billion dollars.

"The reason for the sales is an increased risk linked to the US's more unpredictable policies under Trump's leadership, says asset management manager Pablo Bernengo. Alecta assesses that the risk in US government bonds and the dollar has increased at the same time as the country suffers from large budget deficits and a growing national debt."

https://omni.se/a/0pK1zJ

Re:Charlie Kirk shot at event in Utah on Friday September 12, 2025 @06:22AM (#45220648)
Citation please.
Re:Attention is your scarcest resource on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:18AM (#24397304)
Don't write another line of code. Setup mob programming with your colleagues and stay away from the keyboard. Instruct them what to do and answer all their questions. It will be slow at first but highly deliberating when they've understood the task and they can be more or less autonomous.
What field is that and how do you achive that?
Re:Storm 2.0 on Sunday June 02, 2019 @02:34PM (#20077148)
I'm willingly pigeonholing myself as a "software developer mostly working on the JVM" just to be honest about my (current) main strengths/experince. Throwing me into a Go/Python/whatever project would first need some time for me to get up to speed with the language.
Re:Public's Dread of Nuclear Power Limits Its Deployment on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:58PM (#19931883)
Are you saying that everyone understanding science and basic statistics should be pro nuclear power plants as the best way of generating power?
I think those who enjoy that kind of scenes are very distanced to it (not making a connection to reality). I totally understand you since you've been in combat and relates entertainment violence to real violence. I've gotten changed after having kids. Watching kids suffer hurts my heart and seeing adults suffer can cause me to see them as someones grown up kids. There is (most often) a view you can have on violence that causes empathy.
Re:MuseNet on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:17PM (#19750995)
Low budget movies/videos?
Yes, I agree. I work at a Swedish automotive startup with about 12 backenders. We praise each other a lot in our PR reviews and I really feel I don't need anything more than that. Getting positive feedback from a superior is not needed since I'd rather get it from people who understand exactly what I've accomplished and see the true value in it.
Please give some examples of your favourite/magical places in LA! (As a foreigner I've gotten the impression that LA is a huge superficial city without a soul. Would like to balance that with something else.)
Re:Storing UTC is not a silver bullet on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @03:15PM (#19504842)
I'm a swede watching a lot of NFL and college games. Often the only thing I see are American times and need to input them easily in my calendar. Then I'm more interested in inputing "1pm EST" into my calendar and let the calendar figure out when to alert me of the game.
Re:Polar as a Personal Knowledge Repository on Sunday March 03, 2019 @02:04PM (#19296144)
AFAIK the Evernote client caches your notes locally in a readable file format. I back up that folder in case Evernote goes down.
Re:What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.? on Saturday December 29, 2018 @04:52PM (#18785937)
Super interesting, did not know this and looked it up (I'm a Swede). Washing eggs is NOT illegal in the EU (at least in Sweden) if your washing them at a certified plant. Washing them the wrong way can spread bacteria through the shell of the egg. So a farmer without the certified plant is not allowed to wash the eggs. Washed eggs are marked as washed to the consumer and all eggs I've ever bought in stores here have been washed.
Re:What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.? on Saturday December 29, 2018 @04:08PM (#18785678)
Do you have any examples? (Genuinely interested)
Re:What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.? on Saturday December 29, 2018 @04:06PM (#18785669)
As a European I'm interested in knowing what most Americans thinks about this (their food has additives that is forbidden in Europe). Is there a feeling of Europeans being too cautious or would you like to have the same rules?
Re:Scripting API now in public beta on Saturday December 08, 2018 @03:19PM (#18637292)
Why do you think all those parents wants their kids to have a programming career? Do you think the same of parents putting their kids in musical instrument classes? Don't you think there will be any joy working with code in 10 years time?
Amen to that! I often end up in discussions and decision making at work were I haven't even scratched the surface with my knowledge of the problem. Trying to listen and absorb as much information from the people that know most about the problem is my way of trying to quickly be able to make a decision (if that's needed).
Re:Slow Software on Saturday November 24, 2018 @05:08PM (#18524227)
Great tip! Thanks!
Re:Slow Software on Thursday November 22, 2018 @01:59PM (#18511807)
Amen, the Android share menu. Seems like it tries to go through the entire history of my previous shares to see what is most popular, then asks every app that enables sharing to list their respective sharing targets. Some of these apps also checks which of its own sharing targets are most popular (like the sms app and Messenger). Finally it renders a long list that to me feels random each time and not always relevant. /End rant
Totally disagree. Our startup use Kubernetes and Google Cloud and shipped an MVP in a few months. No operations people only devs and devops. Kubernetes is not perfectly set up yet and the logging has failed sometimes but we ship code to production many times per day and are really happy about not having to care about infrastructure that much. Three nodes and Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) goes a long way.
Re:Microfilm Lasts Half a Millennium on Sunday July 29, 2018 @03:57PM (#17639964)
Cool, nice work. Getting pinch-zooming on mobile to work would make it even better.

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