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Comment Re: Optimistic about layoffs ending (Score 1) 86

And really, LLMs just broke out because people came along who were willing to pirate the Internet. I'm sure there were others who were smarter that came before but had no solution as to how they would get the money to buy all the books they would need for the learning. Along comes someone who understands the technology less but aren't scared to pirate everything. I mean how messed up is it that individual people have to be careful what they say they pirate inside public forums for fear of prosecution but you can start a billion dollar business on it. We have social media scanning people, ride "sharing", airbnb... I think YouTube was the last big technical invention that didn't require a lack of ethics and a later forgiveness and acceptance of that lack of ethics.

Comment Re:See below (Score 1) 50

He wants a placebo test that no one would ever participate in because then they may not ever get the 'cure' and which is much less accurate than a double blind which is what the pharmaceutical industry already does. He also wants the drug companies to prove that nothing harmful will ever happen to anyone when taking their drug. This is ridiculous because everyone in the whole freaking world is different so the only way to know that for sure to absolute certainty is to have everyone in your test.

His ideas are not based in science. They are based on a belief that his methods are better than hundreds? thousands? of scientists working for these agencies and a sever misunderstanding of statistics. All he is going to do if he has his way is making logically impossible to release any medication.

Comment You must accept crap (Score 1) 86

I prefer to think of it as a split between people who will take anything and be happy with anything they get, and other people who are holding on for what they think they are worth. If you want to be a retail manager and have to fill in every time a minimum wage employee calls in sick after you denied them a day off on that day then the job is there. But if you want a living wage job then you may be unemployed.

Comment Re: I'll pass on the clot shot, thanks. (Score 1) 223

Do you know anyone who has had polio? There is eradicated in that it doesn't exist any more and then there is eradicated in the sense that only some statistically small number of people get it. Generally that is related to some pocket of people whom for some reason did not get vaccinated. Which brings us back to covid-19. Not only were there pockets of people not vaccinated, but pretty much no one stayed up to date with it. We were never at a level of current vaccine high enough to come close to reaching herd immunity. By the time omicron was spreading everyone gave up.

Comment Re: Yay (Score 1) 110

Well.. I understand that I am in the minority, but we usually take two large dogs with us wherever we go. So generally we are pulling out where there is a grassy area for them to relieve themselves and we walk them around a bit. But we can't really walk them in a populated area with a lot going on because they will ignore natures call.

I'm not going to change my driving habits because one family of 4 got into an accident. Maybe there was a reason why they got no sleep the night before. Maybe someone took NyQuil instead of DayQuil. Who knows. There is too little known about this one example. We do everything we can to ensure our sleep is good every day and yes of course we make decisions based on that.

Comment Re: The writing is on the wall (Score 2) 171

But that's usually how you get the best benefit out of programming. You take enormous power out of several libraries and write code to multiply that power into your app. I am very thankful for all the people who put such hard work into these libraries because I must admit I prefer to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

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