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Finbel commented on Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers   pistachioapp.com/blog/cop... · Posted by u/Sayrus
AdieuToLogic · 4 days ago
> 99.99% of the code in that B2B SaaS for finding the cheapest industrial shipping option isn't novel.

That's like saying 99.99% of the food people eat consists of protein, carbohydrates, fats, and/or vegetables and therefore isn't novel. The implication being a McDonald's Big Mac and fries is the same as a spinach salad.

The only way someone could believe all food is the same as a Big Mac and fries is if this is all they ate and knew nothing else.

Hyperbole never ends well and neither does assuming novelty requires rarity or uniqueness, as distinct combinations of programmatic operations which deliver value in a problem domain is the very definition "new in an interesting way."

Just like how Thai noodles have proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and/or vegetables, yet are nothing like a Big Mac and fries.

Finbel · 4 days ago
Calling using a proven tool (LLM agents) to generate code that provide real business value a "fatal flaw" was already hyperbole.

The equivalent of not using LLMs in your workflow as a software engineer today isn't eating whole foods. That might have been true a year ago, but today it's becoming more and more equivalent to a fruit only diet.

Finbel commented on A statistical analysis of Rotten Tomatoes   statsignificant.com/p/is-... · Posted by u/m463
jackero · 4 days ago
I find RT scores very accurate but not the raw score.

What I mean is that a 70% score is meaningless to me. I need to know the movie genre, the audience score, the age of the movie and then I basically do a “lookup table” in my head. And I have that lookup table because I’ve looked up every movie I’ve watched on RT for 15 years so I know how the scores correlate to my own personal opinions.

As an example: the author said that critic scores should align with audience scores but no that’s not true at all. Critics tend to care more about plot continuity, plot depth and details while the audience tends to care about enjoyability. Both are important to me so I always look at both scores. That’s why a lot of very funny comedies have a 60-69% critic score but a 90%-100% audience score — because it’s hilarious but the plot makes no fucking sense and has a million holes. And if you see a comedy with 95% critic but 70% audience, it will be thought-provoking and well done but don’t expect more than occasional chuckles.

Finbel · 4 days ago
Always wondered why Rings of Power have 84% critics score but just 49% audience.
Finbel commented on Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers   pistachioapp.com/blog/cop... · Posted by u/Sayrus
anticodon · 5 days ago
I'm pretty sure there're thousands of blog posts and books describing creation of a complete flashcards application in all popular programming languages and on all popular frameworks.
Finbel · 4 days ago
There're thousands of blog posts and books describing the vast majority of code most software developers write on a day to day basis.

99.99% of the code in that B2B SaaS for finding the cheapest industrial shipping option isn't novel.

Finbel commented on Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers   pistachioapp.com/blog/cop... · Posted by u/Sayrus
AdieuToLogic · 5 days ago
> In my opinion, using AI tools for programming at the moment, unless in a sandboxed environment and on a toy project, is just ludicrous.

Well put.

The fundamental flaw is in trying to employ nondeterministic content generation based on statistical relevance defined by an unknown training data set, which is what commercial LLM offerings are, in an effort to repeatably produce content satisfying a strict mathematical model (program source code).

Finbel · 5 days ago
Have you not used commercial LLMs to generate program source code? You describe it as if it's an almost unsolvable problem which might have been reasonable 2 years ago but I just used gpt-5 to generate a complete NextJS application for flashcards.

I've literally been employing nondeterministic content generation based on statistical relevance defined by an unknown training data, to repeatably produce content satisfying a strict mathematical model for months now.

Finbel commented on “The Mind in the Wheel” lays out a new foundation for the science of mind   experimental-history.com/... · Posted by u/CharlesW
xboxnolifes · 3 months ago
There is absolutely no knowledge needed for someone to point to something that is red and say "this is red" and then for you to associate things that roughly resemble that color to be red.

Understanding the underlying concepts is irrelevant.

Finbel · 3 months ago
Except I could think they mean the name of the thing, the size of the thing or a million other things. Especially if i have no knowledge of the underlying concept of colors.
Finbel commented on Show HN: Semantic Calculator (king-man+woman=?)   calc.datova.ai... · Posted by u/nxa
Finbel · 3 months ago
London-England+France=Maupassant
Finbel commented on Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court   axios.com/pro/tech-policy... · Posted by u/c420
lbrandy · 4 months ago
It's fun to see everyone arguing about what "everyone" thought.. when... we can just... look... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817840 is a fun thread from 2012.

The top reply to the top comment has some useful quotes for the purposes of this discussion...

> This is not going to be one of the best tech acquisitions of the next decade.

> Instagram is a photo service in a sea of other photo services.

> Bookmark this comment. See you in 2022.

Heh.

Finbel · 4 months ago
> "Where's the money in Instagram?" Preventing Instagram from developing into something that has a negative effect on Facebook. It's a "keep your enemies closer" move.

- Larrys 2012

Finbel commented on A computational analysis of potential algorithmic bias on X during the election   eprints.qut.edu.au/253211... · Posted by u/iudqnolq
Finbel · 9 months ago
Now do the same with google search results.
Finbel commented on Threads hits 5M signups in the first four hours   threads.net/t/CuVxMmvLNsG... · Posted by u/wfme
JoshGlazebrook · 2 years ago
Honestly this is what I think everyone has wanted for a while. It's a stripped down version of Twitter from years ago without any of the nonsense and ads, and a straightforward ui/ux. And it already has your profile information from Instagram and everyone you already follow and/or friends with so there is little to no setup required which makes the onboarding essentially one or two taps.

edit: and yes I know the irony of "no ads or nonsense" (yet), but as a way of getting people to join (in the near term) its a pro.

Finbel · 2 years ago
Don't know if I consider "not having ads until people become dependant on it" a pro.
Finbel commented on Iranian teen shocks Magnus Carlsen to win $14k prize   cnn.com/2020/04/17/sport/... · Posted by u/radkapital
lgl · 5 years ago
Hope he matured since this whiny moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPysTEW0YZU
Finbel · 5 years ago
Wow that hurt to watch.

u/Finbel

KarmaCake day52March 13, 2015View Original