coderoffortune (u/coderoffortune)

coderoffortune commented on Spring 6.1 now compatible with virtual threads and JDK 21 github.com/spring-project... · Posted by u/philonoist

greatpostman · 2 years ago

I keep reading negativity about spring. I got curious, am building the backend for a new startup with spring boot 3. It’s been a breeze. Everything works, great tooling, very mature software. Am I missing something? Will I regret this in six months?

coderoffortune · 2 years ago

Don't worry, all negativity comes from those miserable Go devs.

coderoffortune commented on ChatGPT 4 saved my dog’s life twitter.com/peakcooper/st... · Posted by u/dsr12

extr · 3 years ago

I've been using ChatGPT as a health consultant for all sorts of things. If you've ever experienced health anxiety, you know a huge problem is Googling your symptoms and the top links immediately going to diagnoses like lymphoma or HIV. There is no sense of the a priori likelihood of anything. But ChatGPT is pretty measured, and though it includes tons of disclaimers about needing to see a real doctor, it's impossible to definitely say, etc etc, it's much better about returning the REAL most likely reason you have a headache (you're dehydrated) rather than you have brain cancer.

Of course, you could argue this is lulling you in a false sense of security. But the same thing (arguably worse) happens when you go to a real doctor! Half the time they barely look at you and just kind of shrug off concerns/anxiety.

Edit: I got curious and ran an experiment. Typically when you are anxiously googling you are worried about the worst case (even if it's not rational).

Google: "headache brain tumor"

First result, before links even, is a huge out-of-context info box from the Mayo Clinic on brain tumors that highlights the words "Or a brain tumor can cause swelling in the brain that increases pressure in the head and leads to a headache." Jesus Christ!

ChatGPT 3.5: "I have a headache, could it be a brain tumor?"

First two sentences: "A headache can have many different causes, and while a brain tumor is one possible cause, it is not the most common cause. Most headaches are not caused by brain tumors and are usually due to other factors such as tension, sinus issues, or migraine." It then goes on to list tumor-specific headaches symptoms (like changes in vision or hearing) and calls out to see a doctor if you're getting those.

Which do you think is more likely to calm you down? Or is more legitimately helpful and going to provide good outcomes?

coderoffortune · 3 years ago

Why calm down yourself when you feel unwell? Keep on searching for possible headache causes. Three years I go I felt unwell, I went to GP and instead of trying to help me, they have been comforting me saying "all is fine, you are fine, it's just a virus"... Wasted 6 months going to GP trying to explain weird symptoms and finally was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma. Went through 2 lines of super toxic treatment and stem cell transplant. Listen to your body, you know better how you feel! Neither GP nor ChatGPT care about you!

coderoffortune commented on OpenAI used Kenyan workers on less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic time.com/6247678/openai-c... · Posted by u/mkeeter

kuboble · 3 years ago

I also think it is probably good. Similarly when I was born in 1980's in Poland my father's salary was roughly 0.1$/hrs. My first job in 1999 paid me less than 2$/hrs. If any American company would be allowed to hire pepole in Poland in 1980 for 1$/hr people would pay bribes to get this job even if it was a humiliating, damaging, life-shortening physical labor. Why Poland got richer after 1990 is partly that we allowed western companies to buy cheap polish labor. The labor was good enough that the companies started competing for it and long story short now the salaries aren't 5% of western but depending on the sector maybe 20%-50%.

coderoffortune · 3 years ago

Partly due to cheap labor and partly due to enormous invenstmets from EU funds.

coderoffortune commented on PHP in 2023 stitcher.io/blog/php-in-2... · Posted by u/langitbiru

coderoffortune · 3 years ago

Hi, curious to try new version of PHP. Do you know some good tutorial to setup development environment?

coderoffortune commented on GPT-4 could pass bar exam, AI researchers say the-decoder.com/gpt-4-cou... · Posted by u/nafeen

curriculum · 3 years ago

Along the same lines, asking

> How many words are in the sentence "This is a test of artificial intelligence"?

yields an answer of:

> There are 8 words in the sentence "This is a test of artificial intelligence."

(There are 7).

coderoffortune · 3 years ago

My guess is that AI omitted 'a' because this is essentially how natural language processing works. Perhaps it cannot see 'a' because the input has been stripped of 'a' or 'the', and so on.

coderoffortune commented on Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days? · Posted by u/killjoywashere

coderoffortune · 3 years ago

Still using Lenovo Thinkpad T540p, purchased it in 2015. Works like a charm, powerful machine.

coderoffortune commented on Hotels turn to robots and room cleanings every 4 days to ease staffing shortages npr.org/2022/12/21/114347... · Posted by u/lxm

coderoffortune · 3 years ago

As a person who used to work for housekeeping department in various London hotels I can tell there's no shortage of labour, there's a shortage for slaves. Hospitality jobs, housekeeping in particular, is modern slavery.