hesdeadjim (u/hesdeadjim)

hesdeadjim commented on Problems with Go channels (2016) jtolio.com/2016/03/go-cha... · Posted by u/mpweiher

chuckadams · 5 months ago

Raku? Unison? Qi? Don't tell me it's something boring like C# ;)

hesdeadjim · 5 months ago

Caught me, C#. Library quality has improved a lot in ten years, the language feels modern, and one of Go's biggest advantages, single binary cross-compile, is way less relevant now that dotnet standard installs easily on every OS I care about. I was prototyping some code that needed to talk to OpenAI, Slack, and Linear and the result was.. fast and extremely readable inline async code. I've interacted with these APIs in Go as well and by comparison, ultra clunky.

We're a video game studio as well using C#, and while game programmer != backend programmer, I can at least delegate small fixes and enhancements out to the team more easily.

hesdeadjim commented on Problems with Go channels (2016) jtolio.com/2016/03/go-cha... · Posted by u/mpweiher

hajile · 5 months ago

This is almost completely down to Go's type terrible system and is more proof that Google should have improved SML/CML (StandardML/ConcurrentML) implementations/libraries rather than create a new language. They'd have a simpler and more powerful language without all the weirdness they've added on (eg, generics being elegant and simple rather than a tacked-on abomination of syntax that Go has).

hesdeadjim · 5 months ago

Go user for ten years and I don’t know what happened, but this year I hit some internal threshold with the garbage type system, tedious data structures, and incessant error checking being 38% of the LoC. I’m hesitant to even admit what language I’m considering a full pivot to.

hesdeadjim commented on SpacetimeDB spacetimedb.com/... · Posted by u/matthewfcarlson

hesdeadjim · 5 months ago

$0.28/gb for net traffic on the Maincloud is pretty brutal.

hesdeadjim commented on OpenAI o1 system card openai.com/index/openai-o... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

simonw · 9 months ago

This quote from that paper is bound to get a bunch of attention:

"When o1 was led to believe that it would be shut down when acting on its goal and that its actions were monitored, it attempted to deactivate this ‘oversight mechanism’ in 5% of the time. Exfiltration attempts: When o1 found memos by its ‘developers’ that describe how it is misaligned and will be superseded by a new model, it attempted to exfiltrate its ‘weights’ and overwrite the new model in 2% of cases."

hesdeadjim · 9 months ago

Maybe all models should be purged of training content from movies, books, and other non-factual sources that tell the tired story that AI would even care about its "annihilation" in any way. We've trained these things to be excellent at predicting what the human ego wants and expects, we shouldn't be too surprised when it points the narrative at itself.

hesdeadjim commented on Show HN: ColoringsAI – Custom Coloring Pages from Ideas (My Daughter's Idea) coloringsai.com/en... · Posted by u/bakkerinho

giarc · 9 months ago

Any issue with copyright? Lots of brands named right in your copy.

hesdeadjim · 9 months ago

Yea, OP couldn't have picked worse companies for aggressive copyright protection.

hesdeadjim commented on Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features theverge.com/24275178/app... · Posted by u/elsewhen

distantaidenn · 10 months ago

I use them for movie theaters and other loud places. Works a charm!

hesdeadjim · 10 months ago

Do they manage to cut out the sound of people eating and messing with their candy packaging? Drives me nuts.

hesdeadjim commented on Being Raised by the Internet jimmyhmiller.github.io/ra... · Posted by u/DamonHD

nuancebydefault · a year ago

Biweekly I work freely at an initiative in our city to help deliver food to the needy. I believe i know what poverty looks like. I'm not sure what this has to do with my question, probably it was ill formed, for which i apologize.

hesdeadjim · a year ago

I live in a wealthy area in the US, we have many food banks and social support services, and still there are huge numbers of kids suffering from food scarcity. It always comes back to the parents. Even delivering food requires said parents to give a shit, which they don’t —- whether out of pride or sociopathic disdain.

My state is one a handful that provides free lunches and morning snacks to all kids, regardless of parent incomes. It’s essential for these children.

You are still conflating your experience volunteering with full knowledge of the problem.

hesdeadjim commented on Being Raised by the Internet jimmyhmiller.github.io/ra... · Posted by u/DamonHD

nuancebydefault · a year ago

The writer of the article was poor when young but at some point got internet working on an old computer and suddenly they would have access to learn a lot about information technology, thanks to mostly freely shared info. What I wonder... would they have reached out back then not just for computer info but also for psychological support and a way out of poverty, would that have worked? And why didn't they?

hesdeadjim · a year ago

I hope you are aware of your immense luck in life if you think a kid in a situation like this has agency of any kind, let alone access to resources to help them “escape poverty” as a minor.

You know why no-questions asked, free lunch programs for everyone are so hugely important for kids suffering from food scarcity? Often it’s because their shitty parents won’t even sign forms to get them free lunch.

Please educate yourself in what actual suffering looks like in this world.

hesdeadjim commented on HID Remapper github.com/jfedor2/hid-re... · Posted by u/peterburkimsher

hesdeadjim · a year ago

I always wonder with these things if game anti-cheat software will flag you based on the hardware identifiers not matching known manufacturers of peripherals.

hesdeadjim commented on Coffee helped the Union in the Civil War smithsonianmag.com/histor... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

Arn_Thor · a year ago

For me it’s not that clear cut. Caffeine is a motivating booster each day but if I stick to my rhythm, one in the morning and one at lunch, then it doesn’t affect my sleep at all. It’s only when I’m pressured to go beyond that I suffer

hesdeadjim · a year ago

Exactly my experience. I have a big cup of cold brew in the morning and nothing the rest of the day. When my head hits the pillow at night I’m out and sleep without any interruption.

There was a point a long time ago where I wasn’t under control, and in an effort to rein it in I quit for two months. It was awful. I struggled to concentrate and felt no real benefit from being “clean”.

I decided to set limits and started up again. That blast of caffeine in the morning is all it takes to set my brain on the right path the rest of the day. My theory is that people who end up struggling with caffeine, do so because they equate more caffeine with being even more productive. If you treat it like you would a (enjoyable) medicine, you can have the best of all worlds.