Once you’re part of the machine it’s just their agenda, not reality. Unless, of course, they’re defining reality. Usenet might have been real, but the ‘Net seems to be a daily Turing test or bot army fest. Gresham’s law and all that.
Readit NewsSo the generated code is as good as the developer's code? Is this because of great AI, crap developers or poor choice of problem space? Are they seeing generated code that’s outside the training space hold up? IE, without memorized solutions…
jleyank commented on Canada unveils auto industry plan in latest pivot away from US bbc.com/news/articles/cvg... · Posted by u/breve
I think the goal is to keep Canadians working and thus the tax base. Being lashed to the us, at the moment, is a recipe for disaster. Being lashed to the three us carmakers, unfortunately, isn’t much better given their worldwide difficulties. There’s a base of workers who bend metal and this community can be applied to alternatives while they exist. Military hardware, commercial vehicles, things that float, etc.
HN is an ironic place to have these discussions, as it’s businesses are the reason 20th century things like bending metal are in decline.
Politically wise at the moment, in spite of whatever views the founders hold themselves. If they want to poach talent from other funding sources, let them operate as they wish.
jleyank commented on Culture Isn't Stagnating, You Guys Are Just Old jenn.site/culture-isnt-st... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
Sorta sad being so damn ancient that the whole old vs new culture argument occurs after my (uni) frame of reference. Prog, table gaming (including FRP), pre-Linux hacking, …. sigh
You’re all on my lawn.
Can the current AI tools go beyond what they’ve been trained upon other than via random token generation? Is there any inference engine to keep things associated, or is it relying on how big the memorized solutions are? Is it capable of detecting bogus training data and removing it?
Have we created what Douglas Adams wrote about all those years ago re misphrased questions?
jleyank commented on SBA cuts off non-US citizens from primary loan program politico.com/news/2026/02... · Posted by u/propter_hoc
What defines an owner, then? One who signs the application? Somebody with stock? If so, how much stock? Can they be promoted to owner after the application is granted?
Is it ok to have green card and/or work permit people on staff, or is that also a no-no? I can imagine they’d agree, since the administration’s goal is to not have non-citizens. Or, maybe, not have small business loans?
Historically, it actually has been very closely aligned with he military. The Scout Oath said at every meeting begins with "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country." There are undercurrents of military influence throughout a ton of their other traditions as well.
Hmm... Probably best that I never got into it then. I prefer doing things openly, which is why the junior military people I see here don't bother me.
If the military wants a "junior cadet corps", it can go make one. They seem to have such things here in Canada, and people know what to expect. I'm not sure what "core values" are for the Scouts, but I'm fairly certain they're not fully shared with the military. More a sense of interacting with nature, teamwork, learning, ... Given that society is multi-spectral, there's nothing wrong trying to broaden the appeal and integration of Scout groups.
If AI is here to stay, as a thing that permanently increases productivity, then AI buying up all the electricians and network engineers is a (correct) signal. People will take courses in those things and try to get a piece of the winnings. Same with those memory chips that they are gobbling up, it just tells everyone where to make a living.
If it's a flash in a pan, and it turns out to be empty promises, then all those people are wasting their time.
What we really want to ask ourselves is whether our economy is set up to mostly get things right, or it is wastefully searching.