"Offshore team." "Holy cow." I see what you did there.
that was accidental
Readit Newstjwebbnorfolk commented on Some thoughts on LLMs and software development martinfowler.com/articles... · Posted by u/floverfelt
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Some thoughts on LLMs and software development martinfowler.com/articles... · Posted by u/floverfelt
These metaphors all suck. Well, ok, yours is funny. But anyway, LLMs are just very different from any human.
They are extremely shallow, even compared to a junior developer. But extremely broad, even compared to the most experienced developer. They type real fuckin fast compared to anyone on earth, but they need to be told what to do much more carefully than anyone on earth.
> but they need to be told what to do much more carefully than anyone on earth.
have you ever managed an offshore team. holy cow
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Self-driving cars begin testing on NYC streets amny.com/nyc-transit/self... · Posted by u/pkaeding
If they can make it there, they'll make it anywhere.
"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball"
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Self-driving cars begin testing on NYC streets amny.com/nyc-transit/self... · Posted by u/pkaeding
To the degree that self-driving cars limit the adoption of public transportation, I am wholly against the technology.
If a car can drive itself, what's stopping that from becoming the public transportation of the next decade?
Or are you just ideologically against anything that doesn't pack people into tubes in order to "save the planet"?
tjwebbnorfolk commented on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel... · Posted by u/givemeethekeys
"Someone's garage" is a straw man. There must be people here who could, with adequate funding, build a smallish but viable chip manufacturing company.
It is not a straw man.
There is no amount of scrappy cleverness that gets you from zero to manufacturing cutting-edge chips without shitloads of capital investment, years/decades of R&D, a huge manufacturing workforce, and big contracts.
There's no such thing as starting small and scaling in that business.
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription autoexpress.co.uk/volkswa... · Posted by u/t0bia_s
> whom?
Rational agents. That quality is an abater of relativism.
> What would your goal be, then
Livability. That requires working systems, so that choice is still possible. In the current situation, there is in many vast territories no choice, in many areas (not just cars), and greatly suboptimal, very thin livability.
Let me know when you find one of these "rational agents". I'd love to meet an extraterrestrial alien made of silicon.
Again, livability "for whom?" Do you propose making cheap, accessible beachfront property a basic human right? Should we all live in equally-sized apartments given to us for free by the government? People do not all want the same thing.
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription autoexpress.co.uk/volkswa... · Posted by u/t0bia_s
> consumers do not necessarily act in the interest of consumers
That's what I am saying with "broken market, broken supply-demand system, non-rational and non-informed economic agents".
Bad products that sell are a reality since a long time.
Broken for whom? "Bad" according to whom?
What would your goal be, then? Only "good" products are able to be sold -- according to whom will this definition of "good" be decided?
I'm mainly playing devil's advocate here, but my point is that bringing value judgement into other people's decisions is not something I would regard as rational. People have their own reasons for doing things that I don't need to understand.
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act bbc.com/news/articles/cjr... · Posted by u/phlummox
tbf it took from 1939 until about 5 years ago for people to forget that fascism is a bad idea.
This comment is proof that too many people think that fascism is just a political brand for anyone you don't like.
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act bbc.com/news/articles/cjr... · Posted by u/phlummox
They are not only children, but also goldfish who forget everything after 5 minutes
s/they/we
tjwebbnorfolk commented on Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription autoexpress.co.uk/volkswa... · Posted by u/t0bia_s
Now you are seeing the great electric car scam - Selling you an under-powered electric car and to increase its power you must pay for a subscription to unlock it's full power capabilities.
The best part is, many won't care (when they should). But these days, it is okay to get scammed isn't it?
BMW tried selling a subscription on heated seats, but that failed. [0], So lets see how long this will last.
Who are you to tell other people what they should care about? Each person can decide for themselves what is important, and what is not.
Minding one's own business is an underrated virtue.