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vicnov commented on Gemini 2.5 Deep Think   blog.google/products/gemi... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
panarky · 24 days ago
In my experience with chat, Flash has gotten much, much better. It's my go-to model even though I'm paying for Pro.

Pro is frustrating because it too often won't search to find current information, and just gives stale results from before its training cutoff. Flash doesn't do this much anymore.

For coding I use Pro in Gemini CLI. It is amazing at coding, but I'm actually using it more to write design docs, decomp multi-week assignments down to daily and hourly tasks, and then feed those docs back to Gemini CLI to have it work through each task sequentially.

With a little structure like this, it can basically write its own context.

vicnov · 24 days ago
interesting out of all "thinking models," I struggle with Gemini the most for coding. Just can't make it perform. I feel like they silently nerfed it over the last months.
vicnov commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome   academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar
jedimastert · a month ago
It's not very long ago that race was considered a "genetic malfunction".

People are still looking for a genetic link to autism.

vicnov · a month ago
It is an important point. Our understanding of what is “disease”/“malfunction” and how to address diseases has been changing.

I can see how if we, as society, - gain such immense wealth that taking care of/ providing support to/ humans with DS becomes so easy - arrive to the conclusion that there is no downside in emotional health/wellbeing - change definition of what “living full/happy life” Then parents stop perceiving DS as a concern

vicnov commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome   academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar
lurk2 · a month ago
This is not an attitude exclusive to progressives. The chief grievance here is that the historical “solution” to the “problem” of Down Syndrome has been abortion. Opposition comes from the pro-life movement (which is generally conservative) and disability advocacy groups (which are generally liberal).

A novel therapy that does not result in the termination of the pregnancy might satisfy the conservatives, but it does nothing to satisfy the disability advocates, who point out that these kinds of technologies fundamentally normalize the idea that they should never have been born the way that they are.

vicnov · a month ago
“Fundamentally normalize” is the part that surprises me. I sometimes think that it is the refusal to hold two thoughts simultaneously that drives it.

One can value/respect people with DS and strive to eliminate DS at the same time.

vicnov commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome   academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar
padjo · a month ago
Ah yes, because conservative thought is such a big fan of gene therapy and abortion.
vicnov · a month ago
Both sides have wild distortions, I just feel like it is “more clear” what’s going on in the right.
vicnov commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome   academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar
vicnov · a month ago
I think it is worth a separate research that modern definition of progressive thought considers eliminating/treating a genetic malfunction "unethical".
vicnov commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome   academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar
vtbassmatt · a month ago
Why do you think people with Down syndrome can’t “achieve independence and a life of their own”? And what makes you think they, or their families, see their existence as suffering?
vicnov · a month ago
because alot of times when they do it makes the news and because when it does happen.. it usually happens in (very few) "first world countries"?
vicnov commented on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome   academic.oup.com/pnasnexu... · Posted by u/MattSayar
ghurtado · a month ago
See, it's stories like this one that make me really question just how ethical it is to completely eliminate Down's from the gene pool. I understand it's the correct medical and scientific thing to do, it's just that it sometimes feels a little bit like eugenics for me.
vicnov · a month ago
> just how ethical it is to completely eliminate Down's from the gene pool

wait.. what?

vicnov commented on Why I Hate Azure with a Passion   medium.com/@ceo_44783/why... · Posted by u/tylersuard
yesbut · a month ago
This is another argument for need more democratically controlled, worker-owned enterprises. There shouldn't be a situation where this is possible [As VPs/Directors have told me on multiple occasions "we sell to the decision makers." And with how short-term decision making is for most companies, ESPECIALLY large/public ones, it's very easy to make that sale via "no one ever got fired for..."/bundle deals/incentives/etc.] The devs doing the work should be the ones making these decisions collectively, not ignorant, short-term thinking execs.
vicnov · a month ago
Yesbut… is it true? MSFT is very successful long-term.

You’re making an assumption that teams having control over their work will lead to better quality of product (which i agree) and then (I assume you predict), in return, will result in better financial performance.

But is that true? I am not so sure. I worked in some banks and it is very easy to come up with better products for consumers… that will make less revenue to the banks. I also worked in big tech, and so how prioritizing UX over paying customer requests is virtually impossible.

Oh… i also observed teams ACTIVELY not wanting to take steps to improve products because it would lead to taking risks, and most corporations incentivize you to he risk-averse.

This is a very interesting topic, with few clear answers beyond “culture has to be very good to build good products”

vicnov commented on Why I Hate Azure with a Passion   medium.com/@ceo_44783/why... · Posted by u/tylersuard
vicnov · a month ago
The fact that you hate it and yet still use it explains why they can afford it to be so bad.

Also.. most people want to do their job well, very few people are aligned in what “doing job well” means when it comes to large corporations.

Improvements you wanted were not prioritized not because dev teams disagree, because their leadership needs to hit sales targets, and that probably means catering to some very specific requirements of very large orgs.

There is no malicious intent, and no unprofessional behavior. This IS big corpa working AS INTENDED. Everyone stuck in some sort of local maxima, no one is happy and business is growing.

vicnov commented on Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement   cnbc.com/2025/07/18/meta-... · Posted by u/rntn
paul7986 · a month ago
The US, China and others are sprinting and thus spiraling towards the majority of society's destitution unless we force these billionaires hands; figure out how we will eat and sustain our economies where one person is now doing a white or blue (Amazon warehouse robots) collar job that ten use to do.
vicnov · a month ago
Is every sprint a spiral towards destruction?

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