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warmedcookie commented on AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates stranded   restofworld.org/2025/engi... · Posted by u/cratermoon
iAMkenough · 2 days ago
M series is an interation of A series, "disrupting markets" since 2010. LLMs are an iteration of SmarterChild. "Self driving vehicles" is an iteration of the self-parking and lane assist vehicles of the last decade.

I'm bored.

warmedcookie · a day ago
Damn, what an LLM roast. Smarterchild couldn't even recall past 3 messages
warmedcookie commented on Quebec to ban public prayer in sweeping new secularism law   theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/sipofwater
warmedcookie · 19 days ago
Is a prayer ban really needed here? Seems like a lack of enforcing existing laws, such as blocking traffic, is the issue here. Seeing people pray in public is weird to me, but if they aren't obstructing, what's the harm?

In the US, we have a "See you at the pole" prayer event every year where people gather around American flag poles and pray, which seems like a nice way to gather together as a community to meditate and reflect.

warmedcookie commented on Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out   bleepingcomputer.com/news... · Posted by u/fleahunter
astura · 20 days ago
This is straight up just a bold faced lie.

Big Tobacco never funded the American Heart Association.

AHA never purposefully ommited smoking as a cause of heart disease. In fact, they were at the forefront of the research to prove a link between smoking and heart disease. They met with the The Surgeon General in 1961 to request the formation of the Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health. Report can be viewed here - https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/tobacco/nnbbmq.pdf

warmedcookie · 20 days ago
I'm more inclined to believe the person you responded to given how often I saw the AHA heart check logo on some questionable cereals in the 90s.

Yeah, these cereals have soluble fiber...with a bunch of sugar.

warmedcookie commented on Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential data   apnews.com/article/fannie... · Posted by u/consumer451
hahahacorn · a month ago
I didn’t vote for him. Doesn’t take much reading comprehension to glean that from my original comment.
warmedcookie · a month ago
It's hard to have reflection and discourse when both parties can be so negative and polarizing.
warmedcookie commented on Cursor: Past, Present, and Future   cursor.com/blog/series-d... · Posted by u/whizusukite
verdverm · a month ago
> nothing comes close to X

you lost me here because this is based on your opinion and impressions, not data. How do you know nothing comes close?

The PR experience you describe is available in several options and setups. Different strokes for different folks, your choice is not superior by any meaningful measure other than your own preferences

warmedcookie · a month ago
I don't. I'm fishing for alternatives.
warmedcookie commented on Cursor: Past, Present, and Future   cursor.com/blog/series-d... · Posted by u/whizusukite
verdverm · a month ago
Comments like this remind me how much of the ai/agentic ecosystem is based on people's personal vibes and emotions

I've seen very little, meaningful difference. They all have their quirks, things their good at / bad at. The underlying models are very similar as well

warmedcookie · a month ago
Okay, I'll delve deeper. You're talking about one thing, the models, which Cursor has a bunch available to choose from. Yes, I agree practically no difference there in terms of what junk is being spit out.

But code review is really important to me and nothing comes close to Cursor in regards to reviewing the code the LLM generates. I can keep the good parts, modify or throw out the bad parts. I can go back to a checkpoint easily when things get really bad. What solution comes even close to that? Cursor nails this really well. Claude code acolytes tell me to just use git commands. Yeah, no thanks.

Vibe coding? Yes, no meaningful difference.

warmedcookie commented on Cursor: Past, Present, and Future   cursor.com/blog/series-d... · Posted by u/whizusukite
CactusBlue · a month ago
They haven't built their own editor, they haven't built their own models; what have they actually built?
warmedcookie · a month ago
Everyone starts with some building blocks, some much bigger than others in Cursor's case.
warmedcookie commented on Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain   news.mit.edu/2025/your-br... · Posted by u/gmays
layer8 · 2 months ago
People can remember things that hadn’t re-entered their mind for decades. It certainly happened to me a number of times (completely trauma-unrelated and not actively elicited).
warmedcookie · 2 months ago
Indeed. I was browsing a Nintendo fan site I made in 1998 on archive.org when I was just 11 years old. I don't remember every detail about making it, but my brain had no problem stitching all the pieces it did retain back together.

On the other hand, I do have some Gandalf "I have no memory of this place" moments for other things.

warmedcookie commented on Why do some gamers invert their controls?   theguardian.com/games/202... · Posted by u/zdw
echelon · 3 months ago
I grew up on N64, which had inverted axes. Nintendo continued that tradition for the longest time.

It extends beyond joystick inputs. I also can't deal with Apple's scrolling defaults. I have to invert every Apple trackpad and device.

> In short, gamers think they are an inverter or a non-inverter because of how they were first exposed to game controls

Bingo! This mirrors my experience.

> It’s much more likely that you invert or don’t invert due to how your brain perceives objects in 3D space.

I've tried both. I can do both. But I prefer the style I grew up with.

warmedcookie · 3 months ago
Yep, Goldeneye.
warmedcookie commented on Trump Will Charge $100k Fee for H1B Visas   forbes.com/sites/saradorn... · Posted by u/tracyhenry
taylodl · 3 months ago
Alright. So offshore development it is!

Putting snark aside, I'd rather work with the H-1B visa holders who are here locally. Not only does it make it easier for me to coordinate and deliver my projects, but there's a lot of local tax revenue being generated by these folks that we lose when they're working overseas.

I've been wondering since the 90s why I don't work with more Americans, but that ship has done sailed: a lot of Americans don't want to do this work. Even though it brings good pay with it. I don't know why that is, but that's the way it is.

But forcing us to use more and more offshore labor? That's just stupid.

warmedcookie · 3 months ago
Yep, this will take more cash out of America. H-1B visa holders spend money in America and support America economically like everyone else. Offshoring just sends our money out into foreign economies. If you don't close the loopholes, this makes things worse for America economically.

u/warmedcookie

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