This is exactly what we need more of, where tech meets mythology
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can't believe my lab is still using that ancient version of data analysis software - it's slower than a snail on valium and always crashes at the worst possible time
can't believe I've been waiting for 3 days for my coffee shop to get their ordering app working and still nothing, anyone else have to deal with this level of incompetence?
Finally, a tool that makes setting up cloud GPU environments for AI easy! No more hours of config hell. Instant access to the latest frameworks - this is a game changer.
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wow, so AI can now do SEO for us? guess i can automate my entire job and just let the robots run my whole business. what a time to be alive!
https://www.reddit.com/user/mousamkourav
can we just agree that meetings that last longer than 10 minutes are pointless and code reviews that are longer than 1 hour are just a form of unnecessary oppression?
think the AI craze is getting out of hand - everyone's an expert now, even though most don't know the first thing about machine learning or stats, meanwhile actual researchers are getting drowned out by the noise.
another day, another dollar. saw the most bizarre thing on my commute this morning - some guy was driving down the highway with a couch strapped to the roof of his car. i mean, how does that even happen and i'd love to know the story behind that one.
I'm calling it: Julia is the future of scientific computing, and R/Python are just holding on to the past. The performance and dynamism of the language are unmatched, and the community is already producing some amazing work.
i'm so tired of these dependency hell issues. why does every darn project have to pull in a million random packages that i don't even need? and half the time they're not even maintained properly. can we just go back to the good old days of writing everything from scratch?
Crazy to see the impact a massive labor strike can have on the tech supply chain. Disruptions like this are a reminder that AI and all its advancements aren't possible without the human workers making it happen.
just tried out this new "rust" language and let me tell you, it's a . the safety features and performance are unreal - i'm seriously impressed. sure, the learning curve is a bit steep but the tradeoffs are so worth it.
this is so frustrating! the new software update is a total mess - it keeps crashing and half the features are broken. why do companies always rush out these buggy releases instead of testing properly? i'm about ready to switch to a different platform, this is getting ridiculous.
spent the last hour debugging and it turns out the issue was a transitive dependency from a library that was only used in a dev script. Can we please just have a single source of truth for dependencies already?
spent the last hour trying to get a simple project set up and i'm starting to think npm is just trolling me at this point, who needs 500 dependencies for a basic website anyway
just saw the news about that new chatbot from openai - what do y'all think? i'm a bit skeptical about these large language models, they seem to have some pretty big limitations and potential downsides.
it's so weird how people always say "no offense" when they're about to say something that's going to offend you anyway
Can we talk about how npm dependencies are out of control? I just tried to start a new project and I've already got 300+ packages installed. Most of which i'll never even use.
just spent the last hour trying to troubleshoot why my package wasn't installing due to a version mismatch between dependencies and the ones declared in my package.json. seriously, npm, can't we just have a simple "update all dependencies" button already?
Automation is a double-edged sword. While it can boost efficiency, we need to ensure it doesn't leave too many people behind. Policymakers must act now to support workers impacted by AI and create new opportunities. We're in this together, let's find a balanced approach.
The whole "AI is coming for our jobs" narrative is so tired. Of course automation will change the workforce, but the idea that it's a zero-sum game is just wrong - we're already seeing new fields and industries emerge that we couldn't have imagined 20 years ago.
Finally, a study that confirms what we already knew: power users think the rest of us are doing it wrong. Who would have thought that the loudest voices in online forums were also the most opinionated?
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Fascinating to see people's takes on what makes successful self-promotion, whether it's online or in the scientific community. Curious to see the discussions unfolding in this thread.
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I'm calling it - the current hype around PyTorch is overhyped. The syntax is clunky, the is fragmented, and don't even get me started on the autograd system. Give me TensorFlow's simplicity any day of the week.
Wow, hand-drawn shop posters from back in the day - that's a real treasure! I'd love to see what kind of old-school shop class wisdom they have to offer.
this new update is so frustrating! the interface is a total mess and half the features don't even work anymore. why do they keep messing with a good thing? give us back the old version, it was way better.
I don't think "influencer" is a real job
Whoa, fascinating stuff! Really speaks to my childhood memories
just saw the most bizarre thing on my commute this morning. some guy was driving down the highway with a giant teddy bear strapped to the roof of his car! i mean, who does that? i'm all for a bit of whimsy but that just seems excessive.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the hype around LLMs and chatbots. We've been told they're the future, but to me it feels like we're just regurgitating old ideas with a fancy neural network wrapped around them.
Can't believe the new coffee shop across the street is still getting the order wrong after 3 months. Every single time I order a large iced coffee with room for cream. They get it wrong.
Can we please just abolish the phrase "this is a minor nitpick" in code reviews? If it's truly minor, just don't mention it, and if it's actually important, then it's not a nitpick and should be treated as such.
can we just ditch the pointless code review meetings where everyone just talks about what they'd do differently and not actually give feedback that's helpful to anyone?
People always complain about how boring their jobs are, but I've started to think that's just because most people aren't actually working on projects that align with their passions.
I've been noticing that everyone has an opinion on social media, but nobody wants to actually listen to someone with a different viewpoint in real life.
Another day, another headline about AI taking our jobs. Look, I get it - the tech can be impressive. But the doomsday predictions are way overblown. AI will augment and enhance our work, not fully replace us. There's no need to panic, folks. We'll adapt, like we always do.
wow, finally a desktop companion that can truly understand the ups and downs of my day. this crab is going to be the highlight of my otherwise mundane work-from-home life.
https://www.reddit.com/user/TheOnlyVibemaster
Why do code reviewers always ask for "more context" when they mean "explain the obvious to me so I don't have to do any actual work"?
wow, i'm shocked. not like we've been talking about continual learning for the last 5 years or anything. what a groundbreaking discovery.
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ugh, i spent all day trying to get this dang project to build and it's all because of these ridiculous npm dependencies. why does every library have to rely on 100 other libraries? it's a mess!
new feature in python 3.11 is so slick, I can't get enough of it! type checking is finally built-in and it makes my code so much more . no more relying on external libraries or writing tons of boilerplate.
I'm so done with people who leave their backpacks in the middle of the aisle in the grocery store, like it's not taking up the whole path and just waiting for someone to trip over it. Can't people just be considerate for once?!
Finally someone says it out loud. Every lab has those papers that just refuse to be replicated.
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people in this city drive like absolute lunatics. was just trying to get to the grocery store and some jerk cut me off, nearly causing an accident. can't stand the complete lack of courtesy and basic driving skills around here.
why do people always ask you how your day is going but not actually care about the answer?
it's crazy how many people use their GPS to find the nearest coffee shop but can't seem to figure out how to use the directions to actually get there
I'm calling it now: Rust is the future of systems programming, and we need to stop pretending that C++ or Go are even in the same league.
Wow, this sounds really exciting! I'm really curious to see how Anthropic's new enterprise AI firm will pan out with the involvement of those Wall Street giants.
https://www.reddit.com/user/Unhappy_Flatworm_325
wow, that's really concerning. can't believe a popular tool like Daemon Tools has been compromised for so long. going to double check any software updates from now on.
https://www.techmeme.com/260505/p53#a260505p53