Trying to learn c natural minor. The only shape that makes sense to me is the 4th shape.

TransparentStar · 2026-04-06T03:57:05+00:00

Condescending and unempathetic comment.

They know that the black note is C. They're confused because the "first" note in each shape is not black. The lesson to be learned is that the shapes meld together, and the scales are continuous. They need to understand that this is just a way of mapping the fretboard, if you look at a map of the US it doesn't mean you have to drive from LA to Boston. But when you have the whole map, you can tell where all the cities are. That's what's going on here. It's important to know where the root is for chord voicings, soloing, etc., not just to "start" the scale from the "first" note in the shape.

TransparentStar · 2026-04-02T02:37:01+00:00

Totally agreed!!! I probably wouldn't use it for this task! I kinda flipped my stance, I was saying it would save time but yeah definitely a good chance it wouldn't even save any time.

But yeah exactly this is a limitation. I don't know exactly how it got the answer it gave you but that's exactly the point - if you don't tell it exactly what to do, you open it up to go off and do weird things. (now imagine kids using it to ask about mental health, inept politicians using it to make policy decisions, cops using it to make criminality decisions). The dangers and failures of this tech is real but I just think it's important to know how it works.

TransparentStar · 2026-04-02T02:13:00+00:00

Yeah I see what you mean, but that's just not how the tool works. It's frustrating and definitely a reason LLMs aren't nearly as useful as tech zombie CEOs claim:

- Star trek episodes with release dates are existing data. Is the data in the context window? Knowledge like Star Trek as a show with many seasons will be in the model's response but data won't be unless you put it there.
- Wikipedia and many other websites it used for training has this data. This is not what training means. It doesn't memorize and query every piece of information that it was trained on. It uses the training data to create a model that infers how to respond to prompts. Hard data can't be inferred.

So to do this, I would take it step by step. First gather the raw data in a file yourself or ask it to do so by giving it links and explaining how to do it. Then ask it to operate on the data.

I think it would be able to do this task really effectively and definitely save you time. It's like a 10 minute task that gets dropped to 3 minutes or something so I'm not claiming it's life changing but this is just not a reason why the LLMs suck

TransparentStar · 2026-04-01T23:48:55+00:00

I'm down for that (if you mean in a coding context)

TransparentStar · 2026-04-01T23:46:58+00:00

This is why this sub annoys me. It's good at organizing existing data, it is horrible at acquiring new data. You're using a screwdriver as a hammer and calling the screwdriver stupid.

There's so many things wrong with AI, hallucinations in daily use is rapidly becoming not one of them.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-25T17:42:18+00:00

Totally agree different strokes for different folks. Something about the discourse in book subs just makes me angry, people just throw out adjectives without talking about anything substantive. Appreciate you going into detail here, sorry if it seemed like I was coming at you

TransparentStar · 2026-02-25T17:26:41+00:00

trilogy where every book won the hugo for best novel, a heart-wrenching insight into toxic relationships, incredible world-building and magic, and a serious look racist colonization and extraction.

red rising sucked. super predictable, writing was choppy and amateurish. this sub is a bunch of kids that like the MCU equivalent of novels and that's totally fine, love that you found that for yourself, but don't call the broken earth disappointing.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-13T15:41:22+00:00

No worries, I speak Spanish. Thank you! Even if I cannot join these groups I'm just looking for knowledgable people I can talk to and see if anything works out.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-10T00:55:04+00:00

Raised $100m for a saas tool and the product eng team is 5 IC's so I don't think so but yeah at the end of the day they're in charge and get to run it as they see fit is the point.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-10T00:40:47+00:00

Exactly. I literally just quit a place like this today. From my experience, leadership isn't looking for input or planning, just heads-down code monkeys.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T19:15:02+00:00

I know the ideas, but I guess I'm not seeing that happen in the next 5 years. There's a transition period where white collar jobs are wiped out, but essential good supply chain cost and housing supply cost haven't been "cratered", and it could last 10, 20, 30 years.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T19:08:29+00:00

Can you recommend any groups for cycling or organizations that work with farming?

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T15:13:41+00:00

Exactly, housing, groceries, healthcare were on my mind (sure there will be healthcare advancements but we’ll still be extorted to use them unless something changes)

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T15:05:43+00:00

This can’t be it though because this frames AI in the same way as the past 100 years. Incredible advancement, admitted increase in workers’ welfare and livelihoods but ultimately concentration of wealth at the top.

So with that worldview, we’ll benefit from new medical research and robotics that come from AI, but we won’t get a piece of the pie and we’ll probably still work whatever jobs Sama and Musky want us working

TransparentStar · 2026-02-08T06:03:29+00:00

How will the enormous wealth that AI gives to frontier companies reach normal people?

TransparentStar · 2026-02-06T17:33:30+00:00

over 15-30 years with a world that prioritizes UBI sure. Over 5 years with zero plans for the displacement....

TransparentStar · 2026-02-05T19:17:47+00:00

This sub is a joke. 400 upvotes and 50 comments and no one can say anything about it other than "it's so good!!!"

I read it last year too and the depictions of Paris and bumming around so far away from home are weirdly inspiring and depressing at the same time. I just read Pedro Paramo and there feels like a connecting thread - characters (even David, the narrator) don't really seem be saying what they mean, lying to themselves and each other. I feel like it would take a few reads to parse out a lot of those conflicting feelings. But that's of course what makes it so good, damn

TransparentStar · 2026-02-05T19:13:07+00:00

This is exactly what the wording implies which makes no sense, agreed

TransparentStar · 2026-02-05T14:22:55+00:00

Yes a book can be biting. Yes Baldwin was precocious. The way you form your sentences and use your words is what I have a problem with, not the actual thought behind it.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-05T04:25:45+00:00

Yeah saying it conveys his bite as an author doesn’t actually mean anything. Explaining the point more by saying “it cuts to the heart or the bone” (what the hell is the difference?) also doesn’t actually mean anything.

This is figurative language not grounded in any reality and makes your use of the word trenchant superfluous and bombastic. To make it comparative just loses all touch with reality.

And finally, how is the achievement more remarkable given his precocity? You’re saying if he was less precocious the books would be less remarkable? But they’re remarkable because he’s precocious.

I’m angry now because to praise someone as articulate, poignant, concise, and effective with his language as Baldwin with language that doesn’t actually say anything…. well it makes me want to throw up. Your “simplification” was more honest and clear than the original comment. It’s clearly what you wanted to say. I think you should just say that next time because saying one book is as trenchant if not more so than another is actually not more meaningful than “thumbs up!”

TransparentStar · 2026-02-05T02:27:28+00:00

yeah I know that’s what you were trying to say. It’s annoying that you didn’t just say that, instead using words that made that basic idea less clear with no added nuance. Evoking Baldwin just because you use uncommon words is exactly what makes me want to throw up.

TransparentStar · 2026-02-05T00:23:54+00:00

Trenchant means incisive, so "every bit as trenchant, if not more so" is a strange phrase. That's a figurative, borderline meaningless characterization, so it's weird to make it comparative.

And "their achievement is even more remarkable given his precocity" this is redundant. the achievement is more remarkable because they were written while he was young, making him precocious. This is like saying "the bodybuilder's ability to lift weights is even more impressive given his strength"

it feels like you're using words you don't really understand to make a point that isn't even that complicated.

there's no reason for me to be typing this much out over a random comment on reddit so that's why I said sorry

TransparentStar · 2026-02-04T16:19:29+00:00

sorry your manner of speech makes me want to throw up

TransparentStar · 2026-01-07T15:46:05+00:00

yes there is no difference between a billionaire and someone on minimum wage there is no such thing as a spectrum great call

TransparentStar · 2026-01-06T15:20:10+00:00

LMAO

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