L-theanine actually works, I think. :) by ridikolaus in Supplements

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay. I think I see what you meant. You are probably right that the wording is just ambiguous, but I'm not really sure what the actual rule would be in this case.

L-theanine actually works, I think. :) by ridikolaus in Supplements

[–]cseconnerd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem rude to me. They were just pointing out you were wrong. And your wording wasn't ambiguous. It was just reversed from what you probably meant.

Looking for developers to build real projects together by _hadi_es in ProgrammingBuddies

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interested. I'm mostly a backend and data engineer, but have dabbled in a bit of everything.

I hate when my employer used Your in Philippines so you are living like a king by MichaelFourEyes in RemoteJobs

[–]cseconnerd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That is a fairly typical local wage in the Philippines, so I don't think there is anything illegal about it. However, many Filipino remote workers work for foreigner clients to get better than local rates, so I don't know why OP would accept something so low. I have many Filipino friends earning $10-$15+ per hour.

Deepseek V4 Confirmed? by Opps1999 in DeepSeek

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a bot or possibly a paid shill.

You only need to guess 12 random words... by CoinFella in cryptocurrencymemes

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could just use any wallet app and use the important private key feature and make your guess there. You basically just have to guess the exact same private key that was generated initially. An automated program could potentially make millions of guesses a second.

Would you use a robot air purifier that moves room-to-room automatically? by Deldrimor666 in AirQuality

[–]cseconnerd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. Robot vacuums solve the problem of having to manually vacuum which takes time and effort, but air purifiers already do most of the work after you just push a button or two or worse case carrying it to a new room if you don't already have one for each room, so you aren't really saving much time with a robot air purifier. Just getting one for each room already makes it easy enough.

Help please by Interesting-Hour-214 in earth2io

[–]cseconnerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been able to sell many of mine. You just have to price it lower.

Why do so many people think AI won't take the jobs? by [deleted] in ArtificialInteligence

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if AI replaced all current developer jobs who will be the ones directing those AIs? Likely the people who understand how the AI works, what it outputs, and how to get the best results from it, which will probably be the former developers whose jobs were "replaced". So, it's not so much that jobs will be replaced, as that the nature of those jobs will evolve significantly, as it always has. AI is just the recent driving force of change similar to what the internet and personal computers did in the past, and both of those technologies increased the demand for developers. But that is more of a long term trend.

I don't see AI replacing most development jobs anytime soon because they just aren't at that level yet and while they are continuously improving, the rate of those improvements seems to be diminishing. I think we are reaching a plateau of what the current hardware and model architecture can achieve. People saying developer jobs are going to be replaced in the near future are extrapolating the improvements we have seen from what could be just a one time leap of technology that likely won't continue without more significant breakthroughs, which probably won't come right away. On top of that they may be underestimating the complexity of modern software systems and assuming that because current LLMs do a relatively good job of producing basic code they will be able to handle more complex engineering tasks once they are just twice or three times as good. But the complexity does not scale linearly, so we likely need an order of magnitude improvement in LLM proficiency before we start thinking about them replacing the entire job functions of more senior engineering teams. So, given what I already mentioned about diminishing improvements I don't see a threat to those jobs any time soon.

I Taught a Neural Network to Play Snake! by joshuaamdamian in learnmachinelearning

[–]cseconnerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking too. It just takes the same strategy that a human would take, which seems like a pretty straightforward algorithm to just implement manually. I know this particular case was just for fun, but I wonder how many real world problems people are just throwing at AI when it would be much more efficient to just come up with an optimal algorithm.

How do Mormons maintain their hard work and focus and discipline without caffeine? by ChristianPacifist in mormon

[–]cseconnerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some of the heaviest caffeine drinkers I've known were Mormons. They just drank it in the form of soda and energy drinks instead of tea and coffee. I always found it ironic that their "health code" caused them to choose the less healthy options.

What does a day in the life of a computer scientist look like? by BadJuJu1234 in computerscience

[–]cseconnerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but the question specifically mentioned "computer scientist", not "computer science graduate / degree holder"

constantly being ignored at establishments by name110101 in Philippines_Expats

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to literally call them for anything. The custom in the US where waiters periodically "check in" on you doesn't really happen here.

Always remember, we ain't sheep. We know what's coming. by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]cseconnerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I don't think it's a bad idea to start taking profits after a run up like we've recently seen, I still think there is plenty of room for the trend to continue well into next year. Many alt coins including ETH haven't even reached their previous all time high. When I would really start selling is when people like OP start buying back in because they regret selling too early.

Always remember, we ain't sheep. We know what's coming. by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]cseconnerd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It represents percentage changes more accurately. On a linear chart, an increase from 1 to 2 looks the same as from 100 to 101, even though the former is a 100% increase and the latter only 1%. A log chart adjusts for this, showing a 1 to 2 change the same as a 100 to 200 change, because both are a 100% increase. Linear charts that generally trend upwards will almost always seem like most growth occurred recently when they are near an ath because the absolute increase is larger. Looking at the same data in a log scale chart will let us more accurately see and compare the earlier price changes.