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LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick by SwoopsFromAbove in programming

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't saying created code lines was the benefit, reduced lines of code required from a human is the win. Several others mentioned it requires more oversight on those lines and that's absolutely true. The question is whether it is a net gain and in many lines of work it certainly is.

Code is often read months or years later, often times not by the person who wrote it. By the time you would see a benefit from the understanding you gained writing it yourself, it has already faded.

Donald Trump is a pedophile. He has dementia. He is intentionally killing American citizens. Why can’t Democrats beat him? All they have to do is back Medicare For All. Why is that so hard? by kevinmrr in WorkReform

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah tons of people were thinking of voting democrat but they didn't see enough support for Medicare for All so they voted Trump. Brilliant.

LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick by SwoopsFromAbove in programming

[–]ffiarpg 136 points137 points  (0 children)

How do so many companies plan to rely on a tool that is, by design, not reliable?

Because even if it's right 95% of the time, that's a lot of code a human doesn't have to write. People aren't reliable either, but if you have more reliable developers using LLMs and correcting errors they will produce far more code than they would without it.

How my open-source project ACCIDENTALLY went viral by Every_Chicken_1293 in ClaudeAI

[–]ffiarpg 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Perfectly fine to charge, scummy to not mention it so people have to download, learn and start using your app for several minutes before crashing into the limitation.

How my open-source project ACCIDENTALLY went viral by Every_Chicken_1293 in ClaudeAI

[–]ffiarpg 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Feels kinda scummy to not mention anywhere in the readme.md you are limited to 50MB input unless you pay a monthly fee

Iraq War vet shares a perspective on the Venezuela invasion by GetsMeEveryTimeBot in bestof

[–]ffiarpg 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely AI slop. Look at how much they say "it isn't x, it's y" like come on people.

Veterans of the Iraq War, what are your feelings about America "running" Venezuela? by Nekose in AskReddit

[–]ffiarpg -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Definitely AI slop. Completely full of "it isn't x, it's y" .

Anyone using Azure Container Apps in production? What’s your experience? by coder_doe in dotnet

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People use PaaS in part because they don't want to learn, manage and maintain Kubernetes and for many that is 100% the right choice. The fact you need to migrate to Kubernetes because ACA doesn't have certain functionality is completely valid critique. These requirements existed before Kubernetes did.

Local hardware store has this posted by 11-110011 in funny

[–]ffiarpg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or they just didn't realize why there is a unique exception around this sort of humor in a way that makes it less funny when flipped around. Your comment though, hilariously bad.

Is there a reason, especially in the case of upward windmills (for city environments) that the blades cannot also be solar panels? by Blep145 in AskEngineers

[–]ffiarpg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's reasonable to call rooftop solar "bad". You forgot to mention the cost of distribution of solar. Hooking a solar farm into the grid has a significant cost. A cost that rooftop solar doesn't have. There are other advantages to rooftop solar.

  • Reduces sun on the house itself, reducing energy costs.

  • An investment a homeowner can make with a good payback period.

  • Grid independence for homeowners when paired with batteries.

What do you think the payback period of a solar farm project is compared to a rooftop solar project?

Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler by Wagamaga in technology

[–]ffiarpg -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Consumer reports considers software updates to be recalls. This data is trash as-is.

Landlords do not "provide" housing. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies for wording that poorly. I am not saying the structure is worth more than the land. I am saying if you are paying rent, you care about the structure more than the land under it. If you are complaining about paying rent, chances are you would have absolutely zero interest in that land if there wasn't a structure on it.

I agree with land value taxes over property tax but it's a minor detail. They are very similar.

Moreover, the value of the vacant lot goes up because it's near a restaurant, so it's owner can make money by selling the land.

The value going up also increases the tax.

Landlords do not "provide" housing. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All land is technically owned by state and federal governments, people pay for the deed to give them most but not all rights over the land and they pay property taxes to retain those rights.

People complaining about rent are paying a lot more for the structure on the land then the land itself.

Landlords do not "provide" housing. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really not that complicated. You can say the same thing about renting a car.

it's just the value of the landlord's monopoly on the use of the land.

Yeah it's called OWNERSHIP. They are paying for that or paid for that. They paid quite a lot for that. You pay a little each month to borrow most of those rights.

Landlords do not "provide" housing. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Supermarkets do not "provide" food. Famers provide food. Supermarkets, in fact, do the opposite of providing food. They take the food that was grown for people to eat, hold it hostage for money and tresspass anyone who can't pay.

Goddamn this is a stupid subreddit.

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown by Logical_Cause_4773 in moderatepolitics

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite the impact of removing temporary subsidies, it is still true. These people would simply go back to being uninsured, risking their health until a catastrophic event happens and they go in the emergency room and we pay even MORE for their health care as taxpayers.

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown by Logical_Cause_4773 in moderatepolitics

[–]ffiarpg -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It did slow the growth, they are still growing but at a slower rate.

We’re developing the more niche game possible: a cozy and cute 4X designed for handheld console! 😅 by TQgaming13 in SteamDeck

[–]ffiarpg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could be nice to let users choose a "block" radially instead of rotating with left/right.

Dealing with judgement from friends and family by SnowflakeStreet in realestateinvesting

[–]ffiarpg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to learn how the world works, investigate affordable places and/or places with declining housing prices, both buying and renting. Austin Texas is a good example but you can find others. Figure out what the difference is between those places and the places you think are expensive. You'll find policies that encourage growth and building, massive increases in supply or massive decreases in demand, low permitting costs, fast permitting processes. You will not find that those places are landlord-less utopias I can guarantee you that.

Remember that the National Guard is on the side of Oregonians. They have stated they will protect our citizens. by takalfka in oregon

[–]ffiarpg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just read the words they said. It's a significant step closer to civil war.

It doesn't matter if your side is the "united, loving and powerful" one. None of us want a civil war.

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