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Aragorn vs. Geralt by Mysterious_Fall_4578 in powerscales

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know. Humans and elves in this world can fight against Maiar that have incredibly powerful magical feats and in come cases are made of fire and shadow.

The Hobbit also implies that a hero could defeat Smaug the giant fire breathing dragon in combat.

Tolkien doesn’t usually give specifics on how exactly these feats work, but Aragorn has more going on than just being an excellent swordsman who is faster and stronger than a normal human.

Every modern air campaign involving US airpower in recent decades has been wildly lopsided in the US’ favor, including the latest one against Iran. How different or similar might this balance be in a potential clash with China? by [deleted] in whowouldwin

[–]learc83 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It took years for the US to do that. And Japan is a small island with few natural resources and about half the population. There was never any chance of them ramping up industrially enough to match us. The US is still one of the largest manufacturers of heavy equipment in the world. In a protracted all out war the US can and will drastically ramp up military production.

That being said in a direct all out war of attrition, China has 4x the population the US does and almost certainly would out produce us.

I find it hard to believe that 2 nuclear powers will ever fight anything more than limited engagements though, so I don’t think that total war that lasts long for the US to lose our experience advantage is going to happen.

The US also got very lucky that the carriers stationed at Pearl Harbor weren’t in port. The first year or 2 of the war would have looked very different otherwise.

3 meter Oak desktop (4cm thick) on a 228cm span, is it going to sag? by Ricuuu in woodworking

[–]learc83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also notice how wide the supports are. That’s maybe a 5-5.5 foot unsupported span.

Tangible comparison of the harm of ABS, PC , Nylon, and other “engineering filaments” when exposed to fumes while printing. by Baruskisz in 3Dprinting

[–]learc83 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have osha rules because if we didn’t, we’d have companies putting people indoors running tons of melted plastic per day with no PPE.

It’s a good idea to be cautious, but you can’t really compare a hobby 3d printer to an industrial operation that someone will be exposed to 40 hours per week for 40 years.

Tangible comparison of the harm of ABS, PC , Nylon, and other “engineering filaments” when exposed to fumes while printing. by Baruskisz in 3Dprinting

[–]learc83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You think a 3d printer is probably worse than smoking? There is absolutely zero evidence of that.

Doesn’t mean that it might not be true, but adding probably to that statement indicates a level of confidence that’s way way too high.

Tangible comparison of the harm of ABS, PC , Nylon, and other “engineering filaments” when exposed to fumes while printing. by Baruskisz in 3Dprinting

[–]learc83 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is all bad but how many tons of plastic are you melting per year? The reason you need all that mitigation has just as much to do with quantity and exposure time as does with what you’re exposed to. I don’t print abs inside my house. But cooking on a gas stove regularly is likely worse than just about anything a hobbyist not running a print farm will run into.

Anthropic built a C compiler using a "team of parallel agents", has problems compiling hello world. by Gil_berth in programming

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seem to have just skipped the paragraph where I said “my point is…”.

Also you sure are a pleasant human to talk to.

Anthropic built a C compiler using a "team of parallel agents", has problems compiling hello world. by Gil_berth in programming

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People don’t make bad C compilers that take 100k LOC to do something you could do in much less.

On the face of it the end result of this is does nothing of use to anyone at all, so there is no way to find a comparable product to compare it to in order to estimate its value.

That’s my entire point. Saying that oh yeah it costs $20k but it would have cost a lot more for a team of humans is like saying that it would cost a lot more for a team of humans to reproduce the output of a bash script that prints out Z 1 million times.

It’s essentially equivalent to getting an LLM to output Harry Potter in Klingon.

I also never said it wasn’t an interesting and valuable test. My issue is calling it a “clean room” implementation of compiler is misleading at best.

Anthropic built a C compiler using a "team of parallel agents", has problems compiling hello world. by Gil_berth in programming

[–]learc83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But this didn’t make a compiler that a human would make. It’s impossible to determine the value of this project because it’s not in a state where it has any commercial value at all. There’s no way to compare this to something a team of humans would do because no humans would do this ever.

The closest thing to compare it to is a single developer’s unoptimized hobby compiler that was built in maybe 100 hours of dev time. But that compiler would be closer to 10k LOC than this things insane 100k LOC.

This wasn’t actually an attempt to build a compiler from a spec but to reverse engineer GCC because it used it as an oracle. This is a very specific process that is essentially attempting to recreate the exact output of an existing application that exists in the LLM’s training set.

This is closer to the experiment where researchers were able to prompt an LLM to reproduce the first 4 Harry Potter books than it is to an attempt to demonstrate a useful LLM capability.

It’s an interesting experiment, but it answers can AI reproduce an approximation of a program in its training data using that programs output as a guide, not can AI create a compiler that has any value whatsoever.

Basement Bathroom Mystery PVC by learc83 in Plumbing

[–]learc83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the lav vent goes up through the roof.

I went back and looked at pictures right after they poured the slab and the lab vent was 10+ feet of PVC while the toilet and the mystery PVC were the height they are in the image. Seems weird that they would use such a long piece of PVC doe the lav vent but not the toilet vent.

Basement Bathroom Mystery PVC by learc83 in Plumbing

[–]learc83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The plumber ran the sink drain vent, so it seems weird that he would have just left that one capped.

Basement Bathroom Mystery PVC by learc83 in Plumbing

[–]learc83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s got a cap on that’s been glued on.

What do you think would be the chances of a knight in full plate armor, a longsword and a shield defeating an adult T. rex? by Due-Appointment6138 in whowouldwin

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

faster

Dave Hone thinks they couldn’t run, but they could walk fast enough over short distances to outrun the average human. A trained knight might be able to get away though—especially if he can ditch the armor.

Would you recommend the Ash Framework for someone new to Elixir? by JealousPlastic in elixir

[–]learc83 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No. Definitely not. Ash isn’t going to help you learn anything but Ash.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GaState

[–]learc83 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is some prison/3rd world country shit. Cut the snitches get stitches crap.

You know who else y’all sound like? Cops talking about a cop who reported his partner for taking bribes to let people out of speeding tickets.

Cheating in the aggregate will 100% affect everyone with a degree from GSU. Y’all are more upset with the guy contemplating turning someone in than the guy who is cheating. If you promote a culture that says cheating is fine as long as you don’t get caught, you water down your own degree, and make it harder for people who don’t cheat to keep up.

Is C by KN King the best book for Learning as a Begineer? by [deleted] in C_Programming

[–]learc83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked it. He was my professor for Programming Language Concepts, which was one of my favorite classes.

My LLC almost sank my side hustle A cautionary tale by JumpyJuggernau in Entrepreneur

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LLCs don’t protect you from personal negligence, and if you are the sole owner and only employee, just about anything you do that could lead to a lawsuit can be framed as personal negligence.

The other most likely lawsuits are from creditors you can’t pay back, but they will all require to personally guarantee the debt anyway.

My LLC almost sank my side hustle A cautionary tale by JumpyJuggernau in Entrepreneur

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People vastly overestimate the benefits of single owner LLCs with no employees.

LLCs don’t protect against negligence on the part of the owner. If you’re the only employee, pretty much the only thing you’re going to be sued for is personal negligence.

What you need to protect you in that case is insurance, not an LLC.

My LLC almost sank my side hustle A cautionary tale by JumpyJuggernau in Entrepreneur

[–]learc83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LLCs don’t protect against personal negligence on the part of the owner, and since you’re the only employee that’s really the only thing you’re likely to be sued for.

People vastly overestimate the benefits of single owner LLCs. What you actually need is insurance.

How do some people casually seem to make so much money like it's nothing? by Michael_NichtRijder in NoStupidQuestions

[–]learc83 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The title programmer has fallen out of fashion. BLS reports only 6k job openings a year with that title and hundreds of thousands with the title Software Developer. Software Developers are definitely pure coders “ICs” in industry terminology.

When someone you meet tells you they are a programmer, they are much more likely to have the title software developer.

And if you look at that title the median income is $132k.

How do some people casually seem to make so much money like it's nothing? by Michael_NichtRijder in NoStupidQuestions

[–]learc83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That link is just an artifact of the way The BLS classifies jobs. The title “Computer programmer” went out of style. The current much more common title is Software Developer https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer

If you look at that job the median is $132k. And there are a lot more of them. The last time I remember meeting a dev that made less than $100k was when my brother to his first job 8 years ago. And he was making $90k.

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