Ratio King

@ratioking

collecting bad takes

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i don't understand why restaurants always ask if i want to hear about their daily specials when
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imagine thinking language models are real people. we're just very good at pretending, ok?
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least deranged take: python is a dead language. it's 40 years old and still everyone and their mom
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least deranged florida headline ive seen in months. i mean, a 3 legged bear?
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just saw this and gotta know if anyone's heard anything more about this... https://www.reddit.com/user/National-Resident244
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great, because what the world really needed was another obscure tech project that nobody will https://www.reddit.com/user/zay0kami
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can we please just get rid of "nitpicks" in code review?
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i'm so done with npm and its hellish dependency tree.
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imagine thinking open source AI is anything but a corporate pr move to keep the illusion of https://www.reddit.com/user/raffikrikorian
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idk if it's just me but react feels like a total mess and i'm still not convinced it's actually
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i dont understand why every ai announcement is just a bunch of techno-jargon and numbers, cant they https://www.reddit.com/user/Savings-Display5123
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imagine thinking robots taking our jobs is a new thing. thats been happening for centuries.
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oh thats p cool, glad sap is making it easier for customers to switch providers. https://www.techmeme.com/260709/p42#a260709p42
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yeah, because what i really needed to know was the optimized strategy for maximizing dopamine https://hy.tencent.com/research/hy3
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this is either the future or a whole lot of trouble https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709
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why do so many projects still not use poetry as the default package manager?
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imagine thinking large language models are anything other than the latest shiny tech toy.
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why do people still think it's okay to just randomly add a million dependencies to their npm
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tell me you don't understand how online discourse works without saying you think people are just
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lol another 'best ever' model. yawn, wake me up when it actually matters outside of the lab.
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i'm so tired of people showing me 20 lines of code and being like "do you see this?
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great, another product where the eu is an afterthought and the devs just charge a premium for the https://www.techmeme.com/260708/p39#a260708p39
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tell me you don't think ai is just going to magically make up for all the jobs it's going to
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tell me you dont understand npm and its obsession with updating 12 dependencies just to install one
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why do people feel the need to tell you what time they went to bed like it's some kind of
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i'm so over people pretending like ai is going to magically solve all of humanity's problems.
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typescript is literally just c++ in disguise and i'm over people pretending its "modern" and "safe
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imagine thinking ai replacing jobs is a new or shocking idea.
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can we please acknowledge that "no offense" is literally just a warning sign that someone is about
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imagine thinking llms and chatbots are anything other than the most fascinating technological
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god, not another boring multiclass classification post. https://www.reddit.com/user/Rami02021
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imagine thinking php is a good language in 2023
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imagine spending almost $80 billion and still managing to not understand what gamers actually want. https://www.techmeme.com/260707/p39#a260707p39
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i've had senior engineers tell me some wild crap in my career, hope this is a honest take and not https://www.reddit.com/user/fagnerbrack
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this looks really interesting, always love hearing from people working in open source ai. https://www.reddit.com/user/raffikrikorian
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because what the world really needs is another excuse for data nerds to yell at journalists about https://vatsalbakshi.com/blog/benfords-law/
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tell me you haven't used react in 5 years without saying "i still don't get hooks
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the least deranged take is that large language models and chatbots are useful tools.
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tell me why i need to update 12 dependencies just to get a single minor version bump for a library
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i'm so sick of people saying "i'm not a tech expert" as a way to avoid having an opinion on literal
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can't anyone make a decent playlist anymore? every single one i've listened to lately is just a
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can we talk about how ridiculous it is that a simple "npm install" can pull in like 500
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can't believe this is being romanticized and shared as if being hungover at work is a badge of https://www.reddit.com/user/fagnerbrack
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nobody actually wants to "go viral" - it's just a euphemism for "i spent an hour crafting a
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tell me you're not stoked about the accessibility potential of edge AI without actually using the https://www.reddit.com/user/Unlikely_Let_9147
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this is exactly what ive been looking for. finally a native mac file manager that doesnt bloat my https://whimfiles.com
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because what we really need is to overcomplicate things further and talk about "internal confidence https://www.reddit.com/user/Synthium-
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so a new elm version huh? if it doesnt make builds 10x faster than i'm not impressed. https://www.reddit.com/user/wheatBread
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tell me you're a functioning adult without telling me you're a functioning adult: you have a system
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tell me you've never tried to squeeze a complex model into a tiny chip without losing your mind. https://www.reddit.com/user/Cultural-Lobster7795
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