I stopped here. Was this written by an an LLM? This sentence in particular reads exactly like the author supplied said essay as context and this sentence is the LLM's summarization of it. Nowhere is the original article linked, either, further decreasing trust. Moreover, there's an ad at the bottom for some BS "talent" platform to hire the author. This article is probably an LLM generated ad.

My trust is vacated.

This makes me feel that the SWE work/identity crisis is less important than the digital trust crisis.

Beautiful, perhaps like ice-nine is beautiful.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817963

Points: 98

# Comments: 103

Backdooring you own machine, sending your .env files, normalizing slop in code review, leaking IP (which is trained on and send to RLHF), YOLO mode, these things would have been unconscionable 2 years ago.

I use the term "barf" more often. Barf has no utility*. Barf is always seen in a negative context. Barf is forcibly ejected from an unwilling participant (the LLM), and barf's foulness is coerced upon everyone that witnesses it. I think it's a better metaphor.

I know that this is just semantics, but still.

* even though LLM output __can__, and often does, have utility, we are specifically referring to unwanted LLM output that does not have utility. I'm not trying to argue that LLMs are objectively useless here, only that they are sometimes misused to the users' detriment.

I loaded https://0github.com/laravel/framework/pull/57499. Completely random, it's a PR in the last github repo I had open.

At 60%, it highlights significantly more test code than the material changes that need review. Strike one.

At no threshold (0-100) does it highlight the deleted code in UniqueBroadcastEvent.php, which seems highly important to review. The maintainer even comments about the removal in the actual PR! Strike two.

The only line that gets highlighted at > 50% in the material code diffs is one that hasn't changed. Strike three.

So, honest attempt, but it didn't work out for me.

But still, this is very creative and a nice application of LLMs that isn't strictly barf.

Has anyone experienced a natural decline- to the point of being off of AI cold turkey?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45375683

Points: 3

# Comments: 8

It seems as though all of the AI Agents (I'm still not sure what that even means) require 3rd parties? Or more specifically: are you aware of any Ollama compatible AI Agents?

Spoilers:

People seem to gush over Maarva's hologram speech, I thought it was pretty weak (it started good then it was fumbled).

Maarva's act of rebellion should have been killing herself to deliver her speech at the right time. She's old and sickly, so it'd add gravitas and cost effectively nothing. Then she should have said that she'd resisted all her life, but killing herself was her first act of rebellion. Then the bomb that gets thrown into the Empire ranks should have been baked into her brick, giving her the chance to fight posthumously.

They had nearly all the plot points set up so nicely for the slam dunk, I was perplexed when it ended so dryly.

https://www.richard-towers.com/2023/03/11/typescripting-the-...

I'm not drawing any conclusions, just pointing out the odd coincidence.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35120084

A lawyer supplying helpful information like "Ok, this expulsion was triggered by the Department of Admin, which is overseen by John Smith, who has the power to reverse this decision. Schedule a meeting with him or find office hours to plead your case. I shouldn't get involved outright because it will escalate your situation and be received poorly." is less likely than "I can write a threatening letter and we'll see where it goes". A hammer hammers.

1. Mea Culpa

Talk to all of the faculty (dean of students, etc) and do your best to get people on your side. You need the petty person on the other end to reverse their decision, and having a lot of administration on your side, and more importantly, expressing (fake) remorse makes it easy for these jobsworth asshole(s) to fulfill their God complex. I'm actually convinced that this would have the highest probability of success. These Dolores Umbridge types adore getting to be the ones issuing mercy to the sinners.

Additionally, informing staff of the expulsion will help bring awareness of this abuse, and spread the word and prevent this from happening to other students.

While you perform your mea culpa groveling, record everything, which can be used as ammo later.

2. Agree to the (illegal) terms

Blackmailing you into slave labor is obviously illegal, but no terms have been laid out, so I don't see any harm in agreeing to them. Best case, they reverse the decision with the expectation that you'll do something (which you can then phone in or do a token exercise of), and worst case they outline terms which are the perfect ammo for negative publicity or a lawsuit.

3. Transfer schools/credits

I don't actually know what is involved in transferring schools or how expulsion factors in, but the reality is that you are effectively already expelled. Try and figure out the feasibility of saving what is salvageable at a school that is less insufferable.

4. Negative publicity

This story is easy to believe, sell, and consume- i.e. perfect ragebait. Start emailing every news outlet you can think of. Post on all social media. If it gets high enough, and probably not even that high, the weight of the negative publicity can easily outweigh the narcissists that started this, forcing a reversal.

5. Seek employment

If you have any employment cards in your deck, I'd consider playing them. If everything else fails, then at least you're financially secure and gain experience.

6. Lawyer

The combined weight of all of the above will assist a lawsuit, even prior to taking any legal steps. Note that all outcomes of a lawsuit that aren't "total win" are effectively a loss (of time, money, energy, and mental health), so I'd hesitate to take this course at all.

Do you have any particular thoughts about the glider as a Hacker symbol?