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New comment by mrwrong in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

mrwrong — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:38:52 +0000

and the corollary is of course that saying something doesn't make it true

New comment by mrwrong in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

mrwrong — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:35:39 +0000

I'm not sure many people will believe you saying that

New comment by mrwrong in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

mrwrong — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 14:32:13 +0000

> "Sovereign head of state" tortured, "disappeared", and murdered thousands, and rigged elections.

can't wait for someone to kidnap trump as well

New comment by mrwrong in "Tesla sales fall for the second year in a row"

mrwrong — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:15:54 +0000

because that's not their job?

New comment by mrwrong in "2025: The Year in LLMs"

mrwrong — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:54:38 +0000

everybody is emotionally motivated, you included

New comment by mrwrong in "I rebooted my social life"

mrwrong — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:51:41 +0000

nobody's trying to force you to socialize, it's just advice. take it or leave it

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:34:52 +0000

sure but my point is people could agree they were faster at least. that is decidedly not true for LLMs. maybe due to alignable vs non-alignable differences

New comment by mrwrong in "OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble questions of 2026"

mrwrong — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:31:38 +0000

sounds like snake oil to me :)

New comment by mrwrong in "Linux is good now"

mrwrong — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:18:11 +0000

I wonder why the volume of spam has come up 100x. seems like maybe Ads are the only way to make Sense of it

New comment by mrwrong in "OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble questions of 2026"

mrwrong — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:55:43 +0000

and those stories were in the short run correct, since Amazon and Uber succeeded by massively undercutting existing businesses. reel customers in with charity, then turn the screws. what business is ChatGPT undercutting?

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:30:37 +0000

yes, it is trivially true that each new person who recommends LLMs is a new person coming into the fold

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:28:58 +0000

who would I be trying to trick if it was? you didn't answer the question anyways. I'm not wondering whether cars were seen as strictly better than horses in all situations. I'm wondering if people disagreed so vehemently about whether cars were faster road transportation than horses

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:26:01 +0000

yeah I agree about the negative externalities but I'm curious about the perceived benefits. did anybody argue that cars were actually slower than horse and carriage? (were they at first?)

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:44:21 +0000

have you tried using $NEWEST_MODEL ?

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:43:03 +0000

get ready to tick those numbers over to 2026!

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:42:10 +0000

> The variance is great

this strikes me as a very important thing to reflect on. when the automobile was invented, was the apparent benefit so incredibly variable?

New comment by mrwrong in "The future of software development is software developers"

mrwrong — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:39:28 +0000

agreed. we should instead be sneering at the AI critics because "you're holding it wrong"

New comment by mrwrong in "Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI"

mrwrong — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 19:27:01 +0000

um, no it's not. you have fallen into the classic web forum trap of analyzing a heterogenous mix of people with inconsistent views as one entity that should have consistent views

New comment by mrwrong in "Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI"

mrwrong — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:19:38 +0000

you are saying X, but a completely different group of people didn't say Y that other time! I got you!!!!

New comment by mrwrong in "Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI"

mrwrong — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:16:56 +0000

do you get scared when you hear other ghost stories too?