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New comment by pproe in "Grok Build is open source"

pproe — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:33:25 +0000

Apart from Claude desktop, that is...

New comment by pproe in "On Being a Senior Engineer (2012)"

pproe — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:56:14 +0000

Why stop there? If you can't write your own browser engine or router firmware, are you really competent enough?

New comment by pproe in "Valve is not willing to publish games with AI generated content anymore?"

pproe — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:27:01 +0000

I agree with your sentiment but this is a poor way to dismiss an argument.

New comment by pproe in "Drugs like ritalin, dexamphetamine decrease the quality of cognitive effort"

pproe — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:12:26 +0000

"Doses are at the high end of those administered in clinical practice, reflecting typical doses in nonmedical settings, where use tends to be occasional rather than chronic."

I think the point is to highlight that using these drugs as a one-off is not effective. To the surprise of no-one, poorly dosed medications perform poorly.

There's going to be very little crossover between 1) people who need to see this paper, and 2) people who are the types to read papers on dosage efficacy.

New comment by pproe in "On the slow productivity of John Wick"

pproe — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:00:29 +0000

Maybe 'unfit', 'ill-suited' or 'irrelevant' would be more suitable.

I love Cal's writing, but I feel like it's really going against his mantra (of Deep Work) to be making posts like this that try to pluck meaning out of nothing for the sake of marketing.

New comment by pproe in "First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good"

pproe — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 07:07:41 +0000

I guess in that case you could still say its 0.6 orderS of magnitude... So not entirely false.