minorninth

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub: Can no longer search code without being logged in⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you elaborate on what happened when you tried to search? I’ve never had trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Little Bobby Tables has a baby sister. Meet Sally Ignore Previous Instructions.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m talking about using the ChatGPT API to make a chat bot. Even when the user’s input is just one sentence, it can cause ChatGPT to forget its prompt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Typing is not a programming bottleneck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it possible to be a productive programmer with slow typing speed? Yes. I have met some.

  But…can fast typing speed be an advantage for most people? Yes!

  Like you said, once you come up with an idea it can be a huge advantage to be able to type out that idea quickly to try it out before your mind wanders.

  But also, I use typing for so many others things: writing Slack messages and emails. Writing responses to bug tickets. Writing new tickets. Documentation. Search queries.

  The faster I type, the faster I can do those things. Also, the more I’m incentivized to do it. It’s no big deal to file a big report for something I discovered along the way because I can type it up in 30 seconds. Someone else who’s slow at typing might not bother because it’d take too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Little Bobby Tables has a baby sister. Meet Sally Ignore Previous Instructions.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  GPT-3.5 seems to have a problem of recency bias. With long enough input it can forget its prompt or be convinced by new arguments.

  GPT-4 is not immune though better.

  I’ve had some luck with a post-prompt. Put the user’s input, then follow up with a final sentence reminding the model of the prompt and desired output format.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Hell Happened to my Cookies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, did you fully cream the butter and sugar before adding any other ingredients?

  If you just dump everything into the bowl and then mix, this is what happens

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Hell Happened to my Cookies?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you scrape the bowl while mixing?

  KitchenAid mixers are great, but depending on what you’re mixing you need to scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula and then mix some more.

  I don’t think it’s over mixed, I think the cookies made from the batter that was stuck to the sides are under mixed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dwayne Johnson Contributes ‘Historic’ Seven-Figure Donation to SAG-AFTRA Foundation Relief Fund, Says President Courtney B. Vance: ‘It’s a Call to Arms for All of Us’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, when things get tough, you need someone you can really count on to do the right thing.

  Someone who won’t let you down.

  A Rock.