mint_tamas

@mint_tamas@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no way Google would sell Chrome. But you can bet at least a thousand engineers are working on bolting Gemini onto it right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think pythonic is more important than performance and I would still choose that version over a try-catch block, were it slower. Being pythonic means it represents a commonly understood pattern in Python code, therefore it is more efficient in communicating intent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Apart from the quote from the zen of python, does this really make your code better though? You will end up writing 4-5 lines with an extra level of indentation. The code does the same, but has worse performance and communicates the intent poorly (compared to the “pythonic” version).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Now”? Try 10 years ago, at the very least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The weirdest thing about switching to kagi was learning that the first few results have a good chance of being relevant. I got so used to scrolling down after a search. It was just weird to have the useful results on top. Similarly, learning that search syntax is actually meaningful and respected by the search engine (for the majority of cases).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It is also absolutely 100% BS investor-bait. At this point it should be obvious that we have reached just about the peak of what LLMs can do. And it’s notably not Google’s Gemini even - other models are generally better. For AGI to be feasible, there should be a paradigm shift, which is not a function of more work hours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Will Save Dating Apps. Or Maybe Finally Kill Them⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, they had a system where you answered questions about a wide range of topics, and and answered what the ideal mate should say, then give a weight to how important that is for you. For example, you prefer chocolate over vanilla, and you want your mate to be the same, but it’s not an important factor. On the other hand, you prefer not to be a nazi, and it’s super important your mate isn’t one either. Also, there were IQ questions which allowed filtering out the stupid ones (like is the sun or the earth larger). Then the system would recommend profiles based on a match score computed from your answers. Really great. Got two relationships out of it, one is going 10 years today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨turned them into their final form!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🫶

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨turned them into their final form!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only psychopaths make fasírt with this shape

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with you, but probably one good reason to consider Black Mesa “wrong” is the reimagination of Xen. Even though Xen is the weakest part of the original and BM did an excellent job at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  … which is not a high bar.