I recently read an article titled “The Timmy Trap”, which talks about how humans anthropomorphize LLMs and how anthropomorphizing them can often be counterproductive.
I found the article compelling overall. I was surprised to see that the Hacker News comments were mostly negative.
The only parts of Facebook that I still use are the marketplace and Buy Nothing groups. To my knowledge, there’s no better place to get rid of stuff that you own in a responsible way that provides use for someone else. I’ve probably sold or given away over 100 items in the last 7 years.
My most memorable interaction happened when I lived in Athens, Georgia. I had listed 10 or so items at the same time during a purge / cleaning. A man had messaged me about two different items: a portable speaker and some other item. When he realized I was the same seller, he said, “what else ya got” and proceeded to buy at least 5 of the items I was selling including a fuzzy blanket.
Creating a TODO app is a software engineering trope. I think every software engineer feels the need to create their own at some point or another.
But in the end most engineers that I know end up using a plain text file. I was one of those people for a while, using Window’s Notepad as my TODO app.
However in the last few years I’ve found myself using Apple’s Notes app more often due to a few key features that it offers.
I’m always open to getting messages from companies. I like hearing about companies that I haven’t heard of and learning more about ones I have heard of. But the vast majority of recruiting messages are not good, especially for senior+ candidates.
My wife and I went over to another couple’s apartment that we had recently met. We had a great time playing board games and eating pizza.
On our way home, my wife and I said to each other at the same time, “Did you notice their chickens?”