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Are we not allowed to simply have academic conversations and raise points for the personal education and edification of others (and not necessarily limited to those who are the immediate parties to a conversation, but also with respect to the community at large)? What's the problem exactly? Sorry for offending you.

That's not necessarily true in all jurisdictions, as the elements defining degrees of murder are not universal. But, interestingly, in the case of Michigan (which applies here), you may be correct, insofar as a "premediated killing" is construed as a killing performed "in cold blood".

Michigan's statutes indicate that first degree murder includes any willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing. [1] Whereas second degree murder includes all "other kinds" of murder which do not fall under the specifically enumerated conduct rising to the level of first degree murder. [2]

While the second degree murder statute does not expressly describe what circumstances would precipitate those "other kinds" of murder, the statute outlining the scoring system for crimes involving "intent to kill" suggests that second degree murder would be committed where the offender had unpremeditated intent to kill or created a very high risk of death knowing that death was the probable result. [3]

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[1] http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(cdcjvuv1er3twxx1crhz3tb3))/...

[2] http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(cdcjvuv1er3twxx1crhz3tb3))/...

[3] http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(cdcjvuv1er3twxx1crhz3tb3))/...

Legally it is. If there was no signs of forced entry then you're not going to be compensated for your loss and the police aren't going to pursue any suspects.

To the extent that common law is generally adopted in the United States, theft is the intentional taking of the property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of said property. It doesn't matter whether there's forced entry or not (you may be thinking of burglary -- either way, principles of "constructive breaking" could still apply depending on the law as codified by a given jurisdiction).

Even from a less pedantic standpoint, if I had a home surveillance system that captured the entire incident on camera (along with the perpetrator's face and the license plate of the vehicle that he used to drive off with my TV), there is still sufficient evidence to arrest and prosecute. There is no legal requirement of "signs of forced entry" to sustain a theft charge under these circumstances.

Heh, that's awesome. And I thought my 20 was bad. I love these lights so much.

What can I say? It's a dirty job. :)

Perhaps the fact that I work exclusively on the front-end is why I also derive tremendous value from GPT-4, and I have been perplexed by others saying they find no value in GPT-4 for coding. There is so much boilerplate BS that GPT-4 just nails down and lets me move on to bigger things.

Just yesterday, I needed to mock up a quick prototype for a new feature we're developing. I just paste in my existing React component (and it's all front-end code with no sensitive/proprietary information), tell GPT-4 what I want it to do, and it does it.

Is it perfect? No. Does it sometimes get things wrong? Yes. But it's still easier and faster to help guide GPT-4 and tweak its final output than to have done it all myself.

I'll never go back. Never.

"... violations of the heebeas [sic] corpus -- whatever..."

Yikes.

I'm doing frontend work (React/TypeScript), so that probably helps since I am working with relatively small components.

I've got access to GPT-4 at work. There have been many times that I'll encounter a bug while programming, I'll paste my code to GPT, tell it what my code is currently doing, and tell it what I actually want the code to do. It then explains what I'm doing wrong and what I can do to fix it. I've had success with this over 90% of the time. This saves me a significant amount of time that would have otherwise been spent hunting down solutions on Google, Stack Overflow, GitHub issues, etc.

I don't know what else to say other than that I would not willingly go back to life without GPT. The value speaks for itself to me.

What's groundless is this mentality. Please read Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (a rule that is also well-adopted in state courts as well). As fun as it is to hate on big tech, one should still be mindful of the fact that their attorneys aren't stupid enough to file patently frivolous lawsuits that put their own law licenses on the line.

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And of course I would make a typo. That should say "particularly". :)

I'm good now, thanks. :)

Where do I find more people like you when I'm job hunting? :)

I used to work as an attorney before getting into software engineering, and I clearly took for granted that other educated professionals (particular those in a field where precision is required) would write clearly, logically, and succinctly. My expectations have frequently not been met.

It's particularly humorous, as everyone who has hired me has acted like they were taking a big risk because of my non-technical background. Yet, each time, they quickly realize it was a good idea to hire someone with a strong command of the English language and a ruthless attention to detail.

Of course, the technical skills are required as well, but I don't think people appreciate how easy those are to pick up for someone who is capable of reading and distilling voluminous amounts of information in a short period of time.

This "tell me X without telling me" meme is, frankly, quite snarky and unnecessary.

Can it explain its reasoning?

Yes, actually, it can.

Weird. Being stuck for days with a bug is not that bad

Haha, it is when you have a 24-hour turnaround deadline. This project was (and still is) a BFD at my company, and time is of the essence. My colleagues would not be impressed by my ability to tell a fun war story; they are impressed by my ability to ship and do it fast.

Using GPT to fix the bug for me would only mean: ok bug is fixed… now I’m gonna pick up the next Jira ticket. So boring.

I wish I had the luxury of being bored right now. Be grateful for those moments. That next ticket is something I want and need to pick up. This is not a time for idle musings and learning for us; it's a time for hunting and killing.

I was stuck on a bug for half a day. Even ChatGPT couldn't solve it. The next day, I get access to GPT-4. I put the code in, describe the expected behavior I want, and describe the actual buggy behavior I'm getting. GPT-4 gave me the solution immediately.

I'm definitely not considering this to be a low-value "toy". This is powerful stuff.

How exactly does Lo-Fi music "introduce you to new concepts & subjects in an engaging, informed, & intelligent way"?

GPT-4 received a top 10% score on the Uniform Bar Exam. This does not only include multiple choice questions. This exam also requires writing essays analyzing a given fact pattern and applying legal principles to predict what the correct legal outcome should be. This is a very, very big deal.

You mean the readability of "p-2 bg-red-500 text-lg font-medium" or "i-dont-remember-what-this-class-does"

No, I'm pretty sure he means the readability of "absolute bottom-0 text-sm md:text-base text-white leading-relaxed tracking-tighter transition-all duration-300 ease-in-out m-3 md:m-4 px-6 md:px-8 py-4 md:py-6 opacity-0 w-full", as opposed to a single well-named class such as "image-caption".

Thanks, just edited my post to link to the definition.

Guess I'd fall under the generation that would have said "rock" instead (although the Amish most definitely do not rock).

The Amish kinda slap

For anyone else who was confused by this: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/slap/

My conclusions after observing a ton of people in technical and nontechnical jobs is that beyond working 20-25 hours a week, having people do more is useless...

I'm not so sure about this. I was working in a remote "full-stack" (but really 90% front-end role) for 14 months from the start of January 2021 to the end of February 2022. I tracked my hours religiously the entire time I was employed there (not required, but just for my own sake). I had a spreadsheet containing the date, start/end times (rounded to the nearest quarter on an hour), task name, and notes.

When I left the company, my team lead thought I was one of the hardest working people he had ever worked with. He thought I had to be working 60-hour weeks to be doing what I was doing. I showed him the spreadsheet and calculated the average hours worked per week - came out somewhere between 38~39 hours.

My role wasn't a senior one so, for the most part, the vast majority hours were spent coding, but of course some was spent in meetings as well. But these were all real hours of real time spent working. It was all very doable and not useless time spent futzing around (I would also stop tracking my time for any break I took - no exceptions).

Granted, I think being the type of person that acclimates well to remote work made this all doable. I would not have been this productive in office.

The meaning of "vaporware" has evolved over time. It originally referred to software or hardware products that were announced or promised to be released, but never actually materialized or were significantly delayed. However, as technology and the pace of innovation have accelerated, the definition of vaporware has broadened to encompass any product or service that is promised or rumored, but has not yet been released. As a result, the word is now sometimes used more broadly to refer to things that are not currently available, even if they are in development and likely to be released in the future.

-- Courtesy of ChatGPT

Twice. And each time was better off for it mentally, and ended up securing higher paying jobs afterwards. It's just a matter of courage -- or maybe just not giving a fuck. Might get me into trouble one day, but, frankly, I don't give a fuck.

Pretty sure the whole reason why DoNotPay actually exists is because defending against parking tickets didn't actually require a strong defense. The tickets were flawed automation...

I have some past experience working in the courts in my state, and I know there are many judges who are perfectly fine with dismissing minor traffic infractions for no reason other than that they feel like it. If you've got an otherwise clean traffic abstract and sent in a reasonable sounding letter contesting the infraction, these judges probably aren't going to thoroughly read through every word of it and contrast it with what was alleged in the citation. They don't really care about the city making an extra $173 off your parking ticket -- they just want to get through their citation reviews before lunch. Case dismissed.

So I am not surprised at all by the success of DoNotPay for minor traffic infractions. Most traffic courts are heavily strained by heavy case loads. If you give them a reason to throw your case out so they can go home on time, by all means, they will take it.

I am convinced the Tesla apologists in this thread are more concerned about the value of their TSLA stock than they are about human life. Clearly, the public has the right to expect that other vehicles on the road will be driving in a reasonable manner. There was no reasonable necessity for the Tesla in that video to maneuver as it did. If a human driver did the same thing for no justifiable reason, the same Tesla apologists would be singing a different tune.

Fortunately, the law follows a "reasonable person" standard, not a "the AI tried its best" standard. No reasonable person would have perceived any dangerous situation in these circumstances. Any person who suddenly slowed to a crawl and moved into the far left lane on a fast-moving highway for no discernable reason would be found to be substantially at fault here.

1. Coding schools / bootcamps are incentivized to churn out people branded as "senior" when they have a mere 6 months of practice.

What boot camp is purporting to graduate "senior" developers after 6 months?

I know someone who took a bootcamp after completing a college CS degree because he felt that the CS curriculum didn't actually give him enough practical programming experience. Some CS programs are terrible, so I'm not surprised he found the bootcamp to be a benefit.