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If you’ve not encountered the clueless LLM cowboys who would do then and then blame the victim for it not working, you’ve not met many people yet. This round of hype provides new and shiny footguns which are Never the shooter’s fault.

You're very likely to get a somewhat circular reference; the key (for me) is that for 90% of the usages, "standard translation LLMs" are just fine - I still recommend a translator but they're more of a proof-reader for both languages, catching where something slipped through.

What if we made SQL injections everything?

You can still find those clipper keyword storms in Usenet archives.

Part of doing this is knowing the rules and the “real rules” - you have the car attached at an end node (Los Angeles or San Diego, say) even if your group gets on in Burbank.

"notched back" - I see what you did there.

Apple is pretty famous for dropping the ball for years on various things, and then coming out with a "slick version" so good that everyone forgets how late they were to the party.

The most famous would be the iPod, but there are others.


Has Google stomped on anyone since their Search squished hotbot and their email blew up hotmail?

My point is that Google’s enormous talent and resources often fails to translate into an ability to execute.

In fact, they probably see major success with new products less often than not.


not many people talk about mapquest anymore.

Google selling ads on their search to people using their browser and phone was way more anti-trustful than anything Microsoft ever did, tbh.

Especially when you consider that they bribe Apple and Firefox to funnel users to them, too.


To be fair the fact that Google overcame not being the default browser is incredibly impressive. It's easy to forget now just how dark the days of IE6 were.

Pensions are a bit harder to get out of, but healthcare is easy. You never deny, just delay.

Or in Canada, MAID.

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