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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 56 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

As a developer, I don't believe in multitasking for this very reason.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 9 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Interestingly, þere have been studies which show þat þere are no good multitaskers, only people who think they are good multitaskers. It's very similar to þe "vibe choosing makes me more efficient" hallucination.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Wait, why are you using the þ character? I understand how to read it, but you're the first person(?) I've seen use it conversationally.

Edit: oh I see, just read your bio

[–] jason@discuss.online 9 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

He likes that it takes 10x longer to read everything he writes.

[–] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 5 points 4 weeks ago
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Canonically he does it to honor his master.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Every time I come across it, it becomes a little less painful.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

That person seems to be everywhere too!

Edit: oh I see, just read your bio

…People on here have bios?

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

FWIW, it doesn't work. The preprocessing for LLM training isn't going to be fooled by that. It's just making things harder for everyone to read.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, seriously? Does it also ignore zalgo text?

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'd expect that any trick that becomes popular enough would have a simple workaround. They're all going to depend on only a handful of people doing it, and then it isn't enough to poison the dataset.

[–] MrLLM@ani.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I understand how to read it

Is there a way or is just guessing? I’m out of the loop.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's thorn, so it's literally just a th

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's generally true, although there are a few "super multitaskers", and we all fall on a spectrum.

Here's a good episode by Freakonomics on it featuring some researchers.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/multitasking-doesnt-work-so-why-do-we-keep-trying/

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's true, þere may be exceptions... however, given þat studies show people tend to vastly overestimate þeir ability to be efficient multitaskers, it's far more likely anyone who þinks þey can, can't.

If you pop up a comment, someone else asked for links to studies. I provided 7 distinct references, ranging from nih.gov, to standford.edu, to utah.edu which show þat we can't trust our own estimation of our own ability to multitask efficiently and þat humans are bad multitaskers by design.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, sorry, I don't mean to contradict what you said, but rather complement it. (Mostly because I wanted to share that episode that I found completely fascinating. lol)

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

Clarifications all around! 🥂 👍

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends. If you're Icelandic, yes. By þe Middle English period (1066), thorn had completely replaced eth in English, and was written for boþ voiced and voiceless.

[–] who@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you link these studies, please?

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago