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All tech folks should just get a PTO today . #ChatGPT_outage

Am I supposed to use Google and Stack overflow ? That’s like going back to roll down windows in a car :)



I don't get any time off. My full-time job is cleaning up after people who've been using ChatGPT.


Lucky you. Mine is using ChatGPT to review code written by curmudgeons that don't use it.


This comment has some real "startup based on some light prompt engineering atop ChatGPT gets put out of business by ChatGPT's latest feature" energy.


Oh no no, this sounds more like "ChatGPT catching up with and automating a human out of their job" kind of story.


I believe you. Code review takes me ten minutes a day, but trying to get ChatGPT to do anything useful is a full-time job.


Thank you for reminding me about Dave Chappelle’s 3am Baby On The Corner skit.

https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=DP4-Zp-fBXc


edit: so, cool thing: cached queries on Phind will show all the followup questions visitors to the URL enter.

That's so cool. And horrifying. It's like back when Twitter was one global feed on the front page. I doubt that's intended behavior since this URL is generated by the share link.

Be forewarned.

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Here you go: https://www.phind.com/search?cache=nsa0xrak9gzn6yxwczxnqsck


It seems like this page is updated with the followup questions asked by every visitor. That's an easy way to leak your search history and it's (amusingly) happening live as I'm typing this.


That's so cool. And horrifying. It's like back when Twitter was one global feed on the front page. I doubt that's intended behavior since this URL is generated by the share link.


I like how it doesn't recommend itself but instead recommends "Microsoft's Bard" and "Google's BlenderBot" as alternatives to ChatGPT


This is so great, someone just asked:

> What is a privacy vulnerability

I'm dying


That's hilarious!


Typicaly those using chatgpt are junior devs, not much lost if they can't access it.


Dumbest take I've seen yet


It is certainly a dumb take, but there's a hidden insight buried in there: now anyone can be a "junior dev" at anything. The ability to empower every user, not just the experts, is a big part of the appeal of LLM-based technology.

Can't sell that aspect short; the OpenAI tools have enabled me to do things and understand things that would otherwise have had a much longer learning curve.


- Can't work, no electricity.

- Can't work, no computers.

- Can't work, no internet.

- Can't work, no Google.

- Can't work, no ChatGPT.

- Can't work, no xxxxxx?


> Can't work, no internet.

Don't most people just tether from their phones in this situation? Usually video isn't expected due to excessive bandwith requirements but the internet bill outweighs the daily salary (and you could probably get it expensed, or in my case my old company was already expensing my phone bill due to being used as a pager for on call)


he didn't say ethernet or wifi, he said internet. as in when the next big solar storm hits earth


I mean, if internet "internet" is down then society has collapsed and your job is probably gone anyways


I do admit, it'll be hard to sell 10 years experience building CRUD apps to the hunter gatherer commune.


Same situation here. I'm hoping being quadrilingual can help me serve as a diplomat or at least part of any envoys to distant communities. I also have some experience chopping down one tree in my backyard.


It happens every so often with BGP tables going haywire due to a faulty announcement.

Fortunately, I know how to use hand tools, so I'm secure in the post-internet future economy.


Not to this level.

If the whole Internet goes down, it's not clear if it could even be cold-started, at least faster than it takes for the world economy to collapse.


It hasn't happened in a while, I think this is the last major incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS_7007_incident


There have been numerous high profile incidents. I can't find a list, but BGP troubles took Facebook down for a while in 2021: https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/out...


I remember experiencing that outage, but the entire internet wasn't down. Sometimes some Chinese providers also do weird BGP stuff. BGP failures tend to be isolated to certain networks and not the entirity of the internet.


Ethernet, Fibre maybe.


I live in the middle of silicon valley and have no cell service at my house.


how is that possible? Is it just like a single provider or do you literally have no coverage?


No passion left.


no brain interface?


No work left


animus


Honestly, I've been gradually introducing AI searches for coding questions. I'm impressed, but not enough that I feel like ChatGPT is a true replacement for Google / Stack Overflow.

I've had it generate some regexes and answer questions when I can't think of good keywords; but half of my searches are things where I'm just trying to get to the original docs; or where I want to see a discussion on an error message.


Just like how contacting the CEO of GitHub when Github goes down almost every week, have your tried contacting the CEO of OpenAI this time? /s

Maybe @sama can help you (or anyone else that has a ChatGPT wrapper app) :P


Hah, I have roll-down windows! Bummed about the outage. I was hoping I'd be able to take the new features for a spin today.


It's like storing actual knowledge of systems and tools in your head has value.


There is too much for one person to store. And too many benefits from the intersections possible in vast stores of knowledge to focus on just what will fit in one head.


Drawing flowcharts on the whiteboard can be calming.




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