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fungiblecog

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    Comment #45207671

    if only programmers cared about functionality as much as syntax we'd be living in a lisp heaven

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    Comment #44503553

    Why are there no good films is a better question. And we know the answer. Hollywood no longer employs based on talent.

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    Comment #44228423

    Whether you think LLM's in coding are good or bad largely depends on what you think of current software dev practice. He only gets to this towards the end of the article but this i…

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    Comment #43521182

    Fluoride in water wouldn't be necessary is sugary drinks were taxed heavily (or just banned altogether) and dental care was affordable. But obviously that's considered communism if…

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    Comment #43501620

    She's a scientist. Most of the people on here are writing software which is essentially reinventing the wheel over and over. Of course you have a different experience of LLMs.

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    Comment #43489478

    this is exactly my experience

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    Comment #43397560

    Welcome to 2025...

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    Comment #43384070

    The upcoming AI crash is gonna be seriously big

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    Comment #43346158

    So nobody would use code written in common lisp... but they will use code written in an entirely new language.... right...

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    Comment #43244512

    It's a modern disease to seek "success" rather than mastery of a craft for it's own sake. one can lead to the other but not vice versa.

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    Comment #43201097

    Enjoy your expensive garbage

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    Comment #43198987

    All the smartest people are humble and realise the limits of their capability. as a result they automatically make decisions that reduce complexity. unfortunately software developm…

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    Comment #43198447

    Note to the Times writer if the obituary. you can't accidentally murder someone

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    Comment #43175905

    No surprise here. People who care will always do a better job than people who are getting paid but don't care.

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    Comment #42992424

    This is what you get when profit is prioritised over every other factor. i'm not sure why anyone finds this surprising. Social democrats recognise the role of government is to put …

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    Comment #42940651

    Are people all so useless now we need an app for this despite having all the tools we need already? No wonder innovation in software is dead when you can pump out the same crap ove…

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    Comment #42926012

    that's how funding used to work before the bureaucrats took control in the 1990's. it's no coincidence we mow have so much junk research

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    Comment #42915170

    No, but intelligence usually correlates with attention to detail

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    Comment #42856645

    while we're bitching about the bitwarden UI my pet peeve is that 99% of my accounts use my email as the username but i still have to type it in every time i create a new account. h…

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    Comment #42800164

    The USSR wasn't doomed by communism per se. it was doomed by prioritising ideology and politics over any other considerations. The US is now in the same doom-spiral.

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    Comment #42789250

    Instead of worrying about how hard it is to give away their money effectively these billionaires should be working to fix a political system created specifically to funnel money to…

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    Comment #42438249

    [flagged]

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    Comment #42272064

    It's well intended but it won't work. Just like every other form of censorship that's ever been tried

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    Comment #42014666

    Terrible design. This is why I hate modern software. If the devs barely understand it how are the users supposed to.