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by beej71 3mo ago
Agree. Also, protip: saying "right sizing" makes all your employees want to stab you in the eye.
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by beej71 3mo ago
If you're like me and lose things and want cheap pens that offer water resistance, try the PaperMate Inkjoy ballpoints. They roll much easier than other ballpoints, in my experience.
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by beej71 3mo ago
Another recommendation for this.
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by beej71 3mo ago
I personally wouldn't because I don't want my IP associated with anything illegal.
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by beej71 3mo ago
I think this gets to one of the important points which is we tend to view a hammer as a tool (an extension of ourselves), but we don't tend to view our direct reports as such. There's a line there somewhere that gets crossed. Part
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by beej71 3mo ago
Thanks! :) Crazy time for it, for sure. I'm teaching the two Software Engineering courses next year and have basically thrown the existing ones out. We'll see what rises from the ashes. More systems-level design stuff, more AI for
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by beej71 3mo ago
Excellent!! Mind if I add all this into to the post with credit?
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by beej71 3mo ago
They just straight up ask people to be a proxy? And people say yes? SMH...
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by beej71 3mo ago
My town has a listener-supported community radio station with all volunteer DJs who play whatever. I love tuning in and getting random music. And, unlike the robo stations, I rarely hear anything I've heard before. It's the only m
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by beej71 3mo ago
This all reminds me about how RealID was vital to secure us from terrorism, and it took 20 years to get it in place... with no significant terrorist actions in that timeframe. IMHO this level of tracking ain't worth the safety gained.
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by beej71 3mo ago
It's amazing how easy it is for big companies to get these carve-outs compared to common citizens trying to keep the government from monitoring their activity. Not at all surprising, though.
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by beej71 3mo ago
Every tool had side effects. So maybe the middle ground is "AI is just a tool with the following side effects: [list the unprecedented number of side effects here]".
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by beej71 3mo ago
This is why the "put the sunglasses on" fight went on forever. :)
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by beej71 3mo ago
I think the transmission through the medium makes the relationship with the other side. One could certainly have a pen pal relationship where the only communication was via text. The relationship begins with the very first message. Or a rel
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by beej71 3mo ago
I think something half-baked by a non-expert hold more valuable human touch than the most perfect machine-generated result ever could. Not even in the same ballpark.
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by beej71 3mo ago
And a computer would make a more efficient and less error-prone officiant.
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by beej71 3mo ago
I wonder how many parents are looking forward to the day their kids can just talk to a computer and have an LLM produce all the works. That'll be something to proudly hang on the fridge, yeah?
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by beej71 3mo ago
> I once read Ben Franklin's autobiography. I have yet to experience any great blossoming of our relationship. I've also read it, and got to know the man that much better. It especially added a great deal of texture to the expe
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by beej71 3mo ago
There's a road in California that is the last hand-built road made in the state. Nothing special about it, in particular (aside from the terrifying, exposed drop), otherwise. But since I know the human history of the road, it _feels_ d
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by beej71 3mo ago
For me in that case, I'd value the story but not the writing. I want to know that a human has had the experience of writing what I am having the experience reading. If I find out after the fact that an AI wrote it, the writing becomes
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by beej71 3mo ago
It seems to be that you don't appreciate the relationship between the author and the reader and the author and the text, which is fine, but is a bit tragic. Not that I doubt that one day people will simply gather around the AI infinite
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by beej71 3mo ago
We're all in small groups on discord or in signal now. FB feed is just not the best medium for keeping up with friends.
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by beej71 3mo ago
> amount of tax dollars spent on classes in progressive tea pot clay handcraft is minuscule. Seriously. Our debt goes up by $1T every 7 months, but I'm sure dropping even all student loans from all education won't stop it. I gu
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by beej71 3mo ago
One thing to add to your argument is the cost of the degree, which is now 5x more (inflation adjusted) than when I went to school. None of these programs would be at risk under these new rules back in the day.
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by beej71 3mo ago
As an cynical American, I view all publicly-traded companies as purely extractional at their core. Any positive customer experience is either coincidental or forced.
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by beej71 3mo ago
Yes, I agree. When shopping for goods and services locally, I look for the small shop that gets the best reviews. It's always been a better experience for me. The small companies can't afford to shaft 5% of their customers in the
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by beej71 3mo ago
I think people are better developers when they slow down. But I also think that makes them worth less in the market. Pretty clear from existing software quality that quality software is not requisite for successful business.
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by beej71 3mo ago
I do definitely watch TV and movies from time to time. Really my beef is with social media. TV and movies as media, that's a wagon I just largely fell off of at some point. I'll still watch a good movie, for sure. Interstellar ,
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by beej71 3mo ago
Maybe! I'm red-green colorblind and the shelf was stained dark, so I wouldn't have noticed. :)
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by beej71 3mo ago
I don't have a good answer for kids breaking stuff. And I do wonder what glues are used in the bamboo scrubbers, but I have no way of finding out. The scrapers are at least a solid single piece. They're either definitely bamboo or

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