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by callc 1y ago
A pessimistic/realistic view of post high school education - credentials are proof of able to do a certain amount of hard work, used as an easy filter for companies while hiring. I expect universities to adapt quickly, lest lose their
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by callc 1y ago
This. Privacy does not matter until it does. Thanks for your example, qrios
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by callc 1y ago
I don’t know about the FBI MLK files. But if I were to meet MLK or Ghandi or <insert widely recognized figure> and they were an asshole, I wouldn’t excuse or overlook their behavior. The underlying ideas here are greatness and individ
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by callc 1y ago
I don’t see human interactions having a “net effect”. If someone is nice to me 99% of the time, and 1% screams obscenities at me, the 99% does not excuse the 1%. Bad behavior is bad behavior full stop. Try slapping someone and then follow i
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by callc 1y ago
Do you really think Python’s consensus-driven language development is better than authoritarian? I am honestly tired of the Python packing situation. I breathe a sigh of relief in language like Go and Rust with an “authoritative” built-in s
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by callc 1y ago
That would at least help change size expectations!
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by callc 1y ago
n=1 I’ve used Wikipedia for many years with no immediately noticeable false information. And of course all the “citation needed” marks are there. I trust Wikipedia to be correct, I expect it to be correct, and Wikipedia has earned my trust.
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by callc 1y ago
+1 Offloading of liability / responsibility to complex systems, particularly AI, has been a trend for at least two decades. I hope society sees past this excuse.
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by callc 1y ago
Alternatively, ignore EVERYTHING except the files you need. Puts the onus on the committer
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by callc 1y ago
Humans writing the test first and LLM writing the code is much better than the reverse. And that is because tests are simply the “truth” and “intention” of the code as a contract. When you give up the work of deciding what the expected inpu
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by callc 1y ago
+1. I learned Java first, in school and on my own. I needed to unlearn the OOP-first mindset.
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by callc 1y ago
A good time to teach a hard lesson about the trustworthiness of LLM output
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by callc 1y ago
Even though I’ve never used python walrus, I’m a huge fan of the “X language feature can be used as an expression” I feel the same way with rust control flow being used as an expression, and am disappointed when other languages don’t have i
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by callc 1y ago
Thanks for your comment. I definitely could have worded mine better too with a bit more effort and context.
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by callc 1y ago
Funnily enough, I made the opposite switch recently, and am also liking it. My thoughts about python here: https://calvinlc.com/p/2025/06/10/thank-you-and-goodbye-pyth... Next time I get into Python I’ll
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by callc 1y ago
Hi rsyring, I made this comment out of experience. As python projects grow and grow, you need to do lots of support work for testing and even syntactic correctness. This is automatic in compiled languages where a class of issues is caught e
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by callc 1y ago
I coded happily in python for many years and fell out of love with it. It doesn’t ship with a first party package manager so you got the community trying to fill this gap. Use any other language with good tooling like golang or rust and it
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by callc 1y ago
The “use LLMs or you will fall behind” narrative is pearl clutching. I don’t see anywhere in the near future our profession becoming something other than knowledge work. So, at the end of the day training your brain is what matters. Over-re
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by callc 1y ago
The carpenter may have thought the same sentiment is being applied to loud power tools such as table saw, jointer, router, …
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by callc 1y ago
This sounds very close to the “It’s ok to abuse and kill animals (for meat), they’re not sentient”
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by callc 1y ago
Does anyone else see a timer ticking down in their vision or is it just me? Time to quit my job at the LHC and be a baker.
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by callc 1y ago
> Why should I be forced to open up the carefully designed ecosystem I’ve built? I think general purpose computing devices should be open. This is a moralistic argument, putting legal and business reasons to the side. Go ahead and lock d
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by callc 1y ago
> quirks, issues, tricks, hacks and wasted life This is a very important point if the tool is used by millions of people. All you need to do is waste a few 10s of seconds with some weird quirk that doesn’t act as expected, and BAM, colle
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by callc 1y ago
Absolutely! Organization is extremely important!
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by callc 1y ago
Didn’t know about these, thanks for sharing!
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by callc 1y ago
I love python, have used it for years. I hate the dependency and multiple interpreter situation. A great PL should stand on its own without the need for external tooling. At this point I have given up on python except for if it’s a little s
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by callc 1y ago
> Having root access is not in the interest OR benefit of most regular users. What about desktop OSes for the last 40/50 years? Sure they aren’t the foam-padded locked down phone OSes, but isn’t this fear a case of leaving said padd
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by callc 1y ago
It’s a psychological problem. Going from $0 to $1 is a mountain. Starting a product or service at $30 / month sets expectations up front (no ad supported free tier) This is an incompatible strategy with venture backed “get all the mark
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by callc 1y ago
Getting distracted at random times during the day _is_ fatiguing. Try putting phone away in another room when focusing on something, focus without distraction is a super power!
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by callc 1y ago
My immediate reaction is “absolutely not”. Unless the healthcare provider is willing to accept liability for the output and recommendations of their LLM. Are they willing to put their money to where their mouth is? Or are they just trying t

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