w33n1s

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[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world -2 points 12 hours ago

Because the argument is specifically driverless cars vs trains

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Good luck! No huge loss if it doesn't work though, at least in my opinion. I like it for finding and installing software, and bulk upgrading everything at once, and the ability to do it all remotely with relative ease. But it's not as powerful in terms of dependency management and whatnot, coming from POSIX package managers

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world -3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

A larger reason (though not nearly the only one) was Beverly Hills lobbying against the influx of homeless people it would be bringing in. Not to mention all the permits, beaurocracy and difficulty of burrowing beneath an active city. But sure! Whatever the reason, trains aren't gonna extend themselves in the time I can hail a very real Waymo.

I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice. I bike or take the train to any destination that is practical to do so. But what isn't practical is screaming "fuck cars," especially Waymo -- an electric car that takes me safely and directly to my destination -- in a city where the only other options are pies in skies.

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago

Meanwhile people mock a fabricated Chinese social credit system that doesn't exist (I know -- I've lived there)

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world -1 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I like Waymo. Took LA decades to build out three more stops on the D line. The argument is retarded.

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago
[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I do miss homebrew now that I’m working on a Windows laptop.

winget m'boy

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Glad I'm not the only one. It's always the shell apps that use annoying emojis too

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm glad you have enjoyed it as a career. I never even tried -- I have a dumb rule that I won't do anything I truly love for work. I guess because I don't want others ruining it. lol

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That's an excellent point. With my larger personal projects, which I have to put away for weeks at a time due to my (not-at-all-programming) job, I can come back and (more or less) dive right back in because I used patterns and organizational structures familiar to me. And if I'm digging into a particular thing, I can eventually remember all the trials and tribulations that went into the decisions I made to get to that point.

With AI code you get none of that, like you said. I can't imagine not knowing or understanding why something works the way it does, and releasing it, with my name on it, for others to use.

[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day ago (20 children)

Been coding for about 30 years now, am I the only one who still LIKES to code? Who still LIKES to try writing a new approach to something, watching it fail, figuring out what went wrong, taking notes, learning from mistakes, and noticing improvements in their own code? Cuz it's starting to feel like it. Web development already lost me with the culture of "glue a bunch of bulky shit together that you didn't write and call yourself a 'dev' to the ladies" but this AI shit is getting absurd. And it doesn't even work! Look at how shitty all the operating systems are getting. Look at all the total slop on the app stores. It's depressing as hell.

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