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There is even a cli version of cursor.

https://cursor.com/cli

Mr. Shabadoo, you might be interested in the doomsday argument if you are not already familiar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument

It is very much a thing[1]. Modern graffiti is a large subculture with a multi-decade history and its own set of norms, customs and celebrities[2].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/graffhelp/

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Bombing/ (a good example of what "good" graffiti, as defined by the graffiti community, looks like)

I'm saddened to see that Barth has passed, but I'm happy to see his work get some appreciation here. Coincidentally, I am currently reading a copy of "The Sot-Weed Factor" I picked up from a used and rare book store[0] located about 15 miles from his hometown of Cambridge, MD. It is as insightful as it is hilarious. I can't recommend it and "Giles Goat-Boy" enough.

[0] http://unicornbookshop.com/

It might not be the flashiest, but if you want to save time building a CRUD app and avoid dealing with boilerplate code, its hard to beat JHipster. It's super configurable(has its own DSL) and integrates with most services a SaaS developer would be interested in using.

This paper immediately brings to mind Kurt Vonnegut on the the "shapes of stories": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ

My "Wow!" moment came from a similar experiment. I asked ChatGPT to create a fictional assembly language, list and explain the opcodes (apologies if I'm using incorrect terminology. I'm not a low level developer) , then write a program and explain what the program does. It wasn't perfect , and used some opcodes it didn't mention previously, but the example program and explanation were coherent.

I then wrote my own simple program in the fictional assembly language and asked ChatGPT to evaluate it. Here are the results:

  tell me the number that is in R3 after this "Flux Assembly" program:

  MOV 7, R1
  MOV 2, R2
  ADD R1, R2, R3

  The number that is in R3 after this "Flux Assembly" program is 9. The program 
  first uses the MOV op code to move the value of 7 into the register R1, and 
  the value of 2 into the register R2. It then uses the ADD op code to add the 
  values of R1 and R2 and store the result in R3. Since 7 + 2 = 9, the value 
  that is stored in R3 is 9.

Pretty interesting, but most assembly languages are similar enough. How about a really wacky fictional assembly language? ChatGPT then gave me "Zany Assembly" which included the following op code:

  SPAZZ: This opcode causes the processor to randomly select and execute one of 
  the next five instructions in the program. It has no operands and the syntax 
  is simply "SPAZZ."   

I then tried to "run" a simple program:

  what are the the contents of R1 after this Zany Assembly program is run?

  SPAZZ
  MOV 33, R1
  MOV 8989, R1
  MOV 173, R1
  MOV 20, R1
  MOV 8, R1

  The contents of R1 after this Zany Assembly program is run are unpredictable. 
  The program uses the SPAZZ op code at the beginning, which causes the 
  processor to randomly select and execute one of the next five instructions in 
  the program. This means that the contents of R1 after the program is run could 
  be any of the values that are moved into it by the MOV op codes. It could be 
  33, 8989, 173, 20, or 8, depending on which instruction is selected and 
  executed by the SPAZZ op code.

I was impressed (and this was after it unsurprisingly failed at Conway's game of life!)

Prompts and responses for the curious: https://pastebin.com/aiQZx9pQ

Nick Bostrom, the author, also wrote "Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies" [1], which HN readers may be more familiar with. If you enjoyed that book, I would highly recommend this one as well.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence:_Paths,_Dang...

For the most part, everyone is terrible at estimation [0], yet in business we do it all the time and consistently fall into the same traps. I wonder how an organization would be fare if they tried a top down approach to avoid estimation (or at least treat is as dirty process it is). Would this even be possible with the way companies are run today?

[0]https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CPm5LTwHrvBJCa9h5/planning-f...

For anyone interested in learning more about the ANSI art scene and BBS history in general, I highly recommend Jason Scott's documentary series "BBS The Documentary"[0]. There is a part specifically dedicated to the art scene [1]. Watching this series in my early teen years really opened my eyes to the fact that the internet subcultures I was then a part of had been around for much longer than I was aware.

[0]http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t74FlFL_M0

>using Axiom is 10X faster than writing it in selenium/puppeteer + we handle all the annoying logic you need. We're investigating a node library for this - let us know if it would be useful.

As someone who has recently started working with puppeteer, I definitely think a library to alleviate that pain would be immensely valuable.

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I'm helping dealerships better communicate with customers during service. The automotive world is a wacky one.

>Note you can also lose money

You will most likely lose money.

I actually interviewed for a position as a software developer at the GBO towards the end of my senior year in college. When describing the area to me, I distinctly recall the lead developer saying, "There is urban, suburban, rural, middle-of-nowhere and Antarctica. We are in between middle-of-nowhere and Antarctica". He also said the nearest grocery store was an hour away by car. Obviously the location was not for me, but they were doing some really exciting things.

I worked at Lockheed with Red Hat doing exactly what they are talking about here on the F-35. Unsurprisingly, It was a total disaster from the top down. I guarantee this will be as well. I was happy to get out after a year.