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This is one (of several) reason why many larger open source project ban or severely restrict the usage of LLMs. They want contributors to fully understand the changes they are making.

Recently we have received several bug reports with AI suggested fixes. They looked reasonable enough and seemed to resolve the issue at hand. I then took a deeper look and discovered that every single suggestion only hid the symptom but did not address the underlying issue. Applying the suggested fixes would have hurt our codebase, so I eventually had to reject all of them and write my own solutions. This was only possible because I'm deeply familiar with the codebase and the broader context. Someone with less knowledge would have probably just applied the LLM suggestions without much questioning. I find this rather worrying.

I guess in popular open source projects the stakes are just higher than in some proprietory software that will be replaced in a few years anyway. The irony, of course, is that LLMs have mostly been trained on open source code.

Also, some of the projects I'm involved in are over 20 years old. One even celebrated it's 30th anniversary. This means there is also the question of historical responsibility.

I actually watched it as a kid on Eurosport. It also had the dubbed over commentary. The original has lots of comedy bits between the games, most of them were cut in the German version.

> They're using commands, shortcuts, scripts, etc.

Yes, power users often use shortcuts and automation, but how is that an argument against GUIs?

It simply depends a lot on the actual task. Certain things absolutely require a (high fidelity) graphical interface. Other things can be done just as well (and with less distraction) in a simple TUI. You can't generalize.

> a real friend is essentially a platonic partner

There are certainly different degrees of friendship. I might only have one such platonic partner and unfortunately we hardly see each other anymore because we live in different cities and have families. Once in a while we talk on the phone, but when we do it's a minimum 2 hour call.

However, I have several people I would still consider close friends. My personal threshold for true friendship is whether I can comfortably talk about private things.

Back to the study. I don't think it uses such a high threshold as 'platonic partnership'. I found the following paragraph really striking:

"What these numbers also reveal is the hidden depth of the crisis. The 17% with zero friends in 2024 — compared to just 1% in 1990"

Do everybody suddenly get higher standards of friendship? Or did people really get lonelier? I find the second more likely.

> you're highly unlikely to make friends once you're an adult

People keep saying this but that's not my experience. First, it depends on how you define adult. I have only one close friend from my school days, but I met most of my best friends at university and I don't think I'm an outlier in this regard. It probably gets harder once you're in your thirties and start a family. But once the kids get older and you have more time for hobbies again, there are still many opportunities to find friends. Maybe it won't be a deep platonic relationship, but at least it's someone who shares your interests and that you can meet and talk to in real life.

It really depends a lot on the domain.

In (soft) realtime audio programming, your audio callback might only have a time budget of 1.3 milliseconds. Everytime you exceed that limit, you'll hear a dropout. That's when you'll start to optimize the hell out of your program :)

> About a fifth of Americans report having zero friends

Wow, that's depressing...

You certainly live up to your name.

I love their albums! I was lucky enough to see them live 1-2 years ago. They performed their latest album and they still got it! Their satirical approach to sampling translates well to the 2020s.

That was obviously a joke...

You have claimed that "last year exactly zero developers used this convention." If you choose to use hyperbole, don't be surprised when people push back.

> I don't think I have a single "feature/*" branch before 2024.

You might not, but other people have. Just because you haven't seen something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Don't assume that your personal experience is representative of the whole world of software.

> Like using feature/xxxxx as the branch name. Last year exactly zero developers used this convention.

People have been doing this for years.

No, just no.

Yes, that's the correct definition.

I recently saw "Exit 8" and I found it pretty intriguing. However, it's free adaptation of an experimental indie game. Funnily enough, I didn't even know that the movie was based on game. I was very surprised when I found out.

I saw one Pokemon movie and even as a child I found it lazy and disappointing. That's quite a feat...

OP is right. There are too many people here in the comments who act surprised although it has been very clear what the Trump administration is trying to do. The cruelty is the point and they are not even trying to hide it.

I just use Obsidian as a glorified notebook. I've been using paper notebooks, but I tend to lose them... With Obsidian I just push my files to git and never worry again. Since the files are just markdown, there's no lock-in.

What I also really like about notetaking apps is that I can organize my notes hierarchically, move things around and make cross references.

I still regularly sketch ideas on paper, but once I have something that's worth keeping, I write it down in Obsidian.

I'm also skeptical about this "Second Brain" thing. People make videos on YT about how they have been enlightened by Obsidian and then try to sell you their online course. To me it seems like notetaking for its own sake. You could call it "idea maxxing" :)

Just go ahead and quit! I had a niche use case for FB, but I decided to quit nevertheless because I didn't want to support the platform anymore. Today I don't miss it a single bit. (I never had a Twitter account in the first place.)

Yes! Personally, I love writing software, but I would never want to do it at a company.

Nor artisanal web design.

> even if they try hard to avoid it.

The thing is: a16z isn't even trying to avoid it, they are intentionally looking for questionable startups and cultivate a controversial reputation. They seem to have no moral filter whatsoever.

https://www.businessinsider.com/marc-andreessen-controversia...

I guess that's were you end up when you aim for "zero introspection". Marc Andreessen proves again and again that he's an utter piece of shit.

Yes, and it's infuriating! Do they really think readers won't notice?

C11 made VLA optional again. C++ never standardized it in the first place.

So what does it mean to ship from Asia to Bangladesh? Do you ship from India, Iran or Indonesia? Or just within Bangladesh? :)

> from Asia to Nigeria/Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is a country in Asia...

How can you assess the output of coding agents if you don't know about algorithms and other fundamentals of software engineering?

Fortunately, I haven't jumped the bandwagon yet, so I don't even have to think about going back :)

Exactly. For example, you can be the leader of an open source project.

Engines like Unity or Godot are also well suited for 2D games and don't have the problem you have described. Also, there are quite a few game genres between visual novels and AAA 3D games.

You are right that you can often ditch the engine, but you should only do that as an experienced programmer who can assess the scope of the project. AI doesn't really change that IMO.