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temple_oson Linear code is more readable

It's so ridiculous though! We have to get rid of comments because some random in the future might commit some rubbish? It's their fault! not mine! I'm just documenting what works at the time of publication

temple_oson Microsoft will have to buy OpenAI in 2023

DALL-E 2 was a LOT better than Stable Diffusion. Sure it was open source but it was clearly a generation behind. Great if you didn't mind your inputs looking like last year's AI output.

temple_oson Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than help users

Struggling to think of a child who has all three of: has a google assistant, has to cook themselves dinner; too young to know how to read.

temple_oson I made a course page for anyone interested in taking SICP in future

HTDP is (quite a bit) easier, and only really derived from the first few chapters of SICP if that. The course I recommend as a pre-req is actually based of HTDP, I think it really helps with the much more comprehensive SICP

temple_oson I made a course page for anyone interested in taking SICP in future

It's modelled off the Berkeley 61A lectures from 2011, before they switched away from Scheme. It collects material strewn around dead links and abandoned course pages and puts it in an easy to digest format, with all the materials you need provided in a repo.

temple_oson ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Levels in More Than 30 Years

Right, but if everyone else starts doping and you're the only one who doesn't...

temple_oson ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest Levels in More Than 30 Years

Colleges are addicted to the new normal and will never go back. Applications surge by tens of thousands -> colleges make more of the $75 application fees. Acceptance rates go down -> your ranking in USNews goes up. Average ACT score increases (because why would you submit an under average score now) -> you can make your school look more prestigious than it actually is. Is any of this good for students? Standards can only continue to drop so low.

Just look at Harvard. Since they don't require any additional essays applying there is now literally just a button press away - wouldn't you?

temple_oson Gen Z never learned to read cursive

If that's the case you can't be typing very fast in the first place. Two finger typing caps out at around 60-70wpm

temple_oson Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs

Obviously you have the right mindset but the point is that the majority of surface-level work addicts don't even have the intention of getting less work in the future as a result. Work for more work for more work -- no end in sight!