Quibblekrust
@Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club
- Comment on Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately 22 hours ago:
It was just a contrived example for the purpose of the comment, and I admit it wasn’t a good one.
How about turning a directory tree of dozens of .url files (Windows web shortcut files) into an HTML file? Directory names as section headings, and nested bulleted lists of hrefs using the .url file names as the link text, minus the “.url”. Can you do that on the CLI? Sure, but it would be a hell of a hack. It would be a disgusting blob of awk code, probably. You’re much better off writing it in something like Python.
It’s not hard stuff. It’s simple directory recursion, string building, and file writing. It’s just so mind-numbingly boring to write, and it takes time. Instead, Copilot made that for me in 10 seconds. As fast as I could articulate the need in text. No debugging needed. Worked the first time. All I had to ask for in a second pass was more indenting of each nested list, and I could have just added that myself.
I would argue that I can probably do it faster by hand than you can prompt your LLM and debug the slop it hands you back.
It’s funny that you’re not even sure you can do that extremely simple thing in my original comment faster than I could prompt an LLM. And your prejudice is showing by assuming I had to even debug it, or that the code was slop. The code looked great. It was perfect Python.
I wish all of you people would stop knocking what you’ve never even tried. Because it just makes you sound bigoted, using words like “slop” and making assumptions about the quality of the output while never having tried it yourself. Prejudice is never a good thing.
I’ve written a fair amount of advanced command line stuff using grep and sed and whatever else. Anything non-trivial takes just as much debugging as Python code, and it’s harder to read and debug. And when it’s boring, one-off code, why would you even want to do it yourself?
I’ll never understand the LLM hate on lemmy. Feel free to hate on capitalism, or on using fossil fuels to power LLMs, or on having no social safety net when LLMs displace jobs, or any number of other things, but to be prejudiced and assume it’s always slop when you’ve never even tried it just makes no sense to me. It’s a revolutionary tool in its infancy, and it’s already very useful on certain tasks.
- Comment on Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately 1 day ago:
That hasn’t been my experience for something this simple. Not at all. I vibe coded a 75 line Python script the other day and it worked perfectly the first try.
- Comment on human geography 1 day ago:
Everyone knows they’re properly called “sparkle butts”.
- Comment on Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately 1 day ago:
And most devs I know use it everyday, so… 🤷
Especially for repetitive mundane code, like they said. It’s much faster to check code for correctness than it is to write it in the first place.
“I need to restructure this directory tree. If a file has “index” in the name, then it has to go in a parallel directory structure starting at “/home/repos/project/indexes/” with the same child folders as the original.”
There, I just finished a custom Python script to accomplish that. Can I do it myself? Yes. Can I do it in 30 seconds? No. Why would I waste my time writing such a mundane script for a one-off thing?
- Comment on Alcohol is "amazing" - Kurzgesagt 1 week ago:
You know Kurzgesagt isn’t a person, right? It’s German for “in a nutshell”. (Litetally “shortly said”.) It’s a production studio.
- Comment on Any good Android games that aren't roguelikes? 1 week ago:
No, it’s rogue-lite. Not -like. Rogue-lite games have randomized runs, permadeath, and (often tons of) meta-progression involving spending stat points, or unlocking new skills or weapons. In many games, the difficulty decreases by unlocking new skills and adding stats. Sometimes the games increase their enemy difficulty as you earn victories, in order to balance the difficulty with all the new choices and skills you have.
Rogue-likes, on the other hand, are turn-based dungeon crawlers that have very little or no meta progression. They may have training wheels like being forced to start with a simple class and unlocking additional ones doing simple things in-game. They do this to avoid overwhelming new players with character choices, and not to make the game easier as yoy play. You get better by learning the game, and not by unlocking more things or adding to stats.
- Comment on Begun the kernel wars have 1 week ago:
let $random_game_publisher = "Ubisoft"; print("But on windows every {$random_game_publisher} is allowed...?"); > But on windows every Ubisoft is allowed...?
I’d like to report an issue with your code.
- Comment on Google search boss says AI isn’t killing search clicks 2 weeks ago:
But that’s the whole point of the feature, isn’t it? (I don’t even have Gemini installed.) You hold down the circle nav button (or do whatever with gestures) and then circle the part of your screen you’re trying to visually search for. “Circle to search”, right? I use it to ID bugs and things. Or translate text quickly from a photo.
Are you saying you would use it for just text searches? I’ve never thought it was for that. There’s a search box on the home screen for that, or just open your browser.
- Comment on US education 3 weeks ago:
No! You only felt what it does.
- Comment on Australia’s attempt to join the space race lasts 14 seconds 3 weeks ago:
We’re all one race: the human race. There is no space race.
- Comment on Name him. 4 weeks ago:
Skinny D.
- Comment on Off topic 4 weeks ago:
No! And neither are subtitles!
- Comment on Off topic 4 weeks ago:
I tried watching The Dark on Netflix with the English dub (only because it’s the default), and it was so bad. I had to switch to German and uae subs.
- Comment on These totally legitimate comments 4 weeks ago:
I am so grateful for this post! You always post such interesting content. 🦐⛹️♂️📷
- Comment on salty 5 weeks ago:
Nature’s Pop-Rocks
- Comment on Caption this. 1 month ago:
Norman Rockwell getting his weekly injection of inspiration.
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 2 months ago:
The term you’re looking for is “Extra Medium”.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I don’t understand the question. Why wouldn’t you put a space after a question mark? You did so yourself twice in this post.
- Comment on ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons 2 months ago:
That’s funny. Because unlike WoT, I loved Fallout. The bad acting was part of the schtick.
- Comment on Chicken breast steak medium-rare is the best kind of steak 2 months ago:
Chicken sashimi is a thing in Japan. It’s slightly cooked on the outside.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 2 months ago:
Deception? I asked what you thought GIMP was missing and then you went and made huge assumptions about me. That’s on you. I only replied the way I did because of what you said. Next time maybe just answer a question instead of insulting someone for even asking. Or don’t answer it. That’s fine, too.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 2 months ago:
Yet I played it so much I can hear it in my head right now.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 2 months ago:
In today’s dollars, my local video game store in 1991 was selling Wizardry for the NES for $141.
Fuck, the average AAA Atari 2600 game was $99 in today’s dollars. Games like Pitfall and Pac-Man.
Just some perspective. I’m going to go yell at a cloud or something, now.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 2 months ago:
Name a few features in Photoshop that cant be done in GIMP?
- Comment on Does the average person know markdown? 2 months ago:
It’s all perfectly[^1] intuituve.
[^1]: for certain definitions of perfect.
- Comment on Does the average person know markdown? 2 months ago:
Maybe?
Nah
- Comment on Every single UK citizen should carefully read this article. It reveals how political power really works in Britain. 3 months ago:
If Lemmy loves anything, it’s A.I. (/s) so here you go:
Summary
The article discusses the challenges faced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, particularly following the resignation of Health Secretary Matt Hancock due to a scandal. Amidst political turmoil, Johnson attended a gathering with wealthy Conservative party donors, where they expressed dissatisfaction with his cabinet and economic policies. The event was organized by Ben Elliot, the Conservative party’s co-chair, who has been instrumental in fundraising for the party. Elliot, known for his connections with the wealthy elite, has transformed the party’s fundraising culture, emphasizing access to government in exchange for donations. Johnson, who struggles with personal finances, relies on Elliot to maintain the party’s financial health as they prepare for the next election.
Johnson’s financial struggles are compounded by his recent divorce and the costs associated with his lifestyle, including a controversial renovation of the Downing Street flat. He initially sought to set up a charitable trust to cover the renovation costs but ultimately paid out of pocket. The article highlights Elliot’s role in securing significant donations for the Conservative party, particularly from property developers, and his influence over party finances. Despite recent controversies, Elliot’s fundraising strategies have been effective, and Johnson is expected to benefit financially after leaving office through lucrative speaking engagements. The article concludes by noting that while Johnson’s personal finances are precarious, he has a capable ally in Elliot to manage the party’s financial needs.
Some figures:
£17.9m Amount that donors with property interests and links to development have given the Conservative party since Johnson became prime minister
£275,000 Annual earnings as a columnist at The Daily Telegraph, penning articles on a weekly basis
£4,250 Monthly rental income from Grade II-listed cottage in Thame, Oxfordshire
At least £88,000 Amount Johnson received as an advance for his book ‘Shakespeare: The Riddle of Genius’
£250,000 Exact amount eight Tory donors gave in 2020
£37.4m Amount the Tory party raised in ‘large’ donations in the year running up to Johnson’s 2019 victory
£2.7m Johnson’s outside earnings over his eight years at City Hall
£1.2m Purchase price of Johnson and Symonds’ house in Camberwell, south London
£157,372 Prime minister’s annual salary
£830,000 Amount Johnson earned in his last year as a backbench MP before becoming prime minister
£450,000 Earnings for 21 hours of public speaking in just over seven months in 2018-19
£58,000 Donation from Tory patron Lord Brownlow, allegedly to pay for Downing Street refurbishments
Notable quotes
- “They’re fed up with all this state intervention,” reflecting the donors’ frustrations with Johnson’s economic direction.
- “Ben squeezes the pips from the donors,” describing Elliot’s aggressive approach to fundraising.
- “Boris would come down and complain about how much it was all going to cost,” highlighting Johnson’s concerns about the renovation expenses.
- “I suspect he wishes sometimes he hadn’t got involved at all. Boris is quite demanding,” indicating the challenges Elliot faces in managing Johnson’s financial issues.
- “His financial problems will be sorted out in a week after he leaves office,” suggesting confidence in Johnson’s future financial success post-premiership.
- Comment on What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? 3 months ago:
“Thought-terminating clichés”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché
Also… I don’t think it has a name, but dubiously claiming any of these examples in an argument. Maybe it’d just be called “deflection”.
I’ve seen so many valid arguments shutdown as whataboutism, sealioning, concern trolling when they were valid arguments. It’s just as much bullshit as actually doing any of those things.
- Comment on Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation 3 months ago:
MK with its new open world
Now I want open world Mortal Kombat.
- Comment on Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation 3 months ago:
Just get a proper emulation handheld. It won’t have Joycon’s that will drift in 12 months. The Switch doesn’t do anything special versus an emulation handheld. There are a million to choose from at every price point.
