✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 24
@regehr i found this finance perspective on the latest compiler stunt by Anthropic interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epp-Vz0FrPg
No, A.I. Is Not Going To Replace Software

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Show threadSnoopJFeb 24

@whitequark @regehr I was not expecting this video to be as good an overview of compiler basics as it turned out to be (for an audience of normal people, not computer freaks (term of affection))

thanks for sharing

Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧Feb 24
@SnoopJ @regehr yeah WSM passes the gellmann amnesia test with flying colors and consistently
Show threadJohn RegehrFeb 24
@whitequark @SnoopJ I cringed at the part saying the computer can't read text but only binary, but it was a fairly small slipup
Show threadJohn RegehrFeb 24
@whitequark @SnoopJ if it had said "can't execute text, but only binary" it would have been fine
Show threadSnoopJFeb 24
@regehr @whitequark [insert .text segment joke here]
Show threadiximeowFeb 24
@SnoopJ @regehr @whitequark it occurs to me that i've read `.text` in the same way one talks about "the text" in citations, and perhaps .scripture would be a better segment name
Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowFeb 24

@iximeow @SnoopJ @regehr @whitequark ...implies the existence of commentaries and apocrypha.

Checks out!

Show threadSnoopJFeb 24
@xgranade @iximeow @regehr @whitequark and errata
Show threadCassandra is only carbon now
@SnoopJ @iximeow @regehr @whitequark and both intranacine and sectarian violence.
Feb 24 at 11:34pmWeb