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This same grocery store had giant bins of ancho, chipotle, and new mexicana. So like... Yeah, I am buying all the things?

Pomax 1d ago

<me> how much for the guanciale?
<supermarket attendant> oh. It's per 100 grams, so i-
<me> no, that's dumb. How much for the whole thing?
<supermarket attendant> O_o uhh... It's...uhh... $50?
<me> that's a decent price. I'll take it.
<supermarket attendant> O_O;; okay!

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Pomax 3d ago

And let's be clear version 2: Are they learning? Yeah, they are. Are they learning everything? No, of course not, that's never been how learning happened. They are (re)learning things like "oh yeah, I can just set a class on this HTML element" and "oh right, I can just <fill in anything here>".

AI isn't a silver bullet, but yes: people learn from using AI. The *way* they learn has changed, and those who want to be, or are (I'm so sorry) teachers need to adapt to that.

Learning changed.

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Pomax 3d ago

Let me be clear: AI assisted coding is fucking awesome for making people feel empowered to just make something they would never have been able to make without that help.

Is the code "production level"? Who the fuck cares, it's their personal project, fuck off with your gatekeeping.

Does it work? Cool. Did they remember to ask the AI to check for security issues? Even better.

They're not trying to create the next Google. But even if they were: do you even know how Google started? It was jank.

Pomax 3d ago

maybe OH:
<her> I'll go do something else after I finish up this AI coding thing
<me> five hours later, "wait how is it so late?"
<her> lol
--five hours later--
<her> omg you were right T_T

Pomax 3d ago

"Oh hey, a Netherlands update for MSFS 2024! Let me.. uh... hmm.. let me spend the next entire day running updates before I can try it =_="

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Pomax 3d ago

Shall we add the "entirely optional" columns "is_black", "uses_pronouns", "votes_democrat", "watches_furry_porn", "opposes_gun_ownership", etc. too? After all, they're completely optional, we can just put them in for when people may want to use them. No biggie.

Pomax 3d ago

If the linux kernel isn't political, why is systemd adding a way to track user age in response to and clear acceptance of international authoritarianism?

If folks want to track user age, or literally ANY metadata, they can already do so in myriad ways, why is systemd bending over backwards to make it a built-in? Because the argument that "it is optional" is literally self defeating: if it's optional, you never would have added it in the first place. Who requested it?

Pomax 3d ago

nixCraft 🐧3d ago

the pressure from social media worked. In systemd, age verification has finally been reverted and removed for good. Linux is always for privacy conscious users, it isn't just another Microslop SlopOS https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179 thanks @reddy_1975 for the heads up!

EDIT: they rejected the PR. So keep fight on! systemd folks are cowards and enabling this mess.

Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" by paramazo · Pull Request #41179 · systemd/systemd

This reverts commit acb6624, reversing changes made to ba1caf0. Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" After extensive community discussion, legal review and c...

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Pomax 3d ago

The main problem with AI is that it's about as stupid as a fucking rock.