Andy Gates

@andygates
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Yes, that one.
LLMs do not "democratize programming". A 4-year-old can learn to program. LLMs throw up stupid barriers by convincing you that you can't learn to program and you have to rely on whatever shit the bobot spits out. Every asshole that says that AI "democratizes" fucking anything is trying to scam you.
I made a dodecathedral
I think I’m now less “I’m going to use the women’s bathroom because I’m a woman” and more “I’m going to use whatever bathroom I want because fuck you”
> Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

some good news 

Today in news which will not shock you:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwjxx5eyn1o

Survey which claimed evangelical Christianity was on the rise in UK found to have been fraudulently manipulated by Evangelical Christians.

I know. My surprise was unconstrained.
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Church attendance report pulled after YouGov finds 'fraudulent' responses

The original report claimed a rise in young people attending church in England and Wales.

Oh that's a good one, sore traps and crawling skin.
First shingles vaccine got! Left delt nice and sore now in reaction. TIL it may also have a cardio-protective effect. Discussed the dementia-protection Huntington's gamble (basically a fountain of youth for body cleanup systems) with the pharmacist. Next one in May!
@bmac @raganwald @ilovecomputers “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.“ — Ursula K. LeGuin
i love that we went from "zero trust" as a fundamental buzzword to "trust autonomous nondeterministic agents everywhere in your stack"
new plant 🌱