It’s still worth to learn how to code!
I sometimes get the feeling it’s not worth it anymore because LLMs are getting better and faster everyday but you know what..
If you can code you can certainly enter text in a prompt
If you can only enter text in a promo you can’t solve bugs and issues yourself
It’s only a matter of time when actual knowledge is needed, LLMs are trained on our human work
Fuck those who replace humans for AI for profit
One sin of Cook’s Apple I’ll never forgive is wanting to be everywhere and keep adding platforms and services. Apple went from being excellent at a selected few things to being mediocre at many things. When Apple was excellent at a selected few things, they had razor focus and were very receptive to the needs of their customers. The pre-2013 Mac Pros were great because Apple knew AND CARED ABOUT what professionals wanted from it.
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Engineering, research, and design as disciplines are neutral.
You can use them to build systems that dumb down individuals, and society at large, for the profit of a few.
You can use them to devise medical procedures and build devices that massively improve individuals' lives, and advance the common good for all.
https://magazine.ucsf.edu/awake-protect-speech
What you work on is your choice. And that choice you make tells others everything about your values and priorities.
Choose wisely.
All that's wrong about today's #Apple #UX #design reflected in a single Mastodon post:
There are so many issues with fundamental interactions in so many applications on #macOS these days, and what does the team in Cupertino work on? Gratuitous, overstyled animations. 🙄 https://mastodon.social/@marioguzman/116296171072275048
Fascinating so many companies are reluctant to properly invest in everyday users that just want to be treated the same as everyone else.
Each line of code you write has an impact on countless people. Always remember that. The job is never done.
The US Government's own data on accessibility shows a 1.57x return on every dollar spent towards making accessibility-focused improvements and changes to websites, apps, and services.
Investing $450K/yr in staff, you would see a 57% ROI for $256K/yr, totaling $700K in benefits! #Accessibility
GitHub says it will use Copilot interaction data, including inputs, outputs, and code snippets, to train its AI models starting April 24, unless users opt out (Corbin Davenport/How-To Geek)
https://www.howtogeek.com/githubs-copilot-will-use-you-as-ai-training-data-but-you-can-opt-out/
http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p43#a260325p43
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