mad_lentil

joined 7 months ago
[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Where is this coming from? I don't think an LLM can code at the level of a recent cs grad unless it's piloted by a cs grad.

Maybe you've had much better luck than me, but coding LLMs seem largely useless without prior coding knowledge.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I'm not above slinging a little spaghetti if it pays the bills.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my experience, they're better at poking holes in code than writing it, whether that's green or brownfield.

I've tried to get it to make sections of changes for me, and it feels very productive, but when I time myself I find I spend probably more time correcting the LLM's work than if I'd just written it myself.

But if you ask it to judge a refactor, then you might actually get one or two good points. You just have to really be careful to double check its assertions if you're unfamiliar with anything, because it will lead you to some real boners if you just follow it blindly.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But, Superman is such a good, kind-hearted hero that it's basically impossible to be a good person and be anti-Superman.

Right, the main complaint is that he's so perfect it's boring.

And also that he has a pretty Western/USA centric sense of morality, which you think Western chauvinists like conservatives would eat right up.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yay illegal strikes, let's go!!

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

That sounds wildly illegal. Like talk about bargaining in bad faith.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, if you're considered too essential to strike, then your employer should be bending over backwards to ensure you're not even considering it.

Otherwise the label "essential" becomes a weapon to use against you if all it means is the government can side with your employer to force you back to work—if I'm an employer, why would I even bother negotiating in good faith if I had that in my back pocket?

It almost worked, too, if not for some serious guts on the part of the workers and their union.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

AHHHHHHHHHH

Well done.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Enough of their members will care. The ultra wealthy backers are no doubt above it all, even if they're not the kind of actively participate. But we're heading into serious taboo territory here. Like more taboo than murder in many people's eyes.

This one could actually stick.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I've never seen these two together. Now this is cinema.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

When I first read this I thought the title was "tech illiterate" which I thought was a bit rude, but anecdotally true.

Sure we've got healthy linux and programmers communities, but I think most people are just regular degular folx.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 46 points 2 months ago

Yeah the wild swings in exchange value instantly preclude its use as a currency.

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