hstone32

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Bios are a bit like tattoos. You're not the same person you were years ago, so what's the point of having one?

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Many people canceled their Openai subscriptions, or it is tough to monetize stuff created with generative AI, I guess, so Sama comes with a new plan to use all those GPUs. They are now going after OF models. WTF OpenAI? They are going to allow deepfake? This company is beyond evil 👿

hstone32 ,

@nixCraft there is no such thing as responsible porn. It is an addictive, mind-altering substance. It can only serve to harm its consumers. Its creators profit off of peoples misfortune.

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Poll: What value is typically used to represent the concept of "true" (Boolean) in most programming languages?

hstone32 ,

@nixCraft what do you mean >0 OR <0? I haven't used any languages that interpret negative numbers as true. I guess there might be some that cast negative numbers to unsigned integers, but i dont think even C does that.

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everyone should learn C and Assembly. Do you agree? Full interview is here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_L3gNaAVjQ4

[everyone should learn C and Assembly. Do you agree? Full interview is here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_L3gNaAVjQ4](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/314/202/782/672/022/original/9d1c2e3f60a3c0cd.mp4)

hstone32 ,

@nixCraft yes, I would say so. I TA for a class that teaches C and ASM. When students learn these things, they evolve from being users, to being creators.

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A COBOL programmer, tired of the bug chaos in the legacy codebase, decides to have themselves cryogenically frozen to skip the whole mess. Years later, they're thawed out.

"Did I sleep through?" they ask.

"It's the year 9999," the scientists replied, "And we need you to fix some legacy code from 2000, which is still in production ."

hstone32 ,

@nixCraft people should have seen the red flags when the name of the language contained the words "business oriented." As if the the language's use-case wouldn't immediately become antiquated in an industry full of fresh, gullible MBAs looking for the next big """"""disruptive"""""" strategy. I imagine adoption rate was high, because you can sell them just about anything you can slap the word "business" on to.

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Seriously, is it just me or is software quality getting worse? It is now, buggier and slower. What is going on? 🤔

hstone32 ,

@nixCraft software quality is a casualty of the decision to prioritize business application over quality engineering when it comes to tech. I've noticed that anytime someone talks about a piece of technology, its always about how well that technology works for business. The primary complaint I hear against ANSI C is that it's "not good for business."

Given a choice between making a good product, and making the user shoulder the burden, can you guess which one they'll choose every single time?

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How do you explain the Bash shell to a Windows user?

… Imagine a command line that actually works.

hstone32 ,

@nixCraft Might not have the effect you're hoping for. Microsoft has been carefully conditioning their customers to be comfortable with impotence. If you tell them that the Linux shell gives them total unrestrained power over their computer, they'll be terrified, not inspired.

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