Not a programmer, but I used it at my last job to get over humps where I was stuck on PowerShell scripts. AI can show you a path you didn’t know or hadn’t thought about. The developers seemed to be using it the same way. Great tool if you don’t completely lean on it and you know enough to judge the output.

Do you not see the progress? See how your examples drill down from the general to the specific?

Take this, you’ll need it.

This is all I want to hear from an LLM that fucked up:

“Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.”

Nailed it! I was going to post the DIN-5 kb connector.

Most of what you say has been my own experience here in the South. I’ve often commented that the lack of gay hate is why they’re going after trans folks. Original plan ran out of steam.

Evil always does the ouroboros thing. :)

Yes, it takes time, and I know how frustrating that is to the young, but we’ve come a long way in a couple of decades.

Things will get worse, then get better, then worse again. This is merely human history.

Why would anyone trust the results they see? Anyone who hates you, doesn’t even have to be an ex, can utterly poison you.

Me too! The crackhead downstairs tried to sell us AOL CDs.

“You guys are into computers, right!? I got this software, only $20!”

New employees cost real money. Posted this yesterday:

Advertising, interviewing, HR and IT onboarding, extra unemployment taxes on the initial income, training, all that stacks. Also, consider how useless a new employee is vs. one that’s been on task for some time. And that employee is taking valuable time from an experienced worker!

People are a pain in the ass, I’m sure we’ll agree. :) More people, more pain in the ass. The woman who handled scheduling at Lowe’s caught grief every day. Well fuck me, she’s not trained in HR and has to deal with 200 people’s wants and needs. I felt sorry for her.

But back on topic,

The employer is out the wages it costs to pay the cover

That’s the point I can’t get my head around. The employer is already paying X people for Y job. Someone getting PTO costs them nothing as the remaining people work harder to cover. Does that make sense? I feel my argument is lacking common sense I’m not seeing.

You inspired me! He has an episode on unlocking one of my safes, but it requires a special tool. :(

I thought so as well.

You can use that to your advantage! Slight prompt changes can give you different ideas on how to proceed, give you some items to evaluate. But that’s all they’re good for, and while they can be solid on getting you past a block, I’m horrified to think anyone in the IT space thinks an LLM can output safe, working code.

LLMs are great for getting around specific stumbling blocks, might even present a path you hadn’t thought of or knew about. And that is it. Stop right there and you’ll be fine.

I completely understand how an ignorant bystander would believe AIs pump out working code. I cannot understand anyone with any experience thinking that.

I’m in this picture! Started taking Harvard’s free CS50 class and quickly bailed, didn’t want to learn actual computer science.

Cannot understand American employer’s reluctance to give out PTO. Someone check my logic?

Regardless of PTO granted, the employer is going to be paying $X for 40-hours a week, 52 weeks a year. They’re out nothing!

The obvious counter is that they’re out that employees productivity. Now think about the places you’ve worked. Unless it’s a fairly high-end, specialized job, the work is getting done regardless. When someone on your team takes PTO, everyone else picks up the slack.

For a large company there is an argument to be made that they have to hire more people to fill in the rotating PTO gaps through the year. A new employee is a significant cost. Recruiting, advertising, HR and IT onboarding, training, and one no one thinks or knows about, the upfront costs of unemployment insurance.

Serious question that I’ve wondered about but never worked on.

Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.

That’s the joke. :)

Nah. FaceBook cured me of automated messages a decade+ ago. Be a human, say something real, even if it’s late.

This is so dumb. The joke is how OP feels he’ll be looked at. Yeah. No. A condom is nothing to a pharmacist. LOL my god, can you imagine the shit they get asked every day?!

Usually its just soup for one, salad for one, wine for three.

Right?! What an odd comment. “The best satire is good satire.” Yeah?