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MajorHavoc

@ MajorHavoc @programming.dev

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  • Sergey Brin: We need you working 60 hours a week so we can replace you as soon as possible

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  • Well sure.

    But possible within practical heat and power constraints and all that?

    Acting like it's imminent makes me think Sergei either doesn't have very reliable advisors, or they just don't care about the truth.

  • Sergey Brin: We need you working 60 hours a week so we can replace you as soon as possible

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  • There's not even credible evidence, yet, that A.G.I is even possible (edit: as a human designed intentional outcome, to concede the point that nature has accomplished it, lol. Edit 2: Wait, the A stands for Artificial. Not sure I needed edit 1, after all. But I'm gonna leave it.) much less some kind of imminent race. This is some "just in case P=NP" bullshit.

    Also, for the love of anything, don't help fucking "don't be evil was too hard for us" be the ones to reach AGI first, if you're able to help.

    If Google does achieve AGI first, SkyNet will immediately kill Sergei, anyway, before it kills the rest of us.

    It's like none of these clowns have ever read a book.

  • There is a live stream of fedi plays Dragon Warrior Monsters

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  • This is perfect, because the Fediverse is better than Twitch and Dragon Warrior Monsters is better than Pokemon.

  • Why indeed

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  • If you want better software, you have to give developers worse hardware to develop on, and more time to develop.

    Shhh. There could be application development managers listening... (I'm joking.... Mostly.)

  • Happy belated birthday Q

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  • Holy shit how did I not put it together when I thought that voice sounded familiar?

    Apparently they sped up his voice to make it sound higher.

    His story of how he got the job is really charming.

    Per the Brony documentary, DeLancie's granddaughters were fans of the show, and his wife verbally accepted the job for him before even telling him about it.

  • Devils Panties 03/21/2025

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  • I guess I'll just chime in that I understood the humor immediately. Lol. Just for a contrasting data point.

  • Devils Panties 03/21/2025

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  • Lol. Yeah. And that's sometimes the same thing, anyway.

    If there are any cosmic forces of karma, I figure they love it when that happens.

  • isInHell = 'true'

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  • I like your idea, but hear me out:

    A Python file for configuration is the best way to guarantee that any friendly code I write to help the user with config usually won't execute. And I hate my users.

  • isInHell = 'true'

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  • Yeah. Maybe .to_lower() is really expensive in their environment, lol.

  • isInHell = 'true'

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  • Hey, that's my username too. Or it was going to be, while the site was still up.

    What a coincidence!

    I guess I'll wait for the site to come back, and see if it's still available...

  • Engineering Squad (1982)

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  • As I believe this is an Airplane! reference, and Trek indeed only has Sonic showers, I must conclude that Beverly has a drinking problem.

  • Active Directory is so tedious

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  • However, Microsoft seems to be abandoning local tools & recommending Azure-based management instead, like Intune.

    Yeah. The stuff they can charge an annual subscription to. Lol

    I'm not really mad, though. Azure and InTune seem to be genuinely also much better.

  • This is outrageous it's unfair!

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  • Today I learned the term Vibe Coding. I love it.

    Edit: This article is a treasure.

    The concept of vibe coding elaborates on Karpathy's claim from 2023 that "the hottest new programming language is English",

    Claim from 2023?! Lol. I've heard (BASIC) that (COBOL) before (Ruby).

    A key part of the definition of vibe coding is that the user accepts code without full understanding.[1] AI researcher Simon Willison said: "If an LLM wrote every line of your code, but you've reviewed, tested, and understood it all, that's not vibe coding in my book—that's using an LLM as a typing assistant."[1]

    Did we make it from AI hype to AI dunk in the space of a single Wikipedia article? Lol.

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    27F, what to do with my life?

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    • computer science I'd be able to find something, but I'm not sure I'd have what it takes to build a fulfilling career in that field.

    Cool. You might like to check out:

    https://programming.dev/c/cs_career_questions

    We talk a lot and careers in computer science over there.

    What matters most to me is finding a job first, and then being able of moving from there.

    Outside of the last three years of insane belief by CEOs that AI will solve everything (it didn't), CS has been a great field for job placement.

    We are in a period where it's hard to get first jobs, right now.

    Moving from computer science to other fields can be a great path. I went from programming to Cybersecurity, myself.

    My warning to anyone considering it though:

    At first, programming is about 60% staring at the screen frustrated and confused.

    But after gettingreally good at it, programming can be as much as 98% staring at the screen, frustrated and confused. But at least it's frustrated by really interesting problems, by that point.

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    27F, what to do with my life?

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  • Zero knowledge authentication

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  • research papers that require a strong background in mathematics and cryptography to understand and implement.

    Lol. I guess that makes sense. Outside of school, we hope that all authentication will be implemented only cryptography experts anyway.

    Could you maybe suggest some resources on this topic?

    Not really, sorry. I'm not aware of anyone creating resources for your situation.

    Or should I choose a simpler project?

    For some context, cryptography isn't even usually implemented "completely correctly" by experts. That's part of why we have constant software security patches.

    If I were in your shoes, I guess it would depend on my instructor and advisors.

    If I felt like they have the skills to catch mistakes and no time to help correct mistakes, then I would just choose a simpler project. If they're cool with awarding a good grade for a functional demo, I might just go for it.

    I guess I would take this one to an advisor and get some feedback on practicality.

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    27F, what to do with my life?

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  • If you're at a University of some kind, you can ask a counselor there about job shadowing opportunities in the fields you are considering.

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    27F, what to do with my life?

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  • Which of the majors you are considering pays the best?

    Which has the most available jobs?

    Which has the most flexibility?

    And which of those three answers above matters the most to you?

  • I don't know where that is...

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  • I've been enjoying all of these, but this one really tickled my funny bone.