brogeroni's recent activity
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
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Comment on The UK prime minister resigned after this video in ~society
brogeroni LinkA nice continuation to my last post. In this video, a full time YouTuber bullies a part time YouTuber until he resigns from his job.A nice continuation to my last post.
In this video, a full time YouTuber bullies a part time YouTuber until he resigns from his job.
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The UK prime minister resigned after this video
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Comment on British cities are a game design nightmare in ~transport
brogeroni LinkJust a general decent video about how Britain does (or doesn't) deal with zoning, and learn about the division of responsibilities between layers of government. Highly recommend watching till the...Just a general decent video about how Britain does (or doesn't) deal with zoning, and learn about the division of responsibilities between layers of government.
Highly recommend watching till the end (13:00) for a cameo appearance from a very topical small youtuber with 51k subs.
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British cities are a game design nightmare
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Comment on Hundreds trying to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility met with rubber bullets and pepper spray in ~news
brogeroni Link ParentI'm guessing it's not July 1 yet so they still have their license.I'm guessing it's not July 1 yet so they still have their license.
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Comment on Two visions for the future of AR smart glasses in ~tech
brogeroni Link ParentMost of it seemed reasonable, but yeah I agree implants are a step too farMost of it seemed reasonable, but yeah I agree implants are a step too far
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Comment on Two visions for the future of AR smart glasses in ~tech
brogeroni LinkI long for the day we won't have smartphones and we'll all just have our personal HUDI long for the day we won't have smartphones and we'll all just have our personal HUD
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Comment on Forgot Chrome's unusable, any recommendations? in ~tech
brogeroni LinkBrave is a perfectly ok chrome replacement, there's even native buttons to enable ublock origin. Sure you gotta disable some features, but which browser doesn't?Brave is a perfectly ok chrome replacement, there's even native buttons to enable ublock origin.
Sure you gotta disable some features, but which browser doesn't?
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
brogeroni Link ParentI assume standard workout advice applies Just try to blink that led, and maybe you'll end up doing much more. And if you only end up getting that done, so be it. Have small achievable goals to...I assume standard workout advice applies
Just try to blink that led, and maybe you'll end up doing much more. And if you only end up getting that done, so be it. Have small achievable goals to start (test out a resistor) and over time it'll hopefully become a habit
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Comment on Edible microlasers made from food-safe materials can serve as barcodes and biosensors in ~science
brogeroni LinkThis is interesting. I can see it being used as like a tamper proof seal. For example if you have seafood, you can make it turn blue if it ever goes above 0C.This is interesting. I can see it being used as like a tamper proof seal. For example if you have seafood, you can make it turn blue if it ever goes above 0C.
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Comment on Why does the UK have colour-coded milk? in ~food
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
brogeroni LinkTaxes as well, but got an extension so it's an October problem now :P I've finally stopped procrastinating on cooking at home again and excited for that. Saves the wallet and saves the health.Taxes as well, but got an extension so it's an October problem now :P
I've finally stopped procrastinating on cooking at home again and excited for that. Saves the wallet and saves the health.
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Comment on Tell me about your favorite Minecraft mods! in ~games
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Comment on What are some good YouTube channels/shows/series related to travel? in ~travel
brogeroni LinkTim the traveller man goes around Europe looking at nerdy stuffTim the traveller man goes around Europe looking at nerdy stuff
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Comment on Using AI generated code will make you a bad programmer in ~tech
brogeroni Link ParentIf all software is made completely automatically, imagine the efficiency gains you'd get from... Everything. Even if we don't have the same relative status as before, I'm sure you could live...If all software is made completely automatically, imagine the efficiency gains you'd get from... Everything. Even if we don't have the same relative status as before, I'm sure you could live comfortably, and probably have decent quality of life improvements.
But IMO much more likely is this whole ai bubble sigmoid flattens out and then a good 10-20 years pass before we have the real killer use case for it (similar many of America's previous bubbles like dark fiber).
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Comment on Using AI generated code will make you a bad programmer in ~tech
brogeroni LinkI disagree with this post a lot. It reads like someone complaining how automatic transmission is gonna make people bad drivers, and how real drivers all drive stick. My stance is that while ai...I disagree with this post a lot.
It reads like someone complaining how automatic transmission is gonna make people bad drivers, and how real drivers all drive stick.
My stance is that while ai will get better and likely become standard kit with your ide, it will never get as good as a human (at least within the next 20 years). And humans, being the smart little cookies that we are, will learn through many many examples, even if it's just accepting and rejecting ai code suggestions. This means more people coding, and more stuff being created. As someone who likes coding and wants more people to join, it's a win win if you ask me.
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You Rob Yourself of Learning Opportunities: eventually, after writing enough ai code and accepting and rejecting suggestions, I believe eventually people will be able to differentiate between bad and good code. They're smart enough for that. And in the meantime, you can make cool things! The alternative is losing lots of people to boredom and attrition, reducing the amount of programmers in the future.
- as an aside, think about how many developers and infosec professionals of today were yesterday's script kiddies. I'd imagine the vast majority of them were at some point.
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Skills You Already Have May Atrophy: going back to the car analogy, sure. I can no longer assemble a 2-stroke engine using only parts I made in my shop, and that's OK. Using a few commercial off the shelf parts (even without ai you're probably importing libraries for sorting, let's be honest) I can make a go kart multiple times cheaper, more efficient, and more performant than the people who invented automobiles in the first place. We should stand on the shoulders of giants. And if you want, you're not locked out of implementing your own sorting algo whenever you feel like it.
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You May Become Dependent on Your Own Eventual Replacement: amazing! If this does happen, we enter a new post work era and Yada Yada Yada star trek utopia. But I also don't buy into that. In the case this doesn't happen, programmers will be programmers, and we'll just be doing stuff at a higher level than before. It'll be a different job, not no job.
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Do You Even Own AI Generated Code?: pragmatically speaking, there's so much money and potential riding on this already. I doubt the politicians would be willing to risk losing geopolitical standing in order to preserve... Licensed code? Even if it does become illegal one day, the ramifications on the entire software industry would be so large I can't see any extremely painful penalties being applied. But I'm not a lawyer
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Your Code Will Not Be Respected: I'd argue if you can distinguish between what is good/bad software and you led the Ai to the solution that it wrote down for you, you were just as much of an artist. Again the it's just programming at a higher level of abstraction compared to before. I look upon the guy who programmed roller coaster tycoon in assembly with great respect. But that doesn't also mean that I don't respect people making games in scratch or roblox.
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You Are a Masochist Who Prefers Code Reviews to Coding: valid
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
brogeroni Link ParentFrom their 670k round, they spent 1/3 of that on t-shirts, so ~220k on t-shirts? https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20kFrom their 670k round, they spent 1/3 of that on t-shirts, so ~220k on t-shirts? https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20k
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
brogeroni Link ParentNot OP but, the issue to me was doing a round of fundraising, and spending ~1/3 of that on the freebie campaign. As a paying customer, as much as I appreciate the free t-shirt, would rather that...Not OP but, the issue to me was doing a round of fundraising, and spending ~1/3 of that on the freebie campaign.
As a paying customer, as much as I appreciate the free t-shirt, would rather that money getting spent productively on improving the product or selling it to more people. Obviously not as dumb as spending all the funds on a domain name, but the roi feels like it's in the same ballpark.
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Comment on Asynchronous IO: the next billion-dollar mistake? in ~comp
brogeroni Link ParentFor Javascript I'm pretty sure there's an eslint rule to prevent promises that aren't awaited or have void in front (e.g. void fetch(Foo)) has definitely helped in this regardFor Javascript I'm pretty sure there's an eslint rule to prevent promises that aren't awaited or have void in front (e.g. void fetch(Foo)) has definitely helped in this regard
They all seem very reasonable, and hopefully hard to loophole out of