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Comment on My polish costs nothing in ~tech
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Comment on My polish costs nothing in ~tech
kahuna_dumpster Link ParentI was thinking Tilderiñ@s to make it gender-neutralI was thinking Tilderiñ@s to make it gender-neutral
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Comment on My polish costs nothing in ~tech
kahuna_dumpster Link ParentThanks, I didn't know about that concept. Gives me more fuel for the upcoming discussion I'm gonna have to have with my colleagues.Thanks, I didn't know about that concept. Gives me more fuel for the upcoming discussion I'm gonna have to have with my colleagues.
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Comment on My polish costs nothing in ~tech
kahuna_dumpster LinkMy team is quietly sliding into doing more and more programming work through Claude Code, while still mandating human reviews. I'm really struggling with this development. When I review code...My team is quietly sliding into doing more and more programming work through Claude Code, while still mandating human reviews. I'm really struggling with this development.
When I review code written by a human, I do it via a sort of "technical empathy." If I had been given this task, how would I have approached it? What knowledge would I have needed? What mistakes would I have tried to avoid? I attempt to put myself in the other developer's shoes and understand their reasoning. Which is possible because we are both humans. When reviewing LLM-generated code, this method falls apart. There's no human reasoning to relate to. How the code was put together follows a totally different, inscrutable logic. Potential mistakes happened for other reasons and take different forms.
Even more infuriating, if I happen to find a mistake, there is no discussion as to where the mistake came from, what misunderstanding of the original problem or lack of technical knowledge led to it. There is an answer akin to "You're right. I made a mistake here -- let me rewrite that properly." There is no human exchange, understanding of each other's point of view, collaboration towards an acceptable solution, mutual growth. Just a cold, empty interaction with a black box.
There's something utterly disgusting in becoming a sort of biological appendage to systems that become more prevalent and more opaque with each passing day, and I have a hard time articulating exactly why.
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Comment on Modern, abstract art makes me angry in ~arts
kahuna_dumpster LinkA few things helped me to add some nuance to my appreciation of art in general. Understanding that approaching art purely on an aesthetic or practical basis is very limiting. Pictures don't have...A few things helped me to add some nuance to my appreciation of art in general.
- Understanding that approaching art purely on an aesthetic or practical basis is very limiting. Pictures don't have to be pretty, music doesn't have to be listenable, fashion doesn't have to be wearable. Going beyond "I like it/I don't like it" opens up a world of possibilities.
- Art doesn't have to progress, in a historical sense, towards more and more accurate depictions of reality. (I'm not saying you specifically make that mistake, but I know I did as well as many others.)
- Actively engaging in artistic practices myself, and talking to other artists about their work, made me appreciate the process of creation even more than the final product. I think that we generally have a bias towards the product because aesthetic appreciation can be intuitive and passive, while gathering information on the creative process is more difficult and requires more effort. But I've changed my mind on many artworks by asking questions to the artists about the choices they made, how they worked on that piece, etc. Sometimes the finished product is, indeed, just splatters, but the process or the reflection behind it is immensely more interesting. (And sometimes it might still be pretentious nonsense.)
If I had only one recommendation for you, it would be to read The Story of Art by E. H. Gombrich. Nothing has changed my perspective on art like this book has. It dispels many misconceptions (such as the one about art evolving towards more realistic representations) and enables deeper appreciation of artistic movements and techniques by putting them in their historical context. Honestly one of the most important books I've ever read. It's thick but totally worth the time and about half of it is pictures.
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Comment on I need more hilariously awful pick up lines to make my wife roll her eyes at me in ~talk
kahuna_dumpster Link ParentI knew the first one as Hey girl, are you the ebola virus? Because you're making me feel feverish right now.I knew the first one as Hey girl, are you the ebola virus? Because you're making me feel feverish right now.
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Comment on What are some seemingly silly things in your life that have practical purposes? in ~life
kahuna_dumpster (edited )LinkI don't have a trash can for non-recyclable stuff in my kitchen, I only have one in the bathroom, and it tends to confuse guests. The logic being: Where I live, trash is sorted between packaging,...I don't have a trash can for non-recyclable stuff in my kitchen, I only have one in the bathroom, and it tends to confuse guests. The logic being:
- Where I live, trash is sorted between packaging, paper, dark glass, clear glass, organic, and non-recyclable.
- When I cook, virtually nothing non-recyclable needs to be thrown away.
- The only clearly non-recyclable trash that I produce on a daily basis is floss.
Hence the non-recyclable trash can in the bathroom only. This confuses people because usually they have a non-recyclable can in the kitchen. (What do they put in there? I have no idea.) Also feels very silly to go to the bathroom to throw the odd metal bit or greasy fast-food wrappers there, but what else can I do? The logic is sound.
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Comment on The man who's spent a lifetime making one, giant map in ~games
kahuna_dumpster LinkThank you so much for sharing, I had never heard of that and it made me cryThank you so much for sharing, I had never heard of that and it made me cry
Yes I agree, finding the proper formulation and arguments is going to be the tricky part. My fundamental belief is that the whole hype is insufferable, we've collectively and almost overnight decided to stop thinking altogether, and that it's all going to come back to bite us in the ass in catastrophic and unpredictable ways 10-15 years from now. But of course that's not very constructive or actionable.