In programming class, no more painful learnings could be achieved than to have someone write a script to import a spreadsheet into a database (with all of the data quality issues). Or maybe that would be a good project for those who ever are going to use spreadsheets
Don't argue: build
Prescientific and preindustrial thought tied truth to authority and tradition. "We've always done it this way." "The king decrees it." "We know this is how it's done."
The scientific and industrial revolutions shattered this mindset. Suddenly, outsiders could…
A platform with the goal of getting the most attention cannot be a good source of truth for the average (and presumably earnest) person. Great experiment though!
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Hard to let go and let LLM generate code. Wanted to write a quick script for a one-off and it would have taken me 10x time to create rather than write the prompt to create it. Maybe gen what you know makes you the most productive is a good strategy. Seems obvious
Claude thinks Rust is the best programming language for bug prevention and usability: "For systems programming and general application development, Rust offers the best balance of bug prevention and practical usability. I"
Since my exp. with LLMs is they require iteration when coding, stacks that an LLM can access may be more popular rather than expensive proprietary stacks
How do you defeat bullies? (In the workplace and elsewhere.)
Have you ever worked with anyone that just barges in, takes the credit, pushes others to undesirable tasks, does little work of high quality and just generally dominates through sheer arrogance? They are happy to…
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Update your SSD firmware before use: " Our observations emphasize the importance of firmware updates, as earlier firmware versions can be correlated with significantly higher failure rates "
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Interesting paper proposing a SQL Syntax change: cs.ucr.edu/~ravi/CS236Pap…
Filing taxes via #TurboTax again, and #IRS rejected it because they show no record of prior-year filing, but #TurboTax says it was received. Now trying to convince printer without color ink to print in black-and-why to paper file. #regression
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