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codyswann··on St Lucie Nuclear Reactor Unit 1 manually shutdown, 3 control rods drop into core
I live about four miles from the plant. I have not grown a second head... yet.
codyswann··on The short leash AI coding method for beating Fable
Nothing I haven’t read 1,000 times before.
codyswann··on Why AI Sucks at Front End
This doesn't make sense. I think you mean "If you are really good at something, you'll find AI might not be as good as the something you are really good at"
codyswann··on Why AI Sucks at Front End
Ask it to take control of a browser using something like Playwright and use the UI itself like an end user would and evaluate whether it is a good experience.
codyswann··on Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?
Code isn't the moat and it hasn't been for quite some time. Data is the moat.
codyswann··on Google CEO Pushes 'Vibe Coding' – But Real Developers Know It's Not Magic
It's very problematic for companies, mainly because of the tooling. Large companies are equating lovable, replit, bold, V0 with Claude Code, Codex, etc all under the "Vibe Coding" banner.

I try to fit the former under the banner of "Prompt-to-app Tools" and the latter as "Autonomous AI Engineering"

codyswann··on Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself
Alternate headline: "Parents failed to dissuade son from killing himself"
codyswann··on Responses from LLMs are not facts
Even if everyone on earth agrees with an opinion, it's still an opinion. There is a material difference between a fact and an opinion.
codyswann··on Responses from LLMs are not facts
No. Facts are facts. Opinions are opinions. And statements of fact are unverified facts.

I wish people would start understanding the difference.

"Ice cream is cold" is an opinion.

"Ice cream melts at 50 degrees Fahrenheit" is a statement of fact.

codyswann··on AI assistance is only making coders dumb, lazy and prone to replacement
Agreed. If your identity is your ability to bang away on a keyboard writing instructions to a computer in Python (or any other "language"), you're in for a bad time.

If your identity is solving difficult, domain-specific software-based problems, efficiently and securely, it doesn't matter if your instructions are written in English, French or... Python.

codyswann··on Show HN: Wispbit - Linter for AI coding agents
Is that a "yes" on lint rules? AI needs determinism to block commits because once the slop hits code review, it's already a gigantic waste of time. AI needs self-correcting loops.
codyswann··on Ask HN: What's your opinion on weekly 1:1s?
As a manager, I think weekly 1:1s are a waste of time.

As an employee, I think weekly 1:1s are a waste of time.

codyswann··on Programs are dead, and JavaScript has killed them
Man. People complain that JavaScript sucks as a language and then complain when it evolves too quickly to appease these same people.

Oh well.

codyswann··on List of school shootings in the United States
The Taliban could fend off the West because the West adheres (mostly) to rules of engagement.

A tyrannical government attempting to subjugate its own citizenry would have no such compunction.

codyswann··on Ask HN: Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?
They were on the wrong side of a massive bet and lost.

Let's take the reverse and say they were on the right side of the bet and made millions and left everyone else behind to wallow relatively "poor".

Would they feel sorry for those who didn't take the bet?

codyswann··on Ask HN: Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?
But wasn't that the big pull of crypto? Decentralized, unregulated, blah, blah, blah?
codyswann··on You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it
What type of usage volume are we talking about here?
codyswann··on Ask HN: How do you explain the sloppiness of modern software?
I reject the premise
codyswann··on Ask HN: Is it worth it to learn C to better understand Python?
None of that pays the mortgage, though.
codyswann··on CNN goes first two weeks of October without any program reaching 1M viewers
That was my thought. What is this rag?
codyswann··on Former U.S. president Donald Trump launches 'TRUTH' social media platform
78% of Republicans is actually pretty dreadful. I would expect that number to be closer to the mid 90s for a party's former president. Can you imagine what the numbers would be for Obama?
codyswann··on Netflix braces for staff walkout and LGBTQ rally over Chappelle special
Not true. Freedom of speech in the US prevents the US government for levying consequences against you for what you said. This is not the case in North Koreas
codyswann··on We've been lied to: JavaScript is fast
Is that a problem?
codyswann··on A Population-Level Decline in Serum Testosterone Levels in American Men (2007)
So is lack of sleep. If people are working more, they may be sleeping less.
codyswann··on A new public beta of GitHub Releases
Would really be nice if it could attach all the issues that the release closed.
codyswann··on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
I think it's already been touched on, but the reason Germany made it illegal is to prevent Nazism from happening again. The German government wasn't trying to hide anything. The German government was trying to prevent Nazi's from hiding something.
codyswann··on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
> the only reason to make something like that illegal IS because you're hiding something

That is the most illogical statement I've read all month.

codyswann··on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
Don't be naive. It's not the wackos who won't have a platform. It's the people who know vaccines aren't dangerous, but realize they can snag an audience by claiming otherwise, so they prey on those people. These charlatans are the people who won't have a platform and, I say good riddance.
codyswann··on Apple’s browser engine ban is holding back web app innovation
Ok. Thanks. So no real changes with iOS 15
codyswann··on Apple’s browser engine ban is holding back web app innovation
> Users can install it, add the icon to the homescreen, get push notifications

Did I miss something? Did iOS 15 add push and installabilty for PWAs?

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