I been writing programs for over 50 years and I shuddered at the thought of doing it on a phone. My first thought, he must be a masochist. Then I thought he might not had anything better to work on. I'm a touch typist who doesn't need to look at the keyboard why typing. Given my cataracts and tiny screen and tiny keyboard, it is torture to type on my phone.
I was called by an NPO and had to drive 500 miles to fix their Y2K problem. Their custom software was written in Savvy from the mid 1980s. The problem that faced them was the get time and date function returned punctuation instead of numbers after 1999. I had to sit down and learn the language and then study the problem. I discovered the punctuation followed the ASCII sequence and was able to write a function to call the date function, analyze the the result and then return the correct timestamp. I offered to write a new modern replacement but they declined. They didn’t want to change. They are still using this software on Linux machines using Dosbox. I switched them to Linux to use CUPS to be able to capture the output to the printer and make email statements. All apps written in this language requires a partition not exceeding 40 MB in size or it will freeze on startup. 25 years after Y2K and they're still using it.
I'm afraid this is going to be like the calculator event. Before electronic calculators happened, kids at least learned to mentally do basic math. Now we have whole generations incapable of making change without a calculator. I met a graduate who claimed 32 ÷ 2 was too difficult because 32 is too big to work with mentally. I believe code development AI is going to lead to a whole generation of mediocre coders.
I remember reading in Nature of a young bull elephant charging a safari vehicle, frightening everyone. Just before he reached them, he dropped to his front knees and dug his tusks into the ground. Then he made rumbling noises similar to laughter and walked off.
Looking forward to it once it is refined. It still creates some strange artifacts. Within the HN message, the demo image of the baby raccoon in priest robes, one can count five paws.
From my experience, the somewhat clear plastic tubing that is often used is subject to becoming brittle and crack over time. I replaced mine with copper. Haven't had any problem since with it.
I have a Whirldpool that quits cooling about every three years. I've fixed it each time. The problem is a inverter/frequency shifter keeps burning out. The compressor, an Embraco, is a 230 vac, 3 phase requires a inverter to convert 120VAC single phase to three phase 230VAC. The inverter does double duty as a frequency shifter to control the speed of the compressor while keeping the voltage constant. After the third time it burned out I plugged the refrigerator into a large surge protector. It has since died again. The other refrigerator from the early 90s is still working without any problems. The amount of energy the three phase compressor saved was more than canceled out by the cost of the parts to repair it
I use to prank the telemarketers but unable to with robo callers. One a woman called wanting me to switch long distance carriers. I halfway listened to her spill for twenty minutes while watching TV. Finally she wanted me to switch. Told her I couldn't for I was house sitting. She asked about my home number. Told her I only had a beeper. She asked me why I let her talk so long. Told her she had such a lovely voice and I enjoyed listening to it. She slammed the phone down on me.
Crashed once in Nassau when I was a kid. Brakes failed on the left side on a Beechcraft Model 18, spun the plane around on touchdown. Slid sideways down the runway, broke the landing gear then rolled breaking the left wing. Everyone splashed through fuel walking away. There was no fire.
A year later I almost crashed in St Thomas in another Model 18. That was pilot error. Carburetor heat was on and we took all the runway trying to get off the ground. We took off towards the ocean and flew a long way so close to the water that we were sucking water up and spraying the plane. I was blissfully unaware as a kid. Thought the pilot was playing around.
Question is... would using an AI as a muse lead to more creativity or dulling a personal creativity? It is one thing where people would hang out and spitball ideas that led to inspiration. But I wonder if people in the future will become too dependent on AI muses. Don't forget how we now have generations of math illiterates since the dawning of calculators.
I use to use Canon printers and in the 90s, as computers were becoming more powerful, they moved the "smarts" into the drivers inside the computer reducing cost. The printer no longer accepted anything but dot by dot instructions from the driver. Being strictly windows driver, my new printer was a paperweight with my Linux os. Since then, the Linux Community has developed support from the printers but I moved on to Brother. Canon has lost me for good. I've been a loyal user of Brother printers for decades. They just work, reliably and more economically.
Back in 2005 I was working for Dupont and had a mandatory hearing test. I asked for the results and was told that was the property of the company and I couldn't have access to it. I felt at the time it unethical to withhold information regarding my health. Now I'm wondering if it was illegal too.
I do not consider this to be an upgrade. An upgrade would be like actually changing one part for a new improved one. This may be a physical part or new operating system. But when everything has been purchased, already paid for, and in place, then it becomes an unethical practice of extortion rather than a subscription for a service. Suppose I built you a house and you paid me in full for it. Then I told you if you ever need more storage space I would charge you a monthly subscription fee to give you access to your own basement by remotely unlocking your basement door, would you stand for that?
This is NOT a service. It is EXTORTION! I I have a XM radio in my car and I pay a monthly fee that is a service as I am buying content. But to pay monthly fees to continue the operation or enhance the operation an OWNED product is extortion. It is unethical and should be illegal.
Same as how theatres were able to charge outrageous prices. Comes down to control. If people are unable to bring their own food, and their sugar drops, then they got to pay the price. It is a type of extortion.
Like theaters charging outrageous prices. Comes down to control. They block people from bringing their own snacks so they got people over the barrel. If your sugar is dropping, and you need a bite, you've got to pay the price. It is a type of extortion.