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New programming languages that explore different ways of doing things. There are so many interesting ideas.

This sounds like Stanford maintains its elevators but the state doesn't have enough inspectors to to certify and renew paperwork. But the anecdotes in the beginning make you think Stanford is ignoring its responsibility. Maybe it is, but the lack of inspectors sounds more plausible

Tech doesn't solve almost any real issue people have. Life is pretty much like it was in the 90s except more distracting.

Is there a reason I should care about this dude's opinion?

Nope. I'll use the good enough tool for the job.

I couldn't make it past the first paragraph, and the headline makes we want to vomit.

No, but all of my side projects are work related things, and it has occurred to me that if I ever leave my company those projects will not help my github. I still do them anyway because I am most excited to build them.

Can we all move the tech sector to Reno?

Is anyone else annoyed when the word actually is used at the end of a sentence?

I think this is a good idea. That is the first time in a long time I have thought "wow, the state is doing something useful with my tax dollars"

I think so. Let me ask you this, what changed that would make it irrelevant? There have not been any earth shattering advances in language design that make it obsolete.

It may not align with your ambitions as a programmer, but math and functional programming still apply.

You could probably use SELinux to do something similar

What's wrong with tech interviews? They have flaws, but I think they do a decent job of filtering out bad candidates. If you can solve basic problems under adverse conditions, you probably grasp the basics well enough for the job. That's better than someone who doesn't grasp the basics.

That's cool, but it seems like small fish for a president to handle

I hope these return to work policies get outdated. Remote work is the single greatest thing about high speed communication in my opinion. A lot of tech advancement related to computers has proven to be underwhelming. We have fancy 3D games and social media and search engines. None of these things are better than a climbing rope, mountain bike, or good library in my experience.

That's kinda lame, way to waste people's time proving that AI is impressive. Everyone already knows.

I think AI will change how programmers do their jobs, not eliminate them. Messing around with ChatGPT, I was able to write a MUD server much faster than I could from scratch. But I still had to understand the code, tweak some thing.

I think of it as a tool to write a 100k line project in the time it takes to write a 10k line one. I think the potential will be fewer bugs and more productive programmers. That could mean less programmers. Equally likely is software can be much more complex, yet still manageable.

Even if AI replaces software engineers in 50 years, so what? People can move on to other fields of engineering.

Sometimes getting what you want quickly is a double edged sword. I used Google a lot in grad school, which brought up many relevant and helpful results. I switched to using books as much as possible. While slower, I learned lots of things I didn't know I didn't know, because I had to read through enough of the book to find what I needed. In the process, I learned things I would not have with a search engine.

Meta is the definition of vanilla. My bet is they fail continuously until they can inspire. There was nothing cool about their metaverse, they better pull something off.

Maybe there is some deep reason, but you also can't expect an increase forever.

I know one person who accepted a small amount of fund from a university to help fund a project, most of it was funded out of pocket. When it was completed they tried to claim the IP. It was too expensive to fight in court. So he destroyed the project. Be wary

I think this is a bit premature. AI is nowhere close to being able to replace an engineer in almost any role. If that isn't the case for you, take on more ambitious roles.

My vote is for Sadi Carnot

What is it about walks that help? Would 30 burpees every hour have a similar effect? Is it heart rate? Duration?

Of all the things I ever learned, Calculus shifted my world view the most, it is truly amazing. Math could be shifted to be more modern, maybe understanding statistics and maybe boolean logic. There is a common foundation.

Even computer programmers should know calculus, or at least trig. Sure, you can write some software without it, but you will be very limited without solid math.

Image processing, FFTs, machine learning will be beyond you without Calculus. Understanding the foundations will be unreachable.

Can I just enjoy my Catan game?

What is the question? In terms of open source contribution, good code review should resolve trust issues.

Should you buy software from your enemy? Probably unwise.

I would spend every minute of that train ride studying and looking for new work or housing. Get earplugs (cheap) or noise cancelling headphones(not cheap), maybe both, and drop the excuses why you can't do those things. 5 hours a day is a lot of time, you need to find a way to make it productive until you can improve your situation.

I never had a commute like that, however I did used to have 1.5 hours a day of bus rides. I studied, it was effective.

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose

That's cool, but its a really bad article. It seems very skeptical about the chip, based on the previous one. I suppose that's fair, but without any data, it is pure speculation.