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Re:Layoffs at Block on Friday February 27, 2026 @10:46AM (#47181858)
Yes 10k? Insane we have companies larger than counties. This all depends on how many they needed to hire in the first place. Also, I don't this reflects the AI transition at all.
Re:Aesthetics of single threading on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @03:17AM (#47148799)
I’m currently diving into Python’s asyncio
Can someone explain how much of value the iOS app is to users? I'm a noob at Patreon, aren't creators receiving their support through the website's payment gateway already? I'm not really against a company setting the rules if it's their platform, if the market cannot accept it then alternatives (competitors) will eventually find new ways.
Re:Claude's New Constitution on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:35AM (#46715991)
Claude is a machine*
Re:LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @06:25AM (#46614812)
Re:The Next Two Years of Software Engineering on Monday January 12, 2026 @04:46AM (#46586210)
The most important question is who will get paid the most? I don't think the future of software engineering will be attractive if all you do is more work for same or even less pay. A second danger is too much reliance on AI tools will centralise knowledge and THAT is the scariest thing. Software systems will need to perform for a long time, having juniors on board and people who understand software architecture will be massively important. Or will all software crash when this generation retires?
Yeah or how wars are...terrible for everyone?
Why do you work you’re not paid to do? The exact job of a manager is to handle the staff development. If you’re not doing that then what are you getting paid for?
Without looking at the src, how does one detect these scrapers? I assume there’s a trade-off somewhere but do the scrapers not fake their headers in the request? Is this a cat-mouse game?
Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @06:51AM (#46300946)
I appreciated the post, this is just not correct thought if you've heard about Open source.

"The entire economy of software assumes that code should serve millions to justify its existence."

Maybe she points to /tech industry/ and not /software/

Re:Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @06:32AM (#46300821)
Sure, but can you at least appreciate the underlying meaning (soul) of the text?
Re:Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:46AM (#46271897)
That’s a good point too
Re:Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation on Sunday December 14, 2025 @03:44AM (#46261695)
Excuse my ignorance, I was sincerely trying to understand the background, and had little knowledge about the different chiefs. I wanted to point to the fact “remember your roots”. Thanks!
Re:Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation on Sunday December 14, 2025 @01:33AM (#46261204)
Why no one talks about the real issue (root cause) of why they feel this way? And where’s Sitting Bull
Re:Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg on Thursday November 27, 2025 @08:48AM (#46069198)
I think it would make more sense in a pure AI-topic, but the fact that you can scrape copyrighted content and create services (AI companies) is the original idea behind my comment. I'm not sure to what extent CoPilot was trained on private repositories or other possibly copyrighted code. But if it was e.g, I'm supporting their (Zig's) cause.
Re:Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg on Thursday November 27, 2025 @01:19AM (#46066291)
You own the code, you decide where you want to host it. If anyone knows, I'm looking for copyrighted code to deploy my own cloned service to make some money, DM.
Re:The Decline of Deviance on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:30AM (#45744173)
Definitely internet. When I’m not online, I goof out infinitely.
Who is here to talk about the real underlying causes instead of stating facts? One other commenter also wrote how bad it is that over a million ppl feel like this.
Re:Talent Is Alignment on Friday October 03, 2025 @05:20AM (#45460827)
I believe this less as of now. Sure you can put in the hours, but you can see the difference between ppl that are fast learners and not.

™Do what you are" is a much better ordination. Some people are better wired for sports, maths or arts etc. Far too many are shoehorned into careers not suitable for them intrinsically - but that's also how the economy works. Hey, maybe you're talking about hobbies though?

I think also that what you're getting inner motivation from is also the most hidden from you, therefore it becomes necessary to explore and try to align with as many things as you can. If you're lucky then you do it at an early age.

Re:Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @05:44AM (#45435948)
Emphasis on "leaked". Or is this just a convenient word to use? How do these things leak? Thanks ! :)
Re:An Opinionated Critique of Duolingo on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @03:46AM (#45435338)
The way to learn a language is to immerse yourself at location.
Re:Don't Become a Scientist on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @02:10AM (#45422440)
Would be interesting to read something about engineering degrees too. Are some degrees less worth pursuing? Is it sensible to spend 5 years if you're gonna become a PPT wizard ( sure good pay probably).
Re:Delete FROM users WHERE location = 'Iran'; on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:34AM (#45343916)
Dude there are crimes everywhere. Here we're fighting chat control and other surveillance mechanisms being implemented. I don't think there's a "neutral ground" to be found - just allies and enemies.
...and use LaTeX

Thanks for sharing this <3

This should be pinned. Thank for this! Really really a big thank you!
Re:AI-induced dehumanization (2024) on Friday August 15, 2025 @10:08AM (#44912611)
How do you guys read through an article this fast after it's submitted? I need more than 1 hr to think this through.
Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging on Thursday August 14, 2025 @01:04AM (#44896901)
Yes, it still follow the same PEP standard no? So why would I invest in something like that and I’m never impressed by “speed improvements”. uv high speed infrastructure is not really what is my bottleneck in projects.
Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging on Thursday August 14, 2025 @01:01AM (#44896885)
Thanks for pointing that out. You could also say it’s a condensed high entropy comment. Anyway I’ll outline a more thorough dismissal.

Edit: and turns out a smart guy is top rated comment atm

"All python packaging challenges are solved. Lesson learned is that there is not a single solution for all problems. getting more strings attached with VC funded companies and leaning on their infrastructure is a high risk for any FOSS community."

Re:What Medieval People Got Right About Learning (2019) on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:11AM (#44896669)
Wish I practiced programming more than just trying to understand the perfect way to code or theories behind. Such a waste of time :(

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