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Comment · 9 months ago
Still, I'm going to quote the living daylights out of "These coding agents are very much like a power saw. Profoundly useful, and proportionately dangerous."

Even though this particular case may not be fair, the comparison feels like a very fair one to me. The notion that these things can be very valuable in capable hands, but costly in others.

Comment · 9 months ago
Will "Retro art" do?
Comment · 1 year ago
Can you support this claim somehow? Because on the face of it this sounds dangerously wrong.
Comment · 1 year ago
Fair point. What the author does mention is that if you have to do a lot of work getting proper results out of AI (and potentially contend with hallucinations), you may as well do the actual work yourself and be more confident about the end result.

That being said, I think part of the potential is repeatability. Once you've done the work of property prompting for the desired result, you can often save the adjusted prompts (or a variation of it) for later use, giving you a flying start on subsequent occasions.

Comment · 1 year ago
I run i3wm (poorly :P). Does anyone know whether it would it be possible to trick i3lock (or something similar) into showing the output of this "tool" instead of a static image?

Would be a fun look, with the added bonus of some colleagues potentially being tricked into thinking they have an opportunity to mess with my machine. :D

Comment · 1 year ago
I completely understand the feeling, but when's the last time pointing fingers actually got you anywhere? :)
Comment · 2 years ago
To be fair, not _just_ in tech. :)
Comment · 2 years ago
So is asserting that everyone is crazy, except you. :P
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah, for me that one's right up there with every cookie-cutter cookie-prompt on every website.

"We care about your privacy"

no. you. do. not.

Please don't pretend.

Comment · 3 years ago
Back in my Apple fanboy days, I was delighted to come across a pangram referring to Jobs and Wozniak, but I can no longer quite recall it, and my Google Fu is failing me. I think it was:

Jobs and Wozniak quibble mightily over expensive coffee.

It checks out, but it feels weird that I can't find a reference to it online.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Could you give (or point to) a description how compiling binaries using GitHub Actions can be done? Sounds really nice. :)
Comment · 5 years ago
Also, none of this stuff should ever be used in production code, only during development (at least IMHO). So even if some things were browser specific, it shouldn't hurt anyone but yourself if you run into incompatibilities while using any of it.
Comment · 5 years ago
Same here.
Comment · 6 years ago
The article actually addresses this:

Monitor displays are relatively darker than TV displays. This is because monitors are designed for people who sit up close.

It may not be a problem when you’re watching a movie in a dark room. If you watch with the windows open during the day, however, your monitor won’t be able to produce enough brightness to give you pleasant viewing experience.

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