paulhebert

Yes but the people concerned about this are clearly concerned about the environmental impact of losing forested land, not how many wood products are available.

Why not?

In my work I use AI for code generation in two distinct ways:

- For throwaway prototypes I pretty much vibe code, only making manual tweaks occasionally if the agent gets stuck or something looks wrong visually. - For production code I stay in the loop, reviewing and iterating on the code with an agent.

This leads to me having experience with “messy” prototype code and “maintainable” production code. Whenever my prototype code lives longer than expected it gets to a point where the agent starts introducing regressions or churning on changes.

This happens much less often with the “maintainable” code. From my perspective it seems pretty clear that LLMs are faster, more effective, and less error-prone in a well structured codebase

Yeah evidently wanting to be paid for and enjoy the career you’ve worked to achieve is rent seeking now

What is your plan for the 80% of people losing their jobs in this scenario? Tough luck?

Yeah this is the study people use when they want to rank Oregon 47/50

But as you mentioned it includes random things like “road safety” in the education rankings. 20 points of the “education” ranking are all “safety” related.

“WalletHub” may not be the best source of unbiased stats.

That said, Oregon does have education issues and there’s a lot we could do to improve. My understanding is that two of the big issues are high rates of absenteeism and short school years. These two come together to lead to less time in the classroom

The article is specifically about the “inter-op” program where the browsers work together on specific standards to bring to all browsers. (And we get to vote on the selection!)

Where I live (Oregon, USA) there are very few jobs that require it but a lot of jobs where speaking a second language might get you hired over someone else.

Most jobs that are focused on interacting with people benefit from speaking a second language if it’s a common language in your community: nursing, teaching, customer service, social work, etc.

I’ve seen job listings mention it as a nice-to-have and know bilingual friends who have gotten those jobs.

I only speak one language well but I wish I spoke more. I hope my son (and future other kids) learn multiple languages. But not for job/economic reasons: it just seems good for your brain and interesting for how you think about the world.

My last name is Hebert.

There’s about a 1 in 10 chance when someone spells it (or says it) they say Herbert.

Even in situations where they just read it or I just said it.

I’ve had Herbert soccer trophies, health insurance cards, etc.

The mind fills in a lot of blanks and doesnt always get them right.

You really don’t think anyone used em dashes before LLMs?

I did. (Though not as much as the slop bots do)

I much preferred your first draft just so you know. It actually has some character and feels human.

This is cool! Thanks for sharing

I’m not a very good woodworker but I enjoy it.

I’ve got a few wobbly pieces of furniture around the house. I love them!

I’ve also got a bookcase my dad made back when he was in shop class. And my mom has been using a cutting board I made her for the last 20 years.

I’m also a bad potter but love drinking out of the mugs I made and eating out of the bowls I made.

I love the artwork my friends and family have made even if they’re not super talented. It’s up on the walls.

IKEA stuff is fine. I have some, but I don’t feel much emotion around it. It gets the job done and not much more. (Though in my experience it’s not very sturdy and falls apart faster than handmade stuff.)

I would also add that back in the day there were a lot more craftsmen making high quality furniture for purchase. A lot of them have been driven out of business and so now buying that type of thing is much more expensive.

Ahh I misunderstood the hypothetical then. I assumed I was picking one piece to keep and display forever but I could still enjoy other art.

I’d go mad if the only art available was AI art as well!