reg_dunlop

Exactly. Buy local. Support the local economy and blend in.

Ha. I love Karamazov. To me, it boils down to a love affair/triangle and case of mistaken identity and ultimate justice. But in true Russian lit fashion, you must pass through the absurd with a detour through morality and human nature.

edit: I read the Barnes and Noble translation. And I would encourage reading some passages aloud.

We live in an ecosystem where we (engineers/developers) can promote ourselves and display our skills/acumen/values/professionalism/responsibility in an unequivocal way. Regardless of your experience level.

I bootstrapped myself from poverty to Staff software engineer, past the age of 45.

Is that privileged? Or sheer will and force of effort?

I am not unique. I am an example.

It's possible to work for an employer, and not have to compromise your values and or professional integrity.

The attitude suggested by your response suggests you haven't lived that reality yet.

Either way, I'd rather be rejected by an employer for speaking my truth, than lie to be somewhere I'd rather not be.

Intelligence, which I assume to be a synonym for "smart" requires the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge from experience.

These models do not have any experience. They're not sentient. And are in no way capable of being "smart", let alone becoming "smarter".

When I hear about engineers who are bored with coding, I have to imagine it's because the task of "programming logical work flows" has become rote to them.

Instead of refining their approach, or challenging their current knowledge base for discovery of inefficiencies or baseless assumptions, they'd rather hit an "easy" button.

I understand the desire to NOT do work. I understand the desire to spend quality time and free time with family. And I understand the idea that familiarity breeds contempt.

What I don't understand is the willingness to replace a deterministic language/framework/approach with a probabilistic slop machine.

1. A fuzz tester rubygem

2. An app that receives forwarded text messages from my iPhone and then outputs the text message onto a dedicated television connected via a raspberry Pi to display a cold-war era style GUI teletype sort of interface. It actually looks really stinkin cool

Was there ever a time when any of the classical/fine arts were used as propaganda or promotional material, prior to the medium elevating to loftier aims?

Is this history repeating itself?

The idea that content creators could be considered artists is one I may have considered before, but only tangentially.

What I'm also curious about...is how this commoditization and consumption via "influencers" has altered any individuals attitudes towards blatant manipulation. Free will seemed to be a much more guarded value. Now, the willing surrender of our free will seems to be the norm...

It would be interesting...

My intention for using that specific language was less with the implied language of introvert/extrovert, and was more intended to point out how simply going to an office is not enough to qualify as "socialization". Compulsory attendance in exchange for financial gain isn't a great example of voluntary socialization....

Part of the study specifies remote workers living alone. So it appears the focus of the study excludes those fortunate enough to have family or housemates.

But I do agree that the claim being made is the false dichotomy you point out

Then adjust the specs with the scope and feedback.

I fail to see the argument you're making...

Features aren't made in a vacuum. If specs are made/written....with the information available now...then it's better than not writing specs.

Writing specs with incomplete information is better than not writing specs with incomplete information.

All things being equal, if a person works remotely, apparently they're more likely to trend reclusive.

At the same time, a person working in an office has the illusion of social activity.

Just because a person works in an office doesn't mean they're more well adjusted socially, or more active.

Just because a person works remotely doesn't mean they're a recluse.

Life requires effort and being engaged. Though as a remote worker myself, I do appreciate the tendency to not make an effort. However, when I do make an effort, the effort is easier and the reward greater than social activities that'd be available during an office job.

But that repurposing/removal is exactly what's avoided if you follow through with the SEF framework he outlines.

I have to push back on the idea that token costs balloon when using TDD within the context of a strong framework such as Jason has laid out here.

If the feature is repurposed/removed/refactored....I'd argue the specification wasn't well thought out prior to burning into tokens.

We're so eager to do a lot of the wrong things quickly, when it may serve us better to do a more precise thing slowly.