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Comment · 3 years ago
Because it is neither. It is just a mindless generative model. It’s “brilliance” or “idiocy” is just random variation of an unaware algorithmic process.
Comment · 3 years ago
lol, and yet the page doesn’t load with JavaScript disabled
Comment · 3 years ago
Games also don’t treat physics like physics… they are games.
Comment · 3 years ago
What are you talking about with “highly reduced battery”? My iPhone is almost five years old, latest version of iOS, it works fine.
Comment · 3 years ago
It is perfectly valid, just less interesting as a critique. This is well-trod ground, journalistically. If writing about it were actually going to change anything, it would have already. As it stands, writing about it now is just a shrewd way to sell copy to people who like think that reading about something is the same as “taking action” against it.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
jfc yes
Comment · 3 years ago
You want to leave so you can maximize for learnings, but you’re worried you will leave before properly learning what you are doing? Those are conflicting ideas.

Sounds like you’re chasing something, but you don’t really know how to recognize you’ve gotten it. Figure that out. The rest will follow.

Comment · 3 years ago
The modern web is almost unusable even on a fast connection. The entire “profession” of web development is a disgrace. There is no excuse for how poorly implemented much of the web is.
Comment · 3 years ago
Property 2 implies immutable state. I also used to think that was a great idea. Then I tried actually programming that way.
Comment · 3 years ago
Use whatever works. Slides work for most people.
Comment · 4 years ago
mmmmm… consuming the flesh of a once living being… delectable
Comment · 4 years ago
“But it doesn’t appear he even understands why this invention is interesting”

Thing is, it’s not interesting.

Comment · 4 years ago
No.

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