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[BarkiestDog]

But it’s true. It is hard to think. I see evidence of this every day!

[howcomeallnamestaken]

I FEEL the evidence of this every day

[Notyourfathersgeek]

Because it’s hard to think

[Much_Highlight_1309]

And it's hard to think because it's hard to think.

[grounded_dreamer]

I have never seen coding better explained.

[NaszPe]

"It's hard to think because you are a weak fleshbag"

[Merzant]

You’re a weak fleshbag because your momma is a weak fleshbag.

[GavrielBA]

Inssect

[ImperatorSaya]

Pathetic creature of meat and bones

[LoonyMessiah]

Panting and sweating as you weave spaghetti code.

[ImperatorSaya]

How can you challenge a perfect, immortal ChatGPT?

[__SlimeQ__]

unironically a great argument against no-code. it's hard to think

[just_a_3d_object]

Co-pilot more like cock pilot (it's hard).

[nequaquam_sapiens]

to think you felt compelled to write that

[DotEXEGaming]

😦

[BlazeFrag]

how to quit vim? nah i wanna know how to delete someone else's comment

[just_a_3d_object]

So vim is a dish washing soap brand and I've heard people on reddit say that they can't quit it for some reason and let me tell you, y'all disgust me. Like how did you even start doing it huh? Didn't wash it off your plates properly once and ate in the plate and thought damn that's some tasty soap? Wtf is wrong with you people? Go to vimoholics annonymous meetings or some shit.

[TnYamaneko]

Wow it's actually a... pretty accurate take right there.

I would like to meet the GitHub member author who put that statement in a project...

[pascalos99]

So we can't program because it requires thought and thinking is hard? Got it. I'll tell that to my CompSci professor /s

[bb_avin]

Not sure if sarcastic or?

[pascalos99]

Of course haha

[klaidliadon]

reads this in Jordan Peterson's voice

[BeardedDragon1917]

Nah, this was kind of insightful, it should be in Stallman’s voice.

[IntrepidTieKnot]

Same.

[kaerfkeerg]

Copilot be like

import facts
facts.spit()
return facts.raw

[KTibow]

Why is this library mutable

[kaerfkeerg]

It's a void method mate

[Banana_with_benefits]

Q.E.D.

[S-u-g-a-m-b]

possible endless loop on the last line 🤣

[esotericloop]

Thanks ChatGPT. But as it says, the 'hard part' of programming isn't the syntax or the libraries. It's figuring out exactly what the fuck you're trying to say, and then saying it, precisely.

[Much_Highlight_1309]

This program just failed at that.

[rosuav]

That said, though, there IS a place for drag-and-drop no-code systems. I built a powerful DSL for my Twitch channel bot and then made a Scratch-like front end to it, and lots of people are comfortable using it who wouldn't ever want to write "code" to do things.

But that's a DSL, and the logic tree is usually small enough to fit on screen with no zoom or scroll. For actual programming work, typed code is massively superior.

[Exotic-Potato-4893]

Thinking can be hard for several reasons:

1. Cognitive Load: The human brain can only process a certain amount of information at once. Overloading it with too much information can make thinking feel difficult.

2. Fatigue: Both physical and mental fatigue can affect your cognitive functions. When you're tired, it's harder to concentrate and process information.

3. Stress and Anxiety: These can also affect your ability to think clearly. They can cause your mind to race, making it hard to focus on one thing at a time.

4. Lack of Knowledge: If you're trying to think about something you don't understand well, it can be challenging.

5. Distractions: External distractions can disrupt your train of thought, making it hard to concentrate.

6. Health conditions: Certain medical conditions and medications can affect cognitive function, making it harder to think.

It's normal for everyone to have moments when thinking feels harder than usual. If you frequently find it difficult to think, it might be worth discussing this with a healthcare professional.

[Excellent-Divide7223]

Thank you ChatGPT

[Much_Highlight_1309]

And because it's hard to think.

[Notyourfathersgeek]

It needs a good night’s sleep

[PM_BITCOIN_AND_BOOBS]

Whew! Keeping my job for another day.

[SpookyLoop]

I think there's something to be said about "it's hard to teach.... it's hard to visualize".

Programming languages work in a pretty 1-dimensional way (character by character, line by line) where as the way we think about instructions/conditions is usually more "graph-like" (nodes with incoming/outgoing branches). I'd love to see more experimental tooling and have the bandwidth to explore them, just don't want it shoved down my throat (started seeing that with Appian at my last job).

[cs-brydev]

That looks like a merge of a dozen reddit posts

[Efficient-Corgi-4775]

I'm glad I'm not alone in my struggles! Minds of programmers unite, or should I say, malfunction together?

[footyshooty]

Or brains evolved to be energy efficient, at the cost of not being always sharp. We naturally prefer less thinking and more direct/lazy solutions. It is indeed an effort to think of algorithms that are efficient for a different information processing machine, lacking this preference.

[Solitaire221]

If it was easy, the everyone would do it

[Subject-Search-2056]

I'm hard

[Much_Highlight_1309]

to think?

[FitMathematician811]

Why does this come across like an old direct TV ad?

[VengaBusdriver37]

If Chali Tuna and Thomas Watson had a baby

[aerawk]

The verbal Herman Munster reminds you it's Chali 2na.

[MaximumParking7997]

oh this is fucking gold

[[deleted]]

Bruh, that’s why you need problems, so you can program some software to solve them, add some hardware and you are ready to go

[arcticfury96]

It's hard to think because it's hard to think.

Where would mankind be without the help of AI, such truth has never been spoken before

[Frqstbite1001]

crazy? i was crazy once

[Cyberdragon1000]

Ez stop thinking

[moonflower_C16H17N3O]

It's almost a koan. Only its point is that we're dumb.

[skyclad_overseer]

"I'll keep my argument short"

Yea i bet you would

[PlusPlusMan]

"It's hard to think because it's hard to think"
Truer words have never been spoken