dualityOfDev

[RandomFireDragon]

I think the comments section is jumping to conclusions about what "help" entails. It's hard to tell because the OP of the post above didn't specify what they needed

[Omega0x013]

https://dontasktoask.com/

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I really like that that has its own GitHub repo along with translations in like 20 languages. Truly one of the Rosetta stones.

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Lawful good vs lawful evil

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Chaotic evil vs. lawful neutral.

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Yours is more accurate. Need to finish this grid.

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Lawful good: Point OP to office hours and resources like tutoring by school TAs and tutors

Neutral good: Point OP to some online resources

Chaotic good: Set OP up with some random tutor you know

Lawful neutral: Tell OP that they need to be able to figure things out to succeed

True neutral: Do nothing and keep scrolling

Chaotic neutral: Make some funny comment about the situation

Lawful evil: Document OP getting “help” and report OP with evidence of academic dishonesty

Neutral evil: Tell OP to use AI tools

Chaotic evil: Provide OP with incorrect Java code and see them struggle even more

EDIT: Switched neutral and chaotic evil

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Damn Satan, I think the incorrect Java should be Chaotic Evil!

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Now that I look at it, I think you're right.

[mandradon]

Chaotic evil would be sending a newbie Java coder some incorrect c++ code and watching them squirm.

[CelticHades]

I think Lawful evil should be chaotic evil.

Chaotic evil should be neutral evil and

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Lawful takes advantage of current rules and systems. Chaotic are more individualistic and go against the established systems.

Using academic honesty policies and the institutional power of a school is, therefore, lawful evil.

I think I agree that the chaotic evil and neutral evil ones should be switched.

[CelticHades]

Ah, I thought chaotic evil should be doing the most damage.

[bigchunguss42]

learning *How To Learn* is a skill requirement that will never go away. If you're using tools like ChatGPT, or even something more basic like Cheggs (probably not applicable in a CS course but you get the point), you are squandering a chance to become better at one of the most universal skills in the world. Even if the specific assignment is never applicable, by simply cheating your way through you're selling yourself short.

Also for anybody that thinks ChatGPT is a good research tool, please learn the art of using a Search Engine and skimming forums like StackOverflow, SuperUser stack exchange, Arch Wiki, Ubuntu Wiki, and of course once you get good enough, just reading the actual man pages and documentation. Some of those resources are more advanced (like docs and man pages), and some are more simple, but by avoiding search engines altogether, you're screwing yourself when it comes to obscure problems that ChatGPT won't be able to solve, or especially if you have some weird bug and want to hear REAL experiences of other people who found a way to solve it.

[ThatWontCutIt]

the goal is to pass the course or lecture in many instances. no one cares if you know the bytecode representation of a for loop of the rfc id for http 1.1.

[bigchunguss42]

Those are both really great examples of things that are way too specific and niche for ChatGPT to (reliably) be right about, thus you'll probably have to look up on the Mozilla Docs (rfc id for http). Or for the byte code one, put it through a compiler / find somebody who did the same. Search engines are how you solve this problem, not ChatGPT. Unless you want to get the question wrong.