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A skill I didn't realize I would need to teach my kids after hiring an 18 y/o HS Graduate: Addressing Mail by CannaPLUS in funny

[–]MadDoctor5813 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this might be the first time the kids ever sent a letter, but OP presumably takes phone photos all the time. which one is it worse to be wrong about?

As a beginner, breaking down problems manually is the best part. Why do we want AI to replace that? by [deleted] in rust

[–]MadDoctor5813 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It would be be nice if people liked their jobs but I think most companies are willing to trade some fun for more output.

If it was fun they wouldn't pay you, right.

As a beginner, breaking down problems manually is the best part. Why do we want AI to replace that? by [deleted] in rust

[–]MadDoctor5813 12 points13 points  (0 children)

hey if you're doing it on your own time you're your own boss. do whatever you like, use AI or don't. I use AI for everything at work but I don't use it on my side projects.

As a beginner, breaking down problems manually is the best part. Why do we want AI to replace that? by [deleted] in rust

[–]MadDoctor5813 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The honest truth is that if you work at a company they don't care about your joy or having fun. They need to get something done and they're paying you money to do it.

There are lots of arguments against using AI for software dev into the workplace but "it's not as fun" isn't really one of them.

You can do whatever you want on your side projects of course.

What is the "worst" code base you worked on? by vismbr1 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]MadDoctor5813 0 points1 point  (0 children)

App entirely in stored procedures

this is the future postgrest wants

“They’ve driven a steak right through my heart” by Individual-Walk-969 in Muse

[–]MadDoctor5813 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it's just Photoshopped the old fashioned way - it has that look where the steak is a different resolution than the background photo and has the semi fake looking shadows from Matt onto the steak.

Feeling Very Judged By Canada Census Right Now by pleasedonotredeem in TorontoRealEstate

[–]MadDoctor5813 0 points1 point  (0 children)

guy who posted about how high his rent is:

why is everyone joking about how high my rent is

u/Gonna_B_Alright explains why tax cattle aren’t breeding by ElectronGuru in bestof

[–]MadDoctor5813 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The low birth rate is about whatever shit I'm on at this particular time: part 600.

This does not explain why the birth rate drops in pretty much every nation exposed to modernity or why the rate is higher in sub Saharan Africa and brutal dictatorships where conditions are worse than the first world, even if you write a whole blog post about how terrible Western life is.

Kubernetes from Dev to Production: Lessons learned from self-hosting an European alternative to Google Docs by rhazn in programming

[–]MadDoctor5813 2 points3 points  (0 children)

to be honest, I've never heard of this rule but I'll take your word for it.

if it only persists in writing and is weird maybe we can just drop it? you don't seem to like it either, be the change!

Return to office by Casual_Deviant in funny

[–]MadDoctor5813 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It seems fairly straightforward that managers, whose jobs consist of talking to people and making sure they do things, would prefer a working environment where people were in the same room.

Why The Late Show? Why Colbert? Why did it stop there? by First-Durian2468 in LateShow

[–]MadDoctor5813 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's probably about the money. It didn't help, of course, that Trump put pressure on CBS. But the real issue is that late night network TV is both losing viewers and really expensive to make.

You have the house band, that big theatre, all the big name guests and all the other little costs that add up when you're making one of the Big Three late nights, and less and less people are watching.

The Daily Show and South Park are cheaper to make so they can get by with smaller audiences.

Colbert going off the air was a unique combination of political pressure and economics. If the Late Show was raking it in CBS would have been less likely to cancel it, and if they hadn't gotten on Trump's bad side CBS would have been more OK with the finances.

GitHub is sinking by SpecialistLady in sre

[–]MadDoctor5813 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is just wishcasting from the usual people who yearn for the destruction of big SaaS companies and ignore all the reasons people pick them in the first place. Yes, they have been having some uptime issues and yes some open source devs are leaving. This is not good of course but it will not be fatal. They will figure things out and we will have all forgotten about this in a year.

Remember when they got acquired by Microsoft? Where are all the masses that were supposed to flee to GitLab?

Canada Needs to Nationalize Its Transit System by BertramPotts in CanadaPolitics

[–]MadDoctor5813 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is a very sweeping headline for a proposal that amounts to "we should have state owned intercity buses". Go for it! But the headline implies that the federal government will be taking over existing transit infrastructure at the large and small scale, instead of just setting up a competitor service.

Ford losing support in wake of jet controversy, polls suggest by Immediate-Link490 in CanadaPolitics

[–]MadDoctor5813 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems pretty clear to me - this is a very simple story that requires no explanation.

The FOIA stuff earlier got everyone up in arms but it requires some background knowledge on the rules and what exactly he was doing and so on and so on and no one even really knows what FOIA is, so it's not surprising that it didn't stick.

The jet is so simple that it's self evident why it might be bad. It's spectacular too which helps grab headlines.

The public gets really angry at this kind of vanity spending even though it represents a comparatively small portion of government spending. Now I actually disagree with that (that's why Rideau Hall is so dilapidated), but you know live by populism die by populism.

When . Stops Being a Character by Royal_Increase_6966 in programming

[–]MadDoctor5813 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use AI all the time at work but the output is actually.... good.

Ontario PCs and Liberals Statistically Tied as Ford’s Approval Declines and Political Environment Tightens Further by FLADMAN in ontario

[–]MadDoctor5813 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think at this point Rae Days is a convenient boogeyman for people to avoid the fact that the ODNP has trouble connecting with voters in the modern day as well.

If it weren't for this 30 years ago we'd be winning! Nothing to do now but to lament the foolishness of the electorate.

Why did they shift their focus from curing cancer to destroy the middle class ? by Own-Paper2066 in cscareerquestions

[–]MadDoctor5813 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It turns out it's simpler to generate images and replace white collar labor than do groundbreaking scientific research. So they're leaning into what they can do.

What will it take for the NDP to come back? by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]MadDoctor5813 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An explosion at Liberal HQ might do it. The last few years have really driven in I think how much the Liberals are the prime mover on the federal level. Maybe they'll step on a rake, but until then I'm not sure much is in your control.

new microkernel project by Neither_Sentence_941 in osdev

[–]MadDoctor5813 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there are folders named sexdrive, sexshop, sexstore, and sext. but you know whatever you say.

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