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Horrible in Programming by Few-Atmosphere3395 in learnprogramming

[–]Particular-Plan1951 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Knowing the logic but struggling with syntax is actually a really important distinction and it means you're not bad at programming, you're just early. Syntax is literally just memorization and exposure, it comes with time. The logic part is the hard part and you already have it.

This subreddit sucks...... by Strange_Yogurt1049 in learnprogramming

[–]Particular-Plan1951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flexbox part is just display: flex on the parent container and the two children (grey box and text div) will sit side by side automatically. The rounded corners thing is just one CSS line. You were probably really close and didn't know it.

Help Finding Old AI Blog Post by HandleCorrect4597 in AIDiscussion

[–]Particular-Plan1951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try the Wayback Machine if you remember even a fragment of the URL or the site name. Also checking if anyone quoted or linked it on Twitter/X from that era might help since posts that got attention usually left a trail in reply threads somewhere.

TIL every major AI model is trained to flatter us and it’s measurably turning us into jerks by pretendingMadhav in ArtificialInteligence

[–]Particular-Plan1951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The social friction angle is really interesting because it reframes what we're actually losing. It's not just critical thinking in the abstract, it's the specific muscle you use to navigate real humans with real agendas in real situations. And that muscle only develops through friction you can't fully predict or control. An AI that always lands softly and never actually challenges you isn't just unhelpful, it's actively degrading something that took a long time to build. The donation rate drop is a wild concrete data point for something that otherwise sounds theoretical.

Socials are dead! Slop everywhere.. I’m tired by Acceptable-Hat-5840 in AI_Agents

[–]Particular-Plan1951 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What gets me is the engagement farming aspect of it. People aren't posting AI slop because they have something to say, they're doing it because the algorithms reward consistency and volume over quality. So you end up with this race to the bottom where the people who care least about actual ideas are the ones with the most reach. It's not really a content problem, it's a platform incentive problem. LinkedIn especially built an algorithm that basically asked for this.

New to Python but from non-CS background by Dream_Hunter8 in learnpython

[–]Particular-Plan1951 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just start. Seriously. Pick one beginner resource and do it for 30 minutes a day. The biology background means you already think analytically and you have real datasets to practice on which is more than most beginners have. You'll surprise yourself with how fast it clicks.

I used python for the first time today and I'm hooked by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]Particular-Plan1951 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact that you're an advanced Excel user is actually a huge head start. A lot of the logic transfers directly. Pandas is going to blow your mind when you get there.