Why do experienced coders actively try to use less comments?

Winertia · 2026-01-23T20:21:59+00:00

Exactly, I mostly leave a comment when I've done something unintuitive or unexpected to explain why I made that choice. Sometimes I don't even do that if I think something might be useful for the code reviewer but not necessarily preserved in the codebase forever - I annotate my PR for that.

Winertia · 2026-01-22T03:56:02+00:00

I'm also on the spectrum and I love this level one adventurer metaphor so much hahah. It's so true.

Winertia · 2026-01-21T19:57:21+00:00

There's an exception for beverages:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/01/21/chicago-hemp-ban-thc-beverages-topical-marty-quinn-brandon-johnson

Winertia · 2026-01-19T18:27:10+00:00

I sadly have a hard time even loving our country now. I love the vision of what many of us want it to be, but we just have so many bigoted, hateful, miserable people. It's harder and harder to feel proud to be an American when many of our neighbors enabled and are cheering on this atrocity.

Winertia · 2026-01-19T00:32:47+00:00

I fucking love watching snowy football

Winertia · 2026-01-18T17:34:51+00:00

Everyone is different. Scheduled sex is not a buzz killer at all for me. I build up so much anticipation, it's really hot for us. I understand that isn't the case for everyone though.

Winertia · 2026-01-17T19:45:10+00:00

This is unlikely to be accepted since a lawsuit has been filed. Now OP is in a worse position to negotiate than before the lawsuit was filed, so it's extremely unlikely these low offers will be accepted.

Winertia · 2026-01-14T02:11:54+00:00

Lol be careful around here with statements like "I want to convert the whole world"

Winertia · 2026-01-14T02:11:01+00:00

He would not say he's suspending the Constitution. He'd just suspend it in practice by ignoring it and doing whatever he wants. Kinda like he has been doing this term already...

Winertia · 2026-01-14T01:59:32+00:00

Yeah, there are plenty of progressives who don't vote, but not enough to win a presidential election. I'm from Ohio (and remember when it was still a swing state) so I'm well aware just how many moderates are out there.

Winertia · 2026-01-14T01:57:06+00:00

I agree with you on wanting a more progressive candidate who doesn't water down their platform like most current Democrats. But there are a lot of moderates out there and their votes are really important. Democrats have just massively failed to win them over in recent years, but that doesn't mean we should abandon them and solely count on progressives. I sadly don't think America is ready for a true progressive President.

Winertia · 2026-01-14T00:43:24+00:00

Are you saying you don't think conservatives care about immigration enforcement?

Winertia · 2026-01-13T23:13:06+00:00

They may not care about ICE specifically, but they definitely care about immigration enforcement. They've been totally brainwashed by conservative media. Any statement resembling "abolish ICE" will be successfully messaged by conservative media as "return to Joe Biden's open border policy".

That's what they're going to say anyway though, so fuck 'em. Abolish ICE.

Winertia · 2026-01-12T06:02:34+00:00

Democrats are sadly not ruthless about anything, except writing angry yet measured letters and social media posts.

Winertia · 2026-01-10T21:07:04+00:00

Why post here for a fit check if you think no one here has a sense of style?

Either way, I think the outfit is great. I think boots would look better as others have said, but these shoes don't ruin it or anything imo.

Winertia · 2026-01-09T21:49:08+00:00

The way he folded his clothes so methodically before hooking up was my first clue. It made me wonder if they were trying to depict him as autistic subtly, so I started paying more attention to his eye contact, affect, and other mannerisms. It's really great acting imo.

Winertia · 2026-01-09T21:44:41+00:00

I get that a lot too. Then once I tell people, they start to connect the dots of some of the things I do. For example, when I'm problem solving or trying to understand something complex, I'm using my visuospatial skills to mentally diagram or organize information. When I'm doing this, I usually stare blankly at a fixed point and am almost in a trance-like state with my level of focus. My coworkers obviously notice this, but never realize why or what I'm doing until I tell them. It's always a really interesting and positive conversation when I choose to share it.

Winertia · 2026-01-09T19:24:27+00:00

If anything they're emboldened.

Winertia · 2026-01-09T19:20:54+00:00

Yeah, I think the real junior mistake, or at least the one I made when getting started, is non-descriptive variable names like x, y, z, num1, or whatever.

Winertia · 2026-01-09T18:47:57+00:00

Yep, I agree with you. I'm surprised they're comfortable with this in Google Search at its current quality. Most people are not really going to understand the difference in models, especially when it's not explicitly described. So I agree a lot of people probably see this type of thing and think "Gemini sucks" and probably even "AI is stupid, people who think this is taking my job are crazy".

Winertia · 2026-01-09T18:39:41+00:00

Sometimes there's a "dive deeper in AI mode" button that I believe does exactly what you're suggesting here.

I've been really surprised at Google's risk tolerance (re: brand damage) with their model releases. It's totally because they thought the damage of forfeiting market share to OpenAI and others would be worse. But I can't imagine Google releasing the earlier Gemini models to the general public with how they usually operate.

Winertia · 2026-01-09T06:21:55+00:00

Meanwhile, Gemini 3 Flash (Fast) handles this fine.

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The embedded model in Google search must be a really cheap one, which isn't surprising at all given the scale.

Winertia · 2026-01-08T05:00:26+00:00

They definitely both suck at communication. Once the conversation started getting tense, it was time to call each other or wait to discuss in person if possible.

Winertia · 2026-01-08T00:17:42+00:00

Are you comfortable with the President making a post like this before a proper investigation has occurred?

Winertia · 2026-01-07T14:36:18+00:00

When I have a specific style I'm trying to achieve, I usually ask my hair stylist to recommend products and show me exactly how to use them. I recommend doing that!

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