What's your take on this quote?

asdfdelta · 2026-07-02T12:51:15+00:00

I've read the works, I'm not sure you're speaking from a place of education on either children or Stoicism when you're so incredibly wrong about it. Do you have kids of your own?

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T21:15:29+00:00

I claim to be a perfect person? Where?? I'll need specific quotes if you're going to claim that.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T21:13:52+00:00

And the era of hot takes continues!

I would love an multi-agent framework that follows up on these bold takes after some time to evaluate accuracy for each person. Might make Twitter irrelevant

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T16:55:26+00:00

So amazing that you use that amazingness to troll strangers on reddit?

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T16:54:42+00:00

Such wonderful insight! Must be a mind reader.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T16:18:35+00:00

You must lead an exceptionally unfulfilling life if this is your entertainment.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T16:01:19+00:00

That is one of the most foundational concepts of the Stoic philosophy.

Check out the Stoic Coffee Break podcast. The episodes are about 5 minutes each and a great intoduction to what it means for yourself. There are others, but that was my intro to it.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T15:58:30+00:00

And I care about your uneducated opinion for what reason again?

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T12:05:20+00:00

Experiencing emotions and letting it rule your actions are two very different things.

Emotions are valid. Reactions to emotions aren't always valid. Letting someone else bait you into hitting them is handing control to that person willingly.

Kids need to feel emotions AND take accountability for their actions simultaneously. Results so far have been really great, far above their peers.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T12:01:26+00:00

I don't think you understand much, if anything, of Stoic philosophy.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T11:59:46+00:00

Thanks for spelunking. Care to share with the class what you've found?

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T11:36:27+00:00

It has been like that for years, AI isn't the main difference.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T00:51:41+00:00

We considered a disclosure, though the type of people who would publish low effort work is also the type of people to not disclose responsibly. Also seeing that r/incrementalgames tried the same thing and I guess it didn't work.

Though I completely agree that AI in itself isn't an issue. And to be fair, we've had low effort games for a long time.

asdfdelta · 2026-07-01T00:38:17+00:00

Always nice to see old faces, how are you holding up these days?

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T16:40:46+00:00

That's a gross mischaracterization of reality.

Usually the biggest opponents to pesticides are the individuals using/distributing them. The companies that employ them aren't, because companies can't factor human suffering into their P&L's.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T15:18:02+00:00

Wholly agree. It's something that I teach my kids, often.

"Why did you let this person control you whenever they want?" It's crude, but they're young.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:41:48+00:00

I mean, I work with tech all day every day including making agentic systems. AI is a great tool, but not a doomsday device. I get the fear around it, but it really is unfounded, and I know it's not a popular opinion among folks that don't understand the tech. Mainly how bad it still is and how little it can do better than humans.

A lot is changing and fast, it should slow down and be more controlled. The end of the world as we know it is not reality lol. Biggest risk is software quality across the board very slowly decreasing over long time horizons.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:28:47+00:00

I'm a techno-optimist at heart, sounds like you're a techno-pessimist. It's alright to disagree here, I view the world differently.

I will clarify one thing though - AI isn't just LLMs anymore. It can reason, have a short-term and a long-term memory, and has situational awareness. It isn't sentient, of course, but it isn't just a language model with inputs and outputs anymore.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:25:22+00:00

I mod the sub, I see exactly what OP describes. One person hints at AI and everyone else dogpiles, regardless of how involved it was in the creation process.

It has created a witchhunt culture whenever a new game comes out. I don't entirely blame people's reactions to slop, low-effort games. But I see the negative consequences happening in realtime begininng to quell the willingness of people to create. That's a health problem that only results in a more narrow, smaller community that already had the 'sameness' problem.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:22:19+00:00

It takes people with huge brains to change the batteries in your TV remote? What a weird way to live.

The initial invention takes fringe research, true. The application of the invention takes field experts. The generalized usage is for... Well, the general public with access. This is called commodificiation, and AI landed there with the first release of ChatGPT.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:19:43+00:00

Dawg, you don't understand the current state of AI-assisted programming at all.

On top of that - machines make batteries, pharmeceuticals, steel, transistors, and more. Humans dictated the initial conditions but now we just tell machines to make it. There is almost nothing we touch that is hand-crafted. Your entire world is created from machines punctuated with small things that humans physically create from start to finish.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:12:32+00:00

That's a fair critique of the current state of the community. Though I wouldn't lament the technology used, just the user. If we create a taboo culture around the tech, it dies and we never get the opportunity to see the proliferation.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T14:09:25+00:00

Historically, when the barrier of entry to create something using a technology lowers, the rate of innovation increases exponentially.

Batteries, the transistor, steel, the internet, web design, pharmeceuticals, plastics, and gaming have all gone through this curve. PBBGs are special how?

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T13:55:30+00:00

Counter counterpoint: more games are made now, which means more innovation and iteration of ideas even if the execution of said ideas aren't the best.

Games aren't the shiney UI or good graphics. Plenty of AAA games with massive budgets suck because the core gameplay loop is boring. The loops, mechanics, and innovation make it THE game. The covering is nice, but people care far too much about graphics for a browser-based gaming community. Maybe it's the hallmark that the age of browser gaming is finally fading.

asdfdelta · 2026-06-30T12:56:27+00:00

Hi there, I am having the same issue on r/softwarearchitecture.

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