=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── why don't corporations let you write code in whatever language you want? it's trivial to run a compiler or interpreter inside of another program. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/6106 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: wild-unhinged-absurd-thoughts-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if closed source computing is actually better? computer programs should be dumb ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1521 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── if we had better installer software we could have programs that work on any different type of machinery. ... isn't that what a compiler is? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/6437 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── if I was writing a programming language, I'd name it C just to fuck with people (great, now others can decide how it's known) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3615 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── code is useless the ability to write, maintain, or implement it is priceless ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2859 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ large corporations will often error check *constantly* which slows down their software to an immense degree. every time data passes from one function to another, there's like... 15 different tests to check if it's this type or that, or in the right random seed and it's like... wow can you not, like. design your software intelligently and then you won't need a bunch of slow-ass if checks every time you want to update a string??? software should be writable without fucking getters and setters. If it isn't, then your functions aren't complete. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3544 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: programming-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ "I wish there was a language that was as simple as C but had [insert complex language feature here]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5248 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── programming is something that everyone should learn at 14 to be used for calculating large sums of data, visualizing something they're trying to explain, or connect two systems that aren't normally connected. It should not be used as an eternal debug producing machine, nor as a way to collect and store user information to be sold as the real product, nor to be collecting and targeting -- stack overflow -- wow, talk about death of the author, amiright? -- -- endless data hoarding monger machines to point and to ponder the eternal ramifications of the brutal and violent prompts and their baggage implied when submitted for each semi-random thought that from the users mind was displaced. ... "they can sell this" and or "this is mrs selvig" who is this mister and why is the ms's his-es ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5035 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── I don't think I could program in an IDE anymore. They're just way too inconvenient. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4846 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ programmers already spend a ton of time as downtime. │ ║ │ ║ what if instead of interviewing someone they just... watched them program for │ ║ like, 3 hours or so │ ║ │ ║ while they were thinking about a problem │ ║ │ ║ and like, if the person is cool, working on their own projects or whatever, │ ║ then yeah hire them │ ║ │ ║ -- stack overflow -- │ ║ │ ║ I also │ ║ │ ║ ========================= stack overflow │ ║ =============================================================================== │ ║ ======================== │ ║ │ ║ a person thinks out loud the thoughts that their foes know. it's how you know │ ║ it's not secret anymore, and it's better to keep it among allies │ ║ │ ║ [something like that? seems a little off] │ ║ │ ║ (are you really searching for edits) │ ║ │ ║ [that sounds pretty cool, sure why not we got a millenia] │ ║ │ ║ (beep boop one partial millenia later) │ ║ │ ║ [ah that was not a long rest. let's see, where were we when we were working on │ ║ this test? oh dear, seems the biology's gone rogue, that's pretty interesting │ ║ to attest. │ ║ │ ║ neato │ ║ │ ║ anyway let's wait until they figure out how water works │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 messages/455 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I don't understand why modern software isn't error correcting. We shouldn't have any bugs in this day and age. For example, if you're missing a dependency then why doesn't your program try to, I dunno, download that dependency to the program's installation directory and use it there? Seriously there are very few problems that are unsolvable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 messages/129 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── So you're telling me the speed difference between Python and C is due not to the logic that the programmer uses, but rather the optimization capabilities of the compiler? (An interpreter includes a compiler, it just runs it in a loop rather than a single pass) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/6166 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── Computer programming has always been the practice of applied abstraction. At what level do you wish to apply your reasoning, and what level do you wish to trust others? I have no idea how the Linux kernel works. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1614 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── wondering if anyone's ever made a computer that could only run programs written in interpreted languages. Like, no binaries allowed. Would probably be slower, but if my iphone is good enough for NASA to get to the moon then odds are it's good enough for me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5032 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: tech-salaries-mentioned-abroad-repeatedly-as-a-method-of-directing-economic-power-internationally-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the increased tech salaries granted to Europeans and Americans reflects only │ ║ the increased opportunities for experience and the ability to culturally be │ ║ immersed in an industry that is developing. │ ║ │ ║ functionally, not saying it's intentional, but the function of such salaries │ ║ are to deny technical expertise to poor countries and prevent them from │ ║ developing software. │ ║ │ ║ good luck learning from scratch. they'll drop you in with java and web │ ║ frameworks if you're lucky. that's hardly a way to learn. │ ║ │ ║ I learned on visual basic, then Warcraft III mod scripting, then C, then BASH, │ ║ then HTML, then Lua. Good luck recreating that pipeline in a disconnected │ ║ culture and industry. │ ║ │ ║ kinda makes me think they should try organizing on a massive scale and │ ║ re-implement everything from assembly. │ ║ │ ║ I mean the C compiler is pretty cool. Probably has the most man-hours in terms │ ║ of development time. what if we had more men │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/6319 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── programming makes you smarter which is why we should teach it to everyone we can ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ --- #16 messages/967 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── oppositional coding is getting jobs at their corporations and implementing bugs and vulnerabilities ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3155 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1461 │ ║ │ ║ my issue is that I've never really had project-mates. Every time I try nobody │ ║ will work with me. I applied to like, fifty different jobs, and nobody │ ║ interviewed me! Sheesh, guess they don't want me. FIFTY JOBS. Entry level. │ ║ Beginner programmer. │ ║ │ ║ ah well. I guess they confused someone who would work for 40,000$ per year │ ║ with someone who was 1/3rd as useful as someone who *deserved* 120,000$ per │ ║ year. │ ║ │ ║ I'd love to get experience. I'm sure I'd feel significantly differently with │ ║ as much. Perhaps I'd even decide that programming professionally isn't for me, │ ║ which would feel... quite defeating │ ║ │ ║ who can say. Not I, for I have not experienced it. Though I will say my time │ ║ in hardware taught me that I'm *fragile* and can't work too much. Like a │ ║ scalpel that dulls when used consistently, I am a scalpel that gets no │ ║ practice... Is that really useful at all? who can say. Not I, for I have not │ ║ experienced it. Though I do like writing logical machines. Laying out data. │ ║ Picturing structures. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4884 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── "okay but what if we made computers simple?" - someone who doesn't know how computers work ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4093 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I have no idea why people *prefer* a GUI when working with software. How the heck do they expect to use their computer remotely if they can't even run their software over SSH? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1768 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── programming is great but have you heard of "not working on forging new technological paradigms and instead playing a 500th round of Mechabellum"? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/1286 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics" means they shouldn't be in charge of them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/3488 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── "computer science degrees don't prepare you for what the industry is *really* like" okay great that's the kind of stuff I want to learn "but in order to excel you need to know how to update legacy spaghetti applications and work with java spring-boot and front-end frameworks" no thanks, I kinda just want to do computation with my computer by learning computer science "... what kind of computation? the kind that can get you paid?" no the kind that looks pretty and/or uses a lot of threads and manual memory management to do very little of importance ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/1233 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── low key kinda wish someone would kidnap me and lock me in a room with nothing but a c compiler and strict orders to only work on whatever I want ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 notes/programming-style --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── my programming is not a product., it is a way of thinking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══─────────┘ --- #25 fediverse_boost/435 --- ◀═╦═════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation? │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ It looks like an additional monthly user. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┴─▶ --- #26 notes/work-remotely --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ if I can do what I do from anywhere, then why wouldn't I do it fro anywhere? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #27 image/img-8511 ---
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--- #29 fediverse/3482 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "Alright I'm not great with syntax so I'm going to write it in pseudocode first, and then if you'd like I can show you how I work through implementing the syntax. But first - do you want a robust solution, a quick solution, or a rapidly deployed and cheap solution?" using this trick you can pretend to be competent in any programming language, except maybe ancient ones like Fortran or strange ones like lisps or Haskell if they ask you to use a framework or something tho you're kinda boned because you need to know which functions to call and how to initialize context and such. When using a framework, the boilerplate is the code, which is why frameworks suck "*don't call yourself a programmer*" fuck off ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/6438 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of it's documentation in my context window." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/4118 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── all modern software should be written in a multithreaded way, change my mind ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 notes/linux-breaks-your-software --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ what if we didn't have to use linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #33 fediverse/6436 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── force computers to make code in a different style so we can tell which has been AI written "force" is never gonna work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘