Yes.
I discovered that rolling AC is surprisingly cheap, and only needs a window and a power socket. And works quite well, too.
As a Dutch language native living in South Africa, I have a bit more exposure than I used to before my move.
My favourite tidbit: the Afrikaans word for kitchen is 'kombuis'. Think of how the people who speak Afrikaans got here in the first place, and you'll love it.
@riverpunk @alice @Aprazeth
(To be clear, I'm not saying you are doing that. However, I have seen people do that, and don't think it is useful. Tell people who do suggest LLM use that what they're suggesting is a bad idea, sure. But don't shun them at first sight. Maybe at second sight)
@conservancy
I think the point is that you can do that without shunning people, i.e., you can say politely that certain types of contributions are not welcome without outright banning people at the first indication they might have the audacity of even suggesting something.
@conservancy
@starsider So you are, in fact, asking someone to be available on holiday for pay. That's a big no to me. Holiday is holiday, no matter how much the customer pays.
It can wait. Or they can fix things themselves, it's open source after all. @bagder
Not related. I get a vacation from my day job too, and no matter how much money I get I'll still want that.
Paying more for 'not taking a holiday' is kind of a hot take.
@bagder
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I once smacked a man for criticizing my text alignment.
it was justified.
I have a fold up Bluetooth keyboard. It's not the same thing but it is the next best thing...
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Another day where I am reminded how much I dislike typing on a flat glass screen instead of an actual keyboard with useful tactile response beyond "entire device vibrates slightly to indicate typing is happening"
Give me a smartphone with a keyboard that slides out, damn it.
The 'so that I can get started' is the crucial part here. If I have an LLM generate a skeleton that I can build upon further without using the LLM, then that can help me learn.
Of course that doesn't apply if you take the LLM output and then never look at it. But if the skills of that technology weren't there in the first place, then you using an LLM is also not making you lose any skills.
@bagder
Yes, sure, if you stop writing code by hand and put everything in the hands of the LLM then that's a different matter entirely. As with any tool that allows you to generate code though (bison/flex are other examples), it can be used dumbly and smartly, and the downsides that you mention, while real, aren't universal.
@bagder
As with anything, it depends.
If I ask an LLM to generate a skeleton version of something using a technology that I'm not at all familiar with so that I can get started, then it is not causing deskilling, on the contrary.
If I ask an LLM to describe in plain English what some code that I wrote, and I find that the description does not match what I thought, then I've just found a bug. That too is the opposite of deskilling.
@bagder
Many towns in Europe are the same way, because they predate cars and even horse drawn carriages...
Also go and visit Venice in summer, it blew my mind!
🚨 Say that I were to give a talk to EU policy makers and OSS communities at a very big conference tomorrow..
and that I want to spend half of my talk on how Google is locking down #Android through:
1. Device attestation
2. Developer registration
3. Age/identity verification
What should I absolutely include? 👀
Input is welcome, sorry for the short notice. Plain language + realistic calls to action pls.
@fdroidorg @GrapheneOS @postmarketOS @Fairphone @appfair @fsfe @murena @volla @IzzyOnDroid
Well, yes. 100% code coverage is a utopian desire that is probably not achievable in most real world code, and so yes review may still find bugs and that's good, and you should flag bugs if you see them in review.
It shouldn't be the goal of review though; review should not be about that, you should not focus on finding code bugs but instead you should focus on things the computer can't find.
@liw