It’s certainly the option I’m rooting for, but it would still be a massive drama and disrupt a lot of lives. Which is why they’ll probably get bailed out with taxpayer money.

It is great for boilerplate code. It can also explain code for you, or help with an unfamiliar library. It’s even helped me be productive when my brain wasn’t ready to really engage with the code.

But here’s the real danger: because I’ve got AI to do it for me, my brain doesn’t have to engage fully with the code anymore. I don’t really get into the flow where code just flows out of your hands like I used to. It’s becoming a barrier between me and the real magic of coding. And that sucks, because that’s what I love about this work. Instead, I’m becoming the AI’s manager. I never asked for that.

They might. The amount of money they’re pumping into this is absolutely staggering. I don’t see how they’re going to make all of that money back, unless they manage to replace nearly all employees.

Either way it’s going to be a disaster: mass unemployment or the largest companies in the world collapsing.

This is the real thing. You can absolutely get good code out of AI, but it requires a lot of hand holding. It helps me speed some tasks, especially boring ones, but I don’t see it ever replacing me. It makes far too many errors, and requires me to point them out, and to point in the direction of the solution.

They are great at churning out massive amounts of code. They’re also great at completely missing the point. And the massive amount of code needs to be checked and reviewed. Personally I’d rather write the code and have the AI review it. That’s a much more pleasant way to work, and that way it actually enhances quality.

You mean why everybody is suddenly flocking to DDR4 and AM4 CPUs? They might actually be new systems. If you need a new system, with the current prices you’re pretty much screwed. I don’t blame people for looking for creative solutions, but I’m really glad I buy my PCs a bit oversized so they will last me a long time. I can afford to ignore PC prices for a couple of years.

What does ram use have to do with it? We’re talking about the CPU.

And as parent of a son in an exam year, I see a lot of value in him downgrading his PC.

Specifically, it’s propped up by the growth of wealth inequality. Money is going less to poor people who need it for food and rent, and more to rich people who gamble on speculative bubbles. As long as they can afford to pump more money in, the bubble can continue.

The games I’ve got aren’t going away. But new games should maybe stop aiming for the highest specs.

My son, who has a 5800x3d, complained last week about skyrocketing ram prices, just when he wanted to buy some extra ram. I told him that’s mostly ddr5 ram and he needs ddr4 which is less affected. Apparently that’s not true anymore.

Edit: now he’s considering if he just wants to sell it and go without gaming for a while.

Turns out he only has the 5700x3d, although that’s still worth more than he paid for that plus his GPU.

Because they hold power and you don’t. And they think they can get away with abusing their power. It’s up to us to show them they can’t.

This is not a car, it’s a truck, and should require a commercial license to drive.

There are much more reasonable cars for extremely tall people.

Why does a van need wheels that big?

We did and you started wars. First end those wars and start acting more respectable.

It’s pretty obvious to everybody that Putin is making Russia the enemy. He didn’t have to do that; Europe desperately wanted Russia to be a friend, but Putin had other ideas. It’s his conscious and explicit choice to make Russia the enemy, and he’s the one constantly talking about being at war with the west. Nobody else js doing that but Putin.

Yeah, I don’t think the king would ever pardon anyone without a pretty clear demand from the government, parliament or the public. (Turns out it’s happened 5 times in the past 55 years.)

But you’re right, and I was wrong. I thought that the only thing for which a true life sentence still exists, was treason during war time, and that’s not something that happens anymore. But that’s apparently not true at all; multiple homicide can also result in a life sentence, as can leading a terrorist organisation (presumably when the organisation causes multiple deaths).

So I stand corrected.

I think that’s only in cases of insanity. Those can turn into life long treatment/sentences. For normal sentences, if you’ve done your time, you’re free. And you can get parole at 2/3 of that for good behaviour.

At least in Netherland; obviously this can vary wildly per country. But in NL, the max sentence is 20 years, so even the worst murderer can get out after 13. Unless he’s declared insane.

It is pretty long by European standards. At the same time, it does feel unjust when the culprit gets a shorter sentence than he gave his victim.

I’ve been wondering if Ukraine can’t sue Russia in the ICJ for the damage Russia has caused to Ukraine, and claim these frozen assets as part of that.

That’s the 80s for you. Big on awesome.