Notices by Shafik Yaghmour (shafik@hachyderm.io)

@molly0xfff so if you edit Beetlejuice three times does that summon him?

@molly0xfff folks need to step up and donate more.

@molly0xfff not being able to quote toot is so frustrating.

@inthehands @kevinriggle

What I am seeing from studies is pretty troubling e.g. https://hachyderm.io/@shafik/113391494588227091

Folks feel more productive but actual objective measures say otherwise.

It is never about lines of code produced that is a silly measure by itself.

It is really about how many errors make it into production. If using AI code generators means a lot more bad code makes into production you are making a very poor tradeoff.

@pinskia yes, I have indeed seen that one, I honestly thought it was a j/k the first time someone told me until I actually saw it.

@skinnylatte

the wage theft numbers are pretty crazy: https://hachyderm.io/@shafik/113450465638262067

"Conservatives in red states turn their attention to ending no-fault divorce laws" https://www.npr.org/2024/07/07/nx-s1-5026948/conservatives-in-red-states-turn-their-attention-to-ending-no-fault-divorce-laws

The interview makes clear, as like abortion, or birth control. Getting rid of no-fault divorce is about control.

Allowing for no fault divorce lead to a dramatic increase in the well being of women.

Removing it would have the opposite effect.

When conservatives talk about "tradition" this is a code for control.

Our parents and grandparents fought these battles why are we here again?

Lol Neil Gaiman says

"ChatGPT doesn't give you information. It gives you information-shaped sentences."

This is one of the better ones I have seen.

"Our analysis shows that
52% of ChatGPT answers contain incorrect information and 77%
are verbose.": https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3613904.3642596

If you have to basically verify everything then what is the point? I can see how it may point you in the right direction and that could be helpful but it could easily do the opposite as well.

It is essentially a coin flip.

I am in this picture and I don't like it

You have heard of indenting two Vs four or tabs but hang on have you considered

// fibonacci indentation
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"So you think you know C?": https://wordsandbuttons.online/so_you_think_you_know_c.html

For folks who regularly answer my quizzes this is right up your alley.

For others you know this b/c you have been burnt before or you spend way too much time dealing with cursed code or your involved in standards.

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This one trick to do sqr() and cube() in C: https://godbolt.org/z/7qeanM

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@amonakov I have the best followers who come and somehow find ways to make cursed code more cursed 🥲

'long long long' is too long for GCC

is such a good ol'diagnostic

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Ceci n'est pas une pipe

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@inthehands Have you tried C and have you tried -pedantic

@inthehands Apologies, WatMan was not available for this quiz