Love it!

Ask a rock climber why a 7-11 D carabiner isn’t just as good as a pro one.

[EDIT] Originally, was “free” climber, who don’t use them (duh).

Sadly, we have trained software users to pay for shit code.

I’ll check it out, but it’s still likely that I won’t listen.

I know that I’m unusual, in that sense, but there you have it.

I do listen to music, on my morning walks, though. That’s the only time, during the day, when I do.

https://archive.uie.com/brainsparks/2011/07/08/beans-and-nos...

Regulatory bodies generally need a raison d’etre to exist (like people will die, or go to jail, if we screw up). They also need to provide clear benefits (to the licensees), like medical practice, or CPA licenses.

I don’t think that ever worked, for software. Companies have been hiring anyone that can spell “algorithm,” for a couple of decades, and making money, hand over fist.

In my case, I’m sort of grateful. I have no “on paper” qualifications (high school dropout, with a GED), yet managed to have a long career, working with some pretty heavy-duty pros.

Sorry to post this publicly, but there does not seem to be any other way to contact you. Your GH page is fairly locked-down, and the link there, is dead.

Your “Hire Me” and LinkedIn links in your blog are kaput (for me). It may have to do with UK LinkedIn not talking properly with US LinkedIn. I can find your profile there, but not through your blog links.

@dang @tomhow I may ask you guys to delete this, if it gets ack'd.

You can learn a new language, in a couple of weeks, if you’re experienced.

But you’re gonna have a heavy accent.

Learning the language without an accent, takes years, no matter how good you are.

There’s always stories of apocryphal John Henry types, but I’ve never actually met one, and I’ve worked with some pretty sharp characters.

I know this happens, but don’t really understand it.

In my experience, quality hits usually resulted from external pressure (bad managers, trade show-driven schedules, etc.). I always wanted to do better.

Now that I’m retired, I take the time to really get Quality right. LLMs have helped (but they need close watching).

What about hippogriffs?

Asking for a friend...

However, I'll lay odds that if I had posted that Hitler was just a misunderstood genius, my posts would have gone viral throughout the system.

It’s surprisingly well done, for AI-generated content.

Unfortunately, I suspect that it’s being hugged to death (I keep getting the “oops” response). Hope they can afford the tokens.

It did not end well.

It's a very hairy problem, and mistakes are very costly.

On another note: Those video gamers are gonna have some pretty clunky video experiences.

One of my favorite games ever, and I'd gladly pay for an ad-free version, but they don't have it. I assume there's much more money to be made with ads, over subscriptions.

First, I am 100% for this legislation, but, as has been mentioned numerous times, here, it needs to be enforced.

We probably also need to marry it with a technical solution, that ensures that unverified numbers cannot be used (no spoofing possible).

Maybe a national "blacklist" of bad numbers, with a "three strikes and you're out" kind of thing.

But, human nature, that nasty old spoiler, is likely to raise its ugly head. I suspect this would be a great place for corruption to take hold.

Presented for your approval: https://youtu.be/hMzIk2pUuNU