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New comment by a5c11 in "Asking Gemini 3 to generate Brainfuck code results in an infinite loop"

a5c11 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:23:12 +0000

People easily forgot how they laughed at wizards in Harry Potter series who said "You-Know-Who" instead of "Voldemort". Now they are doing exactly the same thing.

New comment by a5c11 in "If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?"

a5c11 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:42:34 +0000

At this point it's easier to just write the code. If my prompt is to be longer than the code produced, why bother with explaining that to LLM?

New comment by a5c11 in "If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?"

a5c11 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:39:19 +0000

Sounds very depressing.

New comment by a5c11 in "Cassette tapes are making a comeback?"

a5c11 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:22:49 +0000

I used to code at night with a kerosene lamp sitting on my desk. I love the light spectrum of a live fire.

"Portable" (they couldn't even fit in a pocket) CD players were the worst thing imho. Too sensitive to even small shocks, which was particularly annoying while taking longer walks, and draining batteries like crazy. I switched from cassette players to MP3 players, almost completely skipping the era of CD players. I've tried it once or twice because my sister had it, and never again.

New comment by a5c11 in "Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness"

a5c11 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:15:06 +0000

What other social interactions are needed more than: "One flat white to go, please", and "Thank you"? Asking genuinely, because I don't know what else I can say.

New comment by a5c11 in "Autism's confusing cousins"

a5c11 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:06:46 +0000

> whatever ultimately gets you to where you want to be

Money.

> classifying people is utter BS, and assigning labels is very hurtful

Is saying "you have cardiovascular issues" labeling or diagnosis? Where would you draw the line? We have a definition of a healthy heart, likewise we have a definition of a healthy brain. If I suffered a stroke, it's not because my body is unique, it's because of a disease.

New comment by a5c11 in "Autism's confusing cousins"

a5c11 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:34:18 +0000

Ironically, we chose a work style that requires maintaining prolonged focus, which sucks without meds (especially when dealing with boring tasks).

New comment by a5c11 in "Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release"

a5c11 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:24:11 +0000

Never happened to me. And I'm using Mac and iPhone.

New comment by a5c11 in "AI-Assisted Coding Killed My Joy of Programming"

a5c11 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:18:36 +0000

Nice, but what does it mean? Are you gonna replace a group of specialists in their fields with prompts to LLM?

New comment by a5c11 in "AI-Assisted Coding Killed My Joy of Programming"

a5c11 — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:11:55 +0000

Can't tell what would be the best case (pun intended) for you, depends on the language you use. Yes, it will eventually end up as some sort of look-up table, though switch statement is the last option I'd use (assuming you gonna have more than 20 cases or so).

The good thing of programming without generative assistants is that it makes you think how to make the algorithm and the code better to avoid too much manual work. Laziness of engineers is crucial for automation and optimisation.

New comment by a5c11 in "AI-Assisted Coding Killed My Joy of Programming"

a5c11 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:47:40 +0000

I really enjoy doing the dishes now that the dishwasher does ~100% percent of the work.

New comment by a5c11 in "AI-Assisted Coding Killed My Joy of Programming"

a5c11 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:42:38 +0000

Maintaining a switch for all possible TIFF tags doesn't sound like a good programming practice, though.

New comment by a5c11 in "AI-Assisted Coding Killed My Joy of Programming"

a5c11 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:36:04 +0000

So... Mindless coding is it? The best part of coding is doing research and learning. Coding, for the pure sake of finishing the project as soon as possible with the least involvement, sounds like doing unpleasant chores.

New comment by a5c11 in "Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release"

a5c11 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:14:07 +0000

At least when reading a human-made material you can spot author's uncertainty in some topics. Usually, when someone doesn't have knowledge of something, he doesn't try to describe that. AI, however, will try to convince you that pigs can fly.

New comment by a5c11 in "Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release"

a5c11 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:05:26 +0000

Apparently, it's not only em-dash that's distinctive. I've went through comments of the leader, and spot he also uses the backtick "’" instead of the apostrophe.

New comment by a5c11 in "A One-Minute ADHD Test"

a5c11 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:59:35 +0000

I've scored pretty high on the "inattentive scale", but got only a few points on the "hyperactive" one. I was told that both scales must be high to be diagnosed with ADHD.

New comment by a5c11 in "A One-Minute ADHD Test"

a5c11 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:33:36 +0000

I passed the test at 100%. Still, I had gone through a professional assessment not that long ago, and I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD because I lack hyper motion activity. I compensate it with ultra-hyper brain activity, but that doesn't qualify for ADHD. However, they've found some trails of ASD in turn.

New comment by a5c11 in "It's hard to build an oscillator"

a5c11 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:09:27 +0000

One of my favorite is an RC circuit with a Schmitt triggered inverter. So simple and ingenious.

New comment by a5c11 in "I Am Mark Zuckerberg"

a5c11 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:59:19 +0000

I think that's the usual way the american attorneys advertise. I kinda like that style. In Poland, attorneys aren't allowed to advertise that expressively, which I think is a stupid regulation.

New comment by a5c11 in "I Am Mark Zuckerberg"

a5c11 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:52:23 +0000

Depends how you use it. I see numerous possibilities of taking advantage of such "bad name". People know the real Breivik is in prison, so they will be genuinely curious. Besides, it's not like you have your name tattooed on your forehead.