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New comment by complex_pi in "AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder"

complex_pi — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:15:55 +0000

I played the blog post game (using chatgpt).

Prompt: "The text of the blog article is copy-pasted below. Please summarize it in one parargaph."

Result: "The blog article explores the paradox that while AI has made coding easier by automating many tasks, it has also made the role of software engineers significantly harder. AI tools have raised expectations for productivity, leading to increased workloads and burnout without corresponding support or recognition. Engineers, especially juniors, are now expected to take on broader responsibilities—ranging from product thinking to deployment—while the hands-on act of writing code has diminished. This shift in roles and expectations is often unacknowledged by leadership, creating a disconnect between those who use AI tools and those who manage the work. The article emphasizes the growing complexity of the engineer's job, the burnout that results from unrealistic demands, and the identity crisis many engineers face as their core role changes. It calls for better leadership, structured training, and realistic expectations to avoid the erosion of trust and talent in the industry."

Whatever. Blog posts about AI that dance around the topic are not that valuable. For a project, you'll hire somebody, not some AI (as bcachefs' author does). What matters is that you trust a person to do the job, and expecting them to churn code is useless. The real benefits of someone appear on their CV (experience, known technologies, human abilities -- communication, empathy, understanding).

AI generated content is an existential threat to human knowledge.

New comment by complex_pi in "Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images"

complex_pi — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:47:45 +0000

EUMETSAT publishes data as CC-BY 4.0 past a timeliness of 1 hour https://www.eumetsat.int/data-policy/eumetsat-data-policy.pd...

Look for your dataset here https://data.eumetsat.int/ (Note: you need registration but it is free).

New comment by complex_pi in "Making Contrails Visible: AI Insights into Aviation's Climate Impact Using Sat"

complex_pi — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:10:46 +0000

Making Contrails Visible: AI Insights into Aviation's Climate Impact Using Sat

complex_pi — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:10:46 +0000

Article URL: https://zenodo.org/records/17534712

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46335328

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by complex_pi in "Contrails Map"

complex_pi — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:07:15 +0000

It's not specifically about logic. It is possible to model and measure the radiative effect of contrails.

New comment by complex_pi in "Over-regulation is doubling the cost"

complex_pi — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:51:25 +0000

The EU also has regulations, but somehow it does not make insulin as expensive as in the US. Maybe the existence of a regulation is not the issue here.

New comment by complex_pi in "Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes chip bag for gun in Baltimore"

complex_pi — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:40:38 +0000

Agree on that (that AI should not be in the loop and that humans are ultimately to blame).

New comment by complex_pi in "Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes chip bag for gun in Baltimore"

complex_pi — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:16:46 +0000

The end result is the same to be honest.

New comment by complex_pi in "The collapse of the econ PhD job market"

complex_pi — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:57:13 +0000

Welcome to the world. A PhD guarantees nothing, tenured position barely exist anymore. Weird that economists did not realize this yet...

New comment by complex_pi in "Things you can do with a debugger but not with print debugging"

complex_pi — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:21:52 +0000

set -x

New comment by complex_pi in "Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched"

complex_pi — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:06:34 +0000

NOAA/NASA (USA), EUMETSAT (European organization), JMA (Japan), KMA (Korea), and CMA (China) all have a geostationary satellite (one or more actually). So, northern hemisphere countries, but the coverage is global thanks to the fact that you need to be, as you say, above the equator.

New comment by complex_pi in "Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched"

complex_pi — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:41:31 +0000

In meteorology, you also have ecmwf.int (the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts).

New comment by complex_pi in "Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is launched"

complex_pi — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:40:30 +0000

If the question is about satellite vs ground instrument: the geographic coverage from the satellite is much greater. Geostationary instruments over Europe cover the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East.

If that was not the question, can you provide more detail?

15 Years of OsmAnd

complex_pi — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:08:22 +0000

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1027973/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44435983

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by complex_pi in "I Don't Like NumPy"

complex_pi — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:16:03 +0000

NumPy allowed a PEP for the in-memory representation of arrays in Python. This is tremendous useful for making APIs.

New comment by complex_pi in "I don't like NumPy"

complex_pi — Thu, 15 May 2025 18:51:02 +0000

NumPy allows a lot of science to happen. Grievance is fine but a little respect is as well.

NumPy is the lingua franca for storing and passing arrays in memory in Python.

Thank you NumPy!

EU OS: A European Proposal for a Public Sector Linux Desktop (The New Stack)

complex_pi — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:55:20 +0000

Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1018058/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43729808

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Fedora Stakeholders Have Been Debating Whether to Retire GlusterFS

complex_pi — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:16:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Maybe-Retire-GlusterFS

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42654365

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by complex_pi in "Why does storing 2FA codes in your password manager make sense?"

complex_pi — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:30:02 +0000

A file-based password manager ils something you have (the file) and something you know (the master password) provided you have a timeout on the password manager and a safe screensaver. (In reply to some comments below).

It does require some thought / hygiene but seems a fair compromise.

New comment by complex_pi in "I prefer rST to Markdown"

complex_pi — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:37:53 +0000

I can't test (no computer right now) but can't include directives achieve what you want?