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New comment by j4102_ in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

j4102_ — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:30:14 +0000

Just because you're aware of it doesn't make you any better

New comment by j4102_ in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

j4102_ — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:28:00 +0000

Played Pokemon back in my day and even now I keep seeing how "dumbed" down it gets in some ways. The game has become more and more hand-held. Don't know if it's a trend across the entire industry though or if it's just me seeing it as an adult. I can't really say

New comment by j4102_ in "AI is slowing down"

j4102_ — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:47:25 +0000

I've been thinking about this too. The quality maintenance of large systems isn't something you can just completely automate away with AI. Even if the code is written with AI, you still have to read through and verify it.

Even though that is still faster than regularly writing code, I end up losing that nuanced knowledge that I get from going through documentation and writing it out by hand - actually doing the work. I just don't see it actually replacing developers unless managers are willing to produce MORE code with the SAME level of quality.

New comment by j4102_ in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

j4102_ — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:55:22 +0000

> You go to a university because you are deeply interested in understanding the subject that you study. Doing the homework and the tests are just the "goalposts" to check for yourself whether you made progress on this.

Some students do not have this privilege and implicitly see university as first and foremost a funnel into a paying career.

New comment by j4102_ in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

j4102_ — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:28:35 +0000

Agreed. You can have all the best tools and you still aren't guaranteed "success"

New comment by j4102_ in "State Terror, American Style"

j4102_ — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:12:47 +0000

I agree with your normie sentiments but I also think the extreme language and amount of force being used by the Trump administration are also something most normies disagree with. People want civility and everything is opposite of that right now

New comment by j4102_ in "iPhone Air"

j4102_ — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:22:01 +0000

Thousands of words to just tell me that nothing changed

New comment by j4102_ in "We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own"

j4102_ — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:08:58 +0000

The only solution I see is some decentralized way of governing. And even if this gains mass support, I still forsee some centralized way of how rules are enforced that can also cut off your relationship as well. Efficiency v.s privacy tradeoff I guess.