A true FP programmer would make it apply instead of run…

I want people like you around me!

I’m trying to convince a senior developer from the team I’m a member of, to stop using copilot. They have committed code that they didn’t understand (only tested to verify it does what it’s expected to do). I doubt it’d succeed…

They’ve got Paid BSOD, I’ve got FreeBSD, we’re not the same.

You were so close! The right solution is of course training an AI model that detects credentials and rejects commits that contain them!

That wasn’t a regular poo, it was a sentient being that detached from its colony in your intestines to travel the world!

I’m not ignoring the other two things listed, I’m realistic.

You described it like it was something rare for FAANG to do bad things. Or like it was bad only when it required whistleblowing… Think how many things got crushed by EEE tactics, and it’s only one class of examples of why big tech is inherently bad.

You could say the same about eating meat or any other cause. What’s the difference, the animal is already dead anyway, right? Well, it’s not that simple.

Thanks to the growing number of people who eat less or no meat at all, meat production is decreasing. If all of them kept saying that one man boycott makes no difference, the change would not come.

If you can’t find a better job - fine, work for the evil FAANG or whatever. We live in capitalism and it’s clear we need to work somewhere. But at least be honest and don’t look away from inconvenient truth. There’s still something good you could do while keeping the job at $evil_company. For example, you can support financially those who haven’t got nice jobs in IT.

If the person who drew that comic understood anything about complex systems or why agile works when used properly, it could make sense. But it doesn’t.

They’re called chem-flames

I often skip meetings without agenda. If they don’t care to prepare a reasonable invitation, I don’t care to join. Also - I skip meetings where they announce stuff. Announcements should go to my inbox, so I can read them when ready, not when they think it’s suitable for them.

My main concern with people making fun of such cases is about deficiencies of “AI” being harder to find/detect but obviously present.

Whenever someone publishes a proof of a system’s limitations, the company behind it gets a test case to use to improve it. The next time we - the reasonable people arguing that cybernetic hallucinations aren’t AI yet and are dangerous - try using such point, we would only get a reply of “oh yeah, but they’ve fixed it”. Even people in IT often don’t understand what they’re dealing with, so the non-IT people may have even more difficulties…

Myself - I just boycott this rubbish. I’ve never tried any LLM and don’t plan to, unless it’s used to work with language, not knowledge.

Now I’d love to see a Perl monk comic!

I’ve recently changed to a part-time contract, thanks to decent wages we get in IT. None of my friends outside of IT could afford that. If anyone claims IT professionals earn too little, they should change their job and see how much their life improves then.

It would rather go like that:

“Documentation is on discord.”

“Why”

I love Lisp dialects!