@NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
member since 16 Jul 2023 17:04
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- on it's time in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
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on it's time in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1d ago
It’s sucked the joy out of the whole field for me, yeah. I really enjoy programming and have since I was barely a teenager. Throughout my career I’ve even enjoyed doing code reviews because it brought me joy to see clever solutions to problems and to be able to discuss them with their authors, but with AI I just can’t anymore. Most of the time the code is just generated with no actual human thinking involved
I also have coworkers who aren’t even programming at all anymore. They tell me about how they just set up agents to work on features and review the output every half an hour and I don’t understand at all because that sounds awful to me even if the code is perfect.
I expect it all to come crashing down soon but its not soon enough because it’s all been rather soul crushing
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on Just running emacs you know. in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1d ago
Hah, fair play but have you considered that I may actually be using Helix. What say you now, then?
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on Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago
Yeah strong black/white opinions on AI annoy the hell out of me. I find some AI tooling really helpful like fancy line completions and using conversationalLLMs as a last resort to solving problems, but I hate anything to do with agents or vibe coding in general if only just because I don’t want the field I enjoy so much being entirely replaced with being a project manager for a computer.
It makes me frustrated trying to talk about this stuff on Lemmy or other places though because it always ends up being two battling sides of “A SINGLE GENERATED CHARACTER MEANS THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS SLOP!!!” and “ANYONE WHO ISN’T VIBING OUT MILLIONS OF LOC WITH 100 DIFFERENT AGENTS GOING AT ONCE MAY AS WELL JUST KILL THEMSELVES!!!”
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on How "secure" is your setup? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 5d ago
Oh, I see you work at the cyber security firm I used to work for
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on PasteSwitch: The official HBO Max verified Reddit account got hacked for 48 hours to push 108 ClickFix ads tricking Mac and Windows users into hacking themselves. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Sep 2026
The one ad contains a curl install method but its for a Mac app (Alfred). I guess if you ran the command it could possibly have infected you as well on Linux
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on LG responds to TV spying allegations in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Sep 2026
Haha very happy my LG C1 has never met an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection but honestly wouldn’t be surprised to hear they’re doing shady things anyway like trying to access unlocked connection or recording everything for the future anyway
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on Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists in c/technology@beehaw.org · 10 Sep 2026
Roko’s basilisk was just an AI corporation the entire time I guess
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on Why the Flock Backlash Has Gotten So Intense. The sudden anger about these cameras seems to reflect more than just wariness about the surveillance system. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Sep 2026
I’m thankful there doesn’t seem to be any in Canada yet so not really
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on This is what imposter syndrome is made of in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 9 Sep 2026
I like AI as a last resort for problems and I love it as a fancy auto line complete but man has it made everything in this industry less fun overall. I don’t want to use “agents” to program, I just want to write code:(
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on Day 783 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing in c/games@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026
You should try Vintage Story! I find it much more like an adult oriented Minecraft with a lot more depth in terms of tools and processes. You end up with a really pretty base as you purpose-build things like a tannery, blacksmith, store-house, etc.
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on Stay hydrated rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 Sep 2026
b
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on oh yeah rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 Sep 2026
Jeez, 100mg would definitely do something. Did it actually get you to sleep? I remember taking absurdly high doses at my lower points but it sorta just put me in a weird dreamy disassociation state
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on FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses(including U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth driving license) in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States…
lol
…and Canada
Fuck
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on Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026
My disdain for the US and Americans finds new heights daily
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on Sovereign Tech Agency Invests €500k in Flatpak in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
You don’t know the infamous hacker packaging method named Flatpak?
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on Norway will drill in Arctic regardless of EU's position, says energy minister in c/europe@feddit.org · 26 Aug 2026
As a Canadian I’m all for spending any and all of our tax dollars cutting ties with the US
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on a very bouncy video production rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 Aug 2026
I love this and I love the DS with a Value Village price tag on it. I have a Nintendo SP and a Wii that both them too because I never bothered to scrape them off haha
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on Avoid this very common mistake in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 14 Aug 2026
I just recently reinstalled since I didn’t feel comfortable with how many AUR packages I had and ive been using ChaoticAUR exclusively now. Can confirm that its a great repo
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on If it ain't broke, don't fix it in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 13 Aug 2026
I just moved my EXT4 home folder off of my old Cachy install onto my new NixOS install on a different drive before deciding to stick with just installing a fresh CachyOS on that same drive meaning a reformatting. I had meant to just copy the files so now I basically just nuked all my data :(
Mad at myself right now as I’m seeing if i can save any data using ddrescue and DMDE
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on To just start dancing in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026
That genuinely sounds great even in <current year>
Oh, yeah what I wrote came out far differently than I intended it to. I meant more like even in the unlikely scenario where it WAS perfect, I’d still hate it.