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• It’s so you can buy more phones

  on No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• This is the way. Cat is out of the bag now so need to figure out responsible usage.

  Fortunately we have a method for that for a long time now: PRs. If you approve it, you are responsible for that approval.

  on As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• This is already a thing

  on Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• They will go down kicking and screaming. A company like flock has tons of investor capital. That results in a board putting tons of pressure on executive leadership. They will never go “oops nevermind this was a bad idea”. It’s just a other front in the class war against the billionaire Epstein class.

  on Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• All agents are pretty much the same. Think of it like pair programming with someone, except that someone doesn’t have feelings and you can micromanage them.

  In general, I give it instructions for what I want to accomplish. It has a “plan mode” that basically instructs the LLM to give me an execution plan to approve before actually doing it. We iterate on the implementation plan together and then when I satisfied I let it generate code.

  It generated diffs essentially that I can approve or deny directly, in aggregate or by individual chunk.

  I can (and do) provide custom instructions that it loads whenever I start a session. Instructions are basically md files, but it can be any text.

  It’s a very different way of writing code, but if you ever pair programmed with a knowledgeable junior then that’s kind of what it feels like.

  on 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• You are both right. An LLM inherently has access to stuff the same way a brain in a jar has access to stuff. It’s information comes from fine-tuning the models to return syntax that agent code can interpret as a request to invoke a tool. That tool returns information to the context of the conversation. It doesn’t learn and it can’t truly remember things. Every time you start a session it is brand new. It sees your codebase for the first time every time.

  The information access they have is whatever the agent allows it to access via tool exposure. Be it built in tools, or MCP servers

  on 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• The same reason pair programming exists. You get a better outcome when you have someone (or these days, something) to validate and implement with.

  on 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• So my preferred agent atm is GitHub Copilot as a jetbrains plugin. The other day when GitHub had a 6 hour outage and I couldn’t log in, my first instinct was “guess I can’t work today”. I realized almost immediately how fucking dumb that initial thought was. Like I had forgotten that I’ve been doing this for over 20 years, and around 17 of those with no AI whatsoever.

  Was I slower that day? Yes absolutely. Was I incapable? Not at all.

  I wouldn’t want to do without it, because on the positive side it has helped me discover libraries and tools I had no idea existed, and it’s made me a better archtitect. But, maybe we should still actually touch the code a little.

  on 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• If you see people wearing meta glasses, make fun of them. It should be the latest most uncool thing ever. DO NOT fuck them.

  on Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• How does this survive variation in temperature? Also I wonder if it’s possible to fine tune this behavior out.

  on How AI text watermarking works: a visual guide in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• If you are building a new machine for home use and not starting with Linux it’s crazy to me. The worst that can happen is you try it for a month or two, hate it, and then buy a windows license.

  on Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026

• I’ll go back to playing NES roms before I pay for game streaming

  on Take-Two CEO Says We'll All Be Streaming Our Games In 3 Years in c/games@lemmy.world · 10 Aug 2026

• Last 15+ years for me

  on YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto in c/technology@lemmy.world · 10 Aug 2026

• I don’t understand. I have more slop AI content than ever

  on YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Aug 2026