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It's about writing good, easy to read and maintanable code, not "yet another piece of garbage that almost works... for me..."

10k lines that nobody including you understands? That's a liability if anywhere else than your home project that only you use

Use AI as a hyper-documentation system and "show me how to" guide but not to spew code that neither it or you understand


Macbooks are more like "phone/tablet hardware evolved into desktop" mindset (low power, high performance). x86 hardware is the other way around (high power, we'll see about performance).

That being said, my M2 beats the ... out of my twice as expensive work laptop when compiling an arduino project. Literall jaw drop the first time I compiled on the M2.


That's not how averages work :)


Yes, but we all understood the essence of what he meant and he's right. Why be a stickler about it.


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Is it brigading if people just have the opinion that AI can do well at software?


Only half of them.


None or low entry barriers are an issue in lots of places. Even making a proper coffee is a craft you can't aquire just by googling around in a rainy evening (throwing hot water on pre-ground beans does not qualify you as a barista). Difference is you can only damage a coffee for the moment, not a whole software suite for many years to come.


Never assume that it's equally easy for anybody to use voice commands. Or that you won't ever catch a cold.

Just imagine that when you'll be at a certain age, mind control will be the thing you'll be told "but it's so much easier", even if you'll not be able to master it.


They abruptly shut down overnight leaving a very large number of people stranded away from home.

Now the government has to pay 150 million to bring them home.

Why not do a gracefull shutdown...???


European bankruptcy law doesn't allow them to do a graceful shutdown. The company is forced to stop operations.

That's the major difference between American and European bankruptcies.


Wow, harsh. If we had that in the US, half of California would be without electricity and heating fuel for months, given the current state of PG&E.


That's just not true (source: worked for a bankrupt European company once)


Not all European countries, just the vast majority of them.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/10/04/555646290/epis...


Could you elaborate? Why not?


`The company is forced to stop operations.`


I mean, what aspect of European law prevents companies from shutting down gracefully?


> They abruptly shut down overnight

Everyone knew this was coming for months.

> Why not do a gracefull shutdown...???

Why would creditors allow their money to be used for that?


In this case a large number of their creditors, indeed the ones that should have highest priority, are the people who are currently stranded because they’ve already paid the company for travel they are now not going to receive.


> In this case a large number of their creditors, indeed the ones that should have highest priority, are the people who are currently stranded because they’ve already paid the company for travel they are now not going to receive.

I'm not sure that's the case - I think individual customers are amongst the lowest priority in a liquidation, as their credit is unsecured. The only people lower are shareholders, I believe. Almost by definition there will be nothing left for customers (as otherwise why would they be liquidising if they can pay all their other creditors?)


Should” was the operative word in that sentence. The fact that individual consumers would normally be at the back of the line is a disgrace, however true it may be. The sentiment was that in a just world they would be at the head of the line.


> Now the government has to pay 150 million to bring them home.

Part of that will be paid from the Air Travel Trust Fund: https://www.caa.co.uk/ATOL-protection/Air-travel-trust/About...


They would not be able to pay their bills for fuel labor etc. In most countries, if the airline collapses your just SOL.


Such as?


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