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  • It’s pretty unbeatable to use LLMs for fast prototyping and query generation, but “vibe coding” is not something just anybody can (or should) do.

    It seems to me that the world of LLMs gives back at the quality you put in. If you ask it about eating rocks and putting glue on pizza then yes it’s a giant waste of money. If you can form a coherent question that you have a feeling for what the answer is like (especially related to programming) it’s easily worth the hype. Now if you are using it blindly to build or audit your code base that falls into the first category of “you should not be using this tool”.

    Unfortunately, my view before and after the emergence of LLMs is that most people are just not that bright. Unique and valuable, sure, but when it comes to expertise it just isnt as common as the council of armchairs might lead you to believe.








  • It sounds like you are already doing it! Fixing annoying stuff as it comes up feels painful and tedious, but that’s the good instruction you’ll remember. Hopefully you aren’t hitting too many work stoppage type issues. Definitely reach out for help for those, but be prepared for uptight people to tell you “RtFm noOB”. You’ll get it done.

    My only advice is to give a little bit of time to learning at least basic bash commands (search and print a cheat sheet) and basic Vi / Vim. Vim is what got me to Linux in the first place to be honest. Those 2 things will give you the latitude to move around and work on any issue you might come across as any user even if you “break” something.

    Good luck! You’re already doing the hard stuff.


  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.workstoScience Memes@mander.xyzOnLy tWo eLemEnTs
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    It is UNUSUAL for an element to not be either hydrogen or helium. There is nothing wrong with it. It is simultaneously totally OK, an ABSOLUTE MINORITY position, and notably UNUSUAL considering statistical evaluation.

    You can ascribe whatever meaning to that you want, but it is not a statistically typical position to be an element that is not hydrogen, not helium, and… Well… It’s also pretty unusual to have extra neutrons or something and be BETWEEN hydrogen and helium.

    Again, this is TOTALLY FINE. And it is accurate in other hypothetical contexts which are in no way being referenced here. These group sizes are still, of course, in no way the same.

    It’s not super uncommon to change from hydrogen to helium, but in other contexts… Yes it is. Still totally fine.

    Everybody is just getting along the best he/she/they can, but PEOPLE have rights, we don’t need to argue for rights by common-washing. It ain’t common.