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[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Java 8 was what I learned in my community college intro to programming class a decade ago, therefore the computer must not ever change

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago

No emacs? Not even vim, or ed (the standard text editor)? I feel oddly bereft ๐Ÿ˜ข

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I can't see that they're doing anything besides burning runway. It's probably shortly going to become cliche to say, "glad I never made an account there," but, welp, glad I never made an account there

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This doesn't include her blurb about, "are you paying us? where???"

But weren't there a multitude of people clamoring for a Bluesky subscription service from the get-go? Out of recognition that this situation was one of the potential failure modes?

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whatever the precise definition, it appears to be comorbid with stimulant dependency

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

GPT-8: The Ocho

Now trained with comprehensive coverage of top-fuel lawnmower racing and timbersports

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago

These days, I often find myself saying that I would be further along as a programmer if I had taken Squeak Smalltalk more seriously when I first encountered it.

On the other hand, I do not think I would be very happy working in the modern software industry. Better remunerated, perhaps, but not any more satisfied with life.

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 4 weeks ago

Business Insider so poop-tier, I tacitly assumed this was happening already

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 3 points 4 weeks ago

If this is truly the path, then Wimp Lo must be the most rational man in the universe

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

YouTube interview show where the interviewee is fed hot-sauce coated chicken wings of escalating spiciness

As an aside, my personal tolerance is such that if I ever go on there, I'm going to end up bankrupting the fuckers

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago

It suddenly strikes me that not even 20 years ago, this same type of guy would still have preferred being called "inventor" rather than "investor" (although it still would have been something equally useless)

[โ€“] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

Let him get thru a few more HGH cycles

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