tleb

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[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have no doubt it 10xs developers who could produce 0 code without it

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I think it depends on how you engage with it. I work with some younger people who are active AI users, and they call chatgpt "he" or "she" and prompt it like a conversation with a person. Their responses are a lot more conversational vs mine which are more direct.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Remember, the same reasons we're critical of Trump's tariffs (just hurts your own economy, ends up as just an extra tax on consumers) apply to our counter tariffs. I want to punish the US for their actions, but were the tariffs even helping us?

I think the rhetoric we're hearing from Trump is a sign that we're going to get a good deal. But I do think any "good" deal with Trump will be a net negative and it will be a long 4 years.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I live in Alberta and they make a shit tonne down in Taber

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Steel and aluminum remain at 50%, and the EU has to invest in the US and buy military equipment from them. Sounds like a terrible deal and I hope we (Canada) don't make a similar one.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Polievre still doesn't understand how a blind trust works eh?

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This has been my gripe with the national insurance plan - I think we should've started a national dentist service (or a CHA equivalent where we fund provinces to run a service) and not just run an insurance plan for private providers. Either that or regulation and standardization of pricing and care delivery.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I scored 17/28 on https://jsdate.wtf/ and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.

Idk anything about Date but got pretty far with intuition of JS whackiness

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago

Students generally don't have real-world problems that need solving. I think pretending they do makes a lot of assumptions about their life, hobbies, free time...

It's much much much more important to have a co-op program. Everything practical I learned in university was through my co-op work terms.

I am responsible for hiring some devs right now, and there's been a wide spectrum of competence from people who have "real projects". Especially with how prevalent AI is, people can literally just talk to an AI agent and get some kind of app/website spun up with 0 skill and effort. What I am always looking for is people who can work on a team in an existing codebase.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Political pressure? They're appointed for life, literally what consequences are there to pushing back? Honestly the senate is such a waste of money. They're trying to play both sides of this issue to the benefit of no one.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To me, this statement sounds like not condoning America's actions but still walking the line as to not sabotage trade talks. This has been Carney's MO with Trump from the start, appease just enough without bending the knee to get a deal done.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Most places aren't hiring right now because of economic uncertainty, even with job postings listed. If you were getting interviews from your resume before, you probably aren't doing anything particularly wrong.

Also, 100 applications in a year isn't a lot. You'll need to crank those numbers if you're in a rush to find something.

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