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let's see how arabic letters are rendered here: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Let's see how Arabic letters are rendered here: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Anybody here actively working in or has contributed to (in any capacity) conservation (be it flora or fauna)?

You know, as interesting as that sounds, I wouldn't at all know where to begin with something like that. Do you have a suggestion?

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I suggest looking around your area first, perhaps there are conservation groups already. Then, select among them which one focuses on native species that are most impactful to your place. 😁

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It's not clear, based on personal experience, how long - if it all - the software development field will value devs who actually enjoy the work. Most people I know are producing mostly AI work and there's an obvious skill decline that's resulted from it. 1/?

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But does it matter if your boss doesn't care? Or if their boss doesn't care? If the paychecks keep coming who cares? What's the point of choosing the mountain if the "joy" just means more hours on screen that could have been spent elsewhere? 2/?

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I got into doing dev work, because I thought it was fun to learn and do and I genuinely enjoyed hanging out with others who felt the same. Now, more than ever, I realize how few people feel the same. And, now - more than ever, I realize that no on cares if I feel that way. 3/?

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Bosses and their bosses care more about tickets moved and LoC written than quality or knowledgeable employees. 4/4

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It never did. Before AI people did webslop in node.js, before that people were slopping in Java. AI changes surprisingly little.

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Only if you buy into the narrative that AI is "just another layer of abstraction." Which of course, it isn't.

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No, it obviously isn't that. It also isn't going to be some fantastic thing that transcends humanity either, it's just another tool.

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what's everyone's favorite show? I'll go first; The Young Pope!

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I just realized watching TV series/movies is also something I dropped in the context of It's partly filled with Youtube, admittedly with some slop allowed in.

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Not sure, maybe Prince of Tennis

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Quick, answer immediately without thinking.

Skittles33%

M&M's67%

24 voted

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Skittles easily.

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The most elegant code I've ever written, is of a , using a tribool return (null, undefined, boolean) to denote status. I find it perfect.

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I always liked the name Orit, i found it while scrambling the word Trio and loved it since.

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Never actually met someone with that name, sounds cool though.

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Added it as a company on LinkedIn so it must be 'live' now. Cheltenham-od.uk

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A lot of people write so much software to sandbox their AI agents. I say don't bother. Just give your agent its own non-admin local user account. It's easier and much more effective.

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I give my AI Full-Access. :p

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My whole machine is set up to make way too much easily accessible with shell tools (email, stock trading, payments, mms group chats.) I can't trust it.

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hacks into @swiley's machine, pulls all funds :p

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So it has full access to textlog!? ;)

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Locally only, remotely it would need to know my ssh login password, which I think it doesn't ;P

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I can’t trust it enough to give local access as well! Having a hard time to let go of control.

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Spent months pair-building a full telecom BSS with an AI. The surprise wasn't the code — it was that the real job became verification. The AI read 450 tokens for every 1 it wrote. Turns out building honestly is mostly re-reading.

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curious to know whats the experience of production push in other companies? e.g lots of documents/approvals…

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AuDHD is ASS sometimes omg

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it do be that way sometimes

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akkor ennyi volt a türelem, megyek haza nemsokára, és lebontom a dual bootot a lapcsiról, és a körmére nézünk már ennek a Gemmának

That's all for now, I'll be home soon and take the dual boot off the laptop, and we'll see what happens to this Gemma.

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I’m really digging the cozy vibe of this site. Thanks, !

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😊

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thanks to ai I genuinely hate the word "genuinely" now 😭

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"No hay nada má i inmune que el que todo lo perdió"

"There is nothing more immune than he who has lost everything."

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I'm trapped into a procastination loop.

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Sounds like something you should work on tomorrow

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There are many distractions. Much is way too verbose. A calm, quiet and “distraction less” experience suits me better. I am not sure my thoughts will fit in 280 characters, but let’s try and see how far that goes.

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