• dystopian: yes
• future: yes
• distant: not so much

What really astounds me is that somehow the receiving bank actually knows instantly when a refund is on it’s way.

I have a Revolut bank account and recently I went to a shop to return an item. Less than ten seconds after the cashier issued the refund I got a notification from Revolut: a refund is on it’s way.

Of course the money was not there instantly but the amount was already listed in the transactions (greyed out until the money is actually there)

I never had this with any other banking app and always had to check regularly if the money has arrived.

I love Revolut for this and many other features that other banks simply won’t put into their apps.

So where’s that miraculous cure, then?

Did you see the comic? The cure was destroyed by one of us :(

Additionally let’s not have video game characters say any swear words or bad words like “kill” to make it more advertiser friendly.

Quest: “Unalive 10 cave troll’s and get your reward from Dr. Pepper”

Discover how AI what?

I think there is a middle ground where you can absolutely build apps faster with the help of ai and still get maintainable code.

Just don’t let AI write a whole app in one shot. Or even whole features.

Which implies that the T-Rex already had a major role in a movie 55 million years ago and now I’m curious in what movie?

While the dude who pressed the button witnessed 100 able, adult people sitting in a polluting metal box instead of walking, cycling or taking public transport.

We got through workdays without LLMs only a FEW years ago. Except the hype for AI not much has changed since then. This alone should be proof that it’s possible.

I hate this kind of reasoning.

“Let’s ignore this big problem because there are other bigger problems”

The same people say shit like: “Why are you sad? There are so many people who have it even worse than you!”

All this makes us do nothing until the “smaller” problems become so big that the damage is done and then those people will say “Well, we are in too deep. It it what it is. Can’t change it now 🤡”

You’re right, you definitely should treat sex offenders way harsher.

Also if a school says “don’t do X or you WILL fail the test and MIGHT get expelled” and then you proceed to do X then I think it’s on you and not ‘bad treatment’ at all. Especially if you do X repeatedly.

I’m all for teaching tech literacy. It’s one of the most important skills. However, if a task is about writing your own thoughts in your own words then maybe you should prevent cheating by limiting access to tools like llms or have better supervision.

If the task involves using technology then the task should be adapted so you still need your own mind to solve it (obviously).

Yeah true. The blacklisting goes way too far.

I think it’s not so steep if students are told beforehand. Tell them what counts as cheating. Tell them the consequences. Tell them it’s serious.

In university I always had to sign a little text that informed us that we are not allowed to cheat and that doing so would lead to failing the test and potentially getting expelled.

It sounds silly but “running the program from your head” is a super important skill as a programmer. It’s what you do when you read and try to understand other people’s code.

Or at least give students computers that have restricted or no access to the internet? Even before LLMs having access to the internet would have been a huge opportunity to cheat. At least in most subjects.

Also, what happened to teachers/supervisors walking around and checking if the students cheat? Back when I went to school we also cheated with cheat sheets or exchanging answers but it was always risky because getting busted meant failing the test (or worse).

Letting students use the internet unrestrictedly would be like the teacher leaving the room and leaving us unsupervised for the duration of the test back in my days.

I get the frustration. However, the satisfaction to build something this way weighed always bigger when the project was completed and working. At least for me.

Now show me the same for the mattress-to-pee-ratio.

so drinking breast milk from your own “species” is considered weird when drinking breast milk from other animals is just fine? smh

You might get a better result with 6min/240 but the same Pizza should be fine as well at 180 for a bit longer.