Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@FrankPasquale That's nonsense. Dogs have superhuman smell, but they don't devalue what it means to be human.

The idea that we can't acknowledge when we've been surpassed without forfeiting that which makes us human is luddism at best.

@sashin Because he can afford the kind of lawyers most of their perps couldn't dream of.

Fortunately for us, that would require him to pay someone, so instead he just keeps hiring clowns.

@jtlg My guess is a mixture of data and laziness.

We love instant answers. When I ask google how many cups are in a gallon and it can just tell me without me having to click another link, that's good for me, the user.

But that only works with specifically encoded circumstances that humans identify and build out and that costs money.

So, the new incompetent short-sighted leadership at google sees AI and thinks "we can give these people the instant answers we already know they want and not have to pay those pesky programmers anymore!"

What kind of idiot would allow a visual-camera-based-autopilot to drive in foggy weather?

And that's before you get to the fact that the autopilot in question is known for being buggy.

@sgryphon No, it's mostly just a knee-jerk reaction due to the fact that many instance admins and users hate Meta with a burning passion.

When I was young, I was always impressed by the big stunts in action movies.

These days I'm impressed when the hero gets up and keeps running after falling over.

@mentallyalex@beige.party I think, unless the cybertruck owner specifically negotiated such beforehand, there is no reasonable expectation that a tow truck operator will make any effort to keep a vehicle out of the rain.

Even if you had a convertible with a roof broken open, most people's first thought would be "oh, I should cover that with a tarp or something" not "oh, I should ask the tow truck driver to stay out of the rain".

WTAF. My state government is banning *COLORS*.

Fucking colors. Like, fractions of the light spectrum. Banned on Florida bridges.

Batshit crazy.

@afewbugs Yuuup. I'm an extremely tech-savvy professional software engineer and I just failed miserably at installing Linux (see linked thread).

The idea that the average person could do this without major frustration and disruption to their lives is ludicrous.

https://qoto.org/@LouisIngenthron/112470666069675880

Every time a fellow programming contractor I enjoy working with leaves a project, I immediately wish I had enough money to hire them to work on my own projects.

There's no better interview than working together with someone for months on end on someone else's dime.

@ArmouredWizard Start simple. Even with 2 decades of gamedev under my belt, when I try a new engine, I start out by making space invaders or pacman or breakout or tetris or something.