rlamacraft @rlamacraft@qoto.org
Software engineer by trade. Programmer by hobby too (in addition to basketry and spoon carving). Personal website: https://rlamacraft.uk/. Gemini capsule: gemini://gemini.rlamacraft.uk
Joined Jan 2020
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Test-Driven Development is about test coverage in much the same way that flying is about air miles.
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At heart I'm basically a degrowther who thinks the only reasonable solution to the climate crisis, species collapse, pollution, and all the rest is to dramatically reduce our consumption of the Earth's resources. But I'm also enough of a realist that I don't think we'll go there willingly – I think degrowth will be forced on us.
This is a very emotional topic for a lot of people, so I don't really want to get into it. And I'm hardly an expert; these are just my opinions based on what I've read.
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Creativity is like a muscle. If you want to become more creative, you have to exercise it.
When I was in art school (years ago), we exercised every day to become more creative. Artists have to train to get there too. It's not magic or "talent," it's hard work.
When you use AI to give you "inspiration," you are doing the opposite of that. You are atrophying your creativity muscle.
If you want to become a creator, and become more creative, you should stop using AI entirely. Instead, start training your own genuine creativity. Otherwise, it will eventually dry off completely.
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Today I'm excited to release episode 2 of Mag World, my podcast on evolving your intuition about numbers and scale. In this episode, Mag Perception, Mike and I talk about decibels, sound frequency, hot peppers, and Gustav Fechner. It's listed on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you give it a listen, please leave us a rating and/or review!
@fesshole Geophagy is not completely unheard of, but it’s also not good… perhaps get some food grade kaolin?
@anon_opin The drinkers in town could always set up a system where they take it in turns to be paid by the others to be the designated driver. Collectively they could even buy a large vehicle to bundle everyone in if there’s that many of them. If there’s multiple pubs they could agree on set times to minimise the route distance too
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Watch software developers. I mean *really* watch them.
When they say they spent an hour "writing code", they've actually spent most of that hour *reading* code and *thinking* about it.
Wanna boost your developer productivity?
* Write code that's easier to understand
* Get better at understanding code
More code ain't gonna help here.
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Copyright should be 50 years max. All works of art made before 1975 should be public domain.
Software engineer by trade. Programmer by hobby too (in addition to basketry and spoon carving). Personal website: https://rlamacraft.uk/. Gemini capsule: gemini://gemini.rlamacraft.uk
Joined Jan 2020
