Off topic, but with DeCSS the problem wasn’t that it was proprietary or a trade secret. Once the algorithm got out, it was out. Since it had been a trade secret, there was no patent protection on it.

However, some laws and treaties prohibit distributing code that circumvents copy protection schemes, and this is where they ran into trouble.

And that’s why they were all those songs and t-shirts and other free speech items made with the DeCSS algorithm on them. Eventually the cases were dropped.

I was just going to say this. The modal part is the important part. Helix seems great, but I was unable to find a killer feature to draw me away.

The funny thing is I really liked the old JS prototypal inheritance. :)

I’m a firm believer in “Bruce Lee programming”. Your approach needs to be flexible and adaptable. Sometimes SOLID is right, and sometimes it’s not.

“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”

And some languages, like Rust, don’t fully conform to a strict OO heritage like Java does.

"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

But keeping them there just makes good business sense.

He’s not wrong—Biden fucked that up good—but Trump kept those policies, too, something NVIDIA was shrewd not to mention. By the time Trump finally offered half an olive branch, it was far too late.

Additionally, the citizens who support this kind of government surveillance are fine with a few innocents getting charged.

One of our geology grants got hit for mentioning mineral inclusion. Total clown show.

The kleptocracy in action.

Sparingly. I use chatgpt to help with syntax and idioms when learning new languages. And sometimes I use it to help determine the best algorithm to use for a general problem. Other times I feed in working code and ask for improvements like a mini code review

The only time I had it code something from scratch for me was when I wanted some Vimscript and I didn’t want to learn it. I tried the same thing with jq and it failed and I had to learn me some jq.

I hate popups in editors in general (no intellisense for me), so I lothe AI trying to auto complete my code.

But I was told that rich people like musk and Trump weren’t swayed by money because they had enough… 😂

My thoughts exactly. If you want to destroy the US software industry, this is a great way to go about it. Coupled with making it as difficult to get trained as a software developer, of course.

Dad taught college and got tired of this game. So he wrote his own book and students could print copies in the print shop for $10.

Now that I’ve gone on to teach college I’ve continued that tradition, except online for $0.

I avoid those desktop apps, anyway. I just keep them in browser tabs. Not that I frequent Facebook.

Now this is a great use of LLMs. Love it. So many old apps and games exist only in compiled form.

I used to work in marketing as a dev and this shit never made sense to me. I didn’t investigate like TFA but I am 0% surprised by the finding. Incentives are all misaligned.

They take pictures of you sleeping.

I can’t wait for this shit to become so pervasive that I only read paper books.

It’s messed up when some random spyware Chinese camera is safer to use than anything made in the US.

Yup. Haven’t used Word in decades.