They likely won’t catch every bit of AI generated code, but I don’t think that’s the point. In my view the point is to take a stand and try. It also signals that the authors care about their code in a certain way.
There are all sorts of things that are impossible to perfectly enforce, but that doesn’t mean we just give up. Insider trading is extremely difficult to prove, and I bet more people get away with it than don’t, but I still think making it illegal is a good policy.
I think a lot of it depends on use case and other components. I use KDE Plasma with Wayland, and have a 32:9 monitor. For games, I want to play at 16:9 or 21:9, so I use gamescope to reduce the aspect ratio. It’s likely that if I had a “normal” monitor, many of my problems would have disappeared.
I initially bought the nVidia GPU after hearing how far the drivers have come, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much did in fact work. It’s really too bad that I did run into enough annoyances to need to switch back to AMD.
Cyberpunk must run really well on your machine! I hope you enjoy it!
I was using a 4070Ti until 6 months ago when I switched. It was fine for the most part, but I also ran into a lot of games that would crash in gamescope or have rendering issues. There was also some other 3D software (Orca Slicer and FreeCAD come to mind) that didn’t work well with the GPU. Some software with embedded browsers also had rendering issues and needed certain environment variables set. Looking through the bug reports, the issues were related to nVidia.
Maybe the software and drivers hadn’t caught up to each other yet, but there were enough bugs supposedly related to nVidia hardware 6 months ago that made me want to switch.
I’ve had far fewer issues on the AMD GPU.
I think that machine should handle games at 1440 just fine, let alone 1080. Looks like a nice build!
Good call going with a Radeon for Linux. I have a 9070XT and it runs great! I used to have an nVidia GPU, and while it was fine for the most part, it was occasionally problematic (especially with gamescope)
One thing to check is the power connector on your GPU. If it has a 12V-2x6, getting a power supply that provides the same connector will make things easier.
I assume “real cat” as in no longer a kitten. Like a term of endearment: “all grown up like a real big cat!”
If you’re truly honest about wanting to improve your skills then do not use AI!
Just write code. Any code! It doesn’t matter. Spend the hours problem solving and debugging and banging your head against the wall. That’s how we all learned and gained experience. But also reach out and seek help about specific problems you can’t solve.
For a project idea, how about a program that uses the Lemmy API to scan resent posts for Python topics. It’s something that can start basic but can be expanded upon. Start simple by just scanning posts from the last day. Then expand by adding a configurable date range, scanning several communities, multiple topics, presenting notifications, etc.
Agreed! I think both linting and type checking are extremely important to Python, but it’s also an extra step that far too many people just don’t take. And honestly, I used to get tripped up sometimes with setting up Python tooling before I started using uv.
Unfortunately I also have to work with the occasional Python script that someone just slapped together, and that’s something far too easy to do in Python. It does kind of remind me of vibe coding. Initial velocity seems high, but if you’re not thinking about it, long term maintenance tanks.
That’s not to say Python is bad, and there is certainly a lot of good Python code out there too. But it’s a language that does make it easy to make a mess, which will probably be compounded by LLMs.
I find that Python requires a fair bit of discipline to keep it readable, and I’ve seen some very unreadable code written by people. Vibe coding with Python’s dynamic nature seems like a match made in hell.
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It won’t be discounted, but I’m looking forward to Death Stranding 2 which is out that day.
That’s a terrible take and its desperately trying to draw an equivalence where there isn’t one.
I’d argue that the slop code creates more drudgery with having to constantly babysit the LLM. Never mind a new blog post every week about how your “agentic workflow” from last week is all wrong and you need even more infrastructure to wrangle the LLM. It’s worse than the way the JavaScript ecosystem used to be!
Reading someone else’s code is challenging, but at least with a person you can ask them questions or debate.
I guess I’m just someone who finds reviewing someone else’s work tedious, though a necessary part of the job.
The answer is in the article. Generation happens in gigantic data centers.
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I get the impression this is common. It seems like education hasn’t caught up to the fact that a lot of people are wanting to learn software engineering, but they lack some fundamentals. There really should be an intro course going all the way from what is a file to maybe some basics about the ELF format? Sort of something that can lead into the OS course, but lay the foundation for just basic computer use. Let the nerds get their easy A, but give everyone else a better understanding and some fundamentals to build on.
I wonder how many of these folks just don’t know about the alternatives. I’ve come across otherwise capable developers who think git and GitHub are the same thing. People come to software from all sorts of backgrounds so I can’t blame anyone for not knowing.
I also imagine that if people are aware, the activation energy of switching is too high. It’s more than just setting a new remote and pushing. You have to learn the new system, maybe migrate tickets, wrestle with CI, etc. For a hobby project it’s probably easier to shut it down and just go do something else. I also don’t blame them here. There’s more to life than open source, and its amazing people are able to contribute when they can.
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Indeed! I think packages like Doom Emacs help, but the learning curve is still steep.
But I do think leaning Emacs was one of the best things I’ve done!
laughs in Emacs
It is unfortunate though, since Zed did seem to have potential. But I can’t say I’m surprised given their focus on vibe coding instead if making a good editor.
It’s really not. A corporation is not a person.
A random person also does not have control over aspects of my life via lobbying and contracts I have no influence over. And if such a person existed (say billionaires) then it would absolutely be acceptable to go to their place and insult them. That’s called protest.
This isn’t people going and insulting innocent little Microsoft who hasn’t done anything. Microsoft’s behaviour is seen as unacceptable and people are speaking up.
Are those different versions of the game? If so, isn’t it just a matter of putting files in the right place or running a particular executable?