Lots of anti-ai people in this thread it seems. I get it - personally I HATE the fake image generation! But I have to agree with you in terms of coding that using LLM’s correctly can offer huge benefits.

Modern harnesses are getting more and more sophisticated and your milage varies depending on how well you use them (like any complex tool). At the end of the day it’s still up to the developer to take the code and make sure it’s correct - no different from before where we used to copy code from Stack Overflow or other examples and modify them for our own use.

One thing I have to add - I honestly don’t understand why anyone would use Claude or chatgpt at their ridiculous prices when DeepSeek exists…

Arduino programming is basically C++ with helpers so yeah you learn a lot!!

I would suggest a different approach. Think about what you want to achieve with programming. Look at the languages which can be used to do this task. Choose one and try some tutorials, I recommend freecodecamp it helped me a lot.

I can’t really comment on zig and go but I think they are pretty serious languages tbh.

100% agree about JS but it’s hard to avoid.

I switched to Catchy from Manjaro a few months ago, no regrets. Been using Linux for +10 years and it’s the best distro so far.

I’m not a gamer but installed steam and lutris since it’s so easy to do and it was seamless, works out the box.

But for me as a developer the real gain was their AMD support. I can confirm that my laptop is genuinely faster now. If you have have AMD processor, just look up CatchyOs enhancements.

I found out this doesn’t apply to celeron laptop from 2016 with 4 GB ram so all good.

Local AI js API checks pc specs before downloading - cos it wouldn’t work anyway 😁

You can ask the Duck Duck Go AI Assistant instead 🤣

It’s like the fruit version of preparing a pufferfish!

Yes I’m answering the 2nd question if you look

Prickly pear fruit. Looks like an exotic dangerous adventure but after you avoid the spikes and get inside it’s actually pretty bad. Recommend eating only if choices are eat this or die of thirst/hunger (eg. if you are lost in the Namib desert.)

Does anyone else just read on their phone? I use Librera ebook reader in dark mode. The app even reads to me with tts while I’m driving.

Haven’t picked up a paper book in over 10 years!

I would like to add an honourable mention to your list here: Kodi YouTube add-on. Somehow this is working for me again after being broken for ages. It’s not the same (you need to use a Google account and API set-up) but no ads, auto play, recommend videos…

As someone who rides a unicycle professionally: what type of unicycle? Is the company specifying a particular brand because I only ride Nimbus.

My 12 yr old son is pretty sensitive to pigs being blown up for example but I guess not everyone is. The infamous torture episode also comes to mind, we didn’t show him that one. I’m just saying that it’s up to the parents.

Bill Nye went crazy? Last I heard he was involved in the groundbreaking solar sail project and speaking out about climate change, what did he do that caused you to add this warning? I’m not disputing anything just asking for information.

Science Max: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbprhISv-0ReKPPyhf7-Dtw

Also Myth Busters - not sure if available on YouTube, we ripped the DVDs long ago. Most episodes are pretty PC but some are definitely not appropriate so vetting required.

Yes, CloudFlare blocks agents completely if they ignore it’s restrictions. The key is scale - CloudFlare has a birds eye view of traffic patterns across millions of sites and can do statistical analysis to determine who is a bot.

I hate the necessity but it works

Love Ed Zitrons podcast, been listening for a while now. Nobody does a rant like him - I may totally disagree with him about the usefulness of AI but for sheer entertainment it has me hooked