I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
friends in academia: everyone’s working on fake things, I need to join a startup
friends at startups: everyone’s working on fake things, I need to rejoin academia
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C is Latin, the root of all modern languages, the whole universe used to speak it.
C++ is French, it’s Latin with fancy rules, used by the elite around the world & in specific circles.
JavaScript is English, everybody speaks it, most speakers speak it poorly and others don’t bother learning another language.
Java is German, it’s verbose, over-complicated and it made me cry several times. I won’t elaborate.
Python is Esperanto, it was created to be so easy everyone could speak it. Its speakers could benefit from a shower once in a while.
Rust is Russian, most speakers have an authoritarian left background and want to spread it worldwide.
Not only is this moment historical, but the photo that @evanvucci took is also perfect.
The level of compositional mastery comes from over two decades of experience in the field and a sharpness that only comes from thousands and thousands of "reps."
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