Joshua Silva

Software developer with a math background | I teach math @Wyzant | M.S. Mathematics from @calpolypomona | ADHD | Math, science, programming & origami | JW

[Joshua Silva @silvascientist]

@DiracDeltaFunk @RadishHarmers concur that the standard is m rows, n columns

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@Sammoga123 @okopo90_ hay que entender que todo el mundo anglohablante dice "American" para referir a "estadounidense", tanto dentro como fuera de los Estados Unidos

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@Adam_Karpiak I'd take it and then immediately move to a low COL area

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@Citrullin @LowLevelTweets reducing CVE's fails to deliever real benefits to real people, got it

that's the thing about security, you never need it until it's too late

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@Neoncaffeine @BobbyBorkIII imo it hits the punchy notes that a tweet demands too well to have been actually AI generated

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@Neoncaffeine @BobbyBorkIII The great thing is that it works either way. He could've prompted GPT for it, or he could've written it himself in a way that emulates that unctuous tone. We'll never truly know

[carz @Carzonfye]

We’re not even past the “first hits free” stage with AI too. Everyone is acting like the company that loses 5 billion/year will be offering a $0 version indefinitely

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@dhh This is a tricky one for me because technically I'm five years out from my degree, but haven't been working as a developer. With the collapse of the job market for developers it's just been tough to land that first dev role. Would this still count me out?

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@Zolozzalap @seconds_0 I reckon so far it's only incremental as well, but "at best" seems a bit unduly uncharitable imho

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@kareem_carr @bbbozzz An "ideal sentence length" is actually quite language dependent

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@allgarbled @GarrettPetersen let's add a hoot method!

[gabe @allgarbled]

why is every introductory OOP tutorial like… Dog extends Mammal extends Animal. let’s add a bark method!

why is it always animals

i have never wanted to program an animal

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@LongFormMath The variable is as random as the events in the sample space are

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@drrollergator Yes, ChatGPT has gotten very lazy

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the frequency with with GPT-4 generates bad code seems to have increased dramatically

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@drrollergator Altogether, I think it remains a useful tool that helps me stay productive

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@drrollergator Well it seems to still be decent at getting up to speed in new frameworks/environments

Also just as a soundboard for my problem-solving processes, it helps me break down issues much faster

Like I've said before, an interactive rubber duck.

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@JulesJacobs5 I'm somewhere between a 2 and a 3 most of the time, but I can occasionally hit a 1 when I'm really invested in a mental concept.

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My biggest question is always... how ???

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@mschuresko It is, primarily, a joke; however, with the advent of social media I have acquired the ability to annoy millions indeed at the speed of my thoughts

[Joshua Silva @silvascientist]

being myself