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Cake day: February 5th, 2025

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  • I really appreciate this take. It was able to capture something I couldn’t properly articulate. I am learning programming as a hobby and I am actively trying to avoid LLMs and other things I see as “cheating” because I want to actually learn how to program, not just copy and paste AI slop. Plus, the exercise of having that mental model of what you’re doing is what appeals to me since it’s forcing me to think in ways that I am not accustomed to thinking. That’s the appeal for me. Not the act of mashing a keyboard and hoping something usable comes out.



  • I think the complete blackout is misguided. If we want to make a real difference, stop shopping at Amazon, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods etc. and replace them with locally owned businesses. I am not going to not get lunch from the mom and pop vietnamese restaurant down the street as a way to stick it to the oligarchs. It makes no fucking sense.