z3rOR0ne

@z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This. Sorry but I’m a web developer and one of my colleagues obviously uses it without checking if it is correct, then bugs me or others when he doesn’t understand why it doesn’t work as expected. It is frustrating as hell and I’ve explained it to him multiple times:

  • Over prompt the AI if you are going to use it. Long lengthy prompts that are very succinct but give as much context as possible.

  • It is highly preferable to check other sources first like Stack Overflow. Even Medium articles can be better than using AI sometimes.

  • Type out what the AI output rather than just copy and paste. As you type line by line, explain to yourself what is happening.

  • Question everything. Do you think this code will work. Why will it work?

  • Test the code. If it doesn’t work as expected, trouble shoot it.

  • Don’t be afraid to scrap the whole thing and start over. Even open another prompt and try again if you really think the AI can answer the question (there are many cases where your problem is just too specific and the AI can’t).

  He does none of these things. I swear he is the laziest developer I’ve ever met, and I’ve met my fair share.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Terrorgram’ Charges Show US Has Had Tools to Crack Down on Far-Right Terrorism All Along⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What about whataboutism? Gotta protect against that too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on without asking you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. Librewolf and Mullvad browsers FTW. Librewolf comes with Ublock Origin and turns off a lot of privacy invasive configuration flags by default.

  Combine this with awesome extensions like NoScript (ublock can also block JS, but I like NoScript’s interface better), and Chameleon (spoof your user agent string) and you’re good. Add on LibRedirect to redirect you to alternative front ends like Invidious, Libreddit, Bitter, Scribe, and also paste in a Bypass Paywalls script into Ublock’s filter list, and yeah…there’s a LOT of options to give the middle finger to advertisers, I mean, just look into using yt-dlp with YouTube sponsor block, and you can go far with this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to partner on AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus…so let’s do a count now… OpenAI has deals with Microsoft, Apple, Google, Reddit, StackOverflow…just…wow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So we made Metalhead from Black Mirror? Cool…cool cool cool…so uhh… how do I wake up from this nightmare again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jon Stewart says Apple told him not to interview FTC chair Lina Khan⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this. I haven’t watched the last couple episodes of The Daily Show where Jon specifically hosted. Mainly just forgot tbh. But I’ve been wondering when he would open up more on exactly what happened over at Apple, and this fills in a few of the details.

  Thanks. I’m definitely gonna have to watch this episode later.