Armin was once one of the most prolific programmers in Python. Says he never writes code anymore. Seeing more and more people like him write stuff like this on what are supposedly computer programming forums. https://lobste.rs/s/qmjejh/ai_is_slowly_munching_away_my_passion#c_jcgdju

Notably, once a person crosses this threshold, I see them still hang out on programming forums, but they never talk about any of the puzzles of programming anymore. Only about running agents. Which feels strange and sad. Why hang out on the forums at all then?

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@AppleAmps i only kinda get this????

@AppleAmps i mean granny smith lover. i love granny smiths. they’re the best. fire ass MLP character too

@AppleAmps i mean i’m a fellow sour apple lover but i haven’t had any of the alternatives lol

@AppleAmps well yeah but in the specific category of “sour apples” its beaten by kanzi, king david, braeburn, lucy glo, pink pearl, wild twist, and pink lady

i hate you matrix

@AppleAmps yeah if you look at the numbers its number is the smallest

@AppleAmps i remember it being in last place

@AppleAmps oh i thought it was like. in last place

@fluttergirly i think i’ve seen maybe one asexual person who was prudish, ever. tbh it’s disrespectful as fuck to assume that just because somebody doesn’t want something for themselves, that they don’t want it for anybody

In 1991, Shigeru Miyamoto claimed that the reason Yoshi did not appear on the NES was that it was not technically possible. A 1995 unauthorized port of Super Mario World to the NES shows it is very much possible, suggesting the real reason could have been more complex.

one thing I really appreciate with cyberpunk is how many quiet moments the game has, how often you find yourself just quietly spending time with someone and looking out over the scenery and just talking.. it feels so natural and really helps the world and the characters feel real and alive

it's easy to go into a game like this with like, action game mindset and just be going full speed and blasting all the time and such, but the thing that really made me like the game was all the quiet moments like that

I even liked to like, roleplay the protagonist's body language, deciding when to make eye contact or to look away based on the mood, where to stand, etc.

it's a lot of fun putting yourself in the character's shoes like that I think

@heatherhorns_lite @strongsand yes i do it all the time

that’s fair