I've used these "vibe coding" tools. Cursor, Claude Code, VS Studio Copilot, ChatGPT API in NeoVIM, etc... They absolutely suck. They waste more time than they usually save except for very specific tasks. They can occasionally create working code for smaller problems, but it's not code you want to check in. It's full of other bugs. They are usually logic bugs or oversights due to the context tokens being exhausted and the bots "forget" about various parts of the project that's already done or rules/decisions you already made. The threshold right now is about 300 lines of code. Get past that, shit falls apart rapidly.

Don't get me wrong, bots can occasionally code. However, unlike for writing copy, creating images, or making music, the code isn't "good enough" to use or continue building with. If you do, you will regret it. Sure, have it write docs, review code, etc.. but as for writing the solution itself: it's garbage. People just lap these stupid journo stories up but they rarely talk to skeptical real coders with AI experience.

When will the world learn that nothing is going to effectively shortcut having to code in large projects. The bots simply fail in real-world projects. They make the code substantively worse and more confusing. There is no silver bullet. There never was. CASE method was bullshit. Visual coding didn't make managers into coders. New methodologies like Agile or XP only made working life more miserable and add admin slots for non-coders. There is no shortcut to writing code that really works long term for big projects. PERIOD.

Yes, but this time it's the unionized SAG-AFTRA writers and *GASP* the beautiful people (actors) who are being threatened this time. I mean, who cares if a bunch of geeky model makers lost their jobs, but if a celebrity has to suffer, then we must act!

No. After being subjected to celebrity political advice and CV1984 scorn, Hollywood can burn. I don't care for "film" or TV. So, I was never their customer anyway and have always been their enemy politically, as I stand for individual rights and basic freedom. AI can't be any more evil than the celebs themselves have been. Let's do this.

The type of person who would want to ditch their smartphone for a dumbphone is already probably smarter and more motivated than your average tech-droid. They probably already have more friends and don't need "social media" to simulate having actual friends.

Maybe, but the part that wouldn't make sense there is the heavy battery. The 911 is driver's car. That means lightweight chassis with appropriately outsized power. An EV would have a hard time doing that at 4500-5000 pounds (the top trim Cayenne EV is almost 5800-6000 pounds).

Let's face it. Porsche's no longer a racing car company and is losing it's cachet with everyone but soccer moms. They don't have the edge they once did with ICE cars, but also don't understand how to make an EV that doesn't suck (that's okay, nobody else can figure it out either). Nobody will let you replace the batteries without a wallet transplant at the dealer (other than some niche Chinese EVs like NIO). When Porsche decides they won't make that battery, then it's all over for your "sporty SUV" (ahahahhaha... huge intake of breath.... HAHAHAHAHAHA!). Their main goal seems to be making sure you cannot maintain the car long term without heavy involvement (mostly in your bank account) by the dealer. Secondarily, they want to make absolutely sure no EV will ever be collected or seen as a "classic" since it'll just age out the minute Porsche refuses to do a battery swap or decides to remotely shut down your BMS because they think you should buy a new one.

Porsche wrote it's own death certificate when it started making cars like the Panamera, Macan, and Cayanne. They are soccer-mom wagons for rich assholes. They aren't sports cars. I know that some of them can do a decent 0-60 and I know some of them sell well. None of that matters. They still weigh a metric shitton and drive like a giant brick. Have I driven them: yes, many different models. They suck less than a normal SUV, but other than that it's still a giant inertia wagon that wants to fly out of every corner upside down and backwards. They are still ugly as fuck and look like you are trying WAY too hard, mom. They disgust me. What are you going to do, race to the PTA meeting or the fucking soccer meet? Pathetic.

There is already a huge disconnect between the hype and reality of vibe coding with AI. The media and manager class would have you believe programming is now a lost art that will only be performed by AI. The reality is much different.

It appears that long-term, short of an AGI breakthrough, we'll eventually figure out three facts. First, AI didn't increase the amount of actual finished/polished software that's being shipped as the "Where's the Shovelware" title of the linked article implies. Second, that it does not actually help or speed up coding (though it may give some non-programmers a way to write small/simple programs). Third, that it actually makes you retarded and unable to do the task yourself. Those are my predictions and there is some pretty strong reasons to believe they are all in the process of coming true.

Also, don't you like how computers and robots were supposed to do the shitty jobs and leave the creative work for humans? It appears that, instead, all it will do is take all the artist, musician, coding, and writing jobs and leave ditch digging for the rest of us.

I'd call bullshit on the basic statement with a focus on the keyword "easier". Yeah. Right. You gonna replace your battery or hack the DRM on the side of the road? Sure, what they actually let you fix (flats, dead 12v, wipers, brakes, suspension) is probably the same difficulty as an ICE car. However, as a system many roadside repairs would be impossible. Not that many roadside repairs are possible for an ICE vehicle, either. However, mobile mechanics in the USA are a thing and they can do a surprisingly long list of repairs.

The difference I'm highlighting is there are many sub-systems in an EV that are simply verbotten to touch or repair outside the dealer. The battery and DRM on the BMS being two big examples. That's not really "a thing" on many ICE cars until you get into the last 15 years of CANbus-everything. In general, ICE cars tend to be more accessible with fewer no-go zones for mechanics outside the dealer.

He said whites should "get the hell away" after a poll showing 47% of black folks disagreed with the statement "It's okay to be white." You're free to ignore the facts. He was free to highlight them (at great personal cost, I might add). We don't have "hate speech" censorship laws here and it's a great thing. RIP Scott.

Your attitude is the problem. I look forward to every minute I can work out. My fitness activities are fun (skating, lifting, martial arts, etc..). I'd never view them as a waste of time and look forward to going to the rink/gym/dojo.

That's the reason why this story got low engagement. Most Communists/Leftists are going to be so out of shape they get tired just holding up a sign for their favorite NGO during their paid protesting activities. Lefty's tend to be fat neckbearded crybabies who have no self-discipline unless they are celebs who get paid to work out. Imagine how much easier it is to work out if you are paid to do so. Then, even people like you could probably find the motivation. Maybe become a politician or actor. That seems to be the #1 way to get in shape as a jealous leftist.

Unions usually operate like protection rackets, pressuring businesses with wage increases and other demands that inflate costs and threaten their viability. It's no shock when companies respond by shuttering operations or relocating abroad to escape the squeeze. We've seen this playbook in the U.S... aggressive union tactics contributed hugely to the Rust Belt's manufacturing job losses. Car companies and others fled high labor costs and conflicts for cheaper overseas alternatives. This left behind economic ruin in places like Detroit's auto sector and Pittsburgh's steel mills, where union-driven wage hikes and strikes accelerated deindustrialization from the 1950s to 1980s. Relying on government enforcement to extract concessions just hastens the exodus, proving that forced "protections" backfire on workers in the long run. That's just the history/evidence/data on the topic. It won't stop socialists & communists from trying the same old tactics. They are immune to facts/history and simply spout "bootlicker" as if this is all one big economic class war. Bolsheviks said the exact same thing as Russia's industrial sector collapsed to 20% of it's pre-Bolshevik levels while they were busy putting mandatory 11 hour days on Industrial workers. Incomes halved from 1913 levels by 1919, marking one of the sharpest economic declines in modern history. Disease (mostly Typhus) and famine wracked Russia in 1921. That's what Communism always does (or worse).

The EU seems really mad they are so far behind the US and China but most of all behind China's authoritarian plumbing. They are going to have to build a Great Firewall if they really want this crap to work long term. Might as well, since they cannot seem to create many useful apps or tech (it's all from the US or China). The EU is partially retarded for trying to fine their betters into supporting their censorship-state. Now they want to go full retard. Go for it you censor-happy losers. I fully expect it from you at this point. The UK will probably re-join the EU just so they don't have to compete so much for the censorship crown.

Reminds me of MS Bob or the MS Office "assistants" like the puppy and wizard-dude. Incidentally, way back then I remember desktop users getting a new desktop had a short checklist. "Does it have speakers" ... "Yeah." ... "Does it have a browser" ... "Yeah." "If you installed Office like I ask can you to disable the infernal assistant shit?" ... "Oh hell yea"

Not "we" so much as "they". I'm not a billionaire.

What's really going on here is that modern "scholars" and "writers" dislike Tolkien. I've heard him called a racist many times by the JK Nemisen crowd. She's the banner bearer for these idiots and her awful books and Hugo vote-rigging efforts speak for themselves. Hugos are basically a list of the WORST books, now, but hey they have multi-racial LGBTQTIA2S/trans themes now, riight? Apparently, according to modern interpretation by the woke, the Orc's skin color was the real reason they were the misunderstood in Middle Earth. Anyone talking in positive tones about "The West" is also on the mandatory demonization schedule for these oh-so-enlightened race-warriors.

Tough shit folks. I like Tolkien. Lots of other people do too. He is a master of the Fantasy genre and his fandom speaks for itself, like it or not. No, we aren't going to re-write his works with a sensitivity reader so brown people can feel better about themselves somehow. My beautiful leatherbound copies are just going to sit there, being LOTR, unless on loan to younger relatives, which happens with some regularity, now. Nobody's censorship urge is going to be "editing" them unless you want to come here with force, which wouldn't surprise me, seeing how these oversensitive collectivists all believe might makes right and we all need reeducation: same beliefs as Saruman and Sauron.

I like how anytime someone has the testicles to risk bad karma and says anything non-complimentary about "cyclists" (I laugh every time I say that word), you all have the same reply "Derp, but you drive a lifted truck, Trumper!". No, I drive a Nissan Leaf EV. Moral is: even people you might think would like "cyclists" don't like them because "cyclists" are utterly insufferable.

Funny how people showed up to North Dakota and other frozen hellholes when they were offering $100k to drive a truck. Something tells me the "problem" in these rural areas is that they don't want to pay normal wages, not that nobody is willing to go there.

Look on the bright side: you don't have to sell cars to Americans anymore. You guys can focus on debanking and censoring protesters, now. Maybe let in some more hostile immigrants or confiscate some more guns, see if that helps. Run your own economy, you don't need those American troglodytes. Sorry to distract you from putting on your spandex to go ride your manly bike, Comrade.