Honestly it's in the same vein as "It isn't that we use Google, it's that we know what to Google and how to interpret and execute the results".

In full statements, Linus says it was only used for a single module, like a plug-in of some sort. He hand coded the rest.

With every enterprise pushing this shit, I tried it myself with a ChatGPT enterprise account through work. Initial results were impressive, recreating a PHP program I had hand-coded myself originally but with some small improvements I asked for.

However, taking it to the next step and adding more new features the entire thing collapsed. Even 600 lines of code is too much for it to handle. I ended up with a support case with OpenAI where they more or less admitted they couldn't do anything about it and just passed my example along to devs.

They absolutely do fix something, it's just not permanent.

Being on these meds are the first time in my life that I have any clue what 'full' feels like. My brain chemistry is broken. This fixes it.

For decades the push was always "just change your eating habits, that will fix it over time." For many of us, no, that won't do shit. I could put myself near starvation for months at a time, and while yes I could drop weight it didn't fix anything with my appetite. You can only push your sanity so far before you snap and go back to old habits.

Imagine taking someone with BPD or schizophrenia and taking them off their meds. The meds help control their disorder, but we don't have any actual 'cure' for it. Yes, it would be fucking amazing if we did have one. But right now we don't.

Correction: Just invented...

AI as it exists today has almost no relevance to the actual artificial intelligence we will likely see--eventually.

AI as it exists today is as if we just invited hot air balloons and everyone thinks we're rolling out 5th generation stealth fighters tomorrow and a warp drive next week.

How about all the keynote speakers who forgot this was the Consumer Electronics Show and just gave investor AI presentations?

None of us give a flying fuck about AI. If CES had balls they would just ban any AI mentions at the next show.

Yeah, I'm using a 10.5" Galaxy Tab, forget which model, but a bit older one. All I really use it for is reading though.

The worst ones we get in Texas are a "blue alert" because a cop stubbed his toe--a 12 hour drive away.

Fortunately you don't have to turn off all alerts, and I don't--but most are useless. Even the Amber and 'clear' alerts are useless, often for places several hours away. Maybe state-wide ones work fine in Rhode Island, but not in Texas.

Yep, an idiot looking for a fight. Besides, Single Stage to Orbit is far more commonly abbreviated as SSTO.

You really are on the the wrong website right now if you fall into that category.

We went through this 'consultant' crap back when I was in HS (class of 96). In Texas we have standardized state-wide testing. You get 'practice' tests in 8th grade and they start the real testing in 9th grade in the fall. You take it until you pass, every semester, until one last session after graduation--if you still fail at that point you don't receive your diploma.

This test is based on a 6th grad education standard.

The failure rates are so high that almost every class in high school effectively tosses out the required curriculum to instead teach this remedial 6th grade material.

At my school they brought in a consultant to try to boost the abysmal math scores. During the homeroom periods each day they had the teachers pass out workbooks, and did a guided "lesson" over the intercom system. It started off with "2+2." Every student was required to not just write in "2+2=4" but also "Two plus two equals four" into this workbook. The "lessons" did not advance much beyond this.

The stupidity was that EVERY student was forced to do this. It didn't matter if you'd passed years before, didn't matter if you were in an honors class or an AP or Dual-Credit college course. Those classes revolted, with teacher support. It took a lot of threats out of the school and continued revolts before the school relented and at least let our classes turn off the intercom and ignore the bullshit.

It didn't help, either. Our school declared every student they possibly could as either ESL or special ed, as they were exempted from their scores counting against the school's average, but that wasn't enough either. From what I understand they have been borderline on having their certification revoked.

The state's solution this year? Eliminating the tests.

My question is, when during that time was the decision made to never make any more 40-man content?

That was the end of WoW for me and most of my guild. That is what we existed for. The move to 20/25 man stuff completely ruined the guild dynamics, forced a perception of 'A' vs 'B' teams, etc. Everything went to shit at that point.

Yeah, but maybe don't do it after you destroy and shut down a popular game and replace it with an inferior micro-transaction-ridden version that swiftly declined in popularity.

The be fair this is at least the way a noncompete should work--they get full pay (and I assume full benefits) for the period of the noncompete, plus these are only 6-12 months.

My old boss (who was a coder for the Apollo missions) told me a story of when he had his first management position, told by an executive he looked up to: "If you can't do your job in 40 hours a week, either you're doing something wrong, or your boss is doing something wrong."