I genuinely think that being ranted at by my principal engineer early in my career and having to defend my ideas did more for my understanding and problem solving than any amount of explanation could have. Good faith disagreement is like a mirror that lets you see from perspectives you'd never have access to alone.
Try asking “I tried to do this thing this way and I got this error, this other way and I got this other error, and this other way and it exploded; what am I doing wrong?” and at least you'll get an answer telling you not to do that thing, you idiot, and another telling you that this question was asked and answered twelve years ago in [dead link] and you should've looked before asking... and a few comments that might give you an actual hint as how to do it, followed by a lot of replies telling them that sure, that might work, but you really shouldn't be doing that thing, with a reasonable explanation of why doing the thing you want to do is profoundly stupid and dangerous.
Yep. I have posted on stack overflow exactly 3 times. One time it was marked as duplicate and referenced to something that was not even the same topic. One time I had too much detail and debugging done for the classic knowitalls to come make a smartass remark and was completely ignored. The final time I got one comment, addressed it, and that person was never heard from again lol.
I had posted a question on there over 8 years ago. I got a notification the other day that someone answered it. Then an hour later someone closed it saying the question was off topic lol. It really wasn't btw, but this is what makes stack overflow such a shit site and why it's been on the decline for years. Even before LLMs.
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railway692@piefed.zip · 120 pts · 305d
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 41 pts · 305d
muhyb@programming.dev · 32 pts · 305d
Water is deprecated, use ammonia.
404@lemmy.zip · 73 pts · 305d
StackOverflow: Marks as duplicate, links to deprecated version of answer that doesn't work anymore, closes
ChatGPT: answers differently each time you ask the same question
OpenStars@piefed.social · 15 pts · 305d
No it doesn't!
Oh wait, yes it does.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io · 50 pts · 305d
Your question is stupid! It has already an answer here you doofus. Don’t ever dare to ask again!
That’s a brilliant question! Here’s a confidently incorrect answer I totally made up. Don’t hesitate to ask any further questions.
YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub · 22 pts · 305d
Why does ChatGPT have a logo that doesn’t make sense? The lines don’t line up. wtf
6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 305d
https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 305d
Slotos@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 305d
Thanks, I hate it!
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 304d
Wtf is that Claude logo? Holy.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 305d
suppose to be 6 ladles that scoop the system of resources
kibiz0r@midwest.social · 6 pts · 305d
AI designed it
marcos@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 305d
I will never unsee it now... and I'm not even disappointed.
BCOVertigo@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 305d
I genuinely think that being ranted at by my principal engineer early in my career and having to defend my ideas did more for my understanding and problem solving than any amount of explanation could have. Good faith disagreement is like a mirror that lets you see from perspectives you'd never have access to alone.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 305d
I'll never forget when I first started:
Me: "It'll be fine, I'm good at this."
Sr: "How do you know?"
I needed to hear that.
Slotos@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 305d
„How do you know” is such a powerful question.
queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 305d
IME:
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 304d
Try asking “I tried to do this thing this way and I got this error, this other way and I got this other error, and this other way and it exploded; what am I doing wrong?” and at least you'll get an answer telling you not to do that thing, you idiot, and another telling you that this question was asked and answered twelve years ago in [dead link] and you should've looked before asking... and a few comments that might give you an actual hint as how to do it, followed by a lot of replies telling them that sure, that might work, but you really shouldn't be doing that thing, with a reasonable explanation of why doing the thing you want to do is profoundly stupid and dangerous.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 304d
Yep. I have posted on stack overflow exactly 3 times. One time it was marked as duplicate and referenced to something that was not even the same topic. One time I had too much detail and debugging done for the classic knowitalls to come make a smartass remark and was completely ignored. The final time I got one comment, addressed it, and that person was never heard from again lol.
killabeezio@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 304d
I had posted a question on there over 8 years ago. I got a notification the other day that someone answered it. Then an hour later someone closed it saying the question was off topic lol. It really wasn't btw, but this is what makes stack overflow such a shit site and why it's been on the decline for years. Even before LLMs.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io · 6 pts · 305d
Your question is stupid!
That’s a brilliant question!
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 304d
Turns out the question was, indeed, stupid.
17lifers@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 305d
Glad I could help you with your coding problems!
Mangoholic@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 305d
Its all Microsoft anyways what did you expect
Trarmp@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 305d
Ah, General Reposti!
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 304d
h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 305d
Have you considered RTFM?
OpenStars@piefed.social · 3 pts · 305d
The managers pushing to replace developers by using AI:
Edit: especially not after you clear your schedule for the 3 hrs per day of project management meetings, for each of multiple projects...
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 304d
We need to create a human-powered psychosis machine!
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 304d
Custom ai model:
Of course I'll teach you how to make a bomb user-san. But first I need you to make the white stuff come out, desu.