It'll do both... dumb management and bean-counter types will replace people with AI, and the AI will suck at actually getting work done.

Lose-lose!

AI might make newbies faster at producing... something. Probably something full of bugs and security holes.

But it won't help non-newbies with software development, of which "coding" is a relatively minor part.

I really do think coding using AI tools is a bit faster, at least it seems that way to me. As most of the morning but lengthy work can be done faster by AI.

But I am also pretty sure it's VERY easy to rapidly incur technical debt, especially if you are telling AI to review its own work. Yeah it will do some stuff but who is to say post review fixes it's really better?

More than ever I think the right approach to coding with AI is to build up carefully crafted frameworks that are solid (maybe use AI to help but review and tests very carefully) then allow AI to build on top of solid fundamental structures that you know are solid, and do not let the AI modify those - maybe let it ask for feature requests.

Sure. I just happened to have an unused Raspberry Pi Zero lying around, and the LED display was about $5, so meh... decided to do a little project.

I didn't buy one, but I did build one with a Pi Zero W and an LED matrix display.

The reason it's Internet-connected is to sync its time using NTP. It's the one clock in my house (other than computer or phone-based ones) that I don't have to reset after a power failure or adjust for daylight saving time.

As for the subscription crap: Just don't buy products that use these shenanigans. Vote with your wallet.

No. Capitalism is an excellent system when it is coupled with a social safety net, decent regulation, and proper workers' rights.

Unfettered capitalism where all that matters is the bottom line, regulation is seen as evil, workers are expendable, and ethics be damned... that's what's fucking us over right now.

He's part of Make America Grate Again.

I agree. The lack of meaningful and effective opposition in the USA ("The Land of the Free") is breathtaking. And while they're at it, they should repeal the Second Amendment because all it does is result in 50K+ gun deaths per year and has zero effect on stopping a tyrant from taking over, its supposed rationalization.

"Trickle down"? You must be listening to a pundit who still thinks Reagan is president.

Our economy has been slowly unraveling since 2023. If Kamala was president now the post-lockdown economic cycle wouldn't just magically disappear.

I would concede that when it looks like a downturn is coming, strong Democrats don't line up to have that on their legacy, so Republicans tend to win

I'm sure it has to so with consistently dropping purchasing power. It's hard to be excited about a job and career that is quickly headed toward median wage

Hey, credit where it's due. At least they didn't use AI to make the ad.

It reduces neural inhibition. Normally the body limits strength to far from its maximum because maximum output has a high risk of injury (torn tendons, muscle tears), but the body can override the protection in emergencies (the annecdotes about mothers lifting cars, etc.)

Replying to myself... also, I suspect that if the court rules that only software authors can demand a remedy, some author will step up to the plate. There are hundreds of contributes to the Linux kernel and other software most likely used by Vizio and I'm sure the SFC will find at least one of them to act as a plaintiff.

By selling binary code to consumers, though, there's a contract between Vizio and the purchaser because the GPL says that the purchaser gains the same rights under the GPL as the seller, and that the seller is responsible for fulfilling those rights.

So IMO, anyone who purchases GPL'd software has the right to demand source code. I can't see how a court would rule otherwise, but IANAL.

Here's the thing: If the court says that the provisions of the GPL are invalid, that doesn't mean Vizio gets to just use the code all it wants.

No, since the GPL is the only license that permits Vizio to use the code, if it's ruled invalid, then Vizio loses all right to use GPL'd code for any reason whatsoever, and basically it would have to stop selling its products. It would mean the death knell for Vizio.