Post #1364893
2026-03-01 23:45 UTC
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@jcoglan@mastodon.social 2026-03-01 23:46
this is also downstream of programmers not knowing what the word "abstraction" means. to the extent LLMs correspond to any existing software idea, they are indirection, and they are indirection that adds RNG to anything they're connected to
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@provuejim@techhub.social 2026-03-02 12:42
@jcoglan Of course not, I read the machine code 🤣
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@pmorinerie@mastodon.xyz 2026-03-02 21:09
@jcoglan @nicuveo yes, but… A while ago, I investigated using the SDCC compiler to write code for the Game Boy Color. I usually read and write Game Boy code in assembly (that’s how all the GB games were written back then). So I know how to do basic things, how to write an idiomatic array enumeration, a handful of clever (and not really mandatory) assembly tricks, etc. That said, how nice would it be to write C – instead of spending hours at "how to multiply those numbers"? Well: it is awful.
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@nicolas17@social.treehouse.systems 2026-03-03 02:43
@jcoglan Some people solve that conflict by not reading the output of the LLM.