I thought the whole left brain/right brain thing was discredited already. This appears to confirm it’s not the case.

It wasn’t until the early 2000s that NASA’s web site bio of von Braun mentioned his WWII “contributions”.

This guy looks like Fozzie Bear waiting for the audience to react to one of his jokes.

I love him.

Slender Man is real!!!

Seems like it simultaneously last week and also a decade ago.

All that ad revenue won’t be surrendered without a fight. Just wait, there will be ads you have to click through to read all of the AI summary.

I wouldn’t say it’s a “spike”, Bob.

Magic 8 Ball says… YES DEFINITELY

Laws are for plebs.

Have you ever heard a 911 call? People don’t speak in complete sentences. Not everyone speaks English. They yell. They cry. They whisper. There’s background noise. Sometimes they need instructions on CPR or first aid. They may not know where they are. This is a recipe for disaster.

Cue “Talking Tina” from Twilight Zone.

A couple of years ago, but I don’t drive all that far most days. It sure seems like there are fewer and fewer. For instance, last summer, I saw fireflies for the first time in over a decade. This can’t be good.

They’ll have jobs right up to the introduction of the next gen AI.

The planet is healing.

You’ll likely die before you: a) remember where you put this thing, b) manage to successfully thread it far enough so you’re not inhaling toilet water, c) survive the sewer gases. If the window is big enough get through, better to jump.

Inertia, at least in some cases. It takes a lot of work to rebuild your audience. Leaving is accelerating, though, albeit slowly.

You have to be in it for the long run.

Beginners are the least likely to ask thoughtful questions. We include slides in lectures about how to ask a question, but when there’s an assignment deadline and you’re inexperienced, it’s more likely you’re going to just blurt out “help me!” rather than provide a detailed explanation that doesn’t require repeated prompting. It takes time to learn how to work through an issue yourself before asking. Students are often facing time pressure and that can drive bad behavior. Correcting them is important, just don’t do it in a way that crushes their spirit.

Ever ask a question on SO? I tell my students to search there but never, ever ask a question. The unmitigated hostility is not what new developers need or deserve. ChatGPT won’t humiliate you for asking a question that someone else has already asked.