Scripting News: Sunday, August 13, 2023
There should be a system call in Node.js that calls me back when all the threads I just launched have completed. Would make for better error messages. Think about it. #
I've been a Mets fan since 1962 and this year's Mets feels very familiar. Part of being a Mets fan imho is loving the team and its philosphy of metsness underneath all the suckage.#
An immediate improvement AI could make for developers are making the error messages from language interpreters and runtimes better at pointing to the actual source of the problem, not just where it shows up. That would require some guesswork, but it's better to have the computer do some of that before turning it over to the human. The same way it can make medical doctors work easier. #
My generation of software developers totally fucked this up. Everyone went their own way. Nowhere near enough working together. There was some collaboration however with people in the news world, and we created media that empowered millions of individuals to publish. We got stuff done, but we could have done much better. #
The next generation should look for ways to all play on the same stage, make each other sound better, inspire each other to their greatness. To show, visibly, what we can accomplish by working together. #
Linkblog items for the day.
I asked ChatGPT to write a story about the 1962 NY Mets, with a few parameters, names of people to mention, but most of this was created by the bot. wordpress.com
Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden's clean energy buddy. politico.com
A conversation with the newspaper owner raided by cops. substack.com
2018: How journalism is like the Mets. scripting.com
ChatGPT wrote this short story for me. This is how I generate entertaining examples that help me debug new software I'm writing. wordpress.com
Jeopardy will continue with new shows by repurposing old answers in a new season, won't halt because of writer's strike. yahoo.com
People Are Having Sex in Robotaxis. sfstandard.com
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