azimir

@azimir@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The people who first invented tools had to invent inventing tools without tools.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to talk about this in my CS classes. We get compiles to compile code by compiling a compiler with a compiler. It’s an infinite regression problem that terminates with someone writing a compiler in assembly… Which requires an assembler to assemble… So you write an assembler in machine code directly on the processor.

  If we lost all of the currently compiled programs one day, even with the compiler source code in hand, it would be some serious work to rebuild our current tool chains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Copilot is on every updated PC. Forever.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not on my machines. Open Source oses and tools are the only way to have a chance at dodging this kind of thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do PhDs HAVE to use Dr?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re a professor with a doctorate in Germany, the official way to refer to you is Professor Doctor [last name]. If you hold two doctorates it’s Professor Doctor Doctor.

  Professor is also a serious and registered title in Germany. You can’t just start a school and start handing out professorships without oversight and approval.