Loeffelmann (u/Loeffelmann)

Loeffelmann commented on The average college student today hilariusbookbinder.substa... · Posted by u/Jyaif

> I am currently a CS student in germany and our python lecturer told us at the first lesson that "we didn't really need to learn python" because AI was going to take over anyways and we will not be writing any code after we graduate. He then encouraged us to use AI on all assignments he gives us. He even allows us to cheat at the final exam by using LLMs.

> I was about to have a word with him after the lecture but when he started talking about how crypto is going to replace fiat any second now I knew he was a lost cause.

Knowing the education system in Germany rather well, I ask myself in which (kind of) educational establishment this happened, since I'd consider this to be rather unusual for at least universities (Universitäten) and Fachhochschulen (some other system of tertiary education that has no analogue in most countries).

Loeffelmann · 5 months ago

It's a Fachhochschule. And yeah that lecture was very unusual it felt like the insane rablings of a techno evangelist who jumped on every hype train in the last 20 years. He said the most important technologies are IoT, Blockchain and AI

Loeffelmann commented on The average college student today hilariusbookbinder.substa... · Posted by u/Jyaif

mppm · 5 months ago

There is a lot of talk about how LLMs will disrupt software development and office work and whatnot, but there is one thing that they are massively disrupting right now, and that is education. I've witnessed this with a group of CS master students recently, and they have let their programming skills atrophy to barely imaginable levels. LLMs have the twin effect of raising the bar for what even a barely viable junior developer has to live up to, while simultaneously lowering their actual skills. There is a generation of completely unemployable "graduates" in the pipeline.

The article mentions that most students are only in it for the diploma anyway, but somehow most people are yet to realize that those diplomas will soon be toilet paper, precisely because they no longer require any actual effort to obtain.

Loeffelmann · 5 months ago

I am currently a CS student in germany and our python lecturer told us at the first lesson that "we didn't really need to learn python" because AI was going to take over anyways and we will not be writing any code after we graduate. He then encouraged us to use AI on all assignments he gives us. He even allows us to cheat at the final exam by using LLMs.

I was about to have a word with him after the lecture but when he started talking about how crypto is going to replace fiat any second now I knew he was a lost cause.

I asked around with my fellow students what they thought about them and not one minded that they were essentially enrolled in a "how to proompt" class. When I asked one student that it was all nice and well that you pass the module but isn't the ideal outcome that you actually know the language by the end? He laughed and said "Yeah sure, do you think the same about maths"?

Loeffelmann commented on 4o Image Generation openai.com/index/introduc... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

minimaxir · 5 months ago

That is an unexpectedly literal definition of "full glass".

Loeffelmann · 5 months ago

That's the point. With the old models they all failed to produce a wine glass that is completley to the brim full. Because you can't find that a lot in the data they used for training.

Loeffelmann commented on PyScript: An open source platform for Python in the browser pyscript.net/... · Posted by u/xiaodai

Loeffelmann · a year ago

How is this different from pyodide[0]?

[0]: https://pyodide.org/en/stable/

Loeffelmann commented on Drawing.garden drawing.garden/... · Posted by u/nivethan

Titan2189 · 2 years ago

Who's gonna write an algorithm to turn every single flower into a [plant of choice]?

Loeffelmann · 2 years ago

This worked on firefox

   const event = new Event("mousedown")

   const pArr = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("p"))

   function switchSymbol(target) {
     target.dispatchEvent(event);
   }

   function switchUntil(target, until) {
     while (target.innerText !== until) {
       switchSymbol(target);
     }
   }

   for (const p of pArr) {
     switchUntil(p, "")
   }

Change the second argument of switchUntil to the emoji you want. HN doesn't allow emojis

Loeffelmann commented on Show HN: Django Ninja CRUD – Rethinking CRUD Operations in Django github.com/hbakri/django-... · Posted by u/hichambakri

bb88 · 2 years ago

I think the big issue is that everyone like pydantic and are willing to put it in places it may not really see a big benefit, over say, DRF.

OTOH, if you're a big fan of NoSQL databases, then pydantic is a godsend.

Loeffelmann · 2 years ago

It will never stop being funny to me when NoSQL people need schemas for their schemaless database.

Loeffelmann commented on Average distance to a supermarket in Amsterdam is 400 meter or 1300 feet oozo.nl/nabije-voorzienin... · Posted by u/kermitdekikker

ssdspoimdsjvv · 2 years ago

It seems they mean grocery store, rather than supermarket. Also take into account that in the Netherlands it's more common to go grocery shopping daily or every few days.

Loeffelmann · 2 years ago

It's probably because they are so close. I would imagine many americans would do the same if their neighbourhood was in walkable distance. I live in Germany and I do the same I go shopping everyday for 10 minutes for the things I need for the day.

Loeffelmann commented on Last Post, Please Read zandarvts.blogspot.com/20... · Posted by u/rayval

toyg · 2 years ago

The tone of this comment reminded me of an old sketch from the British sitcom "Goodness Gracious Me", with the Indian patriarch outrageously claiming everything was invented in India (”Superman? INDIAN!”): https://youtu.be/4GC_Q2YKNR0?si=vzA-zAGcde6HZyzv

More seriously, it's a theme as old as mankind. For example, Ugo Foscolo in "Dei sepolcri" (1806):

"Non vive ei forse anche sotterra, quando

Gli sarà muta l’armonia del giorno,

Se può destarla con soavi cure

Nella mente de’ suoi

[...]

Sol chi non lascia eredità d'affetti

Poca gioia ha dell’urna; e se pur mira

Dopo l’esequie, errar vede il suo spirto

Fra ’l compianto de’ templi Acherontei,

O ricovrarsi sotto le grandi ale

Del perdono d’lddio: ma la sua polve

Lascia alle ortiche di deserta gleba

Ove nè donna innamorata preghi,

Nè passeggier solingo oda il sospiro

Che dal tumulo a noi manda Natura"

Loeffelmann · 2 years ago

ChatGPT translation:

Does he not perhaps also live underground when

The day's harmony will be mute to him,

If he can awaken it with gentle care

In the minds of his [own]

[...]

Only he who leaves no legacy of affections

Has little joy of the urn; and if he looks

After the funeral, he sees his spirit

Wander amidst Acheron's lamented temples,

Or seeks shelter under the vast wings

Of God's forgiveness: but his dust

Leaves to the nettles of deserted soil

Where neither the enamored woman prays,

Nor the solitary passer-by hears the sigh

That Nature sends to us from the tomb.