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RyanOD commented on Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US   medicalxpress.com/news/20... · Posted by u/geox
RyanOD · a day ago
I flew from Detroit to Seattle last night. I used that time to read 170 pages of Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad (easy, entertaining read).

Though I obviously didn't walk the entire plane, looking around from my seat / when walking to the restroom, everyone I saw was watching a movie.

RyanOD commented on What is going on right now?   catskull.net/what-the-hel... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
busssard · 5 days ago
for my last project i could not have finished it without AI doing coding. it set up the entire repo for me, it wrote bad code and the PoC worked. I dont have experience in Django JS or webdev. now i have a working thing that i can slowly go through, improve and understand.
RyanOD · 5 days ago
That's one way. The approach I take is more of a "Hey, AI, here is what I'm trying to accomplish and here is the approach I plan to take. What do you think of this approach? Does it support my broader goals? Etc."

But, much of what I spend my time on are already solved problems (building retro video game clones) so AI has a LOT of high-quality content to draw upon. I'm not trying to create new, original products.

RyanOD commented on What is going on right now?   catskull.net/what-the-hel... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
RyanOD · 5 days ago
For me, AI is just a tool. I'm not a high-level developer, but when I'm coding out a personal project and I'm stuck. I present my ideas to AI and ask it for feedback. Then, I take that feedback and move forward. What I do NOT do is ask AI to write code for me. Again, these are my own projects so I can develop them any way I like.

Having AI write code for me (other than maybe simple boilerplate stuff) goes entirely against why I write code in the first place which is the joy of problem solving, building things, and learning.

Edit: Typo

RyanOD commented on All managers make mistakes; good managers acknowledge and repair   terriblesoftware.org/2025... · Posted by u/matheusml
RyanOD · 5 days ago
As a former teacher / coach this is definitely the approach I took to build strong relationships with kids. Too often such relationships are all about "I'm the infallible leader...you are the flawed pupils" and that doesn't support really connecting and understanding their unique needs.

In any situation, I've always believed it is better to let people we're all human and it's ok to take risks and make mistakes.

RyanOD commented on Being “Confidently Wrong” is holding AI back   promptql.io/blog/being-co... · Posted by u/tango12
therobots927 · 5 days ago
Yeah I think our jobs are safe. Why doesn’t anyone acknowledge loops like this? They happen all the time and I’m only using it once a week at the most
RyanOD · 5 days ago
But still under pressure in the short-term, no? As companies lean into AI as a means of efficiency / competitive advantage / cost savings, jobs will be eliminated / reduced while companies find their direction. The potential gains are said to be too big to sit on the sidelines and wait to be a late-adopter.
RyanOD commented on Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness   yro.slashdot.org/comments... · Posted by u/MilnerRoute
Aeolun · 12 days ago
He got (maybe) ripped off by Jobs, but at the end of the day, what did that get Jobs? Jobs is dead, and Woz is still here, apparently perfectly happy.
RyanOD · 12 days ago
The death of anyone from a disease like cancer is tragic.
RyanOD commented on 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' (2015)   mashable.com/archive/sovi... · Posted by u/us-merul
georgecmu · 13 days ago
As bonus trivia, depiction of Bilbo was based on the "short, round stature, expressive eyes, broad and open face" of the famous Soviet actor Yevgeniy Leonov (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Leonov).

In this video Leonov mentions this fact before reading an excerpt from the book: https://youtu.be/z7hEJxTBsTs

RyanOD · 13 days ago
Inconceivable!
RyanOD commented on Happy BuyNothing Day   justbuynothing.com/... · Posted by u/Improvement
RyanOD · 17 days ago
I resist buying many things by thinking about my kids having to (some day) deal with it when I kick the bucket.
RyanOD commented on Disney 1985 film The Black Cauldron was an experiment that failed   bbc.com/culture/article/2... · Posted by u/tigerlily
svieira · 18 days ago
If you haven't read the books, she is even better in them.
RyanOD · 18 days ago
My all-time favorite series.
RyanOD commented on Disney 1985 film The Black Cauldron was an experiment that failed   bbc.com/culture/article/2... · Posted by u/tigerlily
RyanOD · 18 days ago
Competing against National Lampoon's European Vacation, a re-release of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and Back to the Future?

Ouch...that's tough sledding.

u/RyanOD

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