A person I watch frequently gave me this gem. Please forgive the annoying thumbnail.
I’ve seen this sentiment in a few places recently, and as a software engineer with 20 years of experience I can say with 100% certainty that this is a terrible (and dangerous) trend when it comes to programming.
Undergrads should absolutely be learning how memory works, how to allocate it, when to free it, and what issues you can get into when you don’t do it properly. Sheltering them from such things will lead to a more ignorant generation of developers, which will lead to a lot of headaches down the road, for everyone.
This is almost certainly not intentional. The AI just can’t differentiate between unsafe as in NSFW and unsafe as in manual memory management.
Agreed. I’ve been seeing the trend myself and it’s a damn shame. Ignorance isn’t a reason to shelter others
When I clicked the thread I thought this was a joke and am now experiencing a degree of horror.
The programming field is going through what math has been going through for ages. Many people don’t want to learn how things work because they can use a calculator or software to do basic maths. But then when it comes to actually understanding what’s going on, there becomes a big loss.
Good thing we have Rust.
You can do all that with Rust. Maybe C/C++ is good to teach if the professor explains why they should almost never be used, but IMO it would probably be better to just educate them using a well designed language like Rust so that they have the experience for a career.
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At least Tom won’t be affected. He’s a genius.
For those in the unknown, this comment is in reference to an article on The Daily WTF, which ThePrimeagen “reacted” to.
rant
As I have frequently found myself not knowing a quip/quote/reference from popular (or worse, obscure) media, I am doing my bit to add context to this rather plain comment disguised as an in-joke.
For people who derive pleasure from posting such references, please annotate your reference with some context for others to take part in/appreciate the media you liked enough to remember and make a reference of.
Good bot.
I like theprimeagen and I’m really interested in what he has to say. but he talks so loud into the microphone and it just ends up giving me anxiety :(
There was this one youtube video he made and the moment it started, he screamed into the microphone and it just instantly freaked me the fuck out. 😔
Turn down your volume?
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Not exactly, it’s correct as it is rendered in lemmy-ui, but some clients expect a space after
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. You may want to file an issue with the client you useInteresting. May I know where you are viewing this post?
This is how it looks like on Voyager:
and on Lemmy web:
Let me guess - learned from all those websites about unsafe memory(ies)?
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/watch?v=r2npdV6tX1g
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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Good bot
Really? The website never works.
I rarely have issues, weird.
Good Lemming
Lol
We gots a lil buddy (downvoter) Poor guy thinks anyone gives a shit
Nah, I found it amusing, no ill intent was ment.
We’re all having fun, thats wat matterz (I never count not giving a shit unless I’m not enjoying it ;)
Based Gemini.
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