> and you look cooler too

Did you watch too many Marlboro ads? Smokers look like bozo either way.

nah, as it usually goes it's become cool again with the youth because its rare, risky, and their parents hate it

All while sparing the rest of us from inhaling your cancer cloud. Win-win for everyone!

What are you fucking twelve? Just put the cigarette down.

No, it’s not fine.

> Apparently most readers have read too much AI output

You’re giving them too much credit.

> What we are seeing here is a Luddite reaction from artisans. A skill has been automated and those that have the skill are not happy about it.

Seriously? Expecting basic school literacy is now being a Luddite? What else? Writing by hand is an ancient craft resorted to philosophers long gone?

I swear this AI polarization turns off brain on both sides.

You're saying writing by hand is not impractical and mostly obsolete?

Not the person you're addressing, but writing by hand remains a very valuable tool. It's eminently practical and far from obsolete. [1]

[1] "There's actually some very important things going on during the embodied experience of writing by hand," says Ramesh Balasubramaniam, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Merced. "It has important cognitive benefits."

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/11/1250529...

For which purpose?

You may think this is silly, but you actually think more when you write by hand than when you type on a computer, and especially more than when you just listen. When attending a lecture you should write notes on paper even if you just throw them away.

“Claude, fix my framework (I am often wrong)”

Who said anything about “good” residential plumbers?

Concept of sarcasm will blow your mind.

And since you’re so intent on deconstructing:

> He would probably make a good residential plumber.

Him making a good residential plumber≠average residential plumber is good.

I mean, TikTok/Reddit kids, and Twitter freaks, might find it “insightful”, “inspiring”, an “honest take”, “breath of fresh air” in “the age of ai”.

First thread when searching for “Boris Cherny” : https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1r161uq/...

Just read through their messages, they live with a bizarre, crooked worldview. Seeing something basic, like “you can pee and poo at the same time”, blows their mind.

> They’re OK

They are not OK.