Hats off, in particular, to the editors actually signing the piece, rather than hiding behind the board like WaPo does.

Essentially.

A straightforward example would be an equation system: 2x+4y=10, 3x+5y=13. You could solve it manually, or you could call Cramer’s rule and plug the numbers into the formula:

Ax+By=C
Dx+Ey=F

x=[CB/FE]/[AB/DE] = (CE-BF)/(AE-BD)=(10*5-4*13) / (2*5 - 3*4) = (50-52)/(10-12)=1,
y=[AC/DF]/[AB/DE]=AF-CD / AE-BD = -4/-2=2

Pure algo, no thinking required. Also note that you don’t strictly need x to get y and vice versa.

In a more complex example: You’re making a program to draw something in 2D. You could implement mirroring, rotation, scaling etc…, or, you could declare each point (xy) a vector V=[X Y], implement matrices, and then V times [1 0/0 1] gives you V, [-1 0/0 1] gives you V mirrored on the Y axis, [1 0/0 -1] mirrors on the X axis, [j 0/0 j] scales it by j, [cosw -sinw/sinw cosw] rotates it by w… Makes life much easier.

You know how you can write “5+5+5-4-4-4” as “35-34”, and then use it for weird shortcuts like “3*(5-4)”? Well, matrices make for relatively easy handling of certain systems of equations, letting you fiddle with the whole system at once instead of restating equations one by one.

On the contrary, the best part about it is that it’s not a compilation of references the audience is supposed to already know about. It’s just a fun adventure movie. The reason the RPG crowd sing it praises is that in addition, if you know how to read it, the actual plot is “girlfriend is curious about what we’re all doing every Tuesday evening”

I often get the feeling those people see everyone who voices dissent as one big amorphous blob. It’s as if every conversation on a topic is part of one long argument, and you get assigned every claim that anyone ever made. Almost like they watched that “moops” alt-right playbook video and drew the exact wrong conclusion.

I was under the impression it was the “Hillary warned us” and “Putin is behind everything” crowd, since it mirrors the MAGA saviour and conspiracy fantasies.

JavaScript is by far the worst.

PHP

That’s a “converter” in the same way an ejection seat is “a chair”.

Could have phrased it a bit better. “…but instead of charming, was just offensive”, maybe?

“I’m safe, so as far as I care, everyone else can die.”

Can’t make this shit up…

Enjoy the camps

Scratch a liberal…

At least link the murmaider one first!

Would it help if it was described as a “religious experience”?

I believe the term is “prosecuted”.

It’s both, really. Fascism is said to be imperialism in decay.

Not a blunder, just a very specialised tool with a very niche purpose of “being the tip of the spear in a setpiece assault on a heavily fortified strongpoint”. Now, them trying to convert their entire tank force to heavy tanks, that a different issue.

Man, it’s no wonder she was mad at people making edits of her comics, considering how much better this version is.

Frankly, the problem with AI slop isn’t the AI, it’s the slop. We now get to see what all those “I have so many great ideas, if only I could draw, you’d see!” people’s ideas actually are, and it’s… this shit.

Carcrash Georg.