I didn’t say I think it’s art. I don’t know if it is, and I don’t really care if it is or not. I also don’t care if it’s called art. I’m just saying the mental gymnastics of trying to convince someone that something like programming as art is cringe.
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I certainly don’t disagree with the points made in the video. It in fact points out something related to what I’m saying. He states he notices that people that claim something is not art are often gatekeeping something from becoming “elevated.” I’m extending the converse argument: many people trying to claim something is art are trying to elevate it to a new status.
My problem with calling programming art is not that I don’t think programming is art, but rather that I think that label is not useful in this context. Programming is something that is very much valued without that label. Thus adding the label is just an attempt to tack on unneeded elevation to the craft. In some ways the video supports my viewpoint. The debate over what is art is a bit tired. It’s worth having, but personally I don’t think it is needed in this case.
I honestly think trying to define programming as art is just an attempt to unnecessarily elevate it. Programming is utilitarian. It is meant for a specific practical purpose. It does not reveal a shared human experience the way a movie, book, or game does. I have no need to convince myself, a professional software engineer of this because I am perfectly happy accepting that what I do is useful and do not need to try to put myself in a category with artists.
All the author is saying is that people enjoy programming. I also enjoy eating. Is that an art? I even have my own “eating style” in that I like to eat food in specific order, combine two items into one bite, the way I build a bite, etc. But I’d never try to elevate it because I’m a normal person who doesn’t waste brainpower trying to make myself feel special.
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DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml•One week guest passes for Nebula - First come first serveEnglish
6·6 months agoB and C are already taken. Didn’t check A
If you are talking about the Fennec browser (i.e. Firefox on android), this link is not pointing to that.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•what do you prepare to eat at your workplace?English
0·7 months agoI like cooking stews, but it’s gonna be a hassle to bring that to the workplace.
Stews are one of the easiest things to bring to the workplace. Their quality doesn’t degrade when eaten as leftovers, and they reheat very well in the microwave. What makes you think this would be a hassle?
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why Haven't Universities Made Online Education the Standard for Bachelor's Degrees and Beyond?English
7·2 years agoWhat are your metrics for “effective?” As someone who is both teaching and taking classes currently, I can tell you engagement is pitifully low in online formats. Education is not just about memorizing facts and going through the motions to get a good grade. There’d have to be some amazing innovation in online education practices to convince me it will be the default anytime soon.
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Linux@lemmy.ml•Kitty Terminal 0.40.0 introduces the Text Sizing Protocol: "multiple font sizes ... in a backwards compatible, opt-in way"English
1·2 years agowith kitty you can open a new terminal session that sets it’s cwd to the remote directory of the server you’re ssh’d into. Honestly the only thing I can think of that termux can do that kitty can’t is saving sessions
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is Lemmy your "main social media app"? If not, which one is it?English
3·2 years agoLemmy. For more niche communities that don’t exist on Lemmy I use RSS feeds on specific subreddits. Discord for chatting with friend and other niche communities. LinkedIn because I’m in academia.
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Programming@programming.dev•How should I continue learning?English
3·2 years agoDoes your school have a robotics team or something along the lines of computing? That would be a good option. Also if you are still in high school and plan on going to college, you still have plenty of time to learn.
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Programming@programming.dev•How do you view your role in public ethics as a developer?English
1·2 years agoWell luckily AI researchers have achieved plenty in over 60 years. We call the ideas and innovations resulting from this research “AI.”
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Programming@programming.dev•How do you view your role in public ethics as a developer?English
13·2 years agoSo the entire field of AI has produced no AI. Gotcha 👌
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Programming@programming.dev•How do you view your role in public ethics as a developer?English
43·2 years agoOK what qualifies as AI then?
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Programming@programming.dev•How do you view your role in public ethics as a developer?English
98·2 years agoOof, programmers calling LLMs “AI” - that’s embarrassing
…but LLMs quite literally come from the field of computer science that is referred to as “AI.” What are they supposed to call it? I’m not a fan of the technology either, but seems like you’re just projecting your disdain for ChatGPT.
I would argue that it is better to have two separate drives for the installation. It simplifies things for non tech savvy people, and I believe Windows has less of an opportunity to mess with your linux install, such as messing with the efi partition.
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Technology@lemmy.world•AI and Robots Are Automating the IVF Process: Here's How It's Already Helped 11 Women Get PregnantEnglish
6·2 years agoMaybe the AI writing the articles are just taking credit for everything. “Yeah, that was me”
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What do you think of the term "short king" as a term that's supposed to champion body positivity for men?English
101·2 years agoPersonally I do not let internet trends affect my behavior out in the real world. Why is that? Because if I use the term “short king” anywhere in the real world, 99% of people won’t know what I’m talking about. Until you hear a real person say it (that means not on lemmy, not on twitter, not on dating apps, etc. or people you meet through these platforms) you can assume that there is no real impact to be had there. I think we give way too much credit to the internet for affecting real life trends. Most people don’t care about these cute terminologies people come up with, and neither should you. The term was made to get someone attention, not to make short people feel better.
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Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Nvidia will be pushing users of recent generation cards to the open source modules rather than their proprietary modules!English
4·2 years agoCheck his account. It is a spam account
Ctrl + Shift + - should decrease the font size of the current terminal, which isn’t what you are looking for, but could be useful while you sort it out. Is it possible that the font in the config doesn’t exist, causing this issue?

I find it kind of funny that Spider-Man is held up as some sort of golden standard to adhere to in all of this. Spider-Man is also very average game imo. The gameplay is not very compelling, and it’s no surprise that Insomniac’s approach would overstay its welcome after a couple of games. Doubly so when you move from Spider-Man, a character with a more diverse moveset and inherent better traversal abilities, to Wolverine.