I agree with you. But I disagree on this rule avoiding confusion. I think it does the opposite. I think that’s why most speakers ignore it.

just because a native English speaker ignores a rule in their own language that doesn’t really speak much about the language, it says more about the speaker

It doesn’t. If the speakers of a language ignore a “rule”, that says more about the rule itself. Eventually, a rule like the one we’re discussing will cease to exist since it only complicates communication, as has happened to past rules and words.

I also have an issue with calling it “standard”. “Standard” is whatever everyone uses. Following rules that no one else does makes you sound robotic. It’s why so many guides on pronounciation in English fail. They go off of how the word is spelt and ignore how people actually say it.

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God, such an insult

This guy’s being pedantic. I say “a software” all the time.

It’s important to understand how a language works, but don’t let grammar Nazis trick you into caring about minor rules even English speakers ignore.

each of the profiles would be their own instance

So each author would need to host their own infrastructure? I’m not sure I follow

The real question is who’s willing to help develop this software if someone were to start work on it

Being lied to

And there is a last reason, which is less rigorous but matters to us just as much. We write software because we enjoy writing software […] We are not interested in optimizing away the reason we do this.

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There are alternatives like go-away, iocaine, etc.

You could also just send them a PDF or HTML file explaining how Anubis works, and refuse to send the URL or mascot until they are convinced to implement it.

I’m not sure I agree with this

A drive-thru is not a tool for cooking, it is automation for avoiding cooking. LLMs are not tools with which you write code - they are automation with which you avoid writing code

Is a microwave automation? What about ovens with timers? Do I need to know how to use a frying pan to know cooking?

Are you actually writing code if you use compilers instead of assembly? Do you need to know the output of your compiler to know coding? LLMs cannot replace understanding code the same way compilers cannot replace understanding assembly, but both of them are layers of abstraction that both make dubious guesses about what you actually want in their output.

You should still learn how to write code AND assembly btw, but I disagree with this guy’s definition of tool

I wish small business owners would learn this sooner…

Yeah, I’m not using this.

So hard to just say “no AI”