Nathan Merzke

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Nathan Merzke

Nathan Merzke

@NathanMerzke

Entirely self taught. I love of coding, games, history, and languages.

Katılım Şubat 2025
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Nathan Merzke
Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@skdh I think the concept of being in a simulation is not something that can be proven or disproven. If we are in a simulation, all our perceptions of reality, both direct, indirect, and calculated, only apply to the operation of the simulation, not to the outside.
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Sabine Hossenfelder
Sabine Hossenfelder@skdh·
1) Objects in a video game are not truly randomly generated, because they run on conventional computers using non-quantum processes, and non-quantum processes are never truly random. Video game algorithms are pseudo-random. If it were the case that particles in a double slit experiment were indeed generated like in video games (that is, following a deterministic algorithm) that would contradict the current standard interpretation of quantum mechanics. 2) It's not true that measuring an object gives it positional certainty, depends on what you measure. If you measure momentum, then it’s the momentum that obtains certainty, not the position. (Also, you cannot strictly speaking measure anything with certainty.) 3) Regarding the simulation hypothesis. Well, the problem is that absent a proper definition everything is compatible with it. Personally I don't think that's a particularly compelling argument. x.com/elonmusk/statu…
Elon Musk@elonmusk

Consistent with the simulation hypothesis. Like a video game, objects are randomly generated, with positional certainty only when observed.

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Metatron
Metatron@pureMetatron·
Are you going to watch Christopher Nolan's Odyssey? Y/N?
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💓Nikki💓
💓Nikki💓@Niknakgirl23·
Oh wow I am seeing people I never see! Hi! 🤗 Say hi back and make new friends! I’ll follow everyone who comments!
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Chie
Chie@Chie_fitness·
Good morning!😊 I woke up feeling refreshed this morning! I haven’t been doing any particularly intense workouts lately, but I still really look forward to going to the gym every day! I feel like my current workout routine suits me perfectly. In the past, I would just watch videos and copy the exercises, but now I’m able to work out while really thinking about which muscles I’m targeting. I still have a lot to learn, but I’m so happy that I’m able to apply what I’ve learned from my trainer to my own routine!🙌😄 Everyone, please stay safe.🙏🍀 And stay positive!🤗✨🩵
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Nathan Merzke
Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@brockpierson Except me. I am an absolutest. Everyone should be able to say whatever. The only cure for bad speech is good speech.
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⭕ Brock Pierson
⭕ Brock Pierson@brockpierson·
Everyone supports freedom of speech until someone uses it to say something they personally find annoying.
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Dan Vasc
Dan Vasc@danvasc2·
Reject modernity. Embrace tradition.
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Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@kipchilisk Not really. Coder/coding been alongside programmer/programming for a while. It is just normal language shifting. You can look at the history of words like breeches, trousers, and pants; and you see similar shifts in the typical word used to describe the same basic thing.
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Kipchilis
Kipchilis@kipchilisk·
All of a sudden we forgot the name programmer. The name programming suddenly switched to coding.
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DizzieDee
DizzieDee@dizziedee·
I joined X to talk about games with people who love them as much as I do. But I'm not getting many people I follow posts, even under "following" it mostly shows me only the new people I follow, but I want to see everyone I follows posts 🥲
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Anthony Alaribe {···}
Anthony Alaribe {···}@tonialaribe·
Unfortunately we now get made fun of, for actually writing or reading code.
LaurieWired@lauriewired

I’m convinced that a large % of programmers don’t actually like computers. As a side effect, are also perfectly happy to throw away their reasoning to a model as soon as they can. I don’t get it, at ALL. Don’t you *LIKE* understanding the magic of the machine? You do realize hand-programming (I hate that I even have to specify hand now) is fun…right?

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Nathan Merzke
Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@vkrajacic A lot of people do not see that in the history of development, true replacement is rare.
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Vjekoslav Krajačić
Vjekoslav Krajačić@vkrajacic·
I still use C and manual memory management. Not because it's fun (although it is, especially while learning), but because it's faster. Writing assembly is probably reserved for hardcore optimizers, but reading assembly is still a valuable skill that every programmer can benefit from.
Antonio Sarosi@antoniosarosi

Before C, someone writing assembly would say "hand-writing" assembly is fun. Before Java someone would say manually allocating memory in C is fun. Just accept that coding has been abstracted and it will not come back, the minimum building block now is architecture components.

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Nathan Merzke
Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@IamAroke That is because system design (as well as a lot of engineering) ultimately includes a value judgment between conflicting ideals. It involves not just an analysis of various quantities, but an understanding of purpose, need, and want.
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Austin
Austin@IamAroke·
LLMs are great at generating boilerplate but terrible at system design decisions.
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Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@_A_khalifa I've always thought that the F-16 was one of the most attractive jets in the world.
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Ahmed Khalifa
Ahmed Khalifa@_A_khalifa·
Our beautiful F-16 Block 60s Nicknamed the Desert Falcon easily the most advanced F-16 in the world!
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Austin
Austin@IamAroke·
@NathanMerzke Wow you’re the real deal. I can’t imagine learning something just to teach someone
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Austin
Austin@IamAroke·
I’m fluent in C#, Java, TS, JS, VB, and Python . Then I can read and understand c++, c, php, misp assembly, and R. What about you?
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Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
The guys who use AI but always double check the work are non-denominational. Guys that work with Cobol are Jewish. Guys that work with Erlang are Hindu. Rust guys are Muslim. Functional programming guys are Buddhists. 2/2
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Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
Coders can sound very religious about their work: C/C++ programmers that hate anything AI are like hardcore Catholics. AI bros using Python or Javascript, and who might not even be able to read code are like Protestants. 1/2
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Nathan Merzke@NathanMerzke·
@owenthcarey I stopped when I realized the exercises had no correlation with most applications that I would likely code.
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Owen Carey
Owen Carey@owenthcarey·
Which programming language do you use for LeetCode?
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