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@metaburbia I don't ignore it. I simply point out that you jump to conclusions too fast. Like creationists claiming that since we have stories about floods then there had to be one global flood at one specific time.

This is simply to ignore: Wilusa as Wilios; Alaksandu as Paris; Ahhiyawa as Achaeans; Piyamaradu as Priam; and the timing; and the location. All just coincidence

@metaburbia @FlintDibble They do not "almost certainly gave rise to the stories". Such a connection is beyond what we can deduce from the evidence. There were many kings, tribes, conflicts, and sieges. "Iliad" could have been inspired by any of them, and more than one, from different places and times.

@FlintDibble We know the dates of the Hittite letters and they almost certainly refer to the events that gave rise to the stories. We know the dates of the candidate levels at Hisarlik. It's just not plausible that the myths arose from events in the pre-Mycenean Minoan time.

what a stupid take. why is a Minoan fresco not relevant? It's literally just as relevant to the Odyssey as any other piece of Bronze Age art from the Aegean world people just love to score points by talking shit, while revealing themselves to be full of shit

@plainionist AI can't even solve most of the problems we already know about.

“AI cannot solve truly novel problems.” True or false? 🤔

@matej_cerny Also, it's practically impossible to compare two surveys - they're not professional opinion polls and each is made under different conditions.

@makingthematrix 🤷

This is scary! 🫣 Only 6% of respondents to the Scala 2026 survey have less than two years of experience with the language! I know it's a difficult time for junior developers right now, but this stat is seriously giving me COBOL vibes 🥶

@bartek_quim @babaryba1 @ArturTanona @programista_xd Nie może. Zależnie od języka i oprogramowania w tym języku projekt będzie wyglądał inaczej. Dlatego właśnie nie ma prawie nigdzie osobnych stanowisk dla projektantów, którzy nie mieliby doświadczenia w danej technologii programistycznej.

@babaryba1 @ArturTanona @programista_xd Ale zrozumienie i zaprojektowanie rozwiązania to juz nie do końca rola programisty. Tym się może zajmować analityk, który nie zna żadnego języka programowania.

po kolei - kolejność od góry 1. Mało informatyków korzysta z IP Boxa - ryczałt jest bezpieczniejszy i mniej uciążliwy. Plus też nie zapominajmy o ludziach na umowie o pracę, którzy mają 50% koszty uzyskania przychodu. 2. Spadek kandydatów na studia informatyczne wynika z hajpu, a więc otoczki. A hajp jest na różne rzeczy. Mało ludzi teraz i w przeszłości wybiera świadomie swoją drogę zawodową. W moim roczniku popularna była mechatronika, ale tylko dlatego, że PWr pchał ją do gardeł nauczycielom, że to perspektywiczny kierunek. Nauczyciele w szkołach, jak każdy dorosły człowiek, ulegali propagandzie. 1/N

@markeibes Oh no.

@makingthematrix I like PureScript

Teaching Scala makes me appreciate this programming language even more. The features really fit together like nowhere else.

@AuthorRoyA @Dispropoganda For the last 30 years the time is telling us that we can be productive in EU and the results of our work are used more efficiently here than in US.

Having lived in Europe, Canada and the US, I can certainly say I prefer the US. And, for those who want to work and get ahead, the standard of life is far higher than either Canada or the EU. However, for those that want to just be cared for at the expense of those that work, I would have to admit that Canada and the EU are far more accommodating. So, yes. Socialism wins for the lazy and capitalism works for the industrious. Which is why productive people keep draining out of Canada and Europe and move to the US. The problem is when one runs out of productive people and the welfare is no longer affordable. What happens then? Time will tell, as it did in Venezuela, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Russia, etc.

>"US has better economic output than Europe." - Europe has a better welfare system. - Europe has better public education. - Europe has better public transport. - Europe has a better life expectancy. - Europe has a better and far cheaper healthcare. - Europe has a better standard of living than the US in almost every measurable category. What happens when Americans find out how poor their standard of living is compared to Europe's?

@strat0manc3r @Microinteracti1 @WSJ @WSJopinion Is this really how you understood that comment?

@Microinteracti1 @WSJ @WSJopinion So basically you’re OK being poor as long as your neighbors are too? That does explain a lot.

From @WSJopinion: What happens when Europeans find out how poor they are? The Continent trails far behind U.S. economic output. Politics is bound to catch up sooner or later, writes Joseph Sternberg. on.wsj.com/4n5v2Wq

Code style is not just for style – it impacts the physical world! Learn about highlighting complexity and how to make your code highlighting-friendly for faster, more efficient highlighting. blog.jetbrains.com/scala/2026/05/…

@matej_cerny In my experience, good tidy scaladoc comments attached to classes and methods are already good enough

I genuinely disagree with most of the article. Yes, in the default setup, LLMs write poor Scala. But it takes less than an hour to configure them properly - installing Metals MCP, Cellar and a few skills. After that, the generated code is actually really good!

@denisyurchak If I have to buy water, at least I want it to be sparkling

Can somebody explain why Poles love sparkling mineral water so much? It’s hard to find normal, not mineral or sparkling water, in Zabka it’s literally on the lowest shelf tucked away at the farthest corner

Teatro di Marcello on Rome. A building that looks like every piece of software developed for over five years.

@GaryMarcus LLMs help me in two stages: 1. To generate a working empty app in a given tech (or a code example I can use for teaching) 2. To work out details, boilerplate code and additional (not all) unit tests. All the interesting stuff happens in-between these two and I do it without AI.

Coders and software engineers ONLY:

@Sharat_Chander @Oracle Why "farewell to the Java community"? Java is bigger than Oracle. Have you considered applying to another Java company (*cough* *cough* jetbrains*cough* 😉)?

A very important programming advice from a chef at a Roman pizzeria.

IntelliJ Scala Plugin 2026.1.18 is out! This update: - Fixes a major issue when the editor crashes & the highlighting is broken - Adds an SBT 2 project template - Improves ScalaDoc link support - Restores Bazel plugin compatibility See Settings | Plugins | What's New for details.

@pabisiak_piotr @NatalkaKyiv @JuliaDavisNews The suffix -chka also gives a feeling that's it's tiny and cute. Possibly fluffy.

@NatalkaKyiv @JuliaDavisNews So you just say Tokmachka to know it’s little. What’s the point of calling it Little Tokmachka? To make it even sweeter?

This is hilarious 🔽 One Russian military ‘expert’ reporting on the ‘second army in the world’ and its adventures in one Ukrainian village (pre-war population: 200) over the course of a year. The ‘expert’ in the video is Boris Rozhin. Video compilation: Michael Naki