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By the same token, AI came along and we all still have intelligence, needless, eh? I mean people reading and writing stuff has nothing to do with AI. I don't see how some people see everything as a zero-sum game.


All AI is doing is solving these puzzles, which proves they don't need any form of intelligence. You're wrong for associating AI with human intelligence. It will never happen. It might be faked once, like the moon landing, but that's it.


I'm not sure I understand this. Most puzzles are number-crunching but very little to do with graphics (maybe one or two), so no usually OpenGL isn't used AFAIK.

Of course, folks may use it to visualise the puzzles but not to solve them.


You definitely could do it all in shaders. People have done crazier things.


Not sure about FreeCAD but got a lot done with Gimp, Inkscape and LibreOffice in my personal projects. Totally worth my time!


Me too. I guess a majority of people don't have the patience to work around counterintuitive things nor do they want to take measures to avoid bugs. On the other hand, Blender and Krita seem to give UX a higher priority, so they're more likely to catch on.


I dislike using Gimp. Always have.

There is just something about it that does not click with me. Just selecting a foreground object even when the background was almost white never worked for me. Just so fiddly.

I can get stuff done with it.


Try PhotoGimp plugin, it solves some annoyances for me by introducing the shortcuts I used to, and a slightly more familiar interface. The rest, I just got used to, and actually now I like Gimp more than Photoshop (which I don’t like too much, even though I know it for two decades now).


Sorry, hard disagree. Try to understand what `this` means in JS in its entirety and you'll agree it's by no stretch of the imagination a simple language. It's more mind-bending and hence _The Good Parts_.


While there are other parameters I would consider like maintainability, ergonomics, mind share, ease of deployment, etc. The ubiquitous availability point triumphs most others though. Installation of new toolchain is usually a hassle when the same task can be done with existing tools. Also when I present it in a company setting installing new software and broadening the security attack surface is the first pushback I get.


Do you advocate the use of Notepad on Windows to edit text because it already exists? What about the increase in the security attack surface from using languages that make it easy to make mistakes in something basic like quoting/escaping? Does it get in the top 10 of pushbacks?


I'd advocate for 'nano' on Linux because it's widely installed and easy for newcomers. A seasoned professional will know they can substitute vim or what have you, I don't need to explain that to them. So yes... If I was trying to explain to a noob how to open a text file on windows and I don't know what they have installed, I'd absolutely tell them to use notepad.

Would I advocate writing my core business software in bash or perl? No, I'd hire and train for what was chosen. For small scripts I might need to share with coworkers? 100%


My comment didn't convey it, but I'm with you on using the right tool for the right job. Just that I always don't have the luxury to do so. And yes like the other comment I'd use it for throw away scripts and glue code, instead of installing a new toolchain. Longevity and importance should warrant doing it. Cheers!


I haven't signed in to my Google account since browser install but I still see it in StackOveflow.


Even games, epitome of performance, have 5 levels of abstraction (including your 4, 5, 6 + an engine layer + game code). This isn't new in GPU/Graphics programming IMHO.


Huge +1, same for me, but with GNU Emacs instead of neovim but can completely appreciate the philosophy.


I don't think a sentence in a big report page is counted as touting.


Sure, there are always exceptions but they're only that, exceptions.


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