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Good developers learn to program. Most courses teach a language. by EvilGenius
A junior who learns programming as "describe what you want to a model and accept what comes back" is learning to be a translator at one further remove from the machine. They are not getting closer to programming. They are getting further from it, with prettier intermediate output.
If you’re starting now-
Pick one language and go deep. The kind of deep where you have shipped a non-trivial thing in it, maintained it for a year, and fixed bugs in it that were caused by past-you being wrong about how the runtime worked. Tutorial-deep does not count. Then pick a second language that is structurally different from the first. C# and Python is a useful pair. C and JavaScript is a sharper one. The contrast is the point. What you are looking for is the part that is the same across both, because that is the part that is actually programming.
Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price by Emma Roth
The cheapest Mac Mini now costs $799 as a result, offering 512GB of storage and Apple’s M4 processor. With the AI-driven RAM shortage squeezing suppliers across the globe, many device makers are either raising the prices of their products or have stopped selling certain models completely.
Thanks AI.
I was looking to buy a new Mac. I had bought a 256GB model ~ 6 years back. I would buy a model with more storage now.
Let’s see when (if) this stops or reverses course.
Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead by Hayden Field
Microsoft will remain OpenAI’s “primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first on Azure, unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities.” But OpenAI can “now serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider.” That lets OpenAI pursue its goals of courting enterprise customers as it reportedly prepares to go public — opening the door to working with Amazon or Google, for instance, and attempting to relieve restraints on its compute that have led to spats with Microsoft. Microsoft appears to still receive a cut of revenue from these outside agreements.
No more AGI requirement in the deal either.
Finland rebrands: 'Making happiness happen'
In the strategy, we underscore that Finland's happiness is built on trust, equality, freedom and a society that works. While Finland is not a perfect country, it stands out internationally by, for example, giving people the space to live life on their own terms. These are the messages we want to share about Finland with the world," Mikko Koivumaa, the board's chair, said in the release.
Every year when Finland is declared the happiest nation on the planet, there is this counter argument about Finland’s problems. There are problems of course, Finland is not a perfect country, but the happiness index measures different things.
It makes sense to lean into this branding. With Indians, for example, I have been seeing a lot of celebrities making a trip to Rovaniemi. We could draw in more people.
Cook has transformed Apple in his own image. The company is much more predictable now than it ever was, or could have been, under Jobs. It now runs on an annual schedule that can be printed on a calendar. There is far less drama, and no scandal. And there is seemingly no drama, at all, in this particular transition, despite the incredibly high stakes and the (justifiably) large egos in Apple’s leadership team. Cook inherited the greatest company in the world. He’s handing it over to Ternus in even better shape than what Jobs handed to him. Even the timing of the announcement and the transition, on Apple’s annual calendar, seems perfect. Cook oversees one last WWDC in June, then Ternus takes the helm on the cusp of Apple’s announcement of new iPhones in September. It’s hard to imagine a more orderly, confidence-inspiring, exciting-but-not-at-all-surprising, this-feels-right way to do this.
Cook will be stepping down as CEO and become chairman. Ternus will be new CEO. Srouji will be the new chief of hardware - which seems like a new made up position. Kind of reminds me of how Jony Ive was chief of design. Hopefully it does not blow up similarly.
