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How do we tell him ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by devilish666@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I get the joke.

But if, like me, you actually feel this here's how I got away from it: make sure you actually understand things.

Read the error message over and over again, look up the words, understand what it is saying.

If something isn't working, start reading the code and making sure you understand what each line is doing.

It will feel incredibly slow and painful at first. Eventually you will strengthen those.muscles, however, and it'll become second nature.

Then you can cut and paste with confidence! 🤣

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There are still some errors where you just need to know the fix. In that case it's a baseball bat.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or just filling the paper tray (that's what the error means)

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Filling the paper tray with US Letter sized paper. If you aren't in the US, you don't use it and might not even be able to buy any.

[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Additionally, don't copy and paste anything until you understand it. If you don't understand what code golf is being spewed, don't take the top answer. If you don't understand any answer, you probably don't understand the underlying systems well enough and need to re-evaluate what your asking for.

[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

The only difference between a novice and a professional is that a professional checks what they are copying to understand it first before allowing it into their codebase.

Novices copy code to avoid having to understand it. Professionals copy code to avoid reinventing the wheel.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ChatGPT is making me better because I've learned not to fucking trust it and double check everything it spits out to ensure its actually doing what's asked of it.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I use it to help me lay out pseudo code and check it against what I come up with. It has made the way I structure things (and comment on things) way better.