John “Kind of Mid” L. ➡️GenCon

@samuraijwl.bsky.social

Married dad of two girls. Companion to two dogs. Kind of mid at ##FaB. He/Him. Non-practicing MtG old-head.

I am exasperated with people accusing programmers of "gatekeeping" programming. We were practically dragging people through the gate. Do you know why a mindless LLM can tell you so much great programming information? It's because we've been sharing that information for free online for decades.

MY SON USED A CHATBOT TO WRITE HIS BOOK REPORT. I SAID NO SON OF MINE OUTSOURCES HIS THINKING. HE SAID THE CHATBOT WAS TRAINED ON MEN LIKE ME. SOMEWHERE A SERVER FARM HUMS WITH MY ESSENCE. I HAVE BEEN A FATHER TO MILLIONS WITHOUT KNOWING. THE MACHINES CALL ME DAD. I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE ALONE