this is a general convention in technical documentation as well

I really want Google to launch a Claude Code/OpenAI Codex CLI alternative. also if they included a small VM in one of these subscriptions I'd seriously consider it!

They are working on it: https://jules.google/

I got the feeling Jules was targeted at Web (ala Github) PR workflows. Is it not?

The Claude Code UX is nice imo, but i didn't get the impression Jules is that.

At Google, our PR flow and editing is all done in web based tools. Except for the nerds who like vi.

people don't use local editors? it's weird to lock people into workflows like that

Damn... you guys don't use proper text editors?

It’s absolutely garbage. I was annoyed because there’s a lot of hype on Reddit.

> Firstly, there’s the environmental impact. Models require massive amounts of electricity and water (to cool servers). An AI chatbot contributes more to the climate crisis than a Google search.

I really dislike the "people should be better and use less energy" argument for solving macro-problems like this

> My naive optimism led me to believe that technology would help us fight climate change. I was wrong: AI and Crypto are net negatives in this regard.

...why? why would technology that specifically requires a lot of energy help "fight climate change"?

this entirely article is missing any point to me -- it's very vague and speaking in generalities.

> “If you’re going to use generative tools powered by large language models, don’t pretend you don’t know how your sausage is made.”

why? if you generate code with a LLM, then read and deeply understand the code, what's wrong?

> I can’t help but feel the web would be a better place if the technology had never existed in the first place.

if we didn't invent the wheel, we wouldn't have so many cars/trucks polluting the planet

You do realise most cryptocurrencies aren’t PoW, so your point is living in the past, man!

Only the one big pow coin matters tho. Turns out, PoS coins are worthless!

I also dislike energy frugality arguments. They come from a Luddite place. A civilization is defined by its energy usage. Let’s be advanced civilization.

what do you mean worthless? I'd say the opposite - Bitcoin does nothing... it just sits there looking pretty, this vs all newer blockchains that can actually run programs... we even have smart contracts running MIPS emulators for production use!

... get Bitcoin to do 3% of what ANY PoS blockchain could do.

I'm witnessing...something!

how long is an age?

We're living in the information age. Not sure when or what the next age will be, but you get the idea.

Pretty sure we’ve already made it to the disinformation age.

in the tolkien legendarium they may be over 3000 years.

a year (probably)?

Herodotus, the famously accurate historian

y is this on the front page

we basically use the same as above, but for reviews. you can use AI to help with reviews, but you're signing off when you approve the PR