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So, most low level functions that enumerate the files in a directory return a structure that contains the file data from each file. Including size. You already have it in memory.

Your brilliant AI calls another low level function to get the file size on the file name. (also did worse stuff but let's not go into details).

Do you call reading the file size from the in memory structure that you already have a speed optimization? I call it common sense.

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miningape 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Yep exactly, LLMs blunder over the most simple nonsense and just leaves a mess in their wake. This isn't a mistake you could make if you actually understood what the library is doing / is returning.

It's so funny how these AI bros make excuse after excuse for glaring issues rather than just accept AI doesn't actually understand what it's doing (not even considering it's faster to just write good quality code on the first try).

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nottorp 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The "AI" are useful for one thing. I had no idea what functions to use to scan a directory in a native C++ Windows application. Nor that they introduced an abstraction in C++ 2017?. They all work the same (needless fs access should be avoided no matter the OS) but it did give me the names*.

Stuff that google search from 10 years ago would have done without pretending it's "AI". But not google search from this year.

* it wasn't able to simply list the fields of the returned structure that contained a directory entry. But since it gave me the name, i was able to look it up via plain search.

	▲	miningape 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah I find myself doing that too, use the AI to generate a bunch of names I can put into google to find a good answer. I also think if google hadn't gotten as sh*t as it has AI wouldn't be nearly as useful to most people.

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bdhcuidbebe 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It's so funny how these AI bros make excuse after excuse for glaring issues rather than just accept AI doesn't actually understand what it's doing

Its less funny when you realize how few of these people even have experience reading and writing code.

They just see code on screen, trust the machine and proclaim victory.