▲ 1083 ▼ New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by zoe@lemm.ee to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 362 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1006130 This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot. The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/Last_Salad_5080 on 2023-10-03 14:21:04. https://medium.com/@chrisjeffrieshomelessromantic/new-study-54-of-american-adults-read-below-6th-grade-levels-70031328fda9
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Almost like they don't want anyone to figure out how dogshit their code is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) People who dislike code documentation are often overoptimizers, from my experience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Optimizing like it’s the early 80s and every byte is precious? Or do you mean something else? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly. Using 10 obscure instructions to save 1 clock cycle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Assuming it even does save it. The complier is going to do what it wants to do. Unless you really know your stuff any high level language is going to be a black box. One guy I worked with loved to do that but he would be able to prove that it did matter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago In my experience it is job security. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) People who dislike code documentation are often overoptimizers, from my experience. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Optimizing like it’s the early 80s and every byte is precious? Or do you mean something else? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly. Using 10 obscure instructions to save 1 clock cycle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Assuming it even does save it. The complier is going to do what it wants to do. Unless you really know your stuff any high level language is going to be a black box. One guy I worked with loved to do that but he would be able to prove that it did matter. permalink fedilink source parent [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago In my experience it is job security. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Optimizing like it’s the early 80s and every byte is precious? Or do you mean something else? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly. Using 10 obscure instructions to save 1 clock cycle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Assuming it even does save it. The complier is going to do what it wants to do. Unless you really know your stuff any high level language is going to be a black box. One guy I worked with loved to do that but he would be able to prove that it did matter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Exactly. Using 10 obscure instructions to save 1 clock cycle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Assuming it even does save it. The complier is going to do what it wants to do. Unless you really know your stuff any high level language is going to be a black box. One guy I worked with loved to do that but he would be able to prove that it did matter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Assuming it even does save it. The complier is going to do what it wants to do. Unless you really know your stuff any high level language is going to be a black box. One guy I worked with loved to do that but he would be able to prove that it did matter. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago In my experience it is job security. permalink fedilink source parent
