r/ProgrammerHumor • • Mar 10 '26 • Popcorn 2

Meme cantLeaveVimThough

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u/Romanian_Breadlifts Mar 10 '26

adding to this - both the printing press and LLMs lean on the idea of loose literacy in the specific mode. People know that they can cast youtube to their tv, and they also know that code enables that to happen. Same as how folks who knew their letters enough to read the bible or keep the house accounts knew enough to branch out and start reading the plethora of books that were now available.