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       Subvocalization: Toward Hearing the Inner Thoughts of Developers
       (2011) [pdf]
        
       Author : faqriansyah
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2025-10-27 10:14 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | adamzwasserman wrote:
       | If only we could convert it into auto generated comments...
       | 
       | But then, maybe not!
        
       | oe wrote:
       | It's mostly just WTF repeated over and over again
        
         | hinkley wrote:
         | WTF, what, fuck, fuck me, oh shit, goddamnit <developer with
         | too high an IQ to consistently write such shitty code>, fuck
         | this, I need coffee for this
         | 
         | Occasionally balanced against:
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         | "Awwww yiss, motherfuckin' breadcrumbs", or "damn I'm good"
        
         | mike_ivanov wrote:
         | I worked with a (very nice and smart) dude who would angrily
         | shout "CRAP!" every few minutes while working on his XUL-based
         | project. I guess, that would teach LLMs a thing or two.
        
       | nickpinkston wrote:
       | Subvocal mics seem like such a killer app for an AI input device
       | - just think and listen to your AI respond through your Airpods.
       | 
       | I've haven't seen anything that looks truly "working" yet other
       | than some hand wavey demos, so I imagine it must be hard to go
       | from sensing to words.
       | 
       | Anyone have any recent news on this?
        
         | germinalphrase wrote:
         | I tried to do a little digging recently, and didn't find much
         | outside of 2000-2015. I agree with you though, and would jump
         | at the opportunity to work on that project.
        
       | annoyingnoob wrote:
       | Trust me, you don't want to see in there.
        
         | hinkley wrote:
         | Aging myself horribly, I used to mutter an old Garrett Morris
         | SNL skit, when I was on my last nerve, and despair was reaching
         | the level of misanthropy, feeling that all developers
         | everywhere were put here on earth with the specific goal to
         | make me miserable:                  I'm gonna git me a shotgun,
         | and shoot all the whiteys I see.
        
       | someguy90210 wrote:
       | While the seemingly never-eroding mystique of wizardry given to
       | developers from non-devs is flattering, I'm not sure there isn't
       | the same distribution of psychological traits across other
       | technical fields requiring lots of problem solving.
       | 
       | My pattern of thinking is basically: keep loading context in my
       | mind until enough is accumulated and I'm able to solve the
       | problem, re-assessing assumptions and redirecting focus as
       | necessary.
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       | Or, "What the fuck? <git blame> What the fuck were you thinking
       | when you wrote this? Nothing? I bet it was nothing, you dumb
       | feckless piece of dog shit. God dammit I hate you. <smoke break>"
        
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