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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: I tried Vibe coding in BASIC and it didn't go well either
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:29:42 -0800
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:50:34 +0000
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> The code looks workable, if inefficient (LDA #0; STA blah; LDA #0;
> STA blah2 for example), but it seems to think that one byte can hold
> an x-coordinate of 0..279!

Stochastic parrots can do nothing but mimic patterns according to
probability data and do not actually understand anything, film at 11.