"Would you like to try the digestive tract remapping first? It's a lot less invasive, but, if it doesn't work you'll be depressed the entire time you're making a mess of yourself."
Today is the day that florianwueest learns that "spoken language" is actually a really controversial topic lol Seriously though, I bet finishing up this project felt great, then posting it to HackerNews was a huge…
the point here being: the perception of being surveilled by "language police" on its own is either anxiety inducing or the result of an existing anxious disposition. The actual act of "language policing" is also going…
RIP. Likely the Platonic Ideal of an abrasive programmer. I'd put mid 00s Linus Torvalds as the apotheosis. Despite being an incredibly abrasive person, he has left a mark on history.
literally right there in the comment. "swore at regularly". Anyways, I definitely agree that swearing isn't the same as abrasive, but swearing at people is definitely an abrasive trait. Also agree that some of the…
"Oh, THEY are policing my language. THEY are watching everything I say!" You're reading the idea of language policing as some actual thing, like people are hanging over someone watching every word they say. It certainly…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281... It's really not a big leap, though. People who are afraid of violating a code of conduct because they're "under the watch of language police" are basically…
The best programmers I've worked with swore at their coworkers regularly, but never in their code. They were not great people, and I'd happily kick them in the face if I would encounter no legal or professional…
I honestly can't tell if you're an arts supporter writing satire, or a bean counter who is serious.
... you completely missed the relevant part with the "1999" part. The relevant part is the "2012" part. Things used to get better, do more, and faster. The last 15 years, the "do more" part has been less and less…
so, I can't reply to your latest message because it's too far down but... Let me just hop on my wifi and browse the web. Lets do it on a computer from 1999. 2000. 2001. 2002. 2003. 2004. 2005. 2006. 2007. 2008... etc,…
Sure does. Does the switch to 64 bit slow things down enough to explain what happened between Windows 2000 and XP? Does the operating system have to support virtual machines? Seems easy enough to install vmware then run…
Windows 2000 was peak Windows, minus security. Security is miles and miles better today. Nothing will change my mind about this, ever. It's been downhill since then.
And once that hardware is selected for a given range of vehicles, it's literally impossible to change. Updates to some parts of the software stack are also basically impossible at a certain point.
ah, there is some regulatory oversight and there's awareness of the safety aspects. Not much, but, there is some. After working on infotainment, I'm doing my best to avoid purchasing a car with an infotainment system. I…
I worked on an infotainment system some years back. Trust me: we hated the response times more than you do, and I'm sure you hate them a lot. There were, and are, layers and layers of issues leading to it.
You can have perfect crypto on your devices, and great operations, and your messages can still be intercepted several ways. The feds are almost never in a rush. If they want you, they'll get you. If they want you…
You're not wrong, or the other half of the Lebowski quote, honestly. It's just going to be another one of the recent (~15 years back) technology items that are pushing the general public toward transparent lives. I…
Just imagine this as a subscription service. Lovely! When a loved one dies, you donate their cellphone and provide delegated access to their messages to their social media, and allow a LLM to train. Now, it's a…
Yes, it is. And in a grocery store, how is a product handled when it comes in on a shipment and doesn't match the previous shipments and/or bills of lading? By a person, in every single grocery store everywhere on the…
It's armchair quarterbacking, for sure. Nobody at Amazon is going to read some random news article, even if they are here slacking at work, and say "That's the ticket! Lets do that!" They either fix it, or they don't.
Not to be argumentative, but... that's the second option. Algorithmic. The initial implementation would be simple. One point, two points, three points. Then, some categories turn out to have significant change…
I can't reply to the deeper comments, so I'll reply here. The "store branded" products are also sometimes the exact same stuff, but they pay less (or the premium brands pay a premium) to have "first run" rights. That…
MD in your 30s, early 30s especially, is possible. Some schools happily accept nontrad applicants, and most will take you if you have a strong background and clear interest. Now, starting down the MD in your late 40s?…
It consumes sugar and creates carbon dioxide. I know this might seem facetious, but I'm actually curious... are the greenhouse emissions lower?
"Would you like to try the digestive tract remapping first? It's a lot less invasive, but, if it doesn't work you'll be depressed the entire time you're making a mess of yourself."
Today is the day that florianwueest learns that "spoken language" is actually a really controversial topic lol Seriously though, I bet finishing up this project felt great, then posting it to HackerNews was a huge…
the point here being: the perception of being surveilled by "language police" on its own is either anxiety inducing or the result of an existing anxious disposition. The actual act of "language policing" is also going…
RIP. Likely the Platonic Ideal of an abrasive programmer. I'd put mid 00s Linus Torvalds as the apotheosis. Despite being an incredibly abrasive person, he has left a mark on history.
literally right there in the comment. "swore at regularly". Anyways, I definitely agree that swearing isn't the same as abrasive, but swearing at people is definitely an abrasive trait. Also agree that some of the…
"Oh, THEY are policing my language. THEY are watching everything I say!" You're reading the idea of language policing as some actual thing, like people are hanging over someone watching every word they say. It certainly…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187704281... It's really not a big leap, though. People who are afraid of violating a code of conduct because they're "under the watch of language police" are basically…
The best programmers I've worked with swore at their coworkers regularly, but never in their code. They were not great people, and I'd happily kick them in the face if I would encounter no legal or professional…
I honestly can't tell if you're an arts supporter writing satire, or a bean counter who is serious.
... you completely missed the relevant part with the "1999" part. The relevant part is the "2012" part. Things used to get better, do more, and faster. The last 15 years, the "do more" part has been less and less…
so, I can't reply to your latest message because it's too far down but... Let me just hop on my wifi and browse the web. Lets do it on a computer from 1999. 2000. 2001. 2002. 2003. 2004. 2005. 2006. 2007. 2008... etc,…
Sure does. Does the switch to 64 bit slow things down enough to explain what happened between Windows 2000 and XP? Does the operating system have to support virtual machines? Seems easy enough to install vmware then run…
Windows 2000 was peak Windows, minus security. Security is miles and miles better today. Nothing will change my mind about this, ever. It's been downhill since then.
And once that hardware is selected for a given range of vehicles, it's literally impossible to change. Updates to some parts of the software stack are also basically impossible at a certain point.
ah, there is some regulatory oversight and there's awareness of the safety aspects. Not much, but, there is some. After working on infotainment, I'm doing my best to avoid purchasing a car with an infotainment system. I…
I worked on an infotainment system some years back. Trust me: we hated the response times more than you do, and I'm sure you hate them a lot. There were, and are, layers and layers of issues leading to it.
You can have perfect crypto on your devices, and great operations, and your messages can still be intercepted several ways. The feds are almost never in a rush. If they want you, they'll get you. If they want you…
You're not wrong, or the other half of the Lebowski quote, honestly. It's just going to be another one of the recent (~15 years back) technology items that are pushing the general public toward transparent lives. I…
Just imagine this as a subscription service. Lovely! When a loved one dies, you donate their cellphone and provide delegated access to their messages to their social media, and allow a LLM to train. Now, it's a…
Yes, it is. And in a grocery store, how is a product handled when it comes in on a shipment and doesn't match the previous shipments and/or bills of lading? By a person, in every single grocery store everywhere on the…
It's armchair quarterbacking, for sure. Nobody at Amazon is going to read some random news article, even if they are here slacking at work, and say "That's the ticket! Lets do that!" They either fix it, or they don't.
Not to be argumentative, but... that's the second option. Algorithmic. The initial implementation would be simple. One point, two points, three points. Then, some categories turn out to have significant change…
I can't reply to the deeper comments, so I'll reply here. The "store branded" products are also sometimes the exact same stuff, but they pay less (or the premium brands pay a premium) to have "first run" rights. That…
MD in your 30s, early 30s especially, is possible. Some schools happily accept nontrad applicants, and most will take you if you have a strong background and clear interest. Now, starting down the MD in your late 40s?…
It consumes sugar and creates carbon dioxide. I know this might seem facetious, but I'm actually curious... are the greenhouse emissions lower?