Gadzooks! I must launch my homelab into LEO, stat!! Quick <local LLM>, start me a space program!
> Surprisingly, I haven’t found a solid answer. God, what a good pun.
I agree, organisational creep can kneecap a lot of different projects. However it's my (mostly vibes-based) opinion that it impacts software more than most. Imo, disciplines with more stability benefit from knowing how…
Ah I see. Yeah looks like it's pretty much just RCS for cars. Space landing systems are pretty well understood from the rocketry side afaik. The hard parts seem to really be around autonomous landing site selection…
Unfortunately, it's impossible for us to verify what parts of the demo are real. Is it full scale? Did they use assisting technologies (e.g. a wire rig)? Is anything repeatable, or are the components one-and-done? The…
It's only incredible engineering once it performs in the hands of buyers. It's an incredible demo until then.
I feel like it's also crazy irresponsible to sell this deathtrap to the public, since it's pretty much guaranteed buyers will joyride this on public roads. - The cold-gas only version will shotgun debris into onlookers,…
Very cool stuff but all the "extra-terrestrial" stuff is complete bunk. This thing wouldn't survive Max-Q, let alone any kind of landing that isn't on a clean slab of concrete. It's a cool rich person toy, no other…
I'm happy to admit I don't really know what I'm talking about with this bug, however the ability to leak memory is pretty demonstrable, no? The OP's example of using a global cache with Drop seems a bit gross... but…
Took me a good couple minutes to wrap my head around. Man, what a nasty bug. I guess this specific use-case is rare. Time to see if any of the big libs are affected...
I'd assume that most datacenters use evaporative cooling, since it does consume water directly and is pretty cheap. Some web searches on the topic were swamped with companies trying to pitch their solutions (as if I'm…
I wouldn't be surprised if many of the motorsport software engineers you mention come from mechatronic/electronic/aero backgrounds. Don't get me wrong, I've seen an analog electronic engineer perform software wonders;…
With something safety-critical like an ECU, I'd be surprised if they left formal proof out of their software design and testing. This would make unexpected hardware behaviour much more likely imo. I guess I'd get around…
I agree with your first paragraph, a majority of corporate programming jobs probably suck. However I'm not convinced that AI will reduce demand for these positions to in a major way. It will instead change the required…
Comparing programmers to farriers is definitely strange on the surface. However I think it's quite unfair to reject the authors premise due to the ephemeral nature of some software. And I think it's downright arrogant…
What, it's a good analogy for this audience. I know enough to have an opinion though. You'll never see me using a thread to locate a part. And I know taste isn't the only difference between red and blue loctite! If you…
I agree that any military on equal standing would blast the SR71++ to smithereens. But how many wars does the US fight against equals? And on the reconnaissance side, there are pros and cons to satellites. They're hard…
Agreed, I can't imagine much scientific/engineering value that NASA would get from restarting the SR-71A by itself. that there's an easier way to simulate the Blackbird's flight characteristics without having to magic…
Not a mechanical engineer here, but I reckon close to a decade would be pretty realistic for full operational restoration. Even a small amount of lost critical maintenance knowledge could cost the whole airframe. I'd…
This is a bit surprising to me, considering how much AI companies love to hoard data. Especially since some of these ad companies are direct competitors! My best guess is that these ad mechanisms are a bit rushed and/or…
Please educate me on what other options are viable for keeping kids off social media.
This "ban all kids" kind of take is bananas to me. It implies you either A) believe we should trust famously secure and benevolent tech companies with government ID or B) believe parents have the time or technical…
Mostly vast amounts of sexism, but I also see racism, antisemitism and islamophobia waaay too much. The 'isms' tend to glom onto certain posts and go nuts. Algorithmic feeds at their finest, I guess.
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It's a bit frustrating to see this video immediately sniped while Meta continues to host some of the most insidious content on the internet. It actually scares me that kids can read IG comment sections.
Gadzooks! I must launch my homelab into LEO, stat!! Quick <local LLM>, start me a space program!
> Surprisingly, I haven’t found a solid answer. God, what a good pun.
I agree, organisational creep can kneecap a lot of different projects. However it's my (mostly vibes-based) opinion that it impacts software more than most. Imo, disciplines with more stability benefit from knowing how…
Ah I see. Yeah looks like it's pretty much just RCS for cars. Space landing systems are pretty well understood from the rocketry side afaik. The hard parts seem to really be around autonomous landing site selection…
Unfortunately, it's impossible for us to verify what parts of the demo are real. Is it full scale? Did they use assisting technologies (e.g. a wire rig)? Is anything repeatable, or are the components one-and-done? The…
It's only incredible engineering once it performs in the hands of buyers. It's an incredible demo until then.
I feel like it's also crazy irresponsible to sell this deathtrap to the public, since it's pretty much guaranteed buyers will joyride this on public roads. - The cold-gas only version will shotgun debris into onlookers,…
Very cool stuff but all the "extra-terrestrial" stuff is complete bunk. This thing wouldn't survive Max-Q, let alone any kind of landing that isn't on a clean slab of concrete. It's a cool rich person toy, no other…
I'm happy to admit I don't really know what I'm talking about with this bug, however the ability to leak memory is pretty demonstrable, no? The OP's example of using a global cache with Drop seems a bit gross... but…
Took me a good couple minutes to wrap my head around. Man, what a nasty bug. I guess this specific use-case is rare. Time to see if any of the big libs are affected...
I'd assume that most datacenters use evaporative cooling, since it does consume water directly and is pretty cheap. Some web searches on the topic were swamped with companies trying to pitch their solutions (as if I'm…
I wouldn't be surprised if many of the motorsport software engineers you mention come from mechatronic/electronic/aero backgrounds. Don't get me wrong, I've seen an analog electronic engineer perform software wonders;…
With something safety-critical like an ECU, I'd be surprised if they left formal proof out of their software design and testing. This would make unexpected hardware behaviour much more likely imo. I guess I'd get around…
I agree with your first paragraph, a majority of corporate programming jobs probably suck. However I'm not convinced that AI will reduce demand for these positions to in a major way. It will instead change the required…
Comparing programmers to farriers is definitely strange on the surface. However I think it's quite unfair to reject the authors premise due to the ephemeral nature of some software. And I think it's downright arrogant…
What, it's a good analogy for this audience. I know enough to have an opinion though. You'll never see me using a thread to locate a part. And I know taste isn't the only difference between red and blue loctite! If you…
I agree that any military on equal standing would blast the SR71++ to smithereens. But how many wars does the US fight against equals? And on the reconnaissance side, there are pros and cons to satellites. They're hard…
Agreed, I can't imagine much scientific/engineering value that NASA would get from restarting the SR-71A by itself. that there's an easier way to simulate the Blackbird's flight characteristics without having to magic…
Not a mechanical engineer here, but I reckon close to a decade would be pretty realistic for full operational restoration. Even a small amount of lost critical maintenance knowledge could cost the whole airframe. I'd…
This is a bit surprising to me, considering how much AI companies love to hoard data. Especially since some of these ad companies are direct competitors! My best guess is that these ad mechanisms are a bit rushed and/or…
Please educate me on what other options are viable for keeping kids off social media.
This "ban all kids" kind of take is bananas to me. It implies you either A) believe we should trust famously secure and benevolent tech companies with government ID or B) believe parents have the time or technical…
Mostly vast amounts of sexism, but I also see racism, antisemitism and islamophobia waaay too much. The 'isms' tend to glom onto certain posts and go nuts. Algorithmic feeds at their finest, I guess.
You can enable viewing dead comments in your settings.
It's a bit frustrating to see this video immediately sniped while Meta continues to host some of the most insidious content on the internet. It actually scares me that kids can read IG comment sections.