There are new hybrids available for $30k. There are new vehicles available for $22k. There are reasonable used vehicles available for $10k. The problem with the Slate isn't that cheaper vehicles exist. The problem with…
I completely agree. A base Prius is $30k. A base Kia Niro is $27k. Those are hybrids and not EV's, but 50+mpg is not bad. Those also come with power windows and many other features and creature comforts that the Slate…
This is nitpicky (and it supports your point, I'm not arguing): Colocated data centers became a commodity decades ago. Currently they are a scarce commodity that's in high demand, but I agree with you that this will…
During his tenure, yes. Volcker remains famous among finance nerds, because it turns out he was right. He caused a recession and risked his own job, but in doing so he successfully reigned in runaway inflation. While…
Just in case this isn't hyperbole, no. It means an LLM should not be given that much privilege and that you are responsible for reviewing the tool's output and approving its actions.
Eh, separation of concerns. Given NASA's PR budget, it seems reasonable that they should be able to produce quality launch coverage. The many people involved in safely launching a rocket are not responsible for…
He was a talented con artist. While I don't have the link offhand, I recall reading an in-depth article the New York Times published on Epstein's rise. He gained connections first by exaggerating his own credentials,…
This is true in the USA where motorcycles are expensive toys. When I visit India, most motorcycles on the road seem to be very quiet in comparison. The constant sound of horns is more annoying than the engine noise.
> It can refactor very well but that's it. Can it though? I thought it was most useful for writing new code, but have so far never had it correctly refactor existing code. Its refactoring attempts usually change…
I'm somewhat convinced this is already a thing. It would explain some of the meeting notices I get.
The 5 little fans are on high while the box fan is on low. The box fan is capable of much higher airflow, but the objection is noise. The PC case fans have been specifically designed to be as quiet as possible. The…
In some orgs the move to the cloud was driven by accountants. In my org it was driven by lawyers. With GDPR on the horizon and murmurs of other data privacy laws that might (but didn't) require data to be stored in that…
Part of the difference might be our obsession with sugary foods and drink. There are several different kinds of wasps here. Paper wasps and mud daubers are not all that aggressive and you can ignore them, unless you…
I wholeheartedly disagree. Grocery stores in the US are typically much larger than grocery stores abroad. A Kroger, Publix, Piggly Wiggly, Schnuck's, or HyVee will typically have just as many healthy food options as a…
I agree with both these points, though I'm much more willing to check a bag when traveling on vacation than when traveling on business. If I were to lose a bag on vacation there wouldn't be the same consequences. On…
I'm in a similar minority - I simply don't understand Gaudi's visions. Touring another building he designed left me in a similar state of confusion. His work strikes me as kitschy and impractical. The trick lighting is…
Ditto! It reminded me of the time in college when I built a Beowulf cluster from recently-retired Pentium II desktops. Was it fast? No. But that wasn't the point. I was learning about distributed computing.
No issues browsing or playing media on Mint XFCE, but I'm not using Flatpak. On old hardware (~10 year old laptop with a Core i5-5200u and integrated graphics), I do have trouble with Google Video calls lagging. This…
At my current (non-tech) company, someone in our C-suite has a very similarly controlled, low energy, slightly stilted vibe. If you get to know him, he's a ME with fantastic technical chops. He was pushed into a…
That is not specific to 32-bit system architectures. The 2038 problem is specific to timestamps that are represented as milliseconds since the Unix epoch and are stored in a 32-bit integer. It's quite possible (and…
Indeed, I remember having to insert a dedicated 5 1/4" floppy in order to run spell check in Apple Writer on an Apple ][e.
IIRC the largest speed difference was caused by Active Desktop. Windows 98 burned a "lot" of memory and clock cycles in order to view dynamic content inside Explorer. Back in the day there used to be custom builds of…
It turns out there are two filters; the fishiness as determined by the UI layer must be separate from the content moderation filters on the backend. I've also had a couple fish that the UI thought were acceptable but…
Traffic in India is a different beast. Your calculation assumes each person is in a separate car, but that is not common. Many people travel on motorcycles or mopeds, often with multiple people on each. Motorized…
Productivity apps would be MS Office, yes, as well as separately-purchased licenses for Publisher (and I'm sure there were several other apps at the time). I do not know whether this category would include Visual C++ or…
There are new hybrids available for $30k. There are new vehicles available for $22k. There are reasonable used vehicles available for $10k. The problem with the Slate isn't that cheaper vehicles exist. The problem with…
I completely agree. A base Prius is $30k. A base Kia Niro is $27k. Those are hybrids and not EV's, but 50+mpg is not bad. Those also come with power windows and many other features and creature comforts that the Slate…
This is nitpicky (and it supports your point, I'm not arguing): Colocated data centers became a commodity decades ago. Currently they are a scarce commodity that's in high demand, but I agree with you that this will…
During his tenure, yes. Volcker remains famous among finance nerds, because it turns out he was right. He caused a recession and risked his own job, but in doing so he successfully reigned in runaway inflation. While…
Just in case this isn't hyperbole, no. It means an LLM should not be given that much privilege and that you are responsible for reviewing the tool's output and approving its actions.
Eh, separation of concerns. Given NASA's PR budget, it seems reasonable that they should be able to produce quality launch coverage. The many people involved in safely launching a rocket are not responsible for…
He was a talented con artist. While I don't have the link offhand, I recall reading an in-depth article the New York Times published on Epstein's rise. He gained connections first by exaggerating his own credentials,…
This is true in the USA where motorcycles are expensive toys. When I visit India, most motorcycles on the road seem to be very quiet in comparison. The constant sound of horns is more annoying than the engine noise.
> It can refactor very well but that's it. Can it though? I thought it was most useful for writing new code, but have so far never had it correctly refactor existing code. Its refactoring attempts usually change…
I'm somewhat convinced this is already a thing. It would explain some of the meeting notices I get.
The 5 little fans are on high while the box fan is on low. The box fan is capable of much higher airflow, but the objection is noise. The PC case fans have been specifically designed to be as quiet as possible. The…
In some orgs the move to the cloud was driven by accountants. In my org it was driven by lawyers. With GDPR on the horizon and murmurs of other data privacy laws that might (but didn't) require data to be stored in that…
Part of the difference might be our obsession with sugary foods and drink. There are several different kinds of wasps here. Paper wasps and mud daubers are not all that aggressive and you can ignore them, unless you…
I wholeheartedly disagree. Grocery stores in the US are typically much larger than grocery stores abroad. A Kroger, Publix, Piggly Wiggly, Schnuck's, or HyVee will typically have just as many healthy food options as a…
I agree with both these points, though I'm much more willing to check a bag when traveling on vacation than when traveling on business. If I were to lose a bag on vacation there wouldn't be the same consequences. On…
I'm in a similar minority - I simply don't understand Gaudi's visions. Touring another building he designed left me in a similar state of confusion. His work strikes me as kitschy and impractical. The trick lighting is…
Ditto! It reminded me of the time in college when I built a Beowulf cluster from recently-retired Pentium II desktops. Was it fast? No. But that wasn't the point. I was learning about distributed computing.
No issues browsing or playing media on Mint XFCE, but I'm not using Flatpak. On old hardware (~10 year old laptop with a Core i5-5200u and integrated graphics), I do have trouble with Google Video calls lagging. This…
At my current (non-tech) company, someone in our C-suite has a very similarly controlled, low energy, slightly stilted vibe. If you get to know him, he's a ME with fantastic technical chops. He was pushed into a…
That is not specific to 32-bit system architectures. The 2038 problem is specific to timestamps that are represented as milliseconds since the Unix epoch and are stored in a 32-bit integer. It's quite possible (and…
Indeed, I remember having to insert a dedicated 5 1/4" floppy in order to run spell check in Apple Writer on an Apple ][e.
IIRC the largest speed difference was caused by Active Desktop. Windows 98 burned a "lot" of memory and clock cycles in order to view dynamic content inside Explorer. Back in the day there used to be custom builds of…
It turns out there are two filters; the fishiness as determined by the UI layer must be separate from the content moderation filters on the backend. I've also had a couple fish that the UI thought were acceptable but…
Traffic in India is a different beast. Your calculation assumes each person is in a separate car, but that is not common. Many people travel on motorcycles or mopeds, often with multiple people on each. Motorized…
Productivity apps would be MS Office, yes, as well as separately-purchased licenses for Publisher (and I'm sure there were several other apps at the time). I do not know whether this category would include Visual C++ or…