I cannot disagree, but many who should know better do. I have seen people argue with a straight face that there are no copyright concerns simply because of the sheer volume of the data that LLMs are trained on. This…
> I wonder. I didn't, and still don't, but now I wonder why you wonder.
Yes, I see you have produced a very small (re)tort, but arguably have used it well.
It's kind of a useful distinction, but the categories are really blurry. For example, the layout software vendors provide a solution that both uses non-determinism in their final product, and also checks the results…
> I would say [whether nondeterminism is bad] is unambiguously defined by the problem you're solving. Sure. You gave an example where it can work. Another example is something like a PCB or chip layout engine. That…
As others have discussed, people argue for many reasons, ego being one of them. I didn't really understand this. I grew up before the internet, and I have ADHD, which essentially means I have limited working memory. One…
Non-determinism is not inherently bad. We have had useful non-deterministic tools for (in computer years) several generations. Non-determinism combined with bugginess? That's a terrible combination. It is impossible to…
> that’s true of all agile practices Which is what, honestly, makes the term essentially meaningless. To the extent that parts of agile are and have always been "best practices" we already had a term for those.
The useful core idea of "shift left" is early collaboration between development and various testing functions. But, again, that was being done in many organizations (and for sure, in most successful chip companies) well…
> The fact that short iterations adding features incrementally leads to better outcomes for software project is something professionals have known and argued for since the 1960s. And practiced by software professionals…
On the one hand, maybe it matters, because most people won't go to the trouble to sue, and suing the store doesn't really address the root cause anyway. On the other hand, maybe it doesn't matter, because if this were…
On the one hand, I agree. On the other hand, like a lot of other good ideas, the agile community has claimed this. A quick google will show that many claim it is a "core agile idea."
> You've typically got to be a big customer, of course. Yes, if you're a big enough customer, you might essentially be part of the design team. > Sharing simulations and prototypes and engineering samples can and does…
> Well he makes software and writes about software development doesn’t he? Hardware has some hard limitations. Right. > The reason software was even invented at all was precisely to escape those limitations. But the…
(Some) chip companies have jumped on the agile bandwagon for (some) tasks. It's always interesting to read about some chip company or another making some agile move, when the reality is that they were already doing…
Nothing I have read by Kent Beck has ever suggested that he would be useful in a chip company, where lots of people toil for a long period of time in order to produce something that no customer can possibly see until…
> There's something incredibly peaceful about being in the hands of an expert you trust. I want to know if this is a religious thing, or is related to never having had multiple doctors so bad it seemed like they were…
Yeah, the distributed responsibility might make this difficult, but maybe not impossible. Is the disc defective because it doesn't play in a labeled player, or is the player defective because it doesn't play a labeled…
> the biggest question for me is how robust are these designs. Maybe it doesn't matter? I mean, of course it matters. But most of this sort of design space is effectively NP-complete, where the creation starts with a…
Yes. An example of a species so specialized and optimized that it can no longer adapt. Also, an example of POSIWID.
> When your device sees that it is revoked by any disc, it bricks itself. Do you have a citation for that? I don't believe it, partly because I can imagine the sort of class action it would engender. There are reports…
Key revocation only affects future disc releases.
> “detailed information about specific retractions is usually confidential and can only be shared with the relevant authors.” Time for a séance.
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What if you get swept away by an unforeseen surge of water, and want to lower a window to get out? https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/1-yea...
I cannot disagree, but many who should know better do. I have seen people argue with a straight face that there are no copyright concerns simply because of the sheer volume of the data that LLMs are trained on. This…
> I wonder. I didn't, and still don't, but now I wonder why you wonder.
Yes, I see you have produced a very small (re)tort, but arguably have used it well.
It's kind of a useful distinction, but the categories are really blurry. For example, the layout software vendors provide a solution that both uses non-determinism in their final product, and also checks the results…
> I would say [whether nondeterminism is bad] is unambiguously defined by the problem you're solving. Sure. You gave an example where it can work. Another example is something like a PCB or chip layout engine. That…
As others have discussed, people argue for many reasons, ego being one of them. I didn't really understand this. I grew up before the internet, and I have ADHD, which essentially means I have limited working memory. One…
Non-determinism is not inherently bad. We have had useful non-deterministic tools for (in computer years) several generations. Non-determinism combined with bugginess? That's a terrible combination. It is impossible to…
> that’s true of all agile practices Which is what, honestly, makes the term essentially meaningless. To the extent that parts of agile are and have always been "best practices" we already had a term for those.
The useful core idea of "shift left" is early collaboration between development and various testing functions. But, again, that was being done in many organizations (and for sure, in most successful chip companies) well…
> The fact that short iterations adding features incrementally leads to better outcomes for software project is something professionals have known and argued for since the 1960s. And practiced by software professionals…
On the one hand, maybe it matters, because most people won't go to the trouble to sue, and suing the store doesn't really address the root cause anyway. On the other hand, maybe it doesn't matter, because if this were…
On the one hand, I agree. On the other hand, like a lot of other good ideas, the agile community has claimed this. A quick google will show that many claim it is a "core agile idea."
> You've typically got to be a big customer, of course. Yes, if you're a big enough customer, you might essentially be part of the design team. > Sharing simulations and prototypes and engineering samples can and does…
> Well he makes software and writes about software development doesn’t he? Hardware has some hard limitations. Right. > The reason software was even invented at all was precisely to escape those limitations. But the…
(Some) chip companies have jumped on the agile bandwagon for (some) tasks. It's always interesting to read about some chip company or another making some agile move, when the reality is that they were already doing…
Nothing I have read by Kent Beck has ever suggested that he would be useful in a chip company, where lots of people toil for a long period of time in order to produce something that no customer can possibly see until…
> There's something incredibly peaceful about being in the hands of an expert you trust. I want to know if this is a religious thing, or is related to never having had multiple doctors so bad it seemed like they were…
Yeah, the distributed responsibility might make this difficult, but maybe not impossible. Is the disc defective because it doesn't play in a labeled player, or is the player defective because it doesn't play a labeled…
> the biggest question for me is how robust are these designs. Maybe it doesn't matter? I mean, of course it matters. But most of this sort of design space is effectively NP-complete, where the creation starts with a…
Yes. An example of a species so specialized and optimized that it can no longer adapt. Also, an example of POSIWID.
> When your device sees that it is revoked by any disc, it bricks itself. Do you have a citation for that? I don't believe it, partly because I can imagine the sort of class action it would engender. There are reports…
Key revocation only affects future disc releases.
> “detailed information about specific retractions is usually confidential and can only be shared with the relevant authors.” Time for a séance.
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What if you get swept away by an unforeseen surge of water, and want to lower a window to get out? https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/1-yea...