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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Precisely. These headline repetitions as arguments do get tiring after a while.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
I don't see how the largest nuclear non-disaster in world history prompts a comparison between the US and the country that built the people's chandeliers and couches so large that the head of the planned economy had to give a spee
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
The value equivalent of that was invested into computation technology long before even a half-MIPS machine was produced. Its funders had the foresight to look beyond the present day.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
This is exactly correct, and only a tiny fraction of the immense amount of hand calculation and clerical work computers replaced in short order. (Well, long order, actually. Short order once the technology ripened on its like fifth iteratio
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Indeed, it is practically impossible today. If only there was some way to change a regulation in a day...
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
>Uranium Please google Thorium and Minor Actinide Incineration. >Chernobyl The manifest incompetencies of a literal Communist government are none of the US' concern.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Where are the copyright lawsuits, then?
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Please click the link before commenting. (Then click a little more haha)
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
If obscene means "I dislike demand for X personally", then sure. But if the actually useful definition of "demand for X will unavoidably collapse society" is used, then you need to actually read the second link.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
There has not been such a thing as an "Obscene Energy Denand" for half a century, especially not for something that has a chance to turn out to be the most impactful labor-saving technology since the electromechanical computer. Th
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Isn't OBS an open-source screen recorder, plus a lot more? What's the distinguishing factor here? It'd be nice if that was the title instead.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
>Avoid absolutist language. It's not "the main problem", it's "a problem". (Unless, of course, you can defend the claim.) I've started thinking this advice counterintuitively causes as many problems as
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Over a hundred years ago, Babbage might have said: >We already have machines that are generally intelligent and require as much energy as a few coalgas lights. Why wouldn’t it be eventually possible to replicate them in brass and steam?
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Again, yes this is all very similar to the things I think as well.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
>That level of self-regard is narcissistic to such a degree that I have screeched so far past horror that I've looped around to arrive at a grudging respect. It'd be nice to find someone complaining about narcissism at some poi
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Yes, counting all the work well before release was why I said "well over" for just 3 years over.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Shen is well over a decade old: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3026384
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Is emergency rationing and price hikes an indicator of a shortage or of "reduced waste"? As for "less water-intensive agricultural uses", again, shifting to a less desired product to rescue your margins after your costs
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Of course it is. Usage naturally stops growing during a supply shortage concomitant with a contraction of the original primary consumer. If your goal is prosperity, consumers tightening their belts is a negative signal, not a positive coinc
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
The population of CA, meaning the number of people who need water for drinking and growing food, has doubled in the past decades. Meanwhile, the state budget has ballooned to six times what it was circa 1985. Choosing to starve because you
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Keep moving those goalposts. It really makes you look like the reasonable side of this conversation.
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Again, my understanding is that the 10x study was done on reviewed devs writing necessary and best-practice code in a cooperative setting with the same tooling, so this is still irrelevant to discussing the topic. Of course no one who wants
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
How long have you been programming? Odds are Martin's been doing it longer. In fact, my understanding is that if you're the average dev, Martin was consulting with companies that found him valuable longer, and developed for longer
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
This article is uninformed nonsense, as per usual on this topic. When the 10x study was published, it referred to tested, quality code (and assembly code, at that). Reminds me of another article from a while back where a 0x engineer who spe
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Uh, is there an explanation of what this is supposed to be?
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Do you know what the definition of the word "conspiracy" is?
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
>So in your experience, how does one find employment opportunities in 2024? Is it all about networking? Are things just really tough in the IT world lately? I'm much newer to this industry than you so don't have any personal in
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
>they didn’t allow me to use my emoji domain name(s) as my handle. Not that I've been trying to keep up, but this is just about the first Bluesky decision I've heard that I 100% agree with. The usability line needs to be drawn
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Personality testing in applications is hardly a new phenomenon. It was first popularized in the 50s, and has been resurging in lower paying or less technical industries for years to decades. William H Whyte's opus "The Organizatio
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by Phiwise_ 3y ago
Indeed. It's always frustrating to encounter these "Well if your arguments are right then how come they sound false to me?" discussion of Soviet history, even on what are supposed to be more measured and thoughtful platforms

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