UMetaGOMS

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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
In some cases, no. In most cases, it is more accurate to say that I don't anticipate other people in the org being considerate, due to a lot of the interactions we have being one-off rather than an ongoing relationship.
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
This is the #1 reason I have not entertained the 4-day week idea myself. While I'm confident my productivity per day worked would be at least as good and my post-tax finances would be fine, I don't trust my colleagues or customers
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
100% agree. I have a NAS for photos and media, plus a big USB HDD for ZFS snapshots of my machines - but all of this is homelab tinkering, not an actual backup strategy. I realized in the last year or so that the only digital media I have w
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
I feel like I do more for open source by not contributing - given my staggering incompetence, I'd only make things worse.
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
I think you might be replying to the wrong comment, as this doesn't really relate to my point at all. I don't disagree with the sentiment that RHEL also controlling the free alternative doesn't make sense. I do disagree with
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
There is no evidence that RHEL will be releasing a free version to replace CentOS, and the fact that others will take over a replacement OS development is already known. My comment was focused on the confusion/exasperation at why peopl
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
People I'm dealing with seem to be concerned that Canonical/SUSE might pull the same stunt. Personally I think the backlash RH have created is enough to discourage either company from following this path.
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
People keep saying this all over these threads, and I can't grasp why. The difference is that a free RHEL without support doesn't exist , while CentOS does. You can get RHEL for free through various developer focused programs, bu
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
To put it another way, European culture values humility over ego, and does not applaud those who manage to exploit those "lesser" than themselves quite so much.
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
I am definitely guilty of chasing some fusion of prestige and money, with no greater goal. It has recently become a concern to me that I really can't pick out anything more worthwhile than my current FAANG role as a "thing to do w
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
Cannot upvote this enough. I'm sure a frequent Java user will come along to tell me how easy it is - but at this point I'm not interested in delving into their world. If a new application I'm looking at is a single binary I c
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
As someone who doesn't do software development as part of routine day-to-day work but has played with both, I'd describe Julia as "Fortran for Python developers", while Nim feels like "C for Python developers".
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
> faster than many LAPACK/BLAS implementations IMO this is worth very little; as long as there is a heavily optimized version written in C/assembly (ie MKL), the fact that Julia might be faster than standard-but-slower versions
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
Draw.io does everything I need for free, and is about 80% "good enough" in terms of output quality. I would love to use this tool for the aesthetic benefits, but would struggle to justify even $10 for the sake of ~1 diagram per mo
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
I very nearly bought an Oculus Quest recently due to some glowing reviews, despite my strong anti-FB feelings. So very glad I hesitated.
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
Last year sometime - I'm about due another look. Main problems were cryptic errors in the REPL, super slow start-up and first run times (JIT issue I seem to recall reading was being improved), and a generally very poor third-party pack
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
They did that because Python has an appealing user experience for people using that kind of code day-to-day. IMO this is what Julia missed; I've tried it at least once per year since first hearing about it in 2014 and the UX was horrib
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
AWS Braket is in preview, so should provide what you are asking for in the near future. QC hardware manufacturers generally also offer their own cloud access mechanisms.
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by UMetaGOMS 6y ago
Another AWS employee here. I'm pretty indifferent to this. I've used Slack a few times for open-source projects and customer contact - it's fine, but I haven't seen anything which sets it apart besides mindshare. Hopeful