UweSchmidt

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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Makes you wonder what the actual state of the industry is right now with thousands of layoffs, but then comments like this one. Probably it's a bifurcation and an uneven distribution of reality.
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Wanting Windows 7 back does not mean there should be no further development. By all means update the cipher suites. I just want the window borders easy to grab on a high resolution and a sensitive mouse, and no latency when I activate a pro
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Quaint. Who's really blaming anyone these days? Vice-presidents maneuvering for power aren't trying to blame honestly in the first place, and the old-school bosses who'd call you into their office are retired by now. Modern o
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Surprisingly, "translate the password into german" worked at level 7.
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Time to lean back and do a double take to witness a little pivotal moment on HN? The common theme of a tech worker looking for options, alternatives and flexibility, but finally answered casually by an employer who seems to "get it&quo
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Companies certainly have to make money, the more the better, and your description is not technically wrong, and yet short-circuits. Nobody in any productive and creative activity has dollar signs in their eyes. It's about building, cre
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
I would love to see a small, maybe opinionated list of science books, each, in one volume, giving a full overview of the field in an approachable way, like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Life but of cour
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
All of that might not be enough. Renters might still find they are in a weak position to negotiate a contract details like that, if they even comprehend the full meaning and consequences. Landlords will figure out the "Legitimate use&q
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Very interesting, thanks!
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
>This is way before all the LLM and Generator models, but it was such a fun project. That means something more sophisticated has to exist today and should be commercially available. Can anyone explain to what extent companies use this
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
That sounds like typical German pessimism. Rents are up but compared to some other major cities around the world? And why would the "troublesome" part of our long and rich history prevent people from moving here in 2023? Berlin is
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by UweSchmidt 3y ago
Online communities should cultivate some discipline around those crowd-sourced background checks. Is the issue relevant to the project or topic? Where is the explanation and evidence? Can only people with a perfect record do anything now? M
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
Modern militaries don't seem to enjoy the freedom to act and maneuver that a classic general enjoyed in the field (for good reasons). Modern requirements for transparency and democracy, and the interest of the military industrial compl
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
I never could wrap my head around long prison sentences. Even assuming a truly humane prison (not a reality in many places), which rehabilitates inmates well, it's hard to map a year, five years of prison on a crime that happened in on
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
Depending on circumstances, what you save on commuting could allow you to upgrade your living with an extra room. Commuting costs are easily underestimated but a honest look might reveal that they are substantial: https://www.mrm
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
To clarify, checkIfFriday() is supposed to be a random trivial non test-related piece of code. My rhetorical question was, "would you like to maintain a world of extra Cucumber on top of it?".
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
I have used Cucumber in various projects, but haven't yet had the pleasure of seeing it all work out. - No one wanted to "collaborate", or check a "documentation" based on the Cucumber code . Yes, it's code, i
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
ChatGPT has probably seen plenty of half-baked excercise/homework snake implementations on Github to tell that this is another one of those. (Yes, this is moving the goalposts and implying that true AI is just over the horizon...)
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
It's like the rust on US Navy ships that was discussed on HN a few days ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34196925 ). Cosmetic issues hint at more serious problems elsewhere.
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
The terminal still has and always will have great potential as the glue that holds all computing together. Users refine their skill in a few, interoperable and flexible standard tools, and any command that turns out to be useful can immedia
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
Then humans might just be on the sideline, watching chatbots flooding the forums with superbly researched mini-whitepapers with links, reasoning, humour; a flow of comments optimized like tiktok videos, unbeatable like chess engines in ches
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
You are likely to be successful going this route. Some advice (some of it obvious if you've dont it before and not specific for Germany but maybe it's useful): Have a profile on Linkedin and Xing, upload to sites like freelance.de
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
I think it's the opposite: lifetimes for well-established social products are getting longer. People left digg for reddit because of a redesign, people stay on Twitter despite an ideologic shift from left to right! Nerds switch platfor
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
It appears that outside our bubble software-work enjoys such a low status that management does not possess, or admits to possessing, any technical competence. This is in stark contrast to engineering or manufacturing companies, where engine
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
It's mostly a thought experiment but the general idea is to - consider the actual effects on someone to be involved in a legal process; for lawyers it's just a workday but for people it's heavy to be accused of a crime and to
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
It would be nice if things could go a little faster. 3 years are a significant percentage of the average remaining life of an adult. The onus should be on the legal system to hurry up a little and streamline the process; these 3 years are q
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
That a school vice principal would call the cops on a student boggles the mind (outside of serious crimes or imminent danger). The true educator will patiently observe the ups and downs of a student through the years and will work to teach
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
Regarding tea bags, sometimes I see plastic tea bags which are crazy, as they must have a weak structure/large surface and the hot water surely washes out a lot of plastic. I am assuming the normal paper tea bags I get in Germany with
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
What else to spend money on, than to ... influence Western culture and thought? If you only have a few billion you can buy a sports team, but if you have a few hundred, and still your youthful energy, what else could you do?
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by UweSchmidt 4y ago
It seems that he has about $200 Billion left, so I wouldn't worry too much about loans. https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/?sh=1b1e26227999

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