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by ativzzz 6y ago
For fun, here's a bunch of cocaine related ads from the 70s and 80s https://themindcircle.com/cocaine-ads/
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by ativzzz 6y ago
You really just made my point with your response > For example; both Dijkstra's GCL and Hoare's Triples (fine granularity) vs. Meyer's DbC (coarse granularity) can be expressed using Assertions to build Preconditions/
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Probably because the cost associated with constructing such proofs for the vast majority of modern software use cases (like showing ads on 8 different browsers) is too high (cheaper to just hire QA teams), and most programmers are not simul
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by ativzzz 6y ago
People with expensive price tags need to come up with larger and larger projects to justify their own price tags, especially when you are dealing with things like logo redesigns, which are near impossible to tie to actual revenue of a busin
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by ativzzz 6y ago
I imagine that these conditions are good for trucks in particular. I highly doubt that these trucks will ever be intended to be driven outside of freerange highway roads.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Exactly what I meant
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Leetcode is becoming the status differentiator for software engineers.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
You could replace "AI" there with any other newly developed tech paradigms, like "Big Data" several years ago. Your null hypothesis is probably correct for most companies, but there will always be some companies for whom
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Huh that's a cool comparison. I guess society will have a rough patch when a new, more accessible medium of communication is mass released to the public.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
People don't do a good job of solving problems until it happens to them. Give us until after WW3 and then we'll be onboard.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Problem is it seems that the order of posts frequently changes within a discussion tree. I don't think HN was really built with these large discussions in mind.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
I'm pretty sure current China would disagree with you given the amount of people they've raised from essentially peasantry to a modern middle class in the past generation.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
IoT is much more useful for business than consumer use. For instance adding tons of sensors to expensive equipment like a fleet of trucks.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
You can't just say "there is strong evidence" without showing it.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Our relationship with FB and Google is that we exchange our data for a free digital service. That data is then sold to advertisers
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Of course, the startup is doing what it takes to survive. I'm not saying this approach is wrong in any way. I'm just saying that this will result in these niche stacks staying niche and have a much smaller dev pool to hire from, n
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Which ultimately makes those rare and esoteric stacks less likely to survive because experienced engineers who don't have experience with those particular stacks have no ways of getting those jobs without experience in those jobs. Comp
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by ativzzz 6y ago
You should be able to get the token from your database, unless you're doing black box testing, which I am not a fan of for reasons such as this.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
> no one ever showed me how to use a single power tool. This is because using power tools is most of the time following safety protocols and reading the instruction manual. if you learned how to read well, you shouldn't need someone
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Sorry I didn't use my words properly. What I meant instead of 'unrestricted asshole' was more 'saying whatever you want without taking into account how people are going to react'. So yes, when you speak, you have to
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Look, there has never been a part of history when you could be an unrestricted asshole and say whatever you want without consequences. Never. People have always been snowflakes. How about when people used to duel to the death over an insult
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by ativzzz 6y ago
You can install messenger separately from the fb app itself on android. Not using your fb profile is basically deactivating it. Remove your pics, set as many things as you want to private, and just don't download or log into the app
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Isn't this basically collusion by companies? Didn't Google/Facebook get in trouble for trying something like this at some point?
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Thanks for the info, the note about Rust being a way in makes sense as well.
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Ask HN: Switching from Web to Systems Development
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Working on the cutting edge implies some sort of combination of greater talents and ability to work harder than others (hence increased competition), which means that the artificial barrier is a mere pittance. The people interested in doing
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by ativzzz 6y ago
We are genetically inclined to sleep, find food, and have sex. Work in any civilization pays money, which allows you to buy food, a place to sleep, and resources to attract a partner, so I disagree.
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by ativzzz 6y ago
It depends on the problem you're solving of course. All of these tools are built to be able to solve larger, more complex problems more effectively. You are still welcome to ignore all of them and write a cool program for yourself for
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by ativzzz 6y ago
I agree. Though because of the growth of the industry, these spots where actual cutting edge work is happening are insanely competitive, and I would bet that many of the programmers (not all of course) who worked on the cool stuff 20 years
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by ativzzz 6y ago
Maybe if we had better systems in place to prevent fraud and laundering, we could do better. Banking regulations are preferrable to the other means we have of removing dictators from power: war, old age, violent revolutions.

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