atmosx

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   by atmosx 3y ago

   In most cases, configuration via environment variables works fine. There are cases where it doesn't. E.g. 10k pods restarting because of a simple config change is not ideal. Better subscribe to an external system like "etcd"
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   by atmosx 3y ago

   > How can I incorporate programming, learn programming in my job? Find repetitive tasks and try to automate them tasks. For simple scripts shell (bash) is great. For more complicated scripts that require error handling, API access, paral
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   by atmosx 3y ago

   Quite a few: - Software: Paragon's extFS, Littlesnitch, 1Password Family, ClamXav and more. - Services: Fastmail, Spotify, YouTube Family, Disney+ Family (to be discontinued), NetFlix Family, Starlink, AWS (route53, s3, CloudFront)
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   by atmosx 3y ago

   Aren't torrents legal in Spain and Switzerland?
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   by atmosx 3y ago

   This. Hands down. The downside is that is cloud based.
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   by atmosx 3y ago

   Hm, I'm still not sold on the advantages of using a distributed SQLite instead of a centralised Postgres in this scenario.
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   by atmosx 4y ago

   Best real world example of something actually useful for ChatGPT I’ve seen yet.
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   by atmosx 4y ago

   > Is bash simply popular because it is always available and so there's nothing inherent that makes it popular? Exactly. > [...] And not often in a better way. Compared to a fully-fledged programming language? I sure hope so. >
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   by atmosx 4y ago

   > Why hire a customer service department when you can just point your customers at an AI? Because AI doesn’t work and your clients get extremely poor support? I try to avoid companies that don’t have humans in support like the plague.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    > In a world where nothing seems sure anymore what would you do? Assuming you're talking about the job market, nothing was sure at any given point in time. Of course, after the fact everything seems "obvious" but I assure
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Nothing. The version of AI that we have is completely different. I have no idea what the future holds, but right now, singularity is pure fiction. Very poor fiction. Ps. Specifically Lex should do better because he can clearly tell the diff
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Fun fact: empathy comes from the Greek word «εμπάθεια» which nowadays means disliking someone. The word change meaning throughout the years, so in English retained the original meaning while in modern Greek the meaning is the exact opposite
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    True. But nowadays, zig is the new rust!
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Much faster response time due to optimized use of I/O operations.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Can you share more details please? How did you find out it was DO, did you open a support ticket?
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    In the his book "the tyranny of merit" Harvard political philosophy professor, Michael J. Sandel, best known for his podcasts on BBC Radio 4 makes the same argument. Lately, Harvard students have had all their lives programmed to
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    What is you definition of the word “understanding” in this context? The way you put it, my guess is that LLMs need to start paying taxes and be driven to court for FUD, lies or damages.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    If we could connect social responsibility with the stock, it would matter a great deal :-)
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    They know. I got involved once, only slightly, and the theatre is appealing on all levels. The money is pretty good though and there is a chain effect we’re one “successful” project will lead to the next. In terms of innovation there is not
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    The hypocritical call to pause giant AI(spinellis.gr)

    2 points by atmosx 4y ago|0 comments
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Not more than encryption can help democratize China.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    (2) is part of the reason philosophy and all the sciences were born… out of boredom. So I wouldn’t worry too much about (2).
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    I see, thanks for explaining.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    > Wise has SEK accounts, but only you can fund them, your clients cannot. Why not? Each account has IBAN (EU) or routing number (US)? What's stopping from getting paid in wise accounts? I have friends who use wise to accept money fr
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Wow, this is the best comment I've read in a while. I was one of those ppl who thought that bankers were "getting away with it" but I can clearly see your point here. Thanks for putting the time to answer.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    What is a currency account and how it differs from a regular account? Wise will allow you to open multiple accounts in popular currencies with one click and has pretty good exchange rates compared to market average for low to medium volumes
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Hmmm... I'd love to have something like on my car instead of "hey".
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    For a small team I wouldn't go there. Except if the product requires a higher level of security and we have no money to spend on the SaaS or self-hosting is a requirement.
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Hello, At my current gig we're using doppler[^1] (no affiliation) for application secrets. We're using doppler with their kubernetes operator which supports auto-rotation on secrets. Secrets are set as "env variables". S
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    by atmosx 4y ago

    Why is that a problem?