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by bavell 6y ago
Just landed a contract to upgrade an application from Symfony 3.4 -> 5.2 and PHP 5.6 -> 7.4. I've gotten a lot of work from my experience in PHP (where I started in webdev) but personally prefer working with Node and Typescript t
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by bavell 6y ago
I'm still on an Intel system (skylake) and my experience is similar to yours. 5+ years of bugs and crashes, tearing, multi-monitor headaches and general instability. Eagerly awaiting the new AMD hardware.
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by bavell 6y ago
The Intel i915 driver STILL crashes my system regularly even on the latest kernels... I have a skylake i5-2600k and the iGPU is absolute dogshit. Not sure if it's a hardware or driver issue but it still hasn't been sorted out afte
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by bavell 6y ago
Does AMD make you sign in to open their locally-installed driver utility? Nvidia seems to have thought it was a good idea and went ahead and did that a year or so ago...
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by bavell 6y ago
Wow, that's disturbing and dystopian... thanks for posting.
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by bavell 6y ago
No, IMO it's because generally speaking the govt has much more power over you than any private entity. You don't have to follow the rules of any particular private entity unless you choose to. You can't choose not to pay your
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by bavell 6y ago
I've taken a liking to UBI lately but I think you hit the nail on the head. It's easy to assert all the benefits or problems with UBI at face value and argue over them but it's much more difficult to judge the relative scale
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by bavell 6y ago
Maybe I'm just cynical but there's not a shred of doubt in my mind these companies regularly engage in shadowbanning among many other nefarious activities. They're trying to make money and you are the product after all. They
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by bavell 6y ago
Let's agree to disagree and leave it at that.
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by bavell 6y ago
I'm on the same page as you, just waiting for RDNA2 and Zen3 to drop so I can be free from the garbage nvidia software. I know AMD has had driver issues but at this point idc, I've come to associate nvidia with spyware between thi
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by bavell 6y ago
Solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Just a plausible cover for the actual nefarious reasons.
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by bavell 6y ago
IMO for smaller markets, it's oftentimes easier to build a one-off custom solution than to make a generic one-size-fits-all solution. Custom software is high margin but low volume so there aren't as many opportunities to scale up.
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by bavell 6y ago
Or they look at your proposal for $100k and say, "Mmmmm... maybe next year" and the project never happens. Really depends on the client and your reputation though, you can definitely pull it off with the right pitch to the right p
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by bavell 6y ago
Yep, there's a lot of value in risk reduction. People and businesses will pay for peace of mind and to remove unknowns from the equation.
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by bavell 6y ago
"ready to go" "you there?" "still waiting... ETA??" What a nightmare control freak, huge red flag, jeez...
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by bavell 6y ago
> missed my 1:1 ... increasingly frustrated messages >> nightmare control freak I don't know why you jumped to that, seems like a totally normal reaction to me. I think your judgement is a little harsh or at least making a lot
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by bavell 6y ago
Seems to be speculation and anecdata but thanks for the link all the same, wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be true. Disappointing. Haven't played multiplayer in a few weeks so I could be in for an unpleasant surprise next
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by bavell 6y ago
I use BattleEye on my gaming VM to play Mount and Blade Warband without any issues...
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by bavell 6y ago
Your last paragraph is particularly insightful and I think it's something we all need to grok and come to terms with. Political landscape needs to shift to get past all the lip service and actually make real progress.
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by bavell 6y ago
This is the big red flag - I would have pushed back immediately and bailed if they didn't acquiesce. Client has no authority to say how your business should be taxed, that's preposterous. They're doing you a favor by letting
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by bavell 6y ago
Because there are a lot more Androids and other devices that need screens. If they didn't make screens for Apple, a competitor would.
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by bavell 6y ago
I also use a tiling WM (awesome) and don't use a compositor or have much interest in doing so. I do get vsync tearing though (skylake i915) and I found that running a compositor (compton I think) fixed it. Not that I use it haha.
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by bavell 6y ago
Let's not be silly, we all know AMP is a way bigger innovation than all of that combined.... In all seriousness, it's very sad how impotent US research has become. Only a few companies and individuals truly pushing the envelope th
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by bavell 6y ago
As hard as it may be to accept, this is the reality we live in.
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by bavell 6y ago
This is the only sane solution.
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by bavell 6y ago
If your data is so important that it needs to be protected from future theoretical attacks.... what the heck are you doing uploading it to a globally distributed and decentralized platform?! Said another way: you are trying to fit a central
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by bavell 6y ago
> ...fairly reasonable rate of $120/hr Hahaha, I wish I could tell my clients that's a fairly reasonable rate! The only situation where that's fairly reasonable is when you're contracting with MegaCorp Inc...
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by bavell 6y ago
Same setup here. Best of both worlds IMO. Only drawback is to use the GPU on the linux host for e.g. Blender, I need to reboot (GPU can't rebind to PCIe root otherwise or something... thanks Nvidia)
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by bavell 6y ago
Whenever I see headlines like this I think, "... Duh? Of course they do, along with many other underhanded tactics". Perhaps I'm just cynical and know a little too much of what happens behind the curtains in large tech compan
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by bavell 6y ago
NYT is prestigious? Could have fooled me, their attempts at journalism are sorely lacking IMO. Didn't think anyone still considered them credible.

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