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541.
by bb88 2y ago
Is it because the types and memory issues have been sorted out during the compile phase meaning code will "run" without crashing? That doesn't mean the code will work (infinite loops, etc), but it will run, right? I've
542.
by bb88 2y ago
But again, that's not libel. Libel is publishing something untrue on purpose. Everything published was true and is still true today. He was arrested and alleged of a crime. Requiring media to update every news story they publish is
543.
by bb88 2y ago
There was an arrest. The alleged crime was published -- but since it was alleged, the news outlet doesn't have to prove it was true, they were reporting on what was alleged by the police. So libel laws had little to do with it. It&#x
544.
by bb88 2y ago
IRL I knew someone who was charged with child sexual abuse. He went to prison awaiting trial, but the prosecution dropped the charges before it got there. He was released and went about his life. Meanwhile his mug shot photo in the local
545.
by bb88 2y ago
I wonder if you could trigger false alarms at will. At what point would the owners stop responding?
546.
by bb88 2y ago
Imagine an app that would alert you if a bunch of your friends turned off their phones at a location. Airbnb Party!
547.
by bb88 2y ago
Unit tests often double as documentation. They show the expected behavior of a function. And if you take the time to write a series of high level cases, they can show the full expected behavior of a process. E.g: "Don't accept a
548.
by bb88 2y ago
Unlikely. LLMs only understand the code they're looking at, but not in the context of the complex interactions. E.g. LLMs won't understand how a particular line of code fixed a system outage that occurred last year.
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by bb88 2y ago
I think it was interesting 5 years ago when it was announced for $40k and I kinda wanted one. 5 years later, I hear it's fun to drive. But at $100k, I'm not really interested. The style isn't holding up, and it needs a ref
550.
by bb88 2y ago
But also the highest potential for mass disaster. Even the so-called "safe" designs like pebble bed reactors have had issues with dust from the pebbles grinding against each other.
551.
by bb88 2y ago
Where I've had crashes have typically been with closed source drivers, usually nvidia. Often the fix was to change out the video card for one that works.
552.
by bb88 2y ago
So where should we put nuclear reactors then? Should we put a new California nuclear reactor in downtown San Francisco or Los Angeles? If nuclear proponents are saying nuclear technology is safe, then it shouldn't matter where we pu
553.
by bb88 2y ago
What's super interesting along this line of thought are the events that happened in Flint, Michigan circa 2014 when the local government (who were unelected emergency managers) decided to switch the water source of Flint. This water r
554.
by bb88 2y ago
No one could be held responsible for the people affected by either of those accidents. Metropolitan Edison was only responsible to the regulatory agencies and their shareholders. Russia was a dictatorship. The problem with regulatory agen
555.
by bb88 2y ago
> But it's incredibly fragile peace Sure, arguably it's because the treatment of the Palestinians. Unfortunately the last Israeli leader that attempted peace with the Palestinians was assassinated by someone who wanted conflic
556.
by bb88 2y ago
That's the joke with the 3-eyed fish on the Simpsons: "It's all fine. You're supposed to be okay with nuclear waste in your environment." I kinda want to get this Simpson's Jersey with a 3-eyed fish as the ma
557.
by bb88 2y ago
> Is your workplace filled with high school students? I’ve never seen anything so petty and immature in my professional career. I think the description I remember on glass door was that it was "high school all over again".
558.
by bb88 2y ago
Nuclear waste is much like the national debt. Future generations will be dealing with it. And that's certainly the case with Hanford.
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by bb88 2y ago
Three Mile Island and then Chernobyl kinda killed that dream. Both had bad actors trying to cover up the leak, and caused the nuclear scare to go even worse. France also has majority ownership of the nuclear plants, something that would ne
560.
by bb88 2y ago
It's not how it was legal, but why the house leadership didn't mention it before the last election cycle. It's similar to why the ethics committee didn't want to reveal the dirt on the first Department of Justice nomine
561.
by bb88 2y ago
Terrible. He should have resigned, but was too proud to. But also, you know, this isn't a left/right issue. It's mostly one of power. There's a republican member of congress right now that's in a retirement home a
562.
by bb88 2y ago
Actually, really the blame goes to Nixon on this. Nixon ended 25 years of isolation between the US and China [1], and further played China against Russia. The deeper reality is that US corporations wanted cheap labor. And the Chinese want
563.
by bb88 2y ago
His main achievement was and forever will be the Egypt/Israel peace agreement. This has lasted nearly 50 years, and the people who still have grievances will soon be dead in another few years.
564.
by bb88 2y ago
And Reagan also had the Iran Contra controversy which was selling arms to Iran to fund the Contras in Nicaragua. When asked in a deposition about what he knew, Reagan famously said, "I don't remember". It may have been a le
565.
by bb88 2y ago
Worse is when a protocol or shared state condition is modified. E.g. suddenly some fresh out of college know-it-all sent crap into your function that you weren't expecting. Then he went to management to blame you for writing such shit
566.
by bb88 2y ago
Yes and unfortunately there's a saying that goes something like snitches get stitches. Talking to the cops is the last thing many people want to do.
567.
by bb88 2y ago
You proved my argument! Lol.
568.
by bb88 2y ago
I've had about 33% luck with unit tests coming out perfect. Usually the issues are small problems that are easily fixed though.
569.
by bb88 2y ago
That's NYC. Interesting thing about NYC is that they have a lot of cops. I mean a lot. $11B spent on policing and the police to resident ratio is 1:162. Compare that with Boise, ID say where residents pay half per person as much bu
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by bb88 2y ago
In the UK they get that by doubling the voltage. The current draw will still be similar to the US. It's over current that causes fires.

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