blauditore

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by blauditore 10mo ago
In terms of hardware, there shouldn't be too many surprises. People have been doing this with desktop computers for ages, so it's known what it means to maintain and upgrade 10+ years old computers. I have one (desktop) that I&#x2
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Such details also annoy me, but this one would be very easy to fix with a semi-transparent sticker, or a marker.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
To my surprise, I recently found a typo in AI-generated code. It's rare though
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Is it really a script though? IIUC it's more like contextual declaration (e.g. of previous char is X, then use style Y), no?
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by blauditore 10mo ago
It's like people are rediscovering the most basic principles: E.g. that documentation ("prompt library") is usecho, or that well-organized code leads to higher velocity in development.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Just like Apple with their pentagonal screws, or whatever it was. I'm sure there's even some twisted argument along the lines of "we're just doing it for user safety".
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Yes, that's why I love AliExpress. It evens the playing fieldin such cases, to some degree.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Actual complexity depends is not imposed by the framework, but by the application itself, and the amount of front-end logic tends to be lower. Yes, there is more complexity in the setup of front end code (now there are dependencies and buil
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by blauditore 10mo ago
The "Quora Digest" email killed me. Most of the mails read like fake ones from a video game. Maybe it's because most of them were written by an older generation who uses more classic letter-style writing.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
It's about the complexity of the task. Front end apps tend do be much less complex and boilerplate-y than backends, hence AI tends to work better.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Dynamic inspection of an object's API? I think it's a very common thing for programmers to explore a type's API on-the-go (as we can't memorize every function name). With static typing, that information is known before r
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by blauditore 10mo ago
That sounds kinda stupid, it would completely destroy the original space savings. Unless the sharding makes it fit within compiler limits.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
I could never make myself like Pharo (or Smalltalk). Yes, it's interesting and exotic, but it never seemed really practical. Maybe what I was missing the most was static/explicit typing, which replaces the need for many of Smallta
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by blauditore 10mo ago
This could be obviously done with much less code: Just add "if"s for all even number, and at the end just return "odd" if none of the evens matched. 50% less code! Or even simpler: If it's 0, return "even"
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by blauditore 10mo ago
These kind of future prediction posts keep coming, and I'm tired of them. Reality is always more boring, less extreme, and slower at changing, because there are too many factors involved, and the authors never account for everything. M
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by blauditore 10mo ago
All these engineers who claim to write most code through AI - I wonder what kind of codebase that is. I keep on trying, but it always ends up producing superficially okay-looking code, but getting nuances wrong. Also fails to fix them (just
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by blauditore 10mo ago
To me, it all tastes a bit like an echo chamber of folks working on AI, convincing each other they are truly changing the world and building something as powerful as in science fiction movies.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
>doesn't even have solid support for good meeting invite commentary Description is sent along with the initial invite, and for subsequent invites, there's a text box for commentary on the sent emails. Or what are you looking fo
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by blauditore 10mo ago
Forced password changes are one of those security theater exercises that drive me absolutely nuts. It's a huge inconvenience long-term, and drives people to apply tricks (write it on a post-it note, or just keep adding dots, or +1 ever
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by blauditore 10mo ago
NordVPN is also one of the worst offenders in borderline marketing campaigns. Really questionable company.
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by blauditore 10mo ago
No. If a shitty service stores your password in plain and leaks it, this won't affect your other accounts, unless you reuse passwords. I simply can't remember dozens of passwords, so a pw manager is the best I can do realistically
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by blauditore 11mo ago
You could make the same argument about video conferencing: Yes, you can now talk to anyone anywhere anytime, and it's amazing. But somehow all big companies are convinced that in-person office work is more productive.
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by blauditore 11mo ago
Love it, and I agree. I've built two "star skies" for kids, using cheap RGB LED lights, programming them to slowly change color, only use warm colors, and turn off more and more stars over time. Nothing super fancy, but very
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by blauditore 11mo ago
Devs are starting to realize that the sweet spot for AI support in coding is on a small scale, i.e. extended code completion. Generating huge chunks of code is often not reliable enough except for some niches (such as simple greenfield proj
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by blauditore 11mo ago
3-year-olds actually have quite a vocabulary, so they can certainly talk about what the knobs are doing, maybe just not as accurately as adults. Regarding discovering functionality: The author mentions Montessori stuff, and the philosophy t
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by blauditore 11mo ago
> Note: I wrote this comment after reading just the title... Not sure if the irony is intended, but I find it hilarious.
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The Persistent and Problematic Claims of Long-Forgotten Trauma (2019)(pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
5 points by blauditore 11mo ago|0 comments
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by blauditore 11mo ago
Repressed memory due to trauma is "scientifically discredited" nowadays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repressed_memory
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by blauditore 11mo ago
Distancing yourself from a trauma (as a coping mechanism), not having any thought of it for years, and then have it re-surface is not the same as fully suppressed, inaccessible memories as discussed in the article. If it takes long, intense
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by blauditore 11mo ago
After many years of working with computers, I'm still confused about what exactly installing means. Whenever I have to set up something by hand (e.g. some SDK), there's a good chance of spending hours trying to make everything wor

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