convolvatron

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by convolvatron 10y ago
not to in any way denigrate the design. its very cute an clever for simple controller applications. but it really kind of folds a few functions in the ur-instruction with reasonable interpretations that turn part of the machine into a nop.
2402.
by convolvatron 10y ago
i was wondering the same thing, how often do you bring up a hypervisor, and to what extent do they all have common structure that differs enough to write a new one. but more importantly, whats with all the meat-based kernel infrastructure t
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by convolvatron 10y ago
i read the article, but i don't think they raised what to me is the most important point. ok, so small municipality runs a bus service for the elderly, disabled and indigent. as one might expect given the need and tax base, its pretty
2404.
by convolvatron 10y ago
here's a few that come to mind o the US govt will have a laundry list of features so specialized that you really end up working just for them o companies that are big enough they want everything running on their int
2405.
by convolvatron 10y ago
you know. thats legit. some people will respect that and find other questions to ask that will convince them that you'll help them out alot. and some people will be disgusted, and they probably aren't that great to work with. it w
2406.
by convolvatron 10y ago
anther log for the fire - sometimes the estimate isn't so off by itself(although it often is) somehow we fail to account for the other things. background bug fixing activity, writing unrelated future work out on the whiteboard, reworki
2407.
by convolvatron 10y ago
I'm a pretty senior developer. I really don't mind doing coding questions. after all, thats what we do, isn't it? As someone mentioned there are plenty of people that are good at projecting experience without actually being v
2408.
by convolvatron 10y ago
the desire would be to have a system which let you get started relatively quickly, and learn it more in depth as you have need to. git really doesn't work this way because unless you manage your branching and merging in a sympathetic w
2409.
by convolvatron 10y ago
It wasn't really an open market since the US Gov was the only customer. They liked to spread money around to keep some kind of competition going. There were a lot of fans of the CM architecture. It did take substantial work to get a co
2410.
by convolvatron 10y ago
sure, its a time game. but I remember a 60GF (maybe it was 30?) result on the CM-2 in the early nineties. I think that machine was $40M, give or take. Lets also pretend that it was 10 years before we could have done the same runs on a commo
2411.
by convolvatron 10y ago
this work was pretty thoroughly examined and realized by the resulting company, Thinking Machines. the one part of the story thatI always wanted to hear about is why CM Lisp turned out to be an ineffective language. The 'thinner'*
2412.
by convolvatron 10y ago
unless you're talking about device physics, or materials science, or math, or something - you know, really hard... i don't see why picking up some new language or web framework or version control system should be beyond a reasonab
2413.
by convolvatron 10y ago
its surprising this isn't mentioned more often. truck drivers do meth. its the only way for them to stay focussed and awake driving across country. so, from both sides, we have drivers with long term substance abuse problems controllin
2414.
by convolvatron 10y ago
it pains me to see this divide between operations and development perpetuate. the developers (whether internal or external) ship some nonsense. it needs excessive configuration. of course it needs to be keyed. it doesn't manage its own
2415.
by convolvatron 10y ago
and a lot of the are so desperate for a helping hand out of that dank hole that they will put on quite a song and dance. How much interesting work is going on, what an interesting, interested and supportive group it is..
2416.
by convolvatron 10y ago
you can complain about an obstructionist, but be careful. never complain about the useless people. be happy they are happy to stay out of your way. its the companies problem to deal with costs and benefits. if you feel overworked, then its
2417.
by convolvatron 10y ago
on the contrary. you give references for people who have the deepest understanding of how you work - how you excel and how you fail. the whole system works much better when everyone is as well informed as possible.
2418.
by convolvatron 10y ago
absolutely. unless you're obviously wasting time, in philosophy, literature, the arts, every one in the room has been trained to listen, digest, and issue reasonable critical commentary. thats all these people do. yes, in university th
2419.
by convolvatron 10y ago
compared to a conservative police force in a conservative town cracking my skull open because i look queer. i think the notion of partisan offense and defense is quite well served
2420.
by convolvatron 10y ago
this is the one slot i have to hire a person for at least the next six months to help me prop up my project. i usually have an hour to try to figure out whether we are going to be able to work together productively and whether this person h
2421.
by convolvatron 11y ago
exactly. we should be trying to create a process of mutual respect. its a big decision for both of us, and if we are going to work together we should understand each other's need to get more information, look at other opportunities, an