csours

69 ms·

1. 511.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   Because they were added during the crypto hype cycle. Just like pink bathroom tile and legacy code - Why is it here? History.
2. 512.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   Yes, every 'Lego set' gets build and taken apart, shipped, and built again. It seems very very silly, but it turns out to be the easiest way to do it. Some clues: Individual Lego pieces can be dropped in a bin with other Lego piec
3. 513.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   Context for another way to meet "Made In" requirements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit > "A common form of knock-down is a complete knock-down (CKD), which is a kit of entirely unassembl
4. 514.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   'No evidence' is not a satisfying answer. It's very easy to satisfy the human mind. It's very easy to stay satisfied. The human mind wants to be satisfied, it does not want the truth. Consult any list of fallacies to see
5. 515.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   I wonder how long it stayed in operation, how much it cost, and if it kept running for a while what parts of it broke most often.
6. 516.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   It feels like this should be true, but your chance to survive a serious in-flight mishap are actually really good. Like a 90%+ chance of survival. How can that be? Very few serious in flight mishaps STAY in the news for more than one day, b
7. 517.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   Things like this are always alarming until you learn the base rate. Unfortunately, I cannot find a quick reference for this, but many many flights take off with some anomaly noted in the technical log book.
8. 518.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   Peter Cushing live(d) in Whitstable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ggBDn_Qtk
9. 519.▲
   by csours 3y ago

   They dig in too much for my tastes.
10. 520.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Haha, I won't be on this team in 2024! That's 5 years from now. Now: Oof ouch owie all these client certs are expiring
11. 521.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Ever had one of those retaining clips get weak over time? Yea, I'm gonna need some lock out tag out on this cabinet.
12. 522.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Thank you for more correct information.
13. 523.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    I think a lot of people drop any wrong information. It's a waste of time to think about wrong information. This comic presents a scenario where someone believes wrong information: git branches have rules. Git branches do not in fact ha
14. 524.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Other people did not get the education you got. Thus, this being a problem with education. People say things like "a branch does this" when they mean "We have rules on the git server that enforce this", or when they mean
15. 525.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    As sibling comment states, the title is pretty good clickbait (not an insult). The problem is, the people you're trying to reach are clickbait connoisseurs. You need to hit another level of interest. "What to do after just asking
16. 526.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Wide tires by Jason of Engineering Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNa2gZNqmT8 Better answer: learn the differential equations in this book: https://ftp.idu.ac.id/wp-content/uploads/eboo
17. 527.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    I like the article, HATE the title. You should ask your customers lots of stuff, and take VERY LITTLE at face value. Implementing features that customers ask for is a sure path to ruin; you have to keep asking questions and digging in beyon
18. 528.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Goodhart's Law, applied. It's easy to copy and paste: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" In application Goodhart's Law means that you must also use another measure that more closely ma
19. 529.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    1967: Toyota became a "major shareholder" of Daihatsu 1995: Toyota ownership increased from 16.8% -> 33.4% 1998: 51.2% 2016: 100% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu#:~:text=Daihatsu%20wa... .
20. 530.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    There's a reason that house isn't pictured in the snow.
21. 531.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Amazing how villagers these days have cell phones that can take high quality video. My villagers are walking around with wicker baskets and wooden hammers.
22. 532.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    My biggest hope for code GPTs is replacing dependencies.
23. 533.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    There's a lot to say on this topic: "All engineering is value engineering, it just depends whose value you're talking about"; "The affordable 'tools' you can buy in a regular store are just toys for the ho
24. 534.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Any code _having_side_effects_ is technical debt. Pure functional code is innocent of any sin.
25. 535.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Even if you believed Tesla/Elon in 2014, you'd still be parking your business over a trapdoor that could be pulled open at any time in the future. It's like anything a leader ever says: They can mean it sincerely at that poin
26. 536.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    We don't test software systems in production either. Except we do. We should be testing in non-production environments, but non-prod is not the same as production, so it is inevitable that you will be testing a system change when you d
27. 537.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    I see a huge problem here with "Everybody Knows", even among the people who sound like air transport professionals. Lufthansa Requirement: Instrument landing SFO Preference: Visual landing Reason for Lufthansa requirement: IFR&#x2
28. 538.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    There's no good way and no good time to fire someone. A decent exit package can soften the blow.
29. 539.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    What I love about Tesla fans is that they will describe in detail how the first decision is the right one, and then the next decision is a better one. That's not necessarily wrong, but it makes it hard to talk about balancing engineeri
30. 540.▲
    by csours 3y ago

    Please leave clues as close to the scene of the crime as possible. You can't fix everything, and some fixes are too big and take a long time, but please just leave me a clue.