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by cwalv 2y ago
I haven't used it in ages, but last I looked their store was entirely pointless. I wouldn't be surprised if they just got rid of it altogether. My point was more about how people would react if MS did such a thing (i.e. installs t
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by cwalv 2y ago
I think you are misunderstanding my point. You aren't giving anything up by enabling unlocking if the act of unlocking wipes the device.
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by cwalv 2y ago
I'm not saying you shouldn't be able to access from unlocked devices. I'm just saying it's a different argument.
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by cwalv 2y ago
I could see Microsoft saying "we're only allowing apps installed through our 'store', for safety/security reasons, unless you opt out (gated by some scary warning that doing so is unsafe). Even if they never charged
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by cwalv 2y ago
> And I think both types can coexist. E.g. macos
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by cwalv 2y ago
There are ways to do it so that 'bypass' means you effectively wipe the device. If that's not good enough, how do you protect against them just replacing your device with a compromised one that looks similar?
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by cwalv 2y ago
> We don't just need root access, we need undetectable root access. At some point the argument morphs from 'I should be able to do whatever I want with my device' to 'I should be able to access your service/d
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by cwalv 2y ago
When I was in college I worked as an "electronics technician" intern for a few months. We would work through 3-10 page mods to update PCBs from one version to the next. We worked under a scope, and sometimes routed magnet wire al
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by cwalv 2y ago
> No. You discuss it with your manager, and you do it at the appropriate time. Sure, if you're not sure if it's the right thing to do, talk to your manager or TL. A good engineering manager can help. If your manager "would
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by cwalv 2y ago
> I'd love to work in a fantasy company that allows for fixing legacy code You're not supposed to ask. It's like a structural engineer asking if it's okay to spend time doing a geological survey; it's not optiona
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by cwalv 2y ago
> I can model the execution of a C++ program as it relates to the underlying stack, heap, CPU, etc. in my mind Fair enough. It's a very approximate model tho; even C++ is operating at a very high level of abstraction. To me, what&#x
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by cwalv 2y ago
IMO it's hardly more of a stretch to say that your C++ compiler is just an obtuse chatbot. If it doesn't complain with template error vomit, you understand its response is 'done'. Otherwise, it's chatting back the e
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by cwalv 2y ago
Most of software engineering (differentiating from programming) is just iterating on a model of a problem space in enough detail that computers can be applied to automate a lot of the drudgery. Software is nowhere close to done "eating
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by cwalv 2y ago
Even if AI gets to the point where I can lazily describe any software project I want and it will make it for me, even better than I described it, I'm 100% sure that nothing will stop me from moving on to other projects short of death&#
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by cwalv 2y ago
> It keeps the engineer down by preying on his curiosity with distractions that put him at a disadvantage. How does the effort to satisfy curiosity keep the engineer down?
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by cwalv 2y ago
> As long as there is suffering, there is more work to be done. A noble sentiment that I think resonates with most people. > There is a sacred responsibility implicit in the acquisition of resources. It implicitly says "I know wh
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by cwalv 2y ago
It's true that there are infinite ways to waste a fortune, but that doesn't mean you're a fool for not having decided how to spend your money. I'd actually argue that it'd be more foolish to go figure out what to sp
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by cwalv 2y ago
The book of Ecclesiastes is about this. It makes more sense if you s/meaningless/vapor/g, i.e. we're all chasing after something like smoke that we can see but can't 'catch'.
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by cwalv 2y ago
To me it reads like the author wants you to think this way. There's more than a little self loathing in there, starting with the title. But IMO it's not surprising. When I left my first "real job" after ~4 years, it took
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by cwalv 2y ago
Me too! I can understand why many/most folks might not have a lot of sympathy for formerly highly paid tech workers tho. Personally, even for the not-so-highly paid tech workers, if you're complaining about "some foreigner wi
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by cwalv 2y ago
Also, carefully consider the costs. It's usually pretty hard to get the first 80-100k; burning your principal to 0 probably doesn't make sense. If it wasn't hard for you, that income stream is worth a lot, so you should caref
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by cwalv 2y ago
Python also fits its design space amazingly well (that's what's meant by "Guido's time machine"). It's a glue language, with a REPL, but it's not a shell (i.e. it's not meant to glue programs primaril
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by cwalv 2y ago
C# was derided as "Microsoft's Java" from the beginning, even though it pulled ahead very early on with generics and never looked back. Microsoft was loathed by many for a long time. Go is popular because Google is (was?) lov
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by cwalv 2y ago
> The creators of Go have also built the foundation of everything you take for granted Is it the foundation because it was built a long time ago, and is "good enough" .. or because it's just really good? "Worse is bet
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by cwalv 2y ago
In my mind the fact that Go has Google behind it is the main reason it caught on (and quickly). It would have been completely ignored otherwise.
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by cwalv 2y ago
Are you saying `o` is passed by value? I think this behavior is due to the return from `id()` being interned, or not. `id(o) == id(o)` will be true in all cases
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by cwalv 2y ago
The machine prints a paper record at the same time. Couldn't they just read off the paper record as easily as recounting paper ballots?
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by cwalv 2y ago
That makes sense in most cases, but I remember there being multiple cases where people had the composure to call 911 and report the situation.
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by cwalv 2y ago
Yeah, maybe not particular to EVs. I do remember wondering back during the Toyota "uncontrolled acceleration" epidemic why people wouldn't just put the cars in neutral
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by cwalv 2y ago
> So the controller only ever increased the torque request, or kept it at the same level. Even when I simulated pressing the brake it was like "Nothing needs to change, we're not even moving!" So wheel speed sensors drop o

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