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by davemp 8y ago
The title is commonly found in heterogeneous projects where software isn't the solo driver. Ex: embedded systems Pretty much the title just describes a senior dev., who owns the software aspect of the project.
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by davemp 8y ago
Take a look at cargo's contribution and architecture docs. [1] That project was hands down one of the easiest for me to get into and learn. I am a firm believer in a nice architecture document that points to interesting code sections.
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by davemp 8y ago
I would suggest the inference I was alluding to would also apply amazon. Note how I never stated the inference. This is because I wanted to share a way of thinking without feeling the responsibility to reply to people attempting to force me
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by davemp 8y ago
I’ll suggest considering whether entities enamored with centralizing ideals are more likely to fail to properly realize the robustness of a distributed system.
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by davemp 8y ago
I think it’s telling of Google’s culture that the corporate arm felt the need to formalize this in law. I won’t pretend to know what it’s telling. Just suggest that you listen for yourself. Look at rule of law versus the ideas of liberty if
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by davemp 8y ago
Jonestown and the like are such tragic events. I feel like it’s oddly appropriate to honor them in the same way I choose to honor the collective memory of veterans. Remebering them as a group of individuals with their own convictions ration
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by davemp 8y ago
Fair enough. I believe that iron sharpens iron as person sharpens person; and if a person is looking for sharpening, a strong partner is the best tool. Also a cook needs more than just sharp knives. :)
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by davemp 8y ago
If "techies" assume as much personal liability as surgeons, then they may deserve seen in the like. Where are the malpractice suites for person info leaks of infrastructure downtime?
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by davemp 8y ago
The kettle sat upon the stove absorbing heat in order to control the state of the water contained within. Nearby a pot was perched over a burner, boiling away. The kettle thought to itself, "What a glorious tool am I. That I can heat w
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by davemp 8y ago
I can see where you’re coming from. My armchair hypothesis is that people aren’t being taught how to have healthy long term monogamous relationships and why being in one (a healthy ltmr) can be so amazing. I won’t speculate on the cause, be
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by davemp 8y ago
Predetermination is not a theological rabbit hole that is necessary to go down for this conversation. Reducing things to the point where the original ideas have little tangible meaning ineffective way to discuss ideas. See why mathematician
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by davemp 8y ago
I leave these on to remind me how far reddit has fallen and to generally avoid the site.
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by davemp 8y ago
> My question is why would I want to run an unmodified application on this? Complete straw-man here, but this is what I envision: Ignorant businessmen buys a new silver bullet from a (potentially ignorant or malicious) salesperson or ide
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by davemp 8y ago
There are two classes of implications that come to me easily. 1) There is a possibility that the empowered person did not make the decision(s) that would have resulted in success. Maybe there was no decision chain leading to success. Good l
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by davemp 8y ago
I really love this philosophy. Thank you for taking the time to share. Many developers can see the value in open source software. This philosophy claims even more value (user freedom/liberty) can added to groups outside developers by c
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by davemp 8y ago
> Technology can be an amplifier of human nature (for better / or worse) or > Modern technology is an amplifier of human nature (for better / or worse) FTFY: There's no inherent reason in "technology" that
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by davemp 8y ago
This seems like yet another instance showcasing the staggering lack of engineering ethics going on in critical information infrastructure designs. We have/used methods (PE licensure) to ensure that some sort of ethical engineering is
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by davemp 8y ago
> This why it is imperative that we __turbocharge__ the pace of innovation in nuclear power. TerraPower is just one of dozens of startups around the world that are now exploring new and better kinds of reactors As promising as nuclear po
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by davemp 8y ago
I would love to hear a post mortem on the bug that caused this outage. It’s slightly disturbing to me that a software issue can cascade enough to take down an entire retail chain. How many more systems are designed with such vulnerabilities
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Nationwide Closure of BJ’s Wholesale Caused by Software Failure(twitter.com)
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by davemp 8y ago
OSS funding and documentation quality are problems I think about semi-regularly. A few questions I have are: 1) Is the model of keeping software open but education material closed a necessary compromise to fund the project? 1.b) If so, have
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by davemp 8y ago
attack --> individual choice > (of a disease, chemical substance, or insect) act harmfully on. > to set upon or work against forcefully > a belligerent or antagonistic action --- The above fit relatively well.
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by davemp 8y ago
The ethics of ads, in my opinion, is a question of whether the ends justify the means. Persuasive ad campaigns are an attack on individual choice. The goal is to convince someone to do something: to buy, to vote, to labor, to behave, etc. I
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by davemp 8y ago
This is a completely false, irresponsible analogy. A villager knowing a fellow's face is not analogous to a facial recognition surveillance system. A distributed group of people who know each others' faces do not communicate perfe
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by davemp 8y ago
Interesting and thought provoking article(s). They are a bit involved so I'll post some of my thoughts/notes on them here: -- The background reading article [1] Disciplinary surveillance . . . was simple: the prisoners would sta
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by davemp 8y ago
Compare the U.S. government to Feudalism or a similar form of government--not the U.S. government to Utopia. You're not seeing the point. This is actually the exact opposite of idealism. Try to account for the reality of human nature i
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by davemp 8y ago
This is incredibly fatalistic. Why can't technology be created with human nature in mind? Forms of democracy with checks and balances became so dominant because it acknowledged the deficiencies in human nature. We can certainly blame c
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by davemp 8y ago
I mostly agree. The only difficulty is that what people will say and what people will pay are not always aligned.
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by davemp 8y ago
I’m not trying to step into the discussion, but analogies usually make for weak argument tools IMO. High quality textiles cannot be copied and distributed at almost zero cost.
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by davemp 8y ago
I see no real reason to feed it back to iOS. If Apple manages to integrate iOS apps into macOS well, I can see them shipping iPads/iPhones with i+macOS. Both OS's run the same kernel anyways so why not just tweak them a bit, glue

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