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by dsuth 11y ago
Ethics isn't relative. You don't get to point to some other perceived problem and say "well that's worse, so what I'm doing is fine in comparison!". Vulnerabilities in cars is an issue that needs to be fixed. P
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by dsuth 11y ago
When it comes to industrial safety, the main question when facing accusation of negligence is "what would a reasonable person have done in that situation". It takes into account things like: - would a reasonable person have identi
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by dsuth 11y ago
This will change as awareness of these attacks reaches the general public. According to the article, US politicians are looking at introducing legislation to enforce cybersecurity measures. At that point, it will just be another safety rati
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by dsuth 11y ago
Writing software is not what (many) companies do. Companies exist to create things of value for their clients. Software is one aspect of the secondary functions that enhance this value creation. In the article, the VP worked at a company
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by dsuth 11y ago
If I had to guess - the astronomical energy requirements to heat stone up to 3000 degF.
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by dsuth 11y ago
You should not really be arguing about design and architecture in a code review - that should be done in design review.
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by dsuth 11y ago
It's essentially the v model [1] for software development. It's commonly used in systems engineering and the industries that implement it, so military, avionics, medical, safety engineering etc. I work on industrial safety systems
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by dsuth 12y ago
First off, a suggestion: leave. It's not worth staying in a toxic environment full stop. On to your questions: 1. Self-confidence is fine, as is the expectation that you will receive mentoring, especially if it has been made known that
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by dsuth 12y ago
Great, now I have to learn Go to justify getting this book!
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by dsuth 12y ago
That's all well and good from the consumers point of view . It doesn't help people who are spending their working hours at a place that cannot support them. It's not about doing things less efficiently, so your 'buildin
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by dsuth 12y ago
Poor metrics win again!
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by dsuth 12y ago
> Any such service would immediately be outcompeted by one which doesn't provide all that - it's trivial to clone an on-demand service, and if you have lower costs you can be cheaper. In other words, it's the classic &#x27
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by dsuth 12y ago
In your home town, it's probably not a big deal. But if you're travelling in random towns, I could definitely see this being useful. Bonus points if you can tie it into a 'what's cool to do around here right now' se
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by dsuth 12y ago
No, I don't believe that handing weapons to people turns them into fundamentalist terrorists, and I don't believe the Iraq war created a group whose modus operandi has been the same since the 1800's. Take a look at the arti
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by dsuth 12y ago
> b) We don't need political capital to do it. The US's unilateral declarations of war have caused a huge amount of tension, globally. To do what you propose would be a log breaking the back of many a diplomatic camel. Contrary
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by dsuth 12y ago
Do you have links to support this?
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by dsuth 12y ago
> There's no point in praising anything the NSA does unless you are perfectly happy with them destroying security for the entire world and spying on everybody at all. That is a ridiculously absolutist statement. Do you really stand
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by dsuth 12y ago
1. I don't think the scope of these efforts are based solely around terrorist activity. They are very wide-ranging in scale, and seem to be a natural extension of the USA's foreign policy. In an ideal world it would be nice if nei
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by dsuth 12y ago
No, gold miners have incentives to maximise their profit, which is different from maximising their efficiency. Take, for example, the typical refining process for low grade ore[1]. This occurs in a lot of developing countries, and involves
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by dsuth 12y ago
Don't lose heart - working in the industrial safety business, the 'just check the boxes' tactic is very familiar. Things are finally coming around after many years (and many, many incidents) though, as companies, and the cour
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by dsuth 12y ago
> Most people don't bother any more, which has lead to a much smaller number of PE-Engineers many of whom are relegated to being mere license-holders who sign drawings for others, who do the actual engineering. To some extent this h
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by dsuth 12y ago
I think a lot of people here sympathise with him because geeks have a libertarian bent. We believe that we know what's best for ourselves, and assume that other people do as well.
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by dsuth 12y ago
Since we're getting pedantic, once you are employed straight out of uni, you are still not an engineer. You are a graduate, or cadet engineer. Typically its not until you've have several years of experience in an engineering capac
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by dsuth 12y ago
There's more to it than that. In most places, the title 'Engineer' is a legal entity. In Australia, signing off on a design as an engineer makes you legally responsible for guaranteeing that it has been correctly designed, an
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by dsuth 12y ago
Ironically, EE had by far the most maths and maths-related courses of the other degrees, at my Uni. But we were still required to study those ones, along with the civil and chemical engineers.
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by dsuth 12y ago
This is an absolutely beautiful book, aesthetically, and does a good job of conveying some of the wonder of mathematics.
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by dsuth 12y ago
One doesn't optimise prematurely, and one never discusses it 'out of class'.
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by dsuth 12y ago
As an electrical engineer, I like to quip that 99% of the work I do requires only V=IR, or slight variations / derivations thereof. Of course, it's that remaining 1% that will fuck you if you don't have the maths chops. And t
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by dsuth 12y ago
Risk vs reward. When you are young, it makes a lot of sense to take risky ventures with potentially huge payoffs, as you tend to have less responsibilities. As you get older, you tend to become naturally more risk averse, and look for more
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by dsuth 12y ago
I recently worked on a project similar to this. Based on my experience, these are the things you need to do: - Take a break for 3 days minimum . Go cold turkey, preferably not in the same city you are in. Just get out of there. It'll

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