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by gfiorav 4y ago
Windows Subsystem for X. Basically means: Windows made a KVM to trick any code into think it's running on X natively. Works pretty well tbh.
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by gfiorav 4y ago
I learnt this when I worked at www.carto.com In Geo Analysis, you start with Raw data and then apply a series of transformations to it. The idea that all these transformations could be summarized in chain of SQL commands fascinated me. I to
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by gfiorav 4y ago
AI is just making it obvious what is repetitive. Humans find repetitive tasks soothing, but don't confuse them with art. Coding is like woodwork. Deciding what to code could be art (maybe). Also, this constant allusion to "the pro
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by gfiorav 4y ago
I agree with the point that there's no point in fighting the advent of AI-aided development, but it's also true that the invention of calculators didn't mean we stopped learning how to add.
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by gfiorav 4y ago
The creator of combdb2 at Bloomberg was then hired by Amazon to build auroradb. He retired off the package he received for that. Brilliant guy!
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by gfiorav 4y ago
... then you didn't fix it? My reasoning is: say that bad city design leads to a lot of pedestrians about to be struck by cars in intersections. Does it really make sense to focus on the drivers?
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by gfiorav 4y ago
It's only noticeable when there's a sustained workload. The Pro model can use active cooling (fans) while the air can't.
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by gfiorav 4y ago
You can order Macs with US keyboard layouts from the country's Apple Store page. It'll take longer to ship is all.
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by gfiorav 4y ago
I know there are flaws to my reasoning, but I can't shake the thought: How/Why those poor people ended on the track is more important to fix than to focus on the responsibility of the guy pulling the lever.
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by gfiorav 4y ago
We’re reliving the last days of Ancient Greece. Direct democracy (strictly NOT representative democracy) led cities like Athens to make harsh decisions based on just-in-time demagoguery. It led to their fall. Representative democracy is not
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by gfiorav 5y ago
It's interesting to me how much of "I got over X" is framed as "X is no longer interesting". It reminds me of how "younger generations are going to ruin everything" has been said by older generations since
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by gfiorav 5y ago
In my experience: - It makes us more hirable Nowadays every new engineer wants to contribute to open source.
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Twitter avatar that changes depending on contents of TL(twitter.com)
2 points by gfiorav 5y ago|0 comments
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Not a Moore fan, but I think this is his most underrated movie [0]. It became free to watch on Youtube a couple years ago. Maybe it'll pick some more traction now. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUpnFNUmfKw
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by gfiorav 5y ago
This is honestly my gripe with r/antiwork. It could be (and sometimes is) a hub for a mature conversation towards unionizing and regaining meaningful industry in the US, but it choses to be the place for edgy workers from all ages to d
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Big surprise for me is Amazon music... with 13%! I don't know anyone that uses it. Maybe it's a regional thing?
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Covid vs. Christmas: Tracking all top trending emojis with TinyBird(twitter.com)
2 points by gfiorav 5y ago|0 comments
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Here's an alternative explanation: the quality of the content has gotten worse. Everyone and their mother is doing SEO now. They're trying to maximize clicks, not quality content.
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Here are some interesting takes by the guy who ported it for XP at Microsoft. He says it would later prove very difficult to move to 64bit due to some low-level hacks/dependencies on word length in the collision detection code. https:
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Pathfinding Visualizer(clementmihailescu.github.io)
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Some of these apply better than others, but holy n4. That's the most necessary point of this post IMO. `Code isn't "clever" if no-one understands it.` It will make some code-bros mad though.
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by gfiorav 5y ago
It charges to 80% in 45 mins. I don't wear it overnight, but some friends who do, charge it in the office without much of an impact to usage. For me it's never been a problem, it wouldn't have changed my usage pattern to have
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Plus, GH doesn't care how you licensed your code. It will learn from it and produced licensed code.
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Or if you work in a big company, it's always the proxy
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Add to the list: "Running code generated by ML which is not trusted" Similar in nature to "Running arbitrary containers" but without the human trust-to-do-no-evil policy in place.
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by gfiorav 5y ago
I think this should be pretty much expected. I'm unfamiliar with how this network is trained, but I'm pretty sure the data ranking is not perfect. I'm guessing the ranking features are based on the repo stats, contributor sta
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by gfiorav 5y ago
The fact that you could do something alternative doesn’t mean it’s easy, supported, or streamlined for developers or company tech ops. I don’t think that thinking like an engineer will help you understand the value add here.
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Exactly. This makes sense. USD 21 per user/month + bulk discount is nothing. If companies want to roll their own they can, but most won't. Docker Desktop adds a lot of value if only by removing the hassle for quick os-agnostic dev
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by gfiorav 5y ago
It's astonishing how banks (saved with your money) can go home scotch-free, and hedge funds (that will die for their recklessness) get all the blame. You see this through policy. Why ban short selling? It's really dumb if you ask
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by gfiorav 5y ago
Nowhere near this money, but I did notice during this pandemic a situation where: - Wife and I were in a tricky situation (stuck in a different country, living with parents since we couldn't go back home). - It was stressful to be away

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