hathawsh

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by hathawsh 3y ago
To clarify, the Nobel prize comment is a reference to the last sentence of the passage: "The diagrams and the whole business that I got the Nobel Prize for came from that piddling around with the wobbling plate."
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by hathawsh 3y ago
While this passage is inspiring, it boils down to: 1. Get good at something 2. Get paid for doing it 3. Get burned out by doing it 4. Return to the fun way of doing it 5. ??? 6. Win a Nobel prize or similar How repeatable i
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by hathawsh 3y ago
I like to think we could quickly create a next-level AI (maybe AGI?) if we simply model it on the Pixar movie "Inside Out". The little characters inside the girl's brain are different LLMs with different biases. They follow a
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Sure, that's a good way to look at it. Another way to look at it: because the process of transforming code for cooperative multitasking is now much cleaner and simpler, it's fine to use new words to describe what to do and how to
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Exactly. The way I think about it, the "async" keyword transforms function code so that local variables are no longer bound to the stack, making it possible to pause function execution (using "await") and resume it at an
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Meanwhile, in JS/ECMAScript land, async/await is used everywhere and it simplifies a lot of things. I've also used the construct in Rust, where I found it difficult to get the type signatures right, but in at least one other
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by hathawsh 3y ago
With all due respect, I don't understand the first part of your comment. Make's core purpose is to execute commands, isn't it? How was it not designed to execute commands?
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by hathawsh 3y ago
I really like GNU Make because it has a hidden superpower: the "-j" parameter enables instant, easy parallelization. I have a project with many subprojects and I use "-j16" to invoke the same command in all of the subpro
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by hathawsh 3y ago
I would like to extend the question: is anyone building a homelab for the specific purpose of training a LLM on their personal info? The choice of hardware (for speed, cost, and noise concerns) seems important.
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Yeah, that Apple case was really interesting. I always guessed that Apple could simply push a software update (possibly to everyone) that happens to open a backdoor for a specific phone. I wonder if that's what they did.
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by hathawsh 3y ago
I enjoy how the game Factorio makes paradoxes like this clear and obvious. In Factorio, when you replace your coal-driven power infrastructure with a big array of solar panels and batteries, pollution (which attracts bugs in the game) falls
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by hathawsh 3y ago
The relevant paragraph in the article bothers me a bit: "I re-uploaded a version with improved error handling, but image uploads were failing without any feedback. You see, normally code screams its errors at you in red text - silence
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by hathawsh 3y ago
That deep thought seems especially appropriate for XKCD, yet your username curiously suggests you would disagree.
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Thanks. Good answers. What are you thinking will happen when a SaaS grows like Salesforce, with a very large number of tenants, where some of the tenants have very large databases? What will Nile do when the database just can't fit in
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Can some tenants stick to an older version of the schema while other tenants use a newer schema? Also, how is Nile different from creating a database (or several databases) for each tenant within a single Postgres cluster?
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by hathawsh 3y ago
The HTTP spec defines it as Round Trip Time, but in this little discussion thread, "round-trip transaction" would be a better fit. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Round_Trip...
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by hathawsh 3y ago
For another take, here is what the right is saying. Worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x17ip3ZwG0Q
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by hathawsh 3y ago
That's great to hear. Thanks!
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Very good point. Is there anything out there that's like NFS but also supports inotify? By "like NFS" I mean a remote filesystem protocol (not a block-level protocol) that works across platforms and can support nearly all fil
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Sounds like a fun project. If it's intended for ordinary users, one thing you should expect them to do is add content to the 4 extreme corners of a sheet and see if the spreadsheet engine falls over as a result. If you allow 1 million
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Indeed, RSC reminds me of CORBA [1]. CORBA is a way to mix local components with remote components. CORBA is very mature and works in many languages. So why doesn't everyone use it? I would guess that most developers today have never e
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Is it this channel? https://www.youtube.com/@adultliteracyandenglishlang Here is the reading/writing playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9RaD1SLwSoZhMNz7pqRw... I like her pacing (not fas
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by hathawsh 3y ago
The comment is praise for maintaining compatibility. To me, the sentence "It’s a testament to computer science that this has been so thoroughly abstracted over the years" means: "It’s a testament to computer science that the
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Nice idea. I have questions: - Are the pipes and liquid heavy enough to increase strain on the roof and panel mounting hardware? - How does this solution deal with the risk that the pipes might freeze, expand, and burst? - Would it make sen
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Right, a pull request is called a Request For Payment (RFP). It is an important feature and it's already online.
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by hathawsh 3y ago
As I see it, the innovative part is that the service is push-only. With ACH and most other systems in the US, payees can pull from accounts, while FedNow has no support for forceful debits. That's a significant shift in the way we thin
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Once the service provider is connected to the Fed (a somewhat complex process), it's normal software development. The client uses either MQI or JMS to send and receive messages; the messages are essentially ISO20022 XML. The developmen
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by hathawsh 3y ago
Right away. My organization verified that an account at one of our banks could send thousands of dollars to an account at another bank, in seconds, and then send it back. It's pretty cool. :-)
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by hathawsh 3y ago
OTOH, if you build a framework/library, you might be able to use AI to generate thousands of examples of using your framework/library, then publish those examples. If it's too difficult for the AI to generate correct examples
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by hathawsh 3y ago
If that app works reliably, then yes, because it would regularly save people thousands of dollars under the current US health care system.

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