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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Unfortunately these practices are biased to the English language, as slugs are limited to ASCII.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
If you use a camera with shake reduction system like a Pentax DSLR, it has a function to shake the sensor slightly to avoid Moiré.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
If you're having this pain, and there's no better provider, other companies in this business might be struggling too. Are the companies that do well in this business also deploying in-house software? Are they partnering with someo
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Org files with embedded PlantUML blocks get close to what you want.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
If you want a "receiverless message", you want a queue surely?
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
There’s a similar one in São Paulo, Brazil. It’s modeled after the emperor’s residence in Kyoto, and was also transported by ship and assembled in place. http://photo.rique.pro/photos/2023-03-30-pavilhao-japones.ht...
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
> Vehicles that can get remote updates like Teslas are going to be much less reliable than one not connected to anything that has a single extensively tested final version. I don’t think it’s necessarily this, but the fact that being abl
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Extreme viewpoint, but agree strongly. Big reason why working in Common Lisp brings a smile to my face - it’s a standard, quicklisp works, ffi works, etc. I can run code and follow instructions written DECADES ago, it just damn works.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Agreed. Visual programming focuses on visualising the structure of the _program_, but what matters more is visualising the structure of the _data_ and, even more importantly, what the program is doing to the data (visualising in the time d
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
> The CEO leaned across the table, got in my face, and said, "this, is a monumental fuck up. You're gonna cost us millions in revenue". His co-founder (remotely present via Skype) chimed in "you're lucky to still
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
In many jurisdictions it’s illegal for the state to setup a “trap” to imprison people, like a decoy car to be stolen. This voids the validity of the proof in trial. Isn’t that the case in Canada?
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
That is a pretty grounded, timeless write-up for 1960. 5.4 The Language Problem The basic dissimilarity between human languages and computer languages may be the most serious obstacle to true symbiosis. LLMs unlock the much so
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
There are waterproof watches and cameras with replaceable batteries. This waterproofing argument has always been an excuse from the manufacturer.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Follow the money. https://x.com/panoparker/status/1318157559266762752
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
I disagree with this definition of "fundamentally different", because nothing in physics stops you from building a computer out of a billion vacuum tubes. That's very different than requiring negative energy or something neve
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
> Not even 100 years ago computers could do a few operations per second, today you can put a 100,000,000,000,000 operations per seconds computer in you pocket. These computers still obey the same fundamentals though, in fact we’ll reach
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
10 years from now, the last generation of senior devs will be making money fixing the mess being created right now. LLM-generated code is the new COBOL.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Yes. I was giving another example of profession that should have plenty of offer since there will always be demand for.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
This isn’t a mental health issue of an individual. Medicine is severely understaffed and professionals are burned out, worldwide. Doctors should be as common as plumbers given the demand but often, I can’t get an appointment with a doctor w
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
It's not just "spreadsheets", this happens to any software not written by someone trained in software engineering practices – e.g., some script written by a data scientist that only runs on his machine.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Filtering and distortion of communication. Suits well the age of appearances we live in.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
> Vitamins and minerals can be replaced with supplements No, you can't. Supplements often have either bad absorption or risk of overdose, because need to be associated with some other nutrient (fat, fiber, etc) or the absorption is
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Apple never advertised how long they would support updates, but recently published a 5 years policy [1]. It’s still bad since the device is well made and would easily outlast 5 years with battery replacement. https://www.androida
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Apple is now imposing the same iOS obsolescence program to MacBook/iMac. That’s how you make easy money nowadays.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Brazil had government incentives for fomenting the national industry as well as high taxation to deter imports. Nowadays only the high taxes remain (effectively a 100% tax), the current government is trying to implement new incentives to r
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Probably, the video he mentions is about this: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101113442...
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
Don’t make the symbol public, or call it _set_deadline, or whatever is the idiom in Python. The point of this example is ofc not having set_deadline be used, but the other symbols. Again, you don’t need to duplicate a function body just to
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
The article builds a straw man though. The "bad example" is bad because it introduces OOP for no reason at all. What's wrong with: def set_deadline(deadline): if deadline <= datetime.now(): raise Valu
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they have insider information on upcoming government contract.
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by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
… or already build planning for tear down. Steel and wood.

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