hooverd

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1. 61.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   Maybe Staff Engineer would be a better title here. He doesn't seem to be doing much in the way of ya know, managing or running things.
2. 62.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   that's half of engineering
3. 63.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   We should really price / punish "oopsies" higher. I don't think any other profession gets away with as much consistently fucking up as software. Imagine an airline running these principles- who cares if we have a few cra
4. 64.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   Django tasks!? Waow.
5. 65.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   And to what end? I sometimes get the impression software people want to optimize out everything so in the end, when there's nothing left to do, they can lay down and die.
6. 66.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   how cheap is rolling your own with a little mini PC running an Ultralytics model?
7. 67.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   It's easier to keep bisecting the area vs trying to draw a circle.
8. 68.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   I like the Firefox AI features- they seem integrated rather than wanting to replace everything with it.
9. 69.▲
   by hooverd 1y ago

   It tracks with the trend of computing being something you passively consume rather than something you do. Don't learn how anything works! Deskill yourself! Not that LLMs aren't a force multiplier.
10. 70.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    I see them about. Clearly somebody wants them or else nobody would buy them. I think they're adorable little figures. I don't get the hype around them though.
11. 71.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    that's like what, a dozen people?
12. 72.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    > tourists look, buddy, anime is mainstream now
13. 73.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    what's that anecdote about the stupid and industrious?
14. 74.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    damn, I remember when Windows 10 was supposed to be the evergreen OS.
15. 75.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    like, just use it for code that satisfies defined constrains and it kicks ass.
16. 76.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Firefox has been so far so good for me, in terms of support.
17. 77.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Well, maybe they shouldn't either?
18. 78.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    why would I want that?
19. 79.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    what isn't in the unicode standard these days???
20. 80.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Chrome is a browser, not your Google account?
21. 81.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskomnadzor
22. 82.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    crazy how much coercion goes into maintaining the "natural" state of gender relations
23. 83.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    So much for freedom of expression!
24. 84.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Eh, this is about Luddite statistical models and not real AI (chatbots).
25. 85.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    I'm convinced the the capital-c Crypto industry hates crypto. Don't use it as a currency! Give us interest free loans (stablecoins) and gamble!
26. 86.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Many security professionals suffer from a horrible case of Boyscoutism where they think snuffing out freedoms is okay because bad people will never be doing the snuffing out.
27. 87.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Oh no no no, those are private for security reasons!
28. 88.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Effectively ceding control of your online identity is a feature? Would you be willing to bet real money that the passkey attestation feature will never be abused be these same companies ?
29. 89.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    I say let people shoot themselves in the foot if they want. That's the cost of a free society.
30. 90.▲
    by hooverd 1y ago

    Can't wait for the Volksphone X.