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by jes 6y ago
We need effective regulation of these platforms. The regulation must be forward-looking. Trying to respond after a social media company has harmed the public, say by hosting illegal content, is not good enough. Social media companies cannot
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by jes 6y ago
Quick question: If you wanted to put your phone in a field of some kind where it received faked GPS data, could you do it, and if so, how?
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by jes 6y ago
As I read the article, I had the impression that what the author was describing was the kind of activities that they would batch, for example, reviewing pull requests. That sounds more like part of the work involved in manufacturing softwar
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by jes 6y ago
Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins are still alive.
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by jes 6y ago
The advice to always batch is at odds with the primary advice of systems like the Toyota Production System (TPS) and Lean, which is to strive for one-piece flow in most places in the system under study. A continuous integration system doesn
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by jes 6y ago
That was my first hands-on computer as well. No disk drive, though the teletype had a tape punch and a tape reader. I was fortunate to have such an experience. I have had a satisfying career writing software for embedded systems and medical
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by jes 6y ago
I found value in learning about my "Mr. Nice Guy" behaviors and doing self-work to overcome them, to the extent I can do so. My nice-guy tendencies did great damage to my life. Yet at 61 years of age, many things are wired in so d
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by jes 6y ago
Have you tried to code-sign executables produced by this method?
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by jes 6y ago
Depending on what they mean by a mainframe, it occurred to me that the programming language might be IBM RPG (Report Program Generator.) I remember once being asked during an interview if I could program in RPG. Apparently, the job was at a
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by jes 6y ago
I'm 61, male, and started in software back in the mid 70s. First computer that I could physically touch was a PDP-8/M with an ASR-33 teletype with paper tape reader and punch. In my mid-50s, I started listening to Alan Watts and l
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by jes 6y ago
Same. I have been using it for a year now (I know, I'm a Late Adopter) and it's been completely smooth. No complaints.
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by jes 6y ago
I may be wrong, but something that you and I recognize as syntactic sugar may not be recognized as such by other, less experienced programmers. So those programmers might just use the sugared approach and avoid the problem of writing past t
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by jes 6y ago
I agree. I’m an older programmer (almost 61) and I’ve been using Perl for a long time - maybe 20 or 25 years. I reach for it when a job feels like a bit too much for a bash (1) script. I don’t go out of my way to teach or suggest Perl to my
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by jes 6y ago
All reporting is biased, even when people strive to avoid it. To be human is to have biases and preferences, even if you are unaware of them.
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by jes 6y ago
UNIX is a product of evolution and as such is messy, with newer subsystems trying to reuse and control older, simpler subsystems. Our bodies are the same way.
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by jes 6y ago
Same for me. You are not alone in thinking the UX is horrible.
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by jes 6y ago
A simple graphic of the four quadrants would have improved my experience in reading this article. I was surprised to not find one.
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by jes 6y ago
Thank you for an interesting experiment to try. I’m looking forward to doing it myself. I want to ask, though. Is it correct to call the third filter an obstacle? In the quantum realm, it’s not really an obstacle, is it?
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by jes 6y ago
There is a book, "Three Felonies a Day" that may interest you. The suggestion is that essentially all of us are committing at least three felonies a day. I have not tried to verify the claims made in the book.
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by jes 6y ago
With respect, I do question whether an auditor overlooking financial irregularities is actually acting in their self-interest.
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by jes 6y ago
I can relate. I have been a informal student of this topic for the last five years or so. In my case, my study of the topic has helped me to manifest more compassion for myself and for others. That change, in turn, improved all my relations
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by jes 6y ago
I have benefitted from Dr. Sapolsky's video series as well. I recommend it to others fairly often.
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by jes 6y ago
This is a great video. Thank you for sharing it.
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by jes 6y ago
I had not heard of Friction Stir Welding previously. Video that demonstrates the technique is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNbQH8XBgxQ
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by jes 6y ago
With no snark intended, I simply call them my colleagues. If there is a question about whether they report to me or not, I'm happy to clarify.
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by jes 6y ago
I have used Emacs for 30 years or so, but only started using org-mode a few years ago. I'm using it for activities of the kind you mention.
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by jes 6y ago
Are there two different definitions of the marketing function in everyday use? Some people seem to equate marketing with the promotion of existing products. Some others see marketing as helping to determine the products / services the
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by jes 6y ago
I was intrigued by your comment about the Tomahawk3. Turns out there is a Tomahawk4 implemented in 7nm which has twice the performance. Thank you for tipping me off to these devices: https://www.broadcom.com/company/new
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by jes 6y ago
I enjoy these retro computing videos. I have fond memories of programming on IBM 360 series systems, DEC, DG, TI and PR1ME systems. I was fortunate that my high school in the 70s had a PDP-8 and an ASR-33 TTY that students could sign up to
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by jes 6y ago
This is great to see. Congratulations on your effort. As an older (60) software engineer, your modeling brings back some pleasant memories for me.

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