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by jgerrish 5y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong. But, one of the goals in software engineering right now is reproducible builds. This means building from source. And of course we'll want to automate that. We've already made inroads with CI So, co
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by jgerrish 5y ago
Such a sad outcome for something that could have been magical together. I was there in the Usenet days, and it was beautiful. I was there when Compuserve and Prodigy and Mozilla burst forth. It's not the platform though. We're se
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by jgerrish 5y ago
Oh, also, really clever! I love studying resiliency in complex systems!
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by jgerrish 5y ago
Could you imagine being part of this. Told the company was running DiRT testing or whatever, and then getting fired or punished for listening and following instructions? Could you imagine afterwards being lectured to use common sense. Als
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by jgerrish 5y ago
Companies will find other uses for at-home robots. As a hypothetical somebody could help their parents better deal with dementia by purchasing a puzzle playing robot (or giving the person instructions to carry out themselves, Task Rabbit st
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There's probably ad, biz dev, and other teams and departments in media organizations that do this, not the writer. They probably use specialized tools to scan text for keywords that have high paying ad payouts. Fucking interesting shit
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by jgerrish 5y ago
I wouldn't change anything. Centralized control will be abused. The people I see harassing others online a lot of times are US citizens, on US domains, in US jurisdictions. Sorry.
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by jgerrish 5y ago
Thank you for this informative post. I love exploring stuff like this, and it's even better that there are so many factors which I need to adjust and change my behavior on. Thanks!
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by jgerrish 5y ago
I've worked with groups with small bounties and toxic environments. I'd rather have less drama in my life. Remember, good engineers can make money. Programming is one of the few things I love in this world, and these groups made
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by jgerrish 6y ago
Except bureaucracies are going to do what they do. The offensive agency will hold back information, and when an attack occurs on the defensive agency, calls for bringing the defensive agency under the umbrella of the offensive agency will
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by jgerrish 6y ago
Pretending the Fediverse can't be censored is naive. New Internet protocols plus secure boot chains plus legislation will make it all moot. The past decade I learned to lose hope in these ideas of freedom, thanks to my friends. Just l