justinhj

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by justinhj 1y ago
of course plenty of terminal left wing loonies on here too as observed by the irrational downvotes
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by justinhj 1y ago
Yeah just reading comments on Arstechnica articles like this one you can see the same baying mob they have on Bluesky. Elon bad. X nazi. Meanwhile I closed my Bluesky account because every other post is calling for violence against politi
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by justinhj 1y ago
if it means I can hire Waterloo graduates again here in Canada that sounds fantastic
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by justinhj 1y ago
They really shouldn't get public money then
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by justinhj 1y ago
Worth reflecting on how the average opinion on this story compares to the collective mobbing that occurred at the time https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26961482
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by justinhj 1y ago
I remember following this story, and finding it a remarkable case study in mob justice. If you search for Scala on this site you will find it is still among the top 5 stories on the topic and nearly all the comments assume guilt and berate
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by justinhj 1y ago
"Let me be clear..."
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by justinhj 1y ago
Isn't it a common refrain that a language one hasn't used much would be perfect if only had this one feature my favourite language has
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by justinhj 1y ago
I've been playing with tokenization too. Starting from Kaparthy's Python minbpe I set myself the task of training a tokenizer on wikitext (500mb) in a reasonable time. I got the C++ version down to about 50 minutes compared to th
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by justinhj 1y ago
really cool thanks
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by justinhj 1y ago
I worked on games for 20 years and was always interested in alternative languages to C and C++ for the purpose. Java was my first hope. It was a bit safer than C++ but ultimately too verbose and the GC meant too much memory is wasted. Most
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by justinhj 2y ago
Good positive direction for Scala. I have written a lot of Scala and made my living almost 100% from it for 7 years. However, three major head winds pushed me away from commercial use: 1. Culture war. The so called culture war came for th
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by justinhj 2y ago
Crewe native here. It’s a big town rather than a small Mountain village, but aside from that it would be a similar experience to the article. There’s modern Best Western across the street. Pubs open until midnight or 1ish. Indian restaurant
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by justinhj 2y ago
You are not trying hard enough. Sure, you managed to allude to Paul Graham being a white supremacist just for using a similar title. How many ways are there to phrase a title for an essay about this topic? But really my disappointment comes
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by justinhj 2y ago
US companies pay more and obviosuly it’s a bigger market. It means the pool of good engineers and leaders is constantly leaking across the border. I’ve made Vancouver work for me for 20 years but there are significant headwinds and for youn
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by justinhj 2y ago
I would advise taking an IC role in deep tech. See what that takes, what knowledge you need. If you do need an MSc then do that. A couple of years as an IC will prep you to be a deep tech PM more than any credential.
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by justinhj 2y ago
That sounds valuable too but maybe it comes after the basic concepts or you may find people immediately dismiss it. There is all kinds of extra syntax and baggage that may seem pointless at first.
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by justinhj 2y ago
ofc a “journalist” just outright tells people to delete their X accounts and I get a downvote the anti musk shit on this site is counter to logic and ideological
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by justinhj 2y ago
“ If you're a Twitter diehard who's not willing to swap to X, it might be finally time to ditch X for Mastadon or Threads. On your way out, don't forget to delete your X account.” journalists are so biased against X
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by justinhj 2y ago
We would disagree on who is promising the deliberative democracy and who is the demagog I expect. However, expressing my opinion does not reduce the space for others to express theirs. In fact downvoting opinions is a form of exclusion.
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by justinhj 2y ago
Twitter or X is a great platform
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by justinhj 2y ago
I gave my opinion. The 1) and 2) I don’t speak for or care to be told to fall in line for.
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by justinhj 2y ago
Did the climate stop changing?
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by justinhj 2y ago
As Trump said in his recent speech in Michigan "We have to make life good for our smart people." These are executives and investors who have created trillions in value with their technology based products and services. Their inter
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I don’t suppose you have any links to good layman articles about how these work? I am particularly interested in the early systems.
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by justinhj 2y ago
Seems a bit dystopian
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Maiden launch of Falcon Heavy with dual rocket landing(twitter.com)
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Fully enjoyed both the books and Netflix adaptation. In fact I am surprised how well they made an entertaining tv series of this material that will appeal to a wide audience. My only criticism would be how fast they went through the story.
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by justinhj 2y ago
If there was significant pressure from developers Sony would allow Rust. I doubt there is any.
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by justinhj 2y ago
Exception handling is easy enough to disable. Luckily, or C would probably still be the game developers go to.

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