kmoser

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by kmoser 3y ago
I'm sure the author can build it fast and cheap. Just don't expect it to be good. Now, what have you proven?
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by kmoser 3y ago
> Once again only from my experience...good programmers are capable of...thinking. Agreed. Unfortunately most programmers are not good programmers.
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by kmoser 3y ago
My first job at a software company was in the shipping room (this was when software was still distributed on physical media) when I was 16 years old. As I walked around the office I realized I was at least as skilled as most of the programm
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by kmoser 3y ago
I need another app on my phone like I need a hole in the head. What makes this better than, say, Facebook's news feed?
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by kmoser 3y ago
> As an interviewee, I refuse to put any effort into gaming the system and hoping to come across as a better candidate. That reminds me of this part of the article: "You can use mirroring in your interview process. How? Use their la
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by kmoser 3y ago
> "Part of the solution may be to shield us from knowing that the computer is working to solve a problem. In reality, there is no reason why we need to look at an incomprehensible box with commands or a frozen computer. The computer
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by kmoser 3y ago
Yes, I know you pointed out that there is an explanation of tweaking the color planes individually, but I think you're missing my point. My comment was not intended as criticism of what you said; it was intended to expand on your thoug
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by kmoser 3y ago
In that case you could just watch the video at 10x speed.
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by kmoser 3y ago
True, but film is more than just three color planes. Different types of film capture and display colors differently. Grain is very different depending on the film sensitivity. And b/w uses different chemistry than color (silver vs dye)
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by kmoser 3y ago
The site really needs some videos showing it in action, and how it differs from a regular editor or word processor. The screenshots give a tantalizing clue, but I'm left wondering how it actually works from a practical perspective. Als
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by kmoser 3y ago
A huge drop in revenue is obviously bad for those who rely on that revenue, but just seeing numbers like 40% doesn't help me understand how big a deal that is. For those relying on the income it may be significant, but for those who
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by kmoser 3y ago
Modal editing? Larry Tesler would not have approved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Tesler
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by kmoser 3y ago
Very cool visuals, but after the record flies out and lands at the bottom of the screen, the record seems like a hyperlink because the mouse pointer turns into a finger, yet nothing happens on click. The "X" to close the "pop
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by kmoser 3y ago
The author is right, but doesn't seem to mention that this could be solved, at least in theory, with better project management. Devs focusing on the wrong thing? Project manager should be on it. Scope creep? Project manager should be o
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by kmoser 3y ago
Lawyer: "Are you aware of the phrase 'juror nullification?'" Potential juror: "I am now!"
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by kmoser 3y ago
With distinct pages it's easy to bookmark them and/or remember "oh, there was something interesting on page three." With infinite scroll, that interesting thing becomes lost in a maze of twisty passages and more difficul
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by kmoser 3y ago
While you have the right to remain silent, I remember reading somewhere that you have to actively invoke that right (by stating something like "I invoke my 5th amendment right to remain silent") for your silence to be considered a
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by kmoser 3y ago
"I know this may be an awkward time, but do you recall him ever mentioning source code?" https://imgur.com/3saWbLH
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by kmoser 3y ago
Forget Tic Tac Toe; can it play Global Thermonuclear War?
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by kmoser 3y ago
> I passed this article & discussion on to physician spouse, who would specifically like me to reply to this comment: "You are being very emotional." Yes, that's the whole point: I'm relating what my feelings woul
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by kmoser 3y ago
No problem, just issue everybody a new birthdate, height, and eye color.
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by kmoser 3y ago
My takeaway isn't how useful ChatGPT is, but how useless the doctor is, and by extension, how poorly the the field of medicine is that it doesn't adequately train doctors to have better bedside manner. Regardless of my state of ag
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by kmoser 3y ago
Or pretty much any US agency
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by kmoser 3y ago
> Here, you have entities storing unsecured funds and doing god knows what with it. Your first mistake is assuming that when you transfer, say, USD $500 into your Paypal (or Venmo or...) account, your Paypal account now holds USD $500. R
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by kmoser 3y ago
With great power comes great responsibility. Non-reversible transactions are dangerous in the sense that you can't reverse them, but that's the case with cash (not to mention handing over physical goods). But it cuts both ways: it
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by kmoser 3y ago
When I watch people perform intricate physical movements (e.g. dance, gymnastics, yoga) I can actually feel in my "mind's eye" what it would be like to be in their place, including the sensations of movement and pressure agai
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by kmoser 3y ago
How do YT download tools "break" YT's DRM any more than your browser "breaks" YT's DRM? Both devices are user-agents, and allow a user to decode and view content. Once that content gets sent to your monitor it
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by kmoser 3y ago
The VCR was a tool that allowed people to time-shift (record now, watch later) copyrighted material, which was determined by courts to be fair use. It also allowed people to duplicate their own material, which was unquestionably always le
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by kmoser 3y ago
> The key question is: when someone else reads this code, how much do they need to "reconstruct" the context? Can they get away with not reconstructing the context? And if they need to, how fast can they do so, via appropriate
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by kmoser 3y ago
If the author thinks a judge shouldn't be allowed to impose a time frame on a search warrant, does that mean the author thinks the government should be able to execute the warrant any time in the future? That sounds ripe for abuse: the

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