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by lbayes 4y ago
I think you found it. Now I recall that episode exactly. Apparently, my mind created some very visual memories from the narrative. Thanks!
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by lbayes 4y ago
Nice job! Your tips got me to this one, where it more clearly spells out the "rewind" capability. I think the problem was that the tech was attached to a low-flying, piloted plane, not drones. https://www.csoonline.com&
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by lbayes 4y ago
So glad someone else saw this, I'm not finding anything on it and I'm starting to question my own memory, as I'm quite sure I saw the original article about the Mexico program on this site. FWIW, I also recall the tech bein
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by lbayes 4y ago
There was an article some years ago (2 or 3?), that described a drone (or drones?) that flew 24/7 over Mexico city taking high resolution video of the entire city at all times. Whenever there was a crime, the police could zoom into tha
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by lbayes 4y ago
I bought a $300, quite old, but many-core workstation from eBay a few years ago. Plugged it in, installed a Linux and gave it a static IP. We're building out our bootstrapped startup on that box for $0 per month. It's the fastest
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by lbayes 4y ago
Yeah, even a broken clock is right twice a day. OP got lucky with some crusty laptop and drew a wildly expansive and inaccurate conclusion. Maybe true for old machines, but definitely not true for newish models. Not even for machines being
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by lbayes 4y ago
I can't speak for others, but I care about binary size as a user because it tends to be a reliable signal of overall software quality (though there are definitely exceptions). I also find it incredibly frustrating when an application I
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by lbayes 4y ago
I apologize if this sounds harsh, but I can't see the /s anywhere and I want to clarify for others. This post outlines how to destroy a new (or any) business. There will never be anything approaching 100% clarity between different
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by lbayes 4y ago
Not weighing in on pros or cons of nuclear, I'm genuinely not informed enough on the subject. Just came here to point out what appears to be a significant error in the linked text. "...when an earthquake-triggered tsunami crashed
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by lbayes 4y ago
This exactly matches my own research from a few years ago. I also landed on Premake, which did work well enough for me at the time and remains the leading contender. That said, I've since been keeping a keen eye on the Ziglang project
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by lbayes 4y ago
This is how (and at least partly, why) I often work in a TDD style. The test environment is the isolated place where I can quickly stand up individual parts and then later, assemble them into larger chunks of value.
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by lbayes 5y ago
Also, the learning process isn't one-way with junior & senior. I've been writing software since the mid nineties, and love pairing with junior devs. I almost always learn something new too.
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by lbayes 5y ago
The claim that horizontal scaling is free with Docker is simply not accurate. Maybe it will be some day, but these orchestration and deployment tools built on Docker have enormous hidden costs. IME, Docker takes an enormous amount of focus
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by lbayes 5y ago
Okay, I'll bite. > It's also a deployment format that provides horizontal scaling for free. Um. Docker does not provide horizontal scaling at all, for that you need orchestration. And those tools are anything but free if your t
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by lbayes 5y ago
It's hard to believe anyone is still promoting Docker. Has anyone actually used it? If you haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet, don't do it. It's a sucker's game. I got sucked into the Docker hype some years ago and
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by lbayes 5y ago
FWIW - I've also had bad experiences with specific implementations of SL (both in the small and large). I'm especially frustrated by the magical creation patterns of some popular DI libraries. I think there are difficult trade off
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by lbayes 5y ago
Thanks! I'll take a look
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by lbayes 5y ago
Got it. One problem I've run into, is that these things tend to proliferate into a dozen or so global things that people need to remember to deal with (clean up and/or configure) in the test environment. Since my brain doesn'
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by lbayes 5y ago
I read the anti SL article and maybe I build things a little differently, but I tend to build applications that interact with services differently depending on what layer they belong to. 1) Application entry: create context and provide to t
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by lbayes 5y ago
I've probably misunderstood something, but re: DB::get() Is the proposal that we use global singletons for the things that would normally be found in a service locator? How does one overcome the issues with the Singleton pattern (e.g.,
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by lbayes 5y ago
Just wanted to give a hearty thumbs up to Inside. I haven't found myself feeling much motivation for games over the past 5 or so years. I'm getting old. Everything feels so predictable and boring (to me). But Inside. That game to
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by lbayes 5y ago
I've had a couple of opportunities to interact with Digikey support and can confirm. They are incredibly, almost unbelievably helpful. They've more than earned my business as my primary distributor.
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by lbayes 5y ago
As a veteran of the US Marine Corps, I want to clarify this a bit for people. Yes, caliber does not make an Assault Rifle. No, it's not a, "made up term." Shotguns, hunting rifles and pistols are optimized for specific activi
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by lbayes 5y ago
I tried to reply to a comment alleging antisemitism, but the original was flagged and disappeared. I'd like to reassure folks who might feel that criticizing circumcision is a form of antisemitism. I recognize that antisemitism is real
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by lbayes 5y ago
I have a 2015 Audi A3. I didn't want the brand at all, but loved (and still love) the dial control. I've been dreading getting a new car specifically because I do not want the touch screen. Fortunately, I still have a few years le
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by lbayes 5y ago
To be clear, I'm not insinuating that anyone needs to type 120WPM. I'm talking about single-finger, head down, hunting for the location of a key. People with mild to moderate dyslexia (in my experience) and people with injuries ar
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by lbayes 5y ago
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I agree that some (maybe lots of?) people feel differently about this and of course, that's okay too. To be clear, I'm not saying anyone needs to type 120 WPM, I'm talking about a single
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by lbayes 5y ago
Of course the particular technique is irrelevant (to me at least). I most enjoy working with people who care deeply about their work, and in my experience, those people are often (not always), people who also care about being efficient. In
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by lbayes 5y ago
There's also an argument here about having (and signalling) respect for one's peers, craft and tools. The keyboard is a tool. To me, it feels disrespectful for a person to expect these high wages when they don't even make the
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by lbayes 5y ago
It's an interesting set of questions and as you point out, it's hard for me to narrow down to a single thing. I'm certain my social circle saved me, but my closest friends in high school were mostly from similar, or less fort

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