le-mark

9 ms·

151.
by le-mark 6mo ago
I assumed from the context the arb was California salary vs their local salary.
152.
by le-mark 6mo ago
lol greetings fellow Basic pencil coder! I used to also write basic programs by hand because I didn’t have a computer. Pournelle original claim to fame was as one of the authors of “Strategy of Technology“ which was very influential in the
153.
by le-mark 6mo ago
There’s something deeply wrong with the executive branch controlling law enforcement and who gets prosecuted in the US. Jack Smith had him dead to rights in two cases (read the indictments they are water tight) that his attorney general the
154.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Similar to What people were saying about television. They imagined it would bring Shakespeare to the masses, but what ultimately ended up happening is television met people where they are hence we got reality TV. There’s no reason to believ
155.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Is there a SOC you prefer, why? Linux support seems about on par with most?
156.
by le-mark 6mo ago
What strikes me is the stories that never get told. I met a retiree at a Java meetup once who had worked at Zilog during the z8000 era. He was surprised to meet someone who knew about that.
157.
by le-mark 6mo ago
I’ve been in software development since 2003. I’d never been layed off until Jan 2024. I had some dodged several. The signs were all there, company acquired about a year before, product didn’t really fit in their vision. That’s when the lay
158.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Jogging isn’t niche, but after being sedentary for ten years I had to start doing something. When I was young I could run a 7 minute mile which was nothing to brag about. Now at 50+ that seems like an impossibility. I’ve been doing walk&#x2
159.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Do you not see your own contradiction? Cars and drills don’t kill people, self driving cars can! Normal cars can if they’re operated unsafely by human. These types of uncritical comments really highlight the level of euphoria in this moment
160.
by le-mark 6mo ago
> It's simply not the wild west out here that you make it out to be It is though. They are not talking about users using Claude code via vscode, they’re talking about non technical users creating apps that pipe user input to llms. T
161.
by le-mark 6mo ago
If the Dems win the house in the midterms he will be impeached again. If there are 60 votes in the senate he will be out. Dems are unlikely to win the senate, let alone 60 seats. It’s a bizarre situation in that US elections have such a hug
162.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Trump is cornered. There is no “winning” this for him. Expect Iran to get some major concessions that Trump will talk up as win.
163.
by le-mark 6mo ago
This would be the case if many people get the quantum “crack” at the same time. Since it would enable a pre-image attack, one actor could selectively mine blocks for a considerable time until others catch up. This could be going on now.
164.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Apparently this person is referring to the available ram on a Commodore 64. The media (data) on disk or tape was much more than that.
165.
by le-mark 6mo ago
I don’t see kids glued to devices in public as much as I used to. Now its around 50/50. I feel like there’s a growing social stigma about it now. And rightfully so imo.
166.
by le-mark 6mo ago
What am I an assembler programmer now?!? Am I to plug wires and flip switches!?! /s
167.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Time will tell.
168.
by le-mark 6mo ago
Standard Oil is a ready counter point. The advent of the automobile greatly effected its success. And if one considers the value of children (Exxon, chevron, mobile,etc) after the supreme dissolved it in 1911, it was a tremendous value. One
169.
by le-mark 6mo ago
I fully expect Jevons paradox to hold for cheap kg to orbit. Spacex could be the monopoly transportation provider of the Solar Alliance. Yes that’s fanciful, but it illustrates the potential.
170.
by le-mark 6mo ago
> There are also other space companies outside of SpaceX who have innovated and reduced the cost of mass to orbit. They should be easy to name then. I can’t think of any. Can you?
171.
by le-mark 6mo ago
HODLing my iPhone 8 here. I can’t use a lot of apps, but Venmo and Lyft work on it still.
172.
Montana referendum to outlaw corporate campaign contributions [video](youtube.com)
64 points by le-mark 6mo ago|21 comments
173.
by le-mark 6mo ago
> I wouldn't have done this war, and I certainly would stop it now. That’s the thing there is no stopping it now. Trump walks away and Iran taxes every barrel that goes through the straight. There is no return to normal.
174.
by le-mark 6mo ago
> And is basically the approach the U.S. took in Vietnam. And just like the Vietnamese, Iran doesn’t have to win against the US. They only have to not lose. They control the straight, and at $1 per barrel toll, they’ll be making $1 Billi
175.
by le-mark 6mo ago
+1000 Everyone in technology should read this.
176.
by le-mark 6mo ago
I will never understand why SO did not lean into its jobs feature. I got two jobs from it, I thought it was great.
177.
by le-mark 6mo ago
The comedy/tragedy of this is; whenever I talk to people outside of engineering at social gatherings, this is what they do. Tell me their resume and accomplishments. I’m like, can we just a have a conversation please?
178.
by le-mark 7mo ago
It seems obvious to me there will be methods and techniques using solar energy to disassemble asteroids and output large structures such as cylinders or spheres that will then become habitats. Example given a spherical grid one kilometer in
179.
by le-mark 7mo ago
> For example, medical interventions against zero-g decay This seems obvious but I’ve never heard of anyone working on a drug to address it. Strapping astronauts to a treadmill yes, pills no.
180.
by le-mark 7mo ago
Tl;dr another bug in a smart contract exploited, hacker got away clean.

More ›