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by lostdog 2y ago
That is very nice. If you treat the star as a postfix operator, then even "->" is no longer needed: some_pointer*.field
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by lostdog 2y ago
In this situation, you can macro-manage. Suggest to the junior that they test for the given edge case. Let them figure out how to write the test on their own. If they push back on doing the testing, then back off and let them deal with a pr
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by lostdog 2y ago
They notice when lots of constituents call in all at once. At least you have a congressperson on the wrong side of this who is worth pressuring. I am very tired of making calls that just say "I know you say you're on the right sid
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by lostdog 2y ago
No one is arguing that the US isn't allowed to pull out. But "negotiating" a treaty with the other side and then claiming that that treaty is the final word on the war is atrocious. That's what's crazy. Not ending U
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by lostdog 2y ago
> You’re starting off on the wrong foot. That’s just Reagan-Bush universalism and everyone who bought into that stupid ideology has been wrong about everything my entire lifetime. This doesn't respond to my comment at all. You'
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by lostdog 2y ago
I know rayiner is a troll who misunderstands things on purpose. Defining "interests" seemed like a fun exercise.
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by lostdog 2y ago
The U.S. is strong because of our own power, but also because of our many many friends with a shared worldview. We use the word "interests" to cover how our friends help us in every situation, big or small. For example, the US nee
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by lostdog 2y ago
LLM training depends on centralization. You want to do a global update of all your weights as quickly as possible. Distributing the weight updates and synchronizing occasionally let's the weights drift around aimlessly, and is very ine
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by lostdog 2y ago
Do you read PR statements like that and just assume they are true? Serious question. Is this how you process information from the world, and does it typically work well for you?
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by lostdog 2y ago
The more generally interesting a topic is the more likely a HN user is to read the article. A study.
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by lostdog 2y ago
What gives you the right to remove squatters from locations you believe are your property? Laws are just rules that people happen to like. I know we consider the right to property to be fundamental, but the right to have somewhere to sleep
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by lostdog 2y ago
Took paxlovid also. The symptoms go away really really suddenly and fast. Sure, you need to run a study to be absolutely certain, but it just takes one experience to notice the effect.
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by lostdog 2y ago
Wow, the first link has absolutely nothing to do with facial recognition or racism. That poster is either outright lying or posting LLM garbage.
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by lostdog 2y ago
Most articles about politics are boring or repetitive, and should be flag killed and discussed elsewhere. I have plenty of other places where I can read the regular news.
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by lostdog 2y ago
No link to their statement? And please don't link to X. I don't have an account so I cannot read X threads, which is very surprising because the owner said he really wanted to make it so logged-out users could read X easily, but t
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by lostdog 2y ago
I'm sure you heard that from a trustworthy person who provided clear evidence? Perhaps you could share some of that evidence?
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by lostdog 2y ago
I love comments about there being "tons" of evidence without pointing to a single piece of it. Few things make me chuckle as hard as this.
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by lostdog 2y ago
Cut and pasting code to move it around. Every editor was just slightly jittery about keeping the indentation levels consistent.
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by lostdog 2y ago
When I worked in python I made this exact mistake monthly.
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by lostdog 2y ago
NYTimes was calling this "reshaping the federal government," as though it was just a slightly different set of policies.
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by lostdog 2y ago
Yeah, that's an interesting point that even Christoph sounded open to it in the past. Thank you!
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by lostdog 2y ago
It is not concern trolling. It is a harsh disagreement. Some kernel developers really do feel that any Rust in the kernel will eventually mean that Rust gets accepted as a kernel language, and that they will eventually have to support it, a
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by lostdog 2y ago
Are the parking lots at the high street full or empty? That's the easiest way to understand if they've got the price right.
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by lostdog 2y ago
One side is trying to make it worse, while the other side made it better, but since it wasn't better enough both sides are the same. I think I've got your position right. Very curious to see if your response has any coherent argum
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by lostdog 2y ago
Gee, I wonder if there's a law famously referred to by Obama's name, that improved the appeals process for denials? Maybe the internet even has information on this that you could search for? [0] Yes, obviously Obama tried to impro
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by lostdog 2y ago
Democrats improved it and got punished in elections. Republicans did nothing and got rewarded. You get what you incentivize.
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by lostdog 2y ago
Sometimes the VP gets surprised with budget or headcount constraints. Or maybe they were expecting the IC to perform a bit better this quarter, but other people involved in the promo process do not feel that the IC has met the bar, and bloc
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by lostdog 2y ago
Emphasize the other reasons for the team switch, and don't talk about the promo likelihood difference. Talk about how you've always wanted to try working on that field, and how this opportunity just came up and you've got to
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by lostdog 2y ago
You seem to be very confused, among other things, about who started the Ukraine war and why. Gonna guess you probably think Obama started the Iraq war and probably the Civil War and WWII as well.
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by lostdog 2y ago
Messing up conflicts during a rebase, thinking I did it right, and then finalizing the rebase and losing work that accidentally disappeared. That's my most common mistake at least.

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