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by m_0x 3y ago
> we have less and less to actually do, but with a growing population. People will point out that the solution would be the opposite: a decreasing population. But that is not cost-free and basically is swapping a set of problems for anot
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by m_0x 3y ago
What is that, precisely?
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by m_0x 3y ago
> overall walk more Walking more is better for your health. Or are you saying you walk too much already?
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by m_0x 3y ago
The only thing you need to understand about people that make comments like that is that they don't care about anything unless (or until) it affects THEM personally. The second it affects them, now it's real, now it's "OH
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by m_0x 3y ago
sacred or scared? ;)
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by m_0x 3y ago
> We have done it at my work to make it cloud agnostic just in case we need to go to another CSP Have you actually tested migrating Cloud Providers with your cloud-agnostic infrastructure?
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by m_0x 3y ago
You're partially correct. Whatsapp rose because carriers didn't count any whatsapp payload towards your metered bill. Basically, Whatsapp was virtually free-of-charge whereas any other messaging app/system (SMS included) incu
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by m_0x 3y ago
Every time, without fail, somebody shows a bug about a piece of code that we take for granted (In this case, the String class) the bug is related to concurrent modifications. Concurrency is so hard that even OpenJDK developers can't pr
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by m_0x 3y ago
I remember a comment (not sure if here at HN or at Reddit) Whenever a hospital staff gives you a medicine they put it first in your table then give it to you because that way they can bill you twice. Take it in a grain of salt because I can
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by m_0x 3y ago
You're not reading too much into it. That's the meaning of the word.
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by m_0x 3y ago
Because it's prettier than a text file. Because I can see what my connections (close and not-at-all-close friends) are reading. Because I like it and have been using it pretty much since 2013. Goodreads works perfectly for me as it was
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by m_0x 3y ago
Glad to hear I'm not alone! I only follow reputable media in Facebook. My feed consists of news articles from as much non-paywalled newspaper as I can get. I'm from Mexico so most of the media here is not behind a paywall. I unfol
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by m_0x 3y ago
Even your local news? Local news are more important than any national news.
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by m_0x 3y ago
I think it's a fool's errand to define it either way. An endless task. Even if we eliminate corporate/billionaires greed.
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by m_0x 3y ago
Does this mean the passengers had an instantaneous death?
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by m_0x 3y ago
> Of course the risks were considered. Billionaire: "Tell me about the risks" OceanGate: "We use military grade equipment! It's risk-free" Billionaire: "Sign me up" Jokes aside, I wonder if billionaires
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by m_0x 3y ago
I'd say the first question in their minds is "Why do we spend so much money in staff?"
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by m_0x 3y ago
> That’s your choice, I suppose. Not really. For personal projects or if you're a freelancer sure. Once you work in a company/startup you can't go and implement things in whatever you like. It's way easier to convince
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by m_0x 3y ago
The good old "We have other priorities right now and lack of resources" Preventing fires will never be a priority. Not even if you smell smoke.
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by m_0x 3y ago
None of coffee stain studios are AAA games. I think there's a blurry line that separates indie games to non-indie games. Sure stardew valley is an indie game and God of War is not. But those are the extremes of the spectrum. Is Hades a
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by m_0x 3y ago
Too bad Dart is only used in Flutter.
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by m_0x 3y ago
Jesus I completely forgot about r/IAMA and Im a daily reddit visitor. I can't say that that subreddit was better in the Victoria Taylor era than today because I don't visit it anymore. I also can't say I stopped visiting
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by m_0x 3y ago
Why do people always ask "What do they do?" when layoffs are announced? You want access to their Jira boards? Is everyone who ask this a shareholder demanding information about the company finances? This is something that irks me.
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by m_0x 3y ago
> I'm honestly asking because that term is thrown around in the US, but no one can ever define a number. There is no definition because it is impossible to define. Everyone will say a number based on their very specific circumstanc
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by m_0x 3y ago
Yes, people will do anything if their systems and tools allow them to do it, either by ignorance or to facilitate them their current task. Both create tech debt and timestamp tech debt is one that is hard to pay.
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by m_0x 3y ago
> if you select a timestamp value Postgres can convert it from UTC to the timezone you want I dread timestamp issues. Hard to understand what happens and how to fix them. You mention "if necessary". How does postgres knows if
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by m_0x 3y ago
There's another a step above: I am a lawyer but I am not your lawyer.
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by m_0x 3y ago
Author provides a good example. Linear scripts are a horror to maintain but a project with too many abstractions are a horror to understand. I'd rather maintain the latter because I just need to understand the code once and figuring o
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by m_0x 3y ago
I also thought it was curious. There is a wide range of possibilities for this. My favorite hypothesis is that OpenAI was navigating the unknown open sea trying to answer the question "Is it possible to achieve this?" without know
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by m_0x 3y ago
Why? Why is that function special?

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