mboerwink

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by mboerwink 1mo ago
RE self dialogue: I think it is also self-reinforcing in a positive way. "I am competent and capable of this" is certainly less distracting internal dialogue than "maybe I'm not smart enough" to children. I believe
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by mboerwink 2mo ago
The comparison to pre-atomic steel is poignant. I have found myself preferring pre-AI sources in some cases even (especially?) for computer related information. It is difficult to view pre-slop info as a limited resource without implying de
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by mboerwink 3mo ago
I play Zero-K (a related open source game) a few times a month. I really enjoy their 'cold take' blog series discussing game mechanics and the history of TA derivatives. https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/Cold_Take
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by mboerwink 10mo ago
PCI still recommends 90 day password changes. Luckily they've softened their stance to allow zero-trust to be used instead. They're not really equivalent controls, but clearly laid out as 'OR' in 8.3.9 regardless.
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by mboerwink 1y ago
I think this could still be a very useful question for an interviewer. If I were hiring for a position working on a complex system, I would want to know what level of complexity a prospect was comfortable dealing with.
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by mboerwink 1y ago
I worry that this change increases the attack surface of what was a very safe application for viewing untrusted files. Of course, I worried about that at the release of 'new' notepad too...
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by mboerwink 5y ago
I actually recently delivered a project which uses almost this exact technique. Python lambdas that operate on SQLite files have the benefit of being much simpler and cheaper than most other scalable database solutions (like Aurora) for ver
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by mboerwink 5y ago
I personally replaced tailing logs with lnav (lnav.org, also in Debian repos). Coloration, decompression, filtering, etc. with no learning curve made it an easy transition for me after hearing about it on HN. It isn't nearly so feature
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by mboerwink 5y ago
I have always interpreted bones/ghosts as using previous runs as an additional source of level-generation data, rather than a progression mechanic. In the game, it is realistic that other adventurers would have attempted what you are a
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by mboerwink 5y ago
Some casinos sell some retired dice with holes drilled through them as souvenirs. They retain a good-enough balance for casual play. Here is a link I found by searching 'dice holes drilled'. It goes into more detail about the &#x2
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by mboerwink 5y ago
I start my manual picks at 3000 to avoid conflicts with users created by people like you. (I'm not only making a joke, I really do. My siblings are people like you, too.)
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by mboerwink 5y ago
Snowflake ID[1] is another system related to those in the article. It uses 64 bits only, and has good sharding support, so can be more useful in some contexts. However, it naturally has worse independent random-collision chances than a 128
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by mboerwink 5y ago
It seemed very strange. Many big partners, but social media accounts less than a year old. Turns out, it is the evolution/opensourcing of AWS Lumberyard. Wikipedia cites < https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/06&
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by mboerwink 5y ago
Sorry if I'm missing context, but where is the write-up?
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by mboerwink 5y ago
I don't care for some of the chosen replacements - "sanity check" and "double check" are not equivalent phrases to me. The only linked justification I could find was inclusivenaming.org, whose Tier-2 list provided b