mcv

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by mcv 1mo ago
It is a valid question, and the many, many answers to it are worth reading. In short: he's made it very clear that he's a racist who doesn't like that there are non-white people living in London, doesn't like Roma, and s
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by mcv 1mo ago
I'm not familiar with Gnome's politics, but there are many open source projects that are not calling for anyone to be killed, Roma or otherwise.
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by mcv 1mo ago
It doesn't seem to be working. I've never seen this many people spread the word about what he really thinks.
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by mcv 1mo ago
So much money to spend and no one will take it...
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by mcv 1mo ago
A script that gets 10 million dollars. That's some amazing marketing.
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by mcv 1mo ago
What also matters is how severe firing is for you. It's not the same for everybody. > And if you don't build that leverage within the company you pretty much have no option but to go somewhere else if put in a bad situation. I
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by mcv 1mo ago
You always have the power to accept timelines. And they have the power to fire you. Instead of trying to accept the impossible, I would persist in explaining the reality. They can reject your message, they can reject you, but they can'
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by mcv 1mo ago
Absolutely. Sometimes executives need to feel the impact of their own poor decisions. Do not accept timelines from people who have no idea of the issues. If they fire you, they're firing the person who best understands their code. Don&
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by mcv 1mo ago
Yeah, I'd be reluctant to commit to a hard timeline for a mess like that. Be extremely clear about what they're up against, that it's going to take a lot of time, and that there will probably be unexpected surprises which wil
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by mcv 1mo ago
I know a guy (not quite close enough to call him a friend, but I know him from non-tech activities) who's member of the w3c, tech researcher, great and interesting speaker, and has tons of interesting insights to share. He talks a lot
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by mcv 1mo ago
Yeah, so many sites bug me to install their app just to read their web page. I'm not going to install every app, so just make the website usable. LinkedIn, Instagram, too many others to list them all. I'd rather not use them at al
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by mcv 1mo ago
Goodbye? Or maybe hello to a new platform.
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by mcv 1mo ago
I'm pretty green, and opposed nuclear power back in the 1980s, but I now consider that a mistake. We've remained far too dependent on coal and oil. If nuclear power would have prevented more coal plants from being opened, that wou
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by mcv 1mo ago
Yeah, I really wish processors like these were available for other hardware. I don't really understand why everybody else isn't making SoC processors like these for laptops, and is still clinging to the 40 year old intel architect
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by mcv 1mo ago
I often tip generously, but never when they start out expecting one. If the terminal asks for a tip, I don't tip.
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by mcv 1mo ago
The issue isn't just the time, but the fees. It's not free to register, and for small sellers, it can be completely crippling.
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by mcv 1mo ago
I've certainly seen that shift in some places. 8 years ago I started on a project as a freelance software engineer, to build something they couldn't really envision yet. I had a ton of freedom, built a prototype, chose my own tech
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by mcv 1mo ago
Not a staff engineer, but this sounds very much like what I do and then am not allowed to follow up on. One particular company where I've been several times as senior or lead developer, I just keep stumbling over problems I would love
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by mcv 1mo ago
> I don't think the law makes a distinction over what tool you use to commit a crime. The law might not, but enforcement definitely does. Crimes committed through a corporation are often ignored.
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by mcv 1mo ago
I suspect people didn't start blowing up stuff because they understood that would be bad, harmful, and also very illegal. Everything computer related somehow seems to feel less real or consequential to some people. And AI doesn't
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by mcv 1mo ago
Licensed or not, you're fully liable for any damage you do with it. And possibly go to prison. I'd like to see crime committed by AI held to the same standards as crimes committed with any other tool.
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by mcv 1mo ago
Yeah, I don't think he'll have any problems finding an internship now. Or a real job.
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by mcv 1mo ago
Is it AISI's job to waste the time and resources of open source projects by attempting to spread malware? Should weapon manufacturers test their weapons by starting wars? I would expect more responsibility from a government agency.
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by mcv 1mo ago
So does honesty. So it was still a false claim.
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by mcv 2mo ago
> Inventors of Perl, C, Turbo Pascal, Typescript, Delphi, C#, FORTRAN, PHP, and COBOL pioneer Grace Hopper — no CS degrees. Some of those (certainly Grace Hopper) are old enough that CS degrees didn't exist. Hopper had a PhD in math
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by mcv 2mo ago
I considered going back and finally getting a degree, but ultimately decided against it. It takes too much time and probably offers too little value compared to my experience. I might do it if I could speedrun it, but it sounds like you&#x2
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by mcv 2mo ago
You confuse words with outcomes. The fact that they say that that's the intent, doesn't mean that it's always the outcome. Copyright offers the most protection if you've got the funds to litigate. The government isn&#x27
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by mcv 2mo ago
Valid point. Of course society needs norms. And I suspect every healthy society has norms. The big difference is what you do when those norms turn out to be unreasonably restrictive to some people. Do your norms override individual freedom
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by mcv 2mo ago
I wish I didn't need it, but the way Claude talks can get pretty tiresome. I've often wondered why it talks like that. Was it really trained on Buzzfeed? Is Gemini really that much better?
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by mcv 2mo ago
I don't call everything oppression, I only call oppression oppression. Slavery was oppression. Jim Crow was oppression. Discrimination against Irish, Italians, Hispanics and black people was and is oppression. Denying people the right

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