mech422

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by mech422 1y ago
or SeL4 https://sel4.systems/ or Sculpt https://genode.org/download/sculpt
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by mech422 1y ago
So was it AI or code gen tools (interfaces generators, scaffolding, etc ?)
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by mech422 1y ago
We won't even be the last generation of COBOL programmers :-P
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by mech422 1y ago
way back in the before times... Open Source projects went to great lengths to make sure they didn't use anything that could 'taint' the code (eg Samba ) I think the DeCSS stuff wasn't used till it had been publicly leake
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by mech422 1y ago
exactly, you didn't provide any evidence or even decent arguements to support your position. I provided 3 distinct areas (of many) that it didn't touch that programmers have to deal with everyday. I also pointed out that the cap
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by mech422 1y ago
great comeback - "Dude - Trust me" :-P got anything more compelling then your opinion ? Have you ever done source to source translation work (I have ...) Or is this just so exciting to you cuz you've never seen it before ?
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by mech422 1y ago
"Airbnb recently completed our first large-scale, LLM-driven code migration, updating nearly 3.5K React component test files from Enzyme to use React Testing Library (RTL) instead. We’d originally estimated this would take 1.5 years of
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by mech422 2y ago
>>Or, take another angle. If the US can no longer import vital goods, what do you think will happen? Will the goods magically stop being vital? Will we sit on our hands for several decades and wait for the problem to resolve? No - con
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by mech422 2y ago
Hmm - I'm not sure I'd put the current situation up there with the dot com bomb or the 2008 recession...but its definitely not good
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by mech422 2y ago
>>You're comparing ancient obsolete technology to a streamlined instant messaging client I'd hardly call discord a 'stream lined' system. Latency (especially in voice which is supposed to be it strong suit) is bad
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by mech422 2y ago
As opposed to IRC? Forums? hell - even an email list... All things that are a lot easier to search then Discord, have much lighter clients, and can be done free. Do you really think there was 'no way to communicate' for projects b
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by mech422 2y ago
>>The meaning of brainrot keeps changing. Originally(?), it refered to a particular extreme/ADHD content understood only by the perpetually online. Remixes of the spinning oiia cat are pretty good examples: https://m.y
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by mech422 2y ago
For what its worth, I was seeing contracts at $150/hr 5ish years ago... Now they mostly seem to be $75-100. On the other hand, being 100% remote was never an issue. If you contract directly, remember many companies are on net 90 for i
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by mech422 2y ago
Yes - this is the guy that should decide for everyone...the guy that uses a multi hundred dollar device to replace a $30 amazon puck..
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by mech422 2y ago
One big thing people tend to overlook in consulting - a lot of companies (especially bigger ones) are net 90 on invoices... Make sure to build that into your financial plans if relavent
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by mech422 2y ago
Personally, I'd classify jobs such as reporting and clerical administration more as 'admin' then IT. You do some of that as a SWE (tickets, SoW, Design docs) but that's not generally the focus of the work.
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by mech422 2y ago
I still think that is such a simple, easy litmus test... genius :-)
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by mech422 2y ago
Makes sense... I was more thinking from a system design/security standpoint...I haven't heard anything about any senior/experienced engineers being used for anything atm ...
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by mech422 2y ago
I've noticed a _surprising_ number of jobs coming thru linkedIn - way beyond the typical Q1 uptick... Enough that I'm wondering how many are actually real, as opposed to ghost jobs, scams, etc.
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by mech422 2y ago
I'm actually surprised we haven't heard anything on HN from USDS employees - I'm pretty sure some of them are HN members/readers... It must be truly chaotic atm with everything from dept. renames/new mgmt to time li
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by mech422 2y ago
LOL - fair enough. Always sounded like a skin condition to me.. (I'm not a JS programmer though)
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by mech422 2y ago
I thought that was 'ecmascript' ??
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by mech422 2y ago
Don't we have that already? Bootstrapped startups with the founders money on the line typically don't play in the 'big league's till way after the founder is at risk..
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by mech422 2y ago
I believe it was actually 'connecting hard drives'... but letting random's (apparently without clearances at the time, though I think they've been granted now...) open up your machines and physically install NVME/Sp
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by mech422 2y ago
Heh - cute regex :-D Brings a bit of whimsy to a pretty dry thread :-D
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by mech422 2y ago
It appears Musk's employees don't have clearance - which is apparently why they were denied access by the USAID _security_ officials. Its sorta their jobs. Given a lot of us work in Tech, I doubt most of our security officers woul
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by mech422 2y ago
Sounds like an ABS or ASA blend ?
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by mech422 2y ago
I'd probably have to agree, something along those lines... However, I can't say "Govt by good ole boy network" seems proper - and its really hard to figure out what power/limits/check and balances for all this
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by mech422 2y ago
>>As to why Musk can do it. Treasury is a department, not even an independent agency. The president runs it, along with the president’s appointee the secretary of treasury. DOGE is an office within the Executive Office of the Presiden
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by mech422 2y ago
While I agree with your sentiment re: giant orgs, it appears in this case one did fund his work.. "Kalle Valo who has been a Qualcomm Atheros engineer for more than the past decade" Either way - I thank them for all their hard wor

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