mhluongo

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by mhluongo 7mo ago
CRDTs let you avoid leader election / strict consensus. The canonical example is a google doc with multiple editors.
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by mhluongo 8mo ago
Protected memory can be used to fix that. Working on a related project that I'm planning to share soon.
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by mhluongo 9mo ago
Direct counterpoint: I've been a Dell XPS 13 stan for years (owned 3), and my other laptop today is a System 76. I've run IT for labs at a major university (Georgia Tech), across Windows, RHEL, and MacOS. I've been a desktop
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by mhluongo 10mo ago
Happy Framework 13 user here to say this. I recently realized the 32Gb I had originally spec'd isn't enough for work lately. Easy fix, I just ordered more RAM. Pretty straightforward value prop here. If that's not why you wan
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by mhluongo 11mo ago
Funny, I was under the impression that Apple's stuff is closed source, so no one outside their employ even could fix a similar issue?
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by mhluongo 1y ago
It comes from finance - the rest of us just use "M" for million. I believe it's from Roman numerals (MM = thousand * thousand).
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by mhluongo 1y ago
There's boilerplate in Rails too. We move the goal posts for what we define as boilerplate as we better explore and solve a class of problems.
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by mhluongo 1y ago
Have you considered that instead, whatever LLM has the most examples of are what it's best at? Perhaps there's more well-structures Rails code in training than Go?
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by mhluongo 1y ago
Most stablecoin volume isn't cleared in the Bitcoin network.
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by mhluongo 1y ago
We've incubated a private, local-first menstrual tracking app! My partner is the founder. She's a PMDD sufferer who needed a proper, science-first tracker to treat her hormonal symptoms. After Roe, she didn't feel like she ha
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by mhluongo 1y ago
Indeed, TF2 hats and gift cards appear to do something well that this system doesn't :)
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by mhluongo 1y ago
> Cryptocurrencies don't stand a chance. Does it work internationally? Does it send USD as well, or only the real? If it solves th same problems, why is Brazil considering banning self-custodial USD stablecoins? And why has there be
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by mhluongo 2y ago
Because code had never been sanctioned before, and it's a clear freedom of speech issue?
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by mhluongo 2y ago
Hm, is that perhaps how you feel about all billionaires? Can you name one you think is "good"? I've made some money in the space, have kids and a family, and care deeply about special needs and access (partner is a former SpE
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by mhluongo 2y ago
This is so incredibly ill-informed it's hard to respond to. Thanksfully, it's incumbent on the person making the extraordinary claim... > currency exclusively used for doing crimes ... to provide extraordinary evidence. On my e
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by mhluongo 2y ago
You're right, many crypto exchanges operating on the right side of the law will freeze these funds. For those interested in this, CT (crypto twitter) makes tracking North Korea's stolen winnings a bit of a sport. samczsun, an exce
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by mhluongo 2y ago
There are certainly funds with a thesis that you might consider good for the world. Eg social impact, femtech, women and BIPOC-founded co's, etc. LPs are often large allocators like pension funds who are making decisions for other peop
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by mhluongo 2y ago
> The software, hardware, and battery life just aren’t there. Writing this from a Framework 13. I've been using Linux laptops for the past 15 years, and this is the first time a Linux-friendly machine has checked all my boxes (inclu
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by mhluongo 2y ago
What you're describing here is dualism and Descartes, in response to a post that references Buddhist scholars, a philosophy famously focused on monism. "Cognitive science" vs "neuroscience" as a concept is just how
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by mhluongo 2y ago
David Sacks*
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by mhluongo 2y ago
Tell me you've never worked in fintech without telling me you've never worked in fintech :) Decimals aren't enough. You have frequent currency conversions and all sorts of other chores. Using a fixed-decimal datatype doesn&#x
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by mhluongo 2y ago
North Korea is known for doing this in the crypto space to pull off heists.
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by mhluongo 2y ago
Uh, shouldn't it raise the question about every developer you work with, period? Even if you just think Mossad does this (not the case), if they want to mess with you, it's pretty poor op/sec to declare their nationality firs
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by mhluongo 2y ago
Cool thing about the space — you can likely check the source yourself + find the audit reports!
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by mhluongo 2y ago
For many autistic people, they prefer it this way. Eg avoiding person-first language and being out on social media and also part of this "romanticization", right?
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by mhluongo 2y ago
The "smart" part is no longer interrupting your workflow with an addicting dopamine trap. Fewer interruptions → more deep work → more progress with less total time spent. Similar idea to work "theming". It lowers context
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by mhluongo 2y ago
Many of us want to more time with our children.
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by mhluongo 2y ago
The "why" should be in the commit message. That's what it's for
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by mhluongo 3y ago
My understanding was that that wasn't proven in the case, or part of the charges? Making it pretty messed up that it's what drove sentencing
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by mhluongo 3y ago
Not a fan of over-financialization, but... if trading is propagating market signals to people who otherwise wouldn't have them, it should have some positive externalities?

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