mkoubaa

36 ms·

691.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
Is memory really the right resource bottleneck for this many tasks?
692.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
Yes but you insert one space and the checksum changes
693.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
Because manufacturing at this scale and precision has extremely thin margins and stringent quality requirements. A coop would necessarily be more communally minded and would be outcompeted by more ruthless efficiency seeking operations
694.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
Tbh That's the last thing I'd say
695.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
My mom has a saying in Arabic that roughly translates to "he who rushes is delayed"
696.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
There is no shortage of chip design in the US (I'm in Austin and I constantly bump into these folks), only chip _fabrication_. What little I know about fab is that extremely bright physicists do rote tasks with horrible schedules. I do
697.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
The future of pypy is with hpy, and that is direction cpython is going in, too
698.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
If there is a x million dollar market for boring news, there's an x+a million dollar market for the same news that's less boring
699.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
The title of the article is literally "How to make smaller C and C++ binaries"
700.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
Early thirties, probably less than 10 memories of my childhood
701.
by mkoubaa 3y ago
As an employee of a publically traded software company, I can never understand why people feel entitled to their job. I sell my time to my employer and either party can back out of that transaction
702.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
The last thing I want from a browser these days is more features
703.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
I'm pretty sure it's illegal unless you're an intelligence operator trying to entrap people, in which case it's your job
704.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Wouldn't it be more viable to just curate multiple personal identities? It's not illegal and as long as they don't need your SSN they won't care. I've thought about doing this to have a pen name with a pseudo anony
705.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Sounds like a useful system from which almost nothing is usable outside of Google.
706.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Only if you think educated is a useful proxy for thoughtful, mature, and wise. I think it is categorically not.
707.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Lower wages without crippling student loans is a net positive for most people
708.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Systematically, I think the answer is no. Whether or not this is a encouraging or discouraging answer depends on the extent to which you expect systems to solve human problems.
709.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Not sure about structurally but in terms of ventilation I think this is right
710.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
The conditions existed long before Brexit, _and_ Brexit made it materially worse
711.
Ivo Babuska Has Died(oden.utexas.edu)
2 points by mkoubaa 4y ago|0 comments
712.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Yeah, why haven't they overthrown a brutally repressive regime? Haven't they heard of Ghandi? Please - don't do this. You don't know how hard it is for revolutions to succeed
713.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
How dare they, the arrogant fools, talk to each other /s
714.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
This comment could have been about legalese
715.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
I responded to a comment that used the term "ad hominem" wrongly. A dictionary could explain proper usage of that term better than I could so I don't bother
716.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
No it's not
717.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
Why do you get that impression?
718.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
The choice of which community or authority to follow is also a personal preference. People often express their preferences in a way that aligns them tribally in one sphere or another when given the choice, and the lunar calendar is (humorou
719.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
There are no official Muslim institutions, most people follow their congregation or teacher. The choice of who or what to follow is also a personal preference.
720.
by mkoubaa 4y ago
"Supposed to" is not the language I'd use. People feel motivated given their self control for food and water and are encouraged to try and use that momentum to also be better people. In my personal experience as a compulsive

More ›