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Prester John(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by nice_byte 1y ago|0 comments
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by nice_byte 1y ago
look at the evolution of the DirectX branding through the years as well. OGs remember the logo themed after the radioactive hazard symbol.
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by nice_byte 1y ago
luckily, I am not planning to stick around for much of this
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Content Creator(fgiesen.wordpress.com)
4 points by nice_byte 1y ago|0 comments
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by nice_byte 1y ago
Just use sumatraPDF. Works on wine.
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More About Jumps Than You Wanted to Know(gpfault.net)
22 points by nice_byte 1y ago|0 comments
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by nice_byte 1y ago
who tf would pay money for this??
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by nice_byte 1y ago
> Whatever I link to you are just going to say its AI, or inconclusive. There is no point in linking anything further because your line of reasoning is flawed to begin with, due to two reasons. Reason one, your argument amounts to: softw
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by nice_byte 1y ago
another chromium fork?
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by nice_byte 1y ago
> [7 Software Failures Due To Lack Of Testing That Rocked The World]( https://www.appsierra.com/blog/software-failures-due-to-lack ...) Do you really think you can prove your point by showing me some sloplist of mildl
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by nice_byte 1y ago
you understand the concept of creative writing, yes?
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by nice_byte 1y ago
you understand the concept of skimming?
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by nice_byte 1y ago
Citation needed. I've seen projects fail for a multitude of reasons, by far the most common are boring political ones, like the leadership not understanding what it is that they want to build. Hiring people who think bloom filters are
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by nice_byte 1y ago
feel free to. it's your career and your own precious time.
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by nice_byte 1y ago
it is not edgy whatsoever. it reflects the actual reality on the ground. nobody goes to school to learn how to use git or how to write unit tests. it's not something that needs to be actively "learned", you'll just absor
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by nice_byte 1y ago
Indeed and I regret wasting time on it. I thought people would be a little more clued in about dale carnegie's work by now.
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by nice_byte 1y ago
> How to Win Friends and Influence People really? in 2025?
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by nice_byte 1y ago
ignore this advice. spend plenty of time studying data structures and algorithms as well as computer architecture. these are actually difficult things that take a long time to understand and will have a positive impact on your career. study
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by nice_byte 1y ago
why the title change
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by nice_byte 1y ago
What's the point of wasting time? Walk out of the fucking interview then.
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by nice_byte 1y ago
the complaints about the Protobuf type system being not flexible enough are also really funny to read. fundamentally, the author refuses to contend with the fact that the context in which Protobufs are used -- millions of messages strewn ar
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by nice_byte 1y ago
> Make all fields in a message required. funnily enough, this line alone reveals the author to be an amateur in the problem space they are writing so confidently about.
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by nice_byte 1y ago
When such technology comes out, we'll find out.
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by nice_byte 1y ago
preventing down syndrome is "eugenics"?
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More About Jumps Than You Wanted to Know(gpfault.net)
5 points by nice_byte 1y ago|0 comments
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by nice_byte 1y ago
Doesn't explain the "why you must too" part
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by nice_byte 1y ago
because the point is literally to filter based on vibes not precise keywords
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by nice_byte 1y ago
have you tried actually comparing what you have to what the c++ compiler generates? i don't have a lot of context here but I think it's possible that the difference is less due to the dispatch mechanism (i.e. how the next instruct
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by nice_byte 1y ago
correct, understanding the instruction set architecture you are working with is required for reasoning about the performance of a given algorithm in detail. you will likely not be writing a lot of assembly by hand, however steering the comp
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by nice_byte 1y ago
(i am the author) not to this series, but the very first post on the blog is an example of a simple reverse-engineering exercise: https://gpfault.net/posts/ripping-sprites-from-super-cyborg....

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