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by qznc 1y ago
I assume it is more like high school drama just at a much larger scale. If a bully wants your sandwich…
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In international politics there is no "legally". Maybe the closest thing to it is the ICC.
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Worst case is probably that it is like a "Python4": Things break when people try to update to non-GIL, so they rather stay with the old version for decades.
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by qznc 1y ago
I generally try to avoid mocking completely. However, speeding up tests is an appropriate use. If someone changes the implementation the mock usually simply doesn't apply and the test still works as intended. For example, a great speed
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by qznc 1y ago
I know that "military grade" has some relevant distinction in automotive. For example, normal car parts are designed to withstand "up to 80°C" and military grade means "up to 120°C". That has an impact on mater
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My understanding is that „model“ in that field generally means things as simple as an Excel table with some formulas.
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by qznc 1y ago
Related recent podcast interview from the Star Spangled Gamblers: https://starspangledgamblers.libsyn.com/the-trader-who-guess... > In 2016, Blitz (@blizzythegoat24) bet on Donald Trump to win the general election. >
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by qznc 1y ago
Today a byte is 8 bits. That was not always the case back then, for example.
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by qznc 1y ago
Trying to make it more like a checklist: * Do the developers know what the customers want? * Do the customers have realistic expectations? If yes to both, then the PM in between is doing a good job. Bonus points if higher management is awar
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Using actual numbers requires a little bit of training but not much. I believe many would benefit from doing it.
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I like https://nestedtext.org because it doesn’t try to be clever and everything is just a string.
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by qznc 1y ago
His Metaculus profile: https://www.metaculus.com/accounts/profile/100912/?mode=over... He left Manifold last August but was high ranking there: https://manifold.markets/PeterWildeford
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by qznc 2y ago
I recently learned about NestedText: https://nestedtext.org/ While it has the YAML-like significant whitespace, it looks nice because it doesn't try to be clever.
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by qznc 2y ago
Logging: ignore/print/file Don’t use bool at all.
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by qznc 2y ago
Hm, you got me thinking about reversible computing and how it could be applied to configuration. Debugging a configuration becomes tedious once computation is involved. You think some value should be "foo" but it is "bar&quot
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by qznc 2y ago
CSS is at least level 4. You can even argue for level 5, i.e. Turing-complete: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2497146/is-css-turing-co...
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> The kind of people who make good new things don't need rules to keep them honest. Seriously? People have done horrible things in the name of "progress". For example, shipping slaves from another continent to make good ne
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How do you know about a billion-dollar multinationals threatening suit?
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Has anybody ever „won“ a trade war?
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That is similar with stocks. I'd say the difference is that PolyMarket has an end date where everything gets resolved one way or another. Stocks can go on forever.
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Putin created a system of carefully balanced violent psychopaths around himself. Showing any weakness (like losing against little Ukraine) can quickly lead to a coup there. I can very well imagine Putin think "if I'm going to die,
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by qznc 2y ago
The first rule of Discworld fandom: Don't start with the first book. Pratchett himself said so and that is mentioned in the article.
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Rating books on an absolute scale makes little sense to me. The actual questions is: Whom can you recommend this book? Even mediocre books can be very useful for the right people.
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Maybe he just wants to raise the price for Sama? https://nathanpmyoung.substack.com/p/sam-altman-is-trying-to...
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It is also about responsibility. If something is wrong you can blame the human. Blaming the AI is not acceptable.
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The obvious Fediverse alternative for Facebook is https://friendi.ca It federates with Mastodon and co. Some statistics: https://fedidb.org/software/friendica
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by qznc 2y ago
A nice story similar to Nokia/Kodak/Netscape but with a happy ending.
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If someone wants to have a credible prediction scorecard, get it on some third-party platform like Metaculus, Manifold, GJOpen, Polymarket, ...
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As a team within a larger company, your purpose is to contribute to the larger goals. How do you know if you are doing that? As this "suicide prevention team", how do you know if you are doing a good job? I agree with you that pro
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Wow, did you assess all of them?

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