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by rr808 2y ago
Is it better than Mastodon? I signed up for that then gave up quickly.
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by rr808 2y ago
I struggle to get github copilot to create any unit tests that provide any value. How to you get it to create really useful tests?
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by rr808 2y ago
One of the reasons I use Java is for type safety. What's the point when your app compiles OK but then doesn't start because Spring can't satisfy all the dependencies or choose which one. I spend hours trying to get the config
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by rr808 2y ago
Ugh that sounds like the Spring effect. I really like Java but Spring and IoC/DI makes it very complicated.
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by rr808 2y ago
Its really disappointing that VBA stopped improving since 20 years ago. Imagine if you could embed C# or even better F# in workbooks, and also have a way to better way to package libraries. We wouldn't see Python notebooks.
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by rr808 2y ago
My anecdote is we have Github Copilot at work and its often hit and miss. I often get out my phone and use chatgpt or claude to get better answers.
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by rr808 2y ago
I have a 32 inch 4k. Its good but even that feels a little big some time. I have a 55 at work and its just silly.
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by rr808 2y ago
Journalists barely exist any more. To be a good journalist you have to know the subject matter well. If journalists are paid so little you might as well work in the industry directly. With AI its only going to get worse.
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by rr808 2y ago
When AWS started charging for IPv4 addresses I started switching to IPv6. I spent a few days getting it all up and running. I thought it was OK but my router kept crashing every day, then I noticed I can't get working from some places
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by rr808 2y ago
Always when I read this I think they are comparing too very different societies where healthcare is just one factor. Americans are so much less healthy than Australians due to lack of exercise, poor diets, stress, no holidays, guns and crim
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by rr808 2y ago
Yes that helps but more important was the fracking revolution that replaced a lot of coal with gas.
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by rr808 2y ago
NZ already has an elephant fish which looks similar. Ugly but delicious. https://www.talleys.co.nz/seafood/species/elephant-fish
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by rr808 2y ago
I've looked before for good online communities but never found one, I'd be interested if anyone has a source. The best people work for hedge funds so wont disclose anything and the individuals out there mostly are clueless or luck
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by rr808 2y ago
I remember all the hate USA got when it didn't sign the Kyoto Protocol. Its emissions have fallen ever since then, despite population rising by a quarter.
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Same. I think PG and the bay area has been such a goldmine the last few decades most people in tech and VC driven by the rewards. Most people in American are somewhat more money driven than Europeans, but most are relatively content than th
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by rr808 2y ago
Its crazy to see the NY times talking about how people are thinking of leaving Florida. In reality people still are leaving NY state - we're down a million people since Covid started, Florida is up 1 million in the same time.
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by rr808 2y ago
Peter Zeihan too talks about how USA is perfectly suited to have transport boats on its waterways but because of the Jones Act and lack of US shipbuilding we have to use trucks and rail which not only are clogging our roads but are much mor
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by rr808 2y ago
Its common in British cities for most owners/renters to have terraced or detached housing while council houses (public housing) are in tower blocks or smaller apartment buildings.
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by rr808 2y ago
Snopes says that in the UK 9 children died on pen lids between 1970 and 1984. Since the holes in the lids zero children choked to death. Is the 100/yr in the USA really true? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/holes
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by rr808 2y ago
No, this is a bit of a myth. In the dotcom boom in the 90s mortgage rates were higher than today. In 2010-2015 rates were zero but no tech boom.
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Thanks that is helpful to me.
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by rr808 2y ago
Yep all true. I didn't have a elite degree but also started in a bad region in a tech slowdown so that does explain a lot.
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by rr808 2y ago
Yeah that's the twist. If you can make FANG salaries the full cost of Private education is quickly paid back.
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by rr808 2y ago
> beyond your first job. That's the twist though. If your first job is better, the second job is likely better too. It took me a decade before I made it to a first class job, sitting next to people who worked there straight out of
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by rr808 2y ago
You mean if you are wealthy you can afford the best education available and that is a broad liberal arts curriculum.
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Was it worth it then? Was there a benefit like meeting your classmates? I have to make the decision for my kids.
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> If student debt is dischargeable and the government guarantee is removed or dramatically reduced, pretty much all problems are “solved”. No, it just means everyone will complete their degree then file for bankruptcy immediately before
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by rr808 2y ago
I think most of the discourse is about fees students pay, so $$$ for US vs free for Europe. When you see $38k for US vs $32k for UK then its a different problem.
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I'm not convinced American universities are unusually expensive. Its an costly business. Does anyone have good figures for what the cost/student is globally? I can see: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/in
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by rr808 2y ago
The reason I used to use Git Bash was to ssh to Unix boxes. Since Windows Terminal came out I dont use any more, Windows Terminal is much better.

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