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by runeks 5y ago
> I generally hate this type of thing: retry mechanisms are a lazy band-aid that can mask real problems. I disagree. Retry mechanisms is mandatory for any network request. You cannot expect a message to travel across the globe on a wire
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EU seeks input from specialists on digital Euro(ec.europa.eu)
3 points by runeks 5y ago|1 comments
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by runeks 5y ago
> Structurally speaking, it's easy to imagine a number of ways the female could have complete control over the process. Would you care to name a few? I don’t immediately see it, unless we assume that the male genitalia stops adaptin
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by runeks 5y ago
> The system that was compromised was a "proof of authority" chain. These are different from proof of work or proof of stake chains that have hundreds or thousands of distinct validators. This is true. However, it should be men
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by runeks 5y ago
> Once you have a team full of experts, you're now spending two programmer hours to do every bit of work that could have been done in one programmer hour by a single expert. You’re forgetting that it’s impossible for any one person
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A saboteur hunter in Kyiv remembers his victims(economist.com)
1 points by runeks 5y ago|0 comments
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by runeks 5y ago
I wrote some software with two other guys for a restaurant in Copenhagen. I did the backend for an automated seat allocation system, while other guys wrote a web app for browsing and ordering menu items. The restaurant insisted that the ord
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by runeks 5y ago
No, I’m fairly sure the correct technical term is “metal spike thing”. /s
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by runeks 5y ago
I agree completely. The title — even though it’s the original — should be changed because it’s deceptive; e.g. by replacing “prevents” with “could prevent”.
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by runeks 5y ago
Sounds delicious
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by runeks 5y ago
> Most livestock, fruits, grains and vegetable that exist today and we buy in our store shelves are all the result of selective breeding by humans over the last 100-200 years. More like thousands of years. Also, before humans were select
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by runeks 5y ago
> if Zillow says my house is worth X, why are they offering me 80% of X? Because they want to make money. Which they can’t by buying for X and then selling for X.
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by runeks 5y ago
> I'm imagining a scenario where two iBuyer companies try to outbid each other algorithmically, driving the prices further and further out of reach of people who are looking for a primary home. That’s not how market making works. Ma
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by runeks 5y ago
> Tech and social media companies are algorithmically dictating what you see and hiding behind the fact that it’s not “their content.” Why is this considered different from a news site which exclusively hosts opinion pieces from independ
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by runeks 5y ago
> It’s simple. Either users have absolute control over the content that they see, or the social media companies are publishers. > Go to YouTube. Log out. What do you see? It’s not nothing. They’ve decided what to show you. Help me und
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How to Use Monads Without Understanding Them(elbear.com)
2 points by runeks 5y ago|0 comments
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by runeks 5y ago
> it took 18 years instead of 6 and total cost is difficult to know exactly but is over 12 Bns instead of 3. The cynic in me would like to point out that it's not really running yet: > Olkiluoto 3 started test production at just
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by runeks 5y ago
ChromeOS is Linux
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by runeks 5y ago
> […] I really think we'd be better off if we swept all these evil people off the face of the planet. That’s exactly what your alleged enemy thinks.
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by runeks 5y ago
> It _cannot_ access your system even if it tried. That’s the intent, at least. I’m sure we’ll get to see exploits that manage to do exactly this.
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by runeks 5y ago
> At what point does the browser become an "os", what's next? When it no longer requires an OS to run.
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by runeks 5y ago
> The Fed's target in 2019 was 2%. 7% is high, but if it weren't for Russia and decreased in 2022, I'd argue they did a decent job. This is “broken clock” logic. The only argument behind giving the Fed credit for the 7% ri
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by runeks 5y ago
No, the idea is that destroying the living standards of Russians will achieve peace — which is also highly questionable.
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by runeks 5y ago
So given the Epyc has 24 cores versus 16 cores for the M1 Ultra, the Epyc has roughly 75% of the single core performance of an M1 Ultra and 115% the multi-core performance.
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by runeks 5y ago
> The target arch doesn’t matter for the change-build-test loop d vs do. It matters when comparing CPU performance, which is what this benchmark is being used for.
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by runeks 5y ago
> They are not a benevolent actor but a business who ultimately only does things to improve their own bottom line and their reach over the internet. Google has interests, just like you and I. Neither you, me or Google are “benevolent act
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by runeks 5y ago
> Was that single car worth the energy waste equivalent of a small country? What if this energy waste enabled the purchase of 1,000 cars for people in desperate need? Would it then be worth it? What if it were a million cars, or a billio
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by runeks 5y ago
Excellent explanation! I came here thinking “why use ML for this?” and this is specifically addressed: > You might ask at this point, if we can enumerate all possible solutions like this, why not just generate colors from first principle
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Elon Musk says Starlink has expanded its internet service to Ukraine(fortune.com)
4 points by runeks 5y ago|0 comments
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by runeks 5y ago
> I mean, installing audio highjack on an M1 is a quick 19 steps involving a reboot (I kid you not): As a Mac user, installing software that can capture user input (like audio or keyboard strokes) in as few steps as possible is not a pri

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