sameoldtune

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by sameoldtune 2y ago
Arborescent vs rhizomatic approaches, to get philosophical.
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by sameoldtune 2y ago
You’re describing the strategy pattern, which is probably one of the most practical coding design patterns. Ex: each chess AI difficulty gets its own class, which all extend a common interface.
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
There’s a saying in mathematics circles which I’ll butcher here: “everything is either a linear system, reducible to linear systems, or unapproachable.” Think about how bad we are at analytically solving “simple looking” diff-eqs and the ab
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
This is an intuition based on some talks I had with an Alexa engineer. When voice prompts became big, companies like Amazon and Google took a “money is no object” approach to adding more features. In practice this meant hiring lots of teams
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
It’s funny you say that considering LOTR is one of the most black/white good/bad stories I can think of.
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
Pet peeve of mine. “Billion requests per month” is about 370 rps. Which can be likely handled by a single well configured server. Certainly less than 10 servers. A single rogue bash script could cause that much traffic
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
Came here to write similar things. The US has had absolutely unrivaled prosperity in the last 70 years. I think some healthy global arbitration is occurring. Globalization, remote work, and raising standards of living mean there are fewer f
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
I see this play out with my partner. I was raised in middle class paradise (small town Midwest) whereas my partner grew up in poverty in the mountains. Now they have a better job than me but they tend to spend lots of money on silly things
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by sameoldtune 3y ago
I have a Japanese futon mat[1] under my bed that I roll out if I have muscle soreness. If it weren’t for my partner (who insists on sleeping in a bed) I would sleep on the floor 100% of the time. After getting used to floor sleeping I can