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by samtho 2y ago
They are starting to care about it after catching on to out how overstated the real world capabilities of AI are to actually replace headcount.
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by samtho 2y ago
You talk about about as if a human-created neural network is at the same level as quantum physics where there are limits as to our understanding. We know very well how large language models work even if the capabilities of this technology a
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by samtho 2y ago
This is only a common mistake to the subset of people who labor under the delusion that we have actually stumbled upon Generalized Artificial Intelligence. We know how LLMs work fundamentally and what their limits are. LLMs are only able to
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by samtho 2y ago
An entire generation was sold the idea that a college degree is the ticket to a decent job, where every adult in the lives of these kids were imploring them to take on tens of thousands of non-dischargeable loans. This was, intentional or n
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by samtho 2y ago
This feels a little tone deaf and a bit useless. OP does not have a job and, especially in a the crumby market that we’re in for tech work, they just need anything they can get. You’re speaking from a place way higher on Maslow’s Hierarchy
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by samtho 2y ago
Ive done a lot of work with barcodes, barcode scanners, and symbologies. Many of the cheap ones absolutely will. They just don’t utilize the tracking laser to get a reflection as the light from the screen is literally being shone into the s
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by samtho 2y ago
When a commercial jet schedules a flight plan, they must specify alternate airports, usually two are required especially when weather is predicted to be bad. The closest airport may not be the best one to divert to due to runway restriction
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by samtho 2y ago
The 90 day window is an industry standard for zero-days, how the author worded it is neither here nor there. 90 days is ample time for even a half-functioning organization to address the issue in some way. I agree with Red Threat’s decision
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by samtho 2y ago
I started my professional career writing PHP and the deeper I go in everything else, the more I appreciate the fundamentals that PHP defines as it’s happy path.
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by samtho 2y ago
Why were you using a web-based content management system for secret management?
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by samtho 2y ago
I am not. The size of the organization may only serve to increase the number of potentially bad pieces of code from just plain old tech debt, poorly engineered, or just a hack job implementation. The ability to control quality of code is hi
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by samtho 2y ago
This is the most needlessly complex, mustache-twirling, moderately evil-villain type plot. The simpler explanation is often the answer here. Either (or both) their internal QA and release process is flawed or specific employees did not foll
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by samtho 2y ago
There is a term used in aviation called “hot and high” that describes an air field that is situated at a high altitude as well as having a warm ambient temperature. Hot air is less dense than cold air and higher elevation further reduces th
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by samtho 2y ago
That’s only part of the equation. Grid displays require a lot more memory and often power to drive. By contrast, a seven segment display requires 7 (or 8) LEDs and 8 bits per digit on the output stage, 4 bit in BCD, which can be fed via a s
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by samtho 2y ago
Chatrooms used to be for idle chit chat, banter, and quick questions, but are now being used for deeper technical discussions. Ironically, you find a lot of this on places like Reddit, including an excess of uninformed and repeat questions.
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by samtho 2y ago
I have a couple of gold pans and prospector shovels in my camping gear, I’ve collected about 8.2 grams of gold flakes/specks/dust and a single picker over the last 15 years. If you know where (and when) to look, you can pretty rel
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by samtho 2y ago
Not OP, but I made one of these for my partner and I’s bonsai garden. I use standard 3/4” sprinkler valves from the big box stores, connected to a manifold via unions on each side. This enables me to swap if needed, but these are rugge
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by samtho 2y ago
Utilizing “Brute Force” as a testing and verification strategy.
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by samtho 2y ago
The database in question was 80mb, which is very small. It’s also fast and backups are as simple as copying the file. Not advocating for this particular use case, but we’ve all seen more egregious abuses of SQLite.
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by samtho 2y ago
Having worked in construction and a bit in building science, there is a single major problem with subterranean construction: Water. Diffusion/osmosis means that moisture is going to want to go from high to lower concentrations. Untreat
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by samtho 2y ago
“Gluten free” is a little different because gluten is a protein not only found in wheat, but also wheat derivatives like spelt, semolina, graham, and other grains like barley, rye, and malt. This is different from a wheat allergy, in fact,
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by samtho 2y ago
The score is not a qualitative measure on how serviceable a product is compared to it’s peers, rather, the score reflects how simple it is to service items that are able to be serviced. If the ram is not swappable, it’s simply not counted i
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by samtho 2y ago
This discussion started with a hypothesis based on a second hand anecdote. For all we know, it could be worse. Given the fact that a lot us have trouble separating work and home when we work remotely, maybe there is more pressure to let cow
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by samtho 2y ago
> I'm going to have to disagree with this one. My friends in HR said the number of inter-employee problems went way, way up during COVID remote work. *reported It could be that people felt more empowered to report incidents, but the
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by samtho 2y ago
If I’m not mistaken, companies that facilitate or host discussion are given the legal burden of policing speech online but there is obviously no consequence for removing more than necessary. It’s very rational for them to err on the side of
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by samtho 2y ago
I’ve worked a lot in construction both prior to entering tech and as a side hustle while working for tech companies. Every single one of these construction-tech products fail to address actual problems and bottlenecks in the construction pr
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by samtho 2y ago
At my first big corporate jobs, I got to work on a codebase that was nothing but premature DRY’d code, but I didn’t know it at the time. As someone who was self taught, and suffered from imposter syndrome as many of us do/did in that s
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by samtho 2y ago
The point is that we treat certain things like high blood pressure as a primary issue instead of a secondary one. Instead of addressing something cholesterol, which can often be a lifestyle issue, more emphasis is placed on just taking the
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by samtho 2y ago
I loathe the respective arguments that each side makes. On the counsel (municipal) side, you have a bunch of people who have convinced themselves that we need to punctuation to let computers more easily read names, which is ill-informed in
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by samtho 2y ago
This sounds like an explanation that is found in a future history book where cultural context is absent and the researchers are looking for a simple answer. There are plenty of ostensibly nice places that sport the exact same public infrast

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