senshan

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by senshan 10mo ago
Very good analogy indeed. With one modification it makes perfect sense: > And as the remedy starts being applied (aka "liability"), the enthusiasm for sloppy and poorly tested software will start to wane. Many of us use AI to
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by senshan 11mo ago
>> 1. The raw code with no empty space or comments. 2. Code with comments > 1. Turn off 2. Code 3. Turn on 4. Commit So can you describe your "turn off" / "turn on" process in practical terms? Asking simply
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by senshan 11mo ago
>> 1. The raw code with no empty space or comments. 2. Code with comments > 1. Turn off 2. Code 3. Turn on 4. Commit What does it mean "turn off" / "turn on"? Do you have a script to strip comments? Okay, a
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by senshan 11mo ago
> I never give the second to my LLM. How do you practically achieve this? Honest question. Thanks
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by senshan 11mo ago
Can you please provide a few examples to get the gist of such trend? Honest question.
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by senshan 11mo ago
Was not it: "do one thing, do it well"?
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by senshan 11mo ago
In the book "How Big Things Get Done" [1], Bent Flyvbjerg, among other things, identifies one common feature of the projects that do not have large outliers to go over-budget and under-deliver: modularity. Ideally, fractal modular
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by senshan 11mo ago
https://archive.is/J8Yd1
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Largest US landlord to pay $7M to settle rent‑setting algorithm lawsuit(abcnews.go.com)
2 points by senshan 11mo ago|3 comments
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by senshan 11mo ago
Good to see that still, the wheels of justice turn slowly, but surely
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by senshan 11mo ago
>You can ask someone who is of age to buy it for you, that doesn't make it legal for you to have it. Not true for California, and probably many other states: [0] https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/laws&#x
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by senshan 11mo ago
Agree. Good intentions. How do you practically approach this? Which incentives would you suggest to steer the system that way? What will keep the system from slipping back to selective enforcement?
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by senshan 11mo ago
Until someone finds a clever and credible way to anonymize "internet credit", we could just outlaw any internet-connected devices in possession or in use by a minor. To extend the analogy, just like a bottle of whiskey. For the sa
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by senshan 11mo ago
Right, but only when and where you buy it, not when and where you drink it.
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by senshan 11mo ago
Exactly, but each time any lawmakers wants to "protect the children", the "alcohol solution" needs to be brought up. While it is somewhat ridiculous when applied to Internet access, it bring in the right perspective -- t
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by senshan 11mo ago
If the goal is to protect minors, then alcohol may be a better model: a) Alcohol is considered harmful for minors, hence b) It is unlawful for minors to posses and consume alcohol; c) It is unlawful to sell alcohol to minors; Similarly: 1)
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by senshan 1y ago
> Any process could write as much as it wanted to /run, which > could effectively DoS the system by exhausting space or inodes Does ulimit and quotas sufficiently address this concern?
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by senshan 1y ago
Seems like a fool's errand. The cited RFC8684 starts from the wrong premise: > TCP/IP communication is currently restricted to a single path per connection, yet multiple paths often exist between peers. In reality, IP modules o
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by senshan 1y ago
Good way to look at it. More broadly, there must have been different groups that practiced different policies with regard to ill and injured. Some of the groups fared better than others. Since most of modern societies do care about their il
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by senshan 1y ago
It has all been described in detail over two decades ago by Michael Lopp: Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager