serengetti

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by serengetti 3y ago
this is the only way to judge a company.
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Stop applying for developer jobs [video](youtube.com)
2 points by serengetti 3y ago|0 comments
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by serengetti 3y ago
I've been suckered into that tarpit myself. It's a gruelling and mostly pointless process that is designed to suck the soul out of you and crush any hope of ever getting a job there. It starts almost inviting, but gets progressive
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by serengetti 3y ago
I'm sorry to hear
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by serengetti 3y ago
After following all the steps, I see this error: AttributeError: module 'mpmath' has no attribute 'rational'
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by serengetti 3y ago
i'm confused, in the end, did your documents get processed?
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by serengetti 3y ago
When you've applied in the past, did you get any useful feedback, after your application was rejected? it's a genuine question, i'm curious if they provide anything actionable or a generic "we found other applicants more
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by serengetti 3y ago
the author only provides vague statements such as "it was a pleasant experience" or "slightly reduced exercise", and ends it with "read about this topic". so there's no question of reproducibility since t
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by serengetti 3y ago
using that same logic I can say "I cured my pancreatic cancer, read the science around this topic to see how"
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by serengetti 3y ago
judging by the article, he'll be selling perpetual motion devices and cancer cure in the next 3-6 months.
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by serengetti 3y ago
entire article: "it's trivial to do, anybody can do it, look we did it for other things. it only cost me 400$" HOW? "trust me bro"
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Canadian Government paid $60M for one app(cbc.ca)
22 points by serengetti 3y ago|16 comments
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by serengetti 3y ago
that looks awesome. which LLM are you using?
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by serengetti 3y ago
it's the same concept as google maps reviews. a restaurant may not want those comments or have any way of moderating them, but that's what helps to maintain good quality, at least in theory.
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by serengetti 3y ago
probably fell out of the window of his ground-floor prison cell?
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by serengetti 3y ago
try odysee.com, it seems to be a better platform than YT or FB
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by serengetti 3y ago
that's only an app, it would be much easier to use a browser plugin instead, i wonder if they have an API to hook into?
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by serengetti 3y ago
it actually wouldn't cost the manufacturers that much, 90% of vulnerabilities are in software, so skilled developers could address a vast majority of the problems. car companies don't want to do that, because that means they won&#
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by serengetti 3y ago
There even was an entire project Looking Glass in java around it, I thought it was years ahead of its time.
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by serengetti 3y ago
if someone has money, they can buy an asset, mark up the price and resell it. how do you think walmart, or literally any other store make their money? that's called capitalism, if you don't like it, move to a socialist country, n
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by serengetti 3y ago
We wouldn't want to force car makers to hire actual engineers and pay them a living wage to make the cars secure, that would be too much; let's just make crime illegal, that'll solve our problems.
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by serengetti 3y ago
this is what happens when government tries to solve a problem. by the same token they can solve homelessness by making it illegal to sleep on the street.
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by serengetti 3y ago
my uncle got hit by lightning once and he's fine. want to start a lightning kite-flying club?
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by serengetti 3y ago
Here's an example of an article that doesn't seek validations and where lessons would be obvious: I developed an ACME service, initially featuring capabilities A, B, and C, and charging $X for it. Over the course of 18 months, thr
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by serengetti 3y ago
here's an unpopular opinion: stop using their "free" services and start self-hosting or paying for 3rd party ones.
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by serengetti 3y ago
the entire article feels like attention-seeking and a bid for external validation. * what does it mean "experimenting with features and pricing"? * what was the exact feedback beyond "it disrupted our business"? * "
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by serengetti 3y ago
TL;DR: This entire article is basically regurgitating the lobbyists' party line: "average consumer doesn't want to do it and it's too dangerous for just anybody, we need to keep control!" How about manufacturers sto
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PineSAM – Pinecil V2 Interface(github.com)
2 points by serengetti 3y ago|1 comments
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by serengetti 3y ago
If you use Pinecil v2 soldering iron, you should try this interface for controlling it.