smitty1e

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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   Maybe I should give it a second look, then.
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   I have also used the phrase "tribal knowledge" in the documentation-vacuum context.
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   It's a great theoretical point. > The tools, the practices, all built around the premise that software and data teams don’t work closely together. In particular, the various teams, even the same team with itself, end up being separa
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   I've slogged through both "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged". Her model of human nature is soulless, IMO.
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   As stated > Not that the United States is above criticism I'd be the first to admit that, for all its virtues, the U.S. Constitution (almost) completely blew off foreign policy. High time to re-think that, instead of letting unelect
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   I have a copy of Zinn, and one must know that he brings to his alleged task of writing history a deep Communist bias against his subject. Not that the United States is above criticism; just understand that there is a lack of balance on offe
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   If they want to reduce head count, then reduce head count. If they want counter-productive results, then anoint this Magic Algorithm to do the personnel management, and watch the (purportedly) 90% of productive engineers wast a bunch of tim
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   by smitty1e 2y ago

   There is an "Aztec Death Whistles" playlist on Spotify[1] that would have been just thing for Halloween. Maybe not the best Thanksgiving music, but who are we to judge? [1] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1aR
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   Why Numbering Should Start at 0(irreal.org)

   1 points by smitty1e 2y ago|0 comments
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > In place of the formal OSI protocols that failed to gain traction, are other standards and protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP, and IP, providing the primary link between the conceptual model and logical solutions. It would be interesting
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    "Sixteen years old when I went to the war To fight for a land fit for heroes God on my side, and a gun in my hand Chasing my days down to zero"--Motorhead, 1916 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTG6I3jxdnc
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I stand clue-batted, thank you.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > For example, the byte-code engine used to evaluate SQL statements inside of SQLite is implemented as a large "switch" statement inside a "for" loop, with a separate "case" for each opcode, all in the &quot
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > so lost their minds fleeing from the GIL that they forgot historical lessons I just don't agree. `async def` gets the fact that we've departed Kansas, good Toto, right out front. Async moves the coder a step in the direction
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    If one squints, this is the heart of the article: scope. The lust to get to a final, complete set of types across all projects for the system for all time will never be satisfied. The question moves to who has the preferred shims.
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    Investigation Reveals Psychotropic Substances in a Ptolemaic Egyptian Vase(nature.com)

    1 points by smitty1e 2y ago|0 comments
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    Usenet and the Future of Comp.text.tex [pdf](tug.org)

    3 points by smitty1e 2y ago|0 comments
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I made it as far as "your toilet parts". Still not as vapid as Rebecca Black, though https://youtu.be/kfVsfOSbJY0?si=ruKslHtaZuKrBMP-
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > So the vi fan in my kitchen The answer is https://www.spacemacs.org/
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    My Conversation with the Excellent Neal Stephenson(marginalrevolution.com)

    6 points by smitty1e 2y ago|1 comments
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > superficially similar words in other languages—Latin futuere I was hoping for a facere[1] tie-in. That would be most 'effective'. [1] http://latindictionary.wikidot.com/verb:facere
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    Evolving a NoSQL Database Schema(karmanivero.us)

    83 points by smitty1e 2y ago|20 comments
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > seemingly simple modeling decisions can have unexpected consequences as systems grow. And is this not the cruz of the engineering Goldilocks problem? We need to solve the problem at hand, not the one we might have in a year. There is a
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I see that DuoLingo has a Hungarian offering, but I would not touch it with a ten foot Pole.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    > The truth is that the web was built around the idea of every page being an independent file. So Perhaps Abusing Stateless Protocols As Solo Pane Actors Screams: "Preventable Angst"
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Suddenly the woes of English spelling seem slight.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Mandatory salute to JIR => https://web.archive.org/web/20190901210011/http://jir.com/
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Note the 'local'. If the output has several humps, multiple minima/maxima are possible.
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    I'm a believer in the ditt-k-pow, DTTCPW, the Dumbest Thing That Could Possibly Work. What, exactly, are the arguments against `cat`?
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    by smitty1e 2y ago

    Deloitte sends a large delegation to Davos annually, but they do it ironically.