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91.
by taneq 3mo ago
It is critical to avoid a boondoggle gap.
92.
by taneq 3mo ago
(1) seems to be the big question to me. Surely it would be much cheaper to simply stick a data centre up in the mountains somewhere, low enough to be fairly easy to reach but high enough to be nice and chilly?
93.
by taneq 3mo ago
But since our capacity to experience stuff can't keep up with the sheer quantity of stuff, 99% of the stuff we see will be crap, even if there's technically a larger amount of good stuff in absolute terms.
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by taneq 3mo ago
If you need to actively keep your head down, you need to quit. Doesn’t matter whether ‘the problem’ is the employer, the employee, both, or neither. They’re a bad fit for each other.
95.
by taneq 3mo ago
Engaging in a little hydrogen bonding, eh?
96.
by taneq 3mo ago
> When the engine slows, the balls fall and open the cock again. The choice of wording makes me suspect that they intended both entendres. ;)
97.
by taneq 3mo ago
Because the crawlers would still have hammered their site, though. (The GP post doesn’t actually meaningfully address the issue being raised. Adding BigQuery or whatever would not change the fact that (a) they already offered a method of ge
98.
by taneq 3mo ago
Hmm, I think I might have conflated the two. Thanks!
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by taneq 3mo ago
Everyone hates null but (in database land, and arguably in other programming) it just means “no data.” (As an aside, I found the characterisation of null as being a “billion dollar mistake” to be unfair. Those who don’t acknowledge null are
100.
by taneq 3mo ago
Maybe I’m just not pure enough but I find the whole concept of proof by counterexample to be elegant, and I don’t see why proving that something must be true is superior to proving that it can’t be false.
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by taneq 3mo ago
> Google figured out a system to sell access while keeping your privacy. This would be the new Google’s definition of privacy, ie. only you and Google have access to your private data. The new Google does not, of course, have a word (nor
102.
by taneq 3mo ago
I wonder if this is related to the way bright stripes can be a migraine trigger?
103.
by taneq 3mo ago
Yeah this $100k system with all its expensive add ons is there to push a single button.
104.
by taneq 3mo ago
“You can no longer certify aircraft of this design as safe” seems a reasonable response to a design flaw causing multiple crashes. My question would be whether the design flaws have been addressed. If not, then allowing them to keep making
105.
by taneq 3mo ago
Employee Role: Blameable Component.
106.
by taneq 3mo ago
You're using one of the streams for yourself. :P
107.
by taneq 3mo ago
Oh, right, more like a car-flavoured docking station? That does sound better, it relies on the car for less in terms of functionality so it should be more consistent and futureproof.
108.
by taneq 3mo ago
> standardized port (and perhaps a wireless standard) for a combination of video output, audio output, touchscreen input, and charging, with optional standardized sensor inputs So a web browser loading a page off the phone? :)
109.
by taneq 3mo ago
Plug one of every combination of vendor, model, OS, and config into the car and check if everything works. That’s what would be required to actually ensure functionality.
110.
by taneq 3mo ago
It’s an indictment of business attitudes towards customers. It’s not the software’s fault, the software is doing what it was supposed to. The fault lies with the organisation that decided that’s what it should do.
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by taneq 3mo ago
Living in Australia where it gets hot and also kinda cold, having seats that are both heated and vented is awesome. Cold? Seat gives you a warm hug. Hot? Seat blows cool air to cool itself down after being parked, and to stop you getting sw
112.
by taneq 3mo ago
Heck, almost everything is available for free on YouTube.
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by taneq 3mo ago
They’re both executing unknown code, but hopefully the ftp site here is at least a trusted one, and if you feel paranoid you can verify the archive’s hash to help verify it hasn’t been monkeyed with. Also the archive probably won’t go and f
114.
by taneq 3mo ago
I’ve never got my head around how it’s apparently the done thing these days to just copy a bash command from a website and run it (sometimes with sudo! O.o ) to install software. I somewhat naively hope that this is because everyone is push
115.
by taneq 3mo ago
Where I live, I’d spend it on increasing parking availability at train stations, and/or run a lot more local buses that do a small (few kilometres) circuit around the station and ferry passengers to/from the station. Taking a bus
116.
by taneq 3mo ago
…those who understand binary? ;)
117.
by taneq 3mo ago
So you’re code switching to incorporate AI-specific ‘vocal fry’ in order to better communicate with it? That’s not just mimicry. It’s insightful. And it just might work. ;)
118.
by taneq 3mo ago
Is this the new “China can’t manufacture a ball point pen”? (Which I strongly suspect they can do at this point. :)
119.
by taneq 3mo ago
So very roughly a 300kW spotlight pointed at a relatively small area (wild guess at around 1km^2, anyone done the maths?) Edit: A 5km diameter spot illuminated from 600km altitude.
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by taneq 3mo ago
We must stop it, for the sake of the kittens and the puppies.

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