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by trentnix 2y ago
I like it!
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A portion of “product-market fit” failures are actually software quality failures. I think it’s easy to blame the ensh*ttification of software on corporate incompetence, but I think “minimally viable” is part of the story as well. The world
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by trentnix 2y ago
Such is the hellscape we’ve brought on ourselves from the widespread adoption of “minimum viable product” as the right way to build things. We judge viability by some feature set, not whether the stupid thing is resilient or can be maintain
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After visiting the link I was surprised to find out this wasn’t about SharePoint.
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Like it or not, you (yes, you) are a slave to your internal chemistry. No amount of willpower or happy thoughts will cause your hormones or neurotransmitter levels into the homeostasis you want. If your chemistry is off, your physical and
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by trentnix 2y ago
They are explicitly mentioned in the article. Where they are headed is definitely compelling, but to echo so many other comments, it’s just not quite what I want, yet.
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I had similar experiences at my last employer when hiring last fall. In both cases, the fraud was easily made plain when I asked details about their work history. In one case, they claimed to live in the same metro area I had previously liv
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by trentnix 2y ago
I'm guessing Boeing, even if it's just by virtue of having been around so much longer than SpaceX, has greased a lot more pockets than SpaceX. Consequently, while NASA has no horse in the race, I'm guessing plenty of well con
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by trentnix 2y ago
Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’ Eric Schmidt has a similar approach to his extra-marital affairs.
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Fortunately Social Security numbers aren't used for anything other than Social Security! Right? Right???
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1971, you say? https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy claims another victim. In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and those dedicated to the goals that the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplis
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Learning Go by Jon Bodner, particularly the newest edition, is also excellent. An aside: are there any other Go books, particularly ones the explore more specific topics, that are recommended? I've read a few that I didn't find
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Hospitals and doctor’s offices were paralyzed by the outage. Transplant organs are often delivered by couriers on commercial flights. Many pharmacies were unable to fulfill prescriptions. It wasn’t just vacation travelers that were affected
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They should be providing all that information regularly to auditors anyway. If they don’t have it handy, then their IT leadership should be replaced.
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A year or two ago, I interviewed a developer who worked for one of the companies trying to build these types of optical blood pressure sensors. I have high blood pressure so I was keen to learn more. The gist of his message was that even in
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by trentnix 2y ago
No, I’m supposing that Apple knows they have more control if they obfuscate the ability to switch. And more control is more valuable to Google or whoever else wants to pony up to be the “default”.
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I think the circumstantial evidence is sufficient to figure it out.
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I’m not sure it’s the death of humanity, but I find myself sharing a similar sentiment.
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Yep. And that deception is presented as wisdom! We are supposed to admire how cunning they are with their fakery. And what do they all say? “We should have launched sooner.” That’s what happens when the goal of the vast majority of startups
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by trentnix 2y ago
I was thinking the same thing. The state of software is generally so poor, lacking any attention to detail and showing a disregard for the customer (who has been reduced to a single “revenue” line item in a financial analysis). There’s an e
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Even if that were true (and I don't think it is), Commander Keen should be compared to Mario 3 (which still came out over a year earlier than the first Keen), not Mario. And 4-6 are most appropriately compared to Super Mario World, whi
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by trentnix 2y ago
Copying from one source is plagiarism. Copying from multiple sources is research.
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| there’s no reason to do so at this point in the presidency The man is still the Commander-in-Chief. Anyone of limited mental faculties (which clearly describes President Biden), irrespective of their politics, should not be in the chair
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NASA looks efficient because you’re comparing it to the rest of government. I love the work they do. I wish they did more with what they have. And then I wish they had more to work with. When they are constrained, like they are with spacecr
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by trentnix 2y ago
You are correct and no offense taken at all. Thank you for the additional detail.
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Died at 91 flying his jet. What a badass. Godspeed.
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The longtime YouTuber Happyconsolegamer (who is among the most genuine, excellent, consistent, and passionate of his kind and who I’ve been watching for something like 15! years) tells a great story about this amazing book store. Turns out
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> I don't think there's a way to make intelligence safe without crippling it. Not without reading the questioner’s mind. Or maybe if the AI had access to your social credit score, it could decide what information you should b
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For sure, job application submission is an awful mess. As a rule, I won’t apply anywhere that uses Workday, considering they require you to create an account to submit your application. Truth is, any company that makes getting a job an awfu

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