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   by turing_complete 4y ago

   Google engineers tend to overestimate how smart they are because they were able to solve a few medium-difficult Leetcode questions. And they just don't see the water that they are swimming in. They probably don't know any young, i
2. 92.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   I love video games, but consider reading books to you children. Much better, deeper stories and less violence!
3. 93.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   Can you point out where he is wrong, though? His criticism might not be true for all teams in all large companies, bIt I've worked at one of the FAANG companies and left for the same reasons. And I know similar stories from friends and
4. 94.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   This feels like a gossip article for people who think they are into philosophy, but don't want to read the actual texts. Like programmers bikeshedding about their favorite text editors. At least you get some trivia for the next party w
5. 95.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   You say it's easy to disagree with him, but I've yet to see a well-thought-out argument where he is wrong in this video series. I hope Microsoft will award him an honorary PhD though.
6. 96.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   I would be cautious of making decisions based on the mean value of some workplace-related social sciences study. Many software engineers, data scientists, and other knowledge workers can work remotely and have very flexible hours. We also o
7. 97.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   Thanks, I will check it out!
8. 98.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   Yawn. Do you think this is edgy or provocative in 2022?
9. 99.▲
   by turing_complete 4y ago

   I recommend "Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?" by Ian Hutchinson, physicist and professor at MIT. It covers the rational arguments for Christianity and how to integrate a scientific and Christian view of the world. And C.S. Le
10. 100.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Thanks, it is not absolute certainty, it is, as I said, a "signal": It's about statistical inference. That is what you do when you meet somebody or conduct a job interview. We are not all-knowing beings. The overwhelming ma
11. 101.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    It's statistical inference. That is what you do when you meet somebody or conduct a job interview. We are not all-knowing beings. The overwhelming majority are overweight because their diet is poor and because they move very little. It
12. 102.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Putting physical fitness in the same bucket as height, gender, and race is a category error. Whether someone is fit or obese tells you a lot about their lifestyle and daily choices. You cannot change your facial structure or tallness (yet),
13. 103.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    I am living in a country where photos on a resume are the norm and for me it is the other way round. I am interviewing a lot of people at the moment and having a picture with the resume really helps thinking of the applicant as a human bein
14. 104.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Nothing changes. If you read the diff, you will see that they used Quicksort before. And vanilla quicksort is unstable as well.
15. 105.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    New coping strategy for low-quality software just dropped.
16. 106.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Finally a nuclear war that deserves its name.
17. 107.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Quite concerning that the lifetime of modern software, even for a trivial tool, is so short. We have to do something about that.
18. 108.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    I agree.
19. 109.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Sad. We need to cure cancer. Delete the disease from the source code of reality. I won't respond to midwit cancer-is-good-actually responses.
20. 110.▲
    by turing_complete 4y ago

    Wow, you're edgy.
21. 111.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    How about better treatments for cancer? Not dying might help with anxiety too.
22. 112.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    I don't even think that AGI is incompatible with Christian belief. In the words of Saint Paul: "For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.&quot
23. 113.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    "You think anyone would be doing this kind of utterly insane stuff if it wasn't absolutely necessary?" - Not a software developer. Obviously.
24. 114.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    Or even better: nuclear. You need a reliable source of energy, otherwise you have to combine solar and wind with gas anyway.
25. 115.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    They are the highest priests of scientific materialism. If brain activity is all that is to life, they know more than anyone.
26. 116.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    Browsers aren't fast. Computer hardware is.
27. 117.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    Bob lived to be 98. How bad can Margarine be?
28. 118.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    He absolutely started this project with having a fun name and started to write the code afterwards.
29. 119.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    Sounds great. I am reading through C.S. Lewis currently. Chesterton might be next.
30. 120.▲
    by turing_complete 5y ago

    It's orders of magnitude more powerful than machines that can run Doom or Quake. The ports you have tried must be terrible.