uvaursi

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by uvaursi 1y ago
I’ll stick my neck out and say SICP has never been relevant to me. I’ve tinkered from embedded, to OS, to databases, to desktop applications, drivers, compilers, web applications, and all sorts of shit inbetween when I’m not reversing some
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by uvaursi 1y ago
I’m confused. Who is this “We”? Do you realize how behind in many respects most of Europe is? How it’s been parceled up and destroyed by the EU? Science projects led by a few countries doesn’t cut it. It’s not propaganda at all. The standar
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Software development isn’t engineering and it has never been. Software developers aren’t engineers. I don’t know why this keeps coming up, maybe slow news day. It’s okay to be passionate about a craft or a job and for that job to be very te
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by uvaursi 1y ago
This is why people get divorced. It’s not because their partners are terrible (they can be), but because they are on train tracks of a life that isn’t theirs. Fight Club had the answer to this, by taking a no-name Joe Schmoe (reflected as u
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Whereas before the air of sophistication conned you into thinking the authors knew what they were talking about, it took AI slop for you to see how bad things really are. Queue the “always have been” meme.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Direct File won’t happen in 2026, Intuit tells IRS
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by uvaursi 1y ago
And then Netflix decided to churn out garbage that no AGI recommendation engine can redeem.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
FEEL THE AGI. This is a meme that will keep on giving.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Thank you. I was on the fence posting my comment earlier but I’m glad I’m not the only one who is tired of blog posters leading a subject with a blatantly false statement.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
> The diode might be the most neglected component in the electronics curriculum today. Nonsense like this is why I don’t read lcamtuf. His “electronics 100” falls short of any standard-issue books - today and in the past. And you can ope
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by uvaursi 1y ago
I remember the “20 ways Dick Cheney can kill you” posters. Unbelievable energy.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
What a legend.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Yep. StickDeath was the shit.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
I still use PuTTY and a MAX232EACwhateverthefuck chip for embedded hardware stuff with a DB9 cable thats been plugged in and out more times than your mom on prom night. Should I switch to something else or just keep on truckin?
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Software “engineer”[0] here. There are plenty of developers that are very rational about programming languages. I think the author lived in a weird bubble for most of their life jumping from company to company, project to project and saw so
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by uvaursi 1y ago
In reading many C code bases, including the Linux kernel, every one finds a use case for macros of this nature.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
The internet is making everyone feel like what most of us nerds used to feel like. Good riddance, I’d say
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Yes. People have quit HN. Very valuable people who found the shift in community was distasteful and appalling. I don’t consider YT social media myself because there’s nothing social about binging Sam Ben-Yaakov videos.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
This is a good use of macros. I understand people are frightened by how it looks but it’s just C in a terse, declarative style. It’s mostly straightforward, just dense and yes - will challenge you because of various obscure macro styles use
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by uvaursi 1y ago
> Striking Kickstarter workers outside of the Manhattan offices of venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a major investor in the company. Peak I don’t even know what. Have these people worked a day in their life?
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Whenever I see these backwards-applied math models I think of the “wet streets cause rain” expression.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
I like that HP is putting out new products like the little roomba floor plan printer robot. Even if it’s not original (neither was the printer), they’ve got divisions that are ideating, improving, designing and manufacturing products. I hav
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by uvaursi 1y ago
As the wise man said: you will own nothing, and you will be happy.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Yes but the psyop was a stalwart success and continues to be. This is just the latest revision. Imagine how you’ll feel about things tomorrow.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
> Apparently catching a brief glimpse of the abyss during the 2020 campaign cycle, Trump expressed his wish to “hop into” one of his supporters’ trucks “and drive it away.” As he mused, “I’d love to do it. Just drive the hell outta here.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
There’s something entertaining about an article on addiction-driven gambling and then a comment that uses a provocative, attention grabbing hook, on a website that has trained its audience to respond like Pavlovian dogs to bait.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
These hot takes are somewhat useless honestly. People give these point-in-time opinions ignoring that the rate of improvement is exponential when it comes to software. The last three, four years of heavy AI utilization have been refreshing.
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Do we have any write ups or post mortems from WhatsApp employees prior to the acquisition and the massive buy out? I want to (artificially perhaps) peg my projects to a smaller cohort of employees if it means the stress to them is worth it
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by uvaursi 1y ago
> You mean like when China built chatgpt 4 in a weekend and open-sourced it for giggles? Link?
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by uvaursi 1y ago
Enlighten me - hasn’t Xi and the government recently demanded 2-3 children from each woman? I imagine they’ll push heavily for births again.

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