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571.
by wavemode 11mo ago
It could easily be the case that the zig compiler is useful in some mixed-language project and this is not actually "abuse".
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by wavemode 11mo ago
> Testing systems and adding failsafes are not nearly enough for system reliability, and not the best way to add it to software. Then what is the best way?
573.
by wavemode 11mo ago
I think, rather, you're romanticizing what "real" engineering looks like. Real engineering doesn't mean that mistakes are never made or that there are never bugs. Rather, it is that systems are tested thoroughly enough,
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by wavemode 11mo ago
> Anyways, OpenAI is not in profit-seeking mode, and there's no economic incentives to do so right now. You disparaged the article, but then immediately agreed with its main point. The fact that there is no economic incentive for Op
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by wavemode 11mo ago
If you owe the bank $1B, the bank has a problem (they will work with you on repayment terms). If you owe the bank $1T, the government has a problem (you're too big to fail and will get bailed out).
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by wavemode 11mo ago
I'm astounded that this has become a thing. My school had a zero-tolerance "if I see it, I confiscate it" phone policy. And your parent had to come retrieve it. There are kids who lost their phones because it accidentally fel
577.
by wavemode 11mo ago
Then just... don't do it? Nobody is forcing you to install third-party apps.
578.
by wavemode 11mo ago
Google themselves are an AI company (in case anyone forgot) - if LLM-powered search is going to become a popular product, then that's great news for Google. They already have an LLM capable of searching the Web, and they've alread
579.
by wavemode 11mo ago
I think we're imagining a scenario where the internet never existed, not one in which it disappeared suddenly Though, if we were going to discuss the "disappear suddenly" scenario, losing indoor plumbing seems even more horri
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by wavemode 11mo ago
(1999)
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by wavemode 11mo ago
> The implicit claim is worthless. Failure to navigate a synthetic graph == failure to solve real world problems. False. This statement is the dictionary definition of attacking a strawman. Every new model that is sold to us, is sold on
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by wavemode 11mo ago
I think rather Qbs (the build system that was supposed to replace qmake) was deprecated, in favor of either cmake or qmake (both of which are still actively developed and supported).
583.
by wavemode 11mo ago
Qt Creator has always been one of the nicer free C++ IDEs, and qmake one of the nicer build systems. Even if you're not doing Qt development at all.
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by wavemode 11mo ago
I'm not following how or why a big deal is being made out of this. Tony Iommi does not own the name Iommi. He's not the only person in the world with that name. He doesn't get any sort of social or legal right that the name n
585.
by wavemode 1y ago
It's like they always say: win32 is the only stable ABI on Linux.
586.
by wavemode 1y ago
Was it a new conversation every time, or did you ask it 10 times within one conversation? I think parent commenter is referring to the former (which for me just yields 7 every time).
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by wavemode 1y ago
> Between org structure, roadmap incentives, and limited risk budget, few engineers can take months to pursue ambiguous bets. > I can. It's weird to hear a company executive say essentially "this work is important, but our c
588.
by wavemode 1y ago
SEV-0 for my company this morning. We can't connect to RDS anymore.
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by wavemode 1y ago
> threatening to use "lawful force" against minors What's the context here?
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by wavemode 1y ago
I'm used to 1Password not being able to autofill, yes. But I'm not used to no account showing up at all when I open the UI panel. If that happens, I immediately know I'm on the wrong domain.
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by wavemode 1y ago
Does a denser wall produce a higher-energy barrier? And, if so, is there then actually a practical difference between the classical and quantum interpretations? (i.e. could it simply be said that, the denser wall just has more chances to co
592.
by wavemode 1y ago
> Each tool on the list (Vite, Tailwind, etc.) exists for a reason Yes! > and they're all necessary for a modern web application No! Just as important as understanding the purpose of a tool, is also understanding when a certain t
593.
by wavemode 1y ago
It appears to have used a web search to come up with that (correct) response.
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by wavemode 1y ago
> I am actually a bit surprised by the popularity of Zig on this website Maybe this just indicates that memory safety is table stakes for you, but not for every programmer on Earth?
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by wavemode 1y ago
No, what I linked to does not show that they used to be open source. It shows that they used to call themselves open source, despite never having been so.
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by wavemode 1y ago
> n8n has never called themselves "open" Trivially debunked by looking at their homepage in 2019: https://web.archive.org/web/20191009000026/https://n8n.io/
597.
by wavemode 1y ago
Sir, a second drone has hit the crane on 96th Avenue.
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by wavemode 1y ago
The HN title "what good workplace politics looks like in practice" is less clear than the article's actual title (and, the article's actual point), "Stop avoiding politics" This isn't an article about impr
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by wavemode 1y ago
> It seems not unlikely that the amount of energy it takes to produce, edit, and process a TikTok video exceeds half a kilowatt-hour. That would be really remarkable, considering the total power capacity of a phone battery is in the neig
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by wavemode 1y ago
> I actually have no idea how big teams work on large C++ codebases Well yeah, you don't. Most people who comment on these sorts of threads don't, which obviously colors their bias in favor of the solution they do understand.

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