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by worik 1y ago
Extraordinary that Anthropic has shown some detectable backbone I know very little, I had assumed they had the same level of subsequent obedience of the other "tech bros" Wrong, it seems
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Some dogs can classify their toys by function(arstechnica.com)
5 points by worik 1y ago|2 comments
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Fired for exercising free speech: irony(nzherald.co.nz)
18 points by worik 1y ago|2 comments
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by worik 1y ago
No. To everything Python is up there (down there?) with Windows as a poster child for popularity does not imply quality If it stayed in its lane as a job control language, and they used semantic versioning then it would be OK. But the huge
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by worik 1y ago
> Software has eaten the world. Bit off more than it could chew, no we all have indigestion
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by worik 1y ago
None of that is a problem There are a lot of problems, but having to carefully construct the build environment is a minor one time hassle. Then repeated foot guns going off, no toes left, company bankrupt and banking system crashed, again
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by worik 1y ago
> make it look as much like C as you possibly can, and avoid using too many advanced features of the language unless you really need to. Oh boy! This person needs control. That is where I left C++, a better C Faint praise
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by worik 1y ago
The Rust folks are in denial about this
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by worik 1y ago
> How can we promise to "do better" when shit like "no author or distributor accepts responsibility to anyone One way or another that will end. Free Software will have the same responsibilities. If you write software, neg
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by worik 1y ago
What is a "typical Rust project", I wonder?
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by worik 1y ago
> This is a culture issue with developers who find it OK to have hundreds of (transitive) dependencies, and then follow processes that, for all intents and purposes, blindly auto update them I do not know about NPM. But in Rust this is
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Do or die for America exploring the Solar System(arstechnica.com)
2 points by worik 1y ago|0 comments
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by worik 1y ago
Surreal
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by worik 1y ago
> Going from 35mph to 25mph ...dramatically reduces likelihood and consequences of a crash
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by worik 1y ago
> rear-facing seat of my family's circa 1970 Plymouth Satellite station wagon growing up. Completely unsafe, I am curious: Unsafe because a " 1970 Plymouth Satellite" or because "rear-facing seat"?
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by worik 1y ago
This makes me so mad. 5he excuses from Microsoft are quite pathetic Their ubiquitous systems have been notoriously insecure for decades. They are one of the highest revenue firms on the planet. It is going to take strict liability for softw
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by worik 1y ago
This makes me so mad. 5he excuses from Microsoft are quite pathetic Their ubiquitous systems have been notoriously insecure for decades. They are one of the highest revenue firms on the planet. It is going to take strict liability for softw
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Microsoft has become like an arsonist(arstechnica.com)
9 points by worik 1y ago|1 comments
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by worik 1y ago
> The Democrats and Labour don't campaign on general tax rises They should try it. We desp3rately need to move the Overton window on this. Tax is good. We need more of it. A screamingly obvious fact. Give us a chance, please, to vot
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Doge Entered Social Security(propublica.org)
6 points by worik 1y ago|1 comments
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by worik 1y ago
This is a bit hard to bear So many errors. The recommendations from electrical design are ones we all (should/do) actually follow. Type checking is in addition. We developed it because it helps So many errors. This one repeated many t
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by worik 1y ago
Gotosay: Come to HN for the comments...
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by worik 1y ago
You are suffering frome the twin delusions of simplicity and certainty Money is fiendish complex and cannot be counted with a one dimensional model You are deceiving yourself that you understand
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by worik 1y ago
> I can "just" use any software I feel like for whatever reasons I want. What could possibly go wrong?
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by worik 1y ago
Not just large companies OT because not docker In the realm of artistic software (thinking Alberton Live and Adobe suites) licensing hell is a real thing. In my recent experience it sorts the amateurs from the pros, in favour of amateurs Th
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Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins(apnews.com)
5 points by worik 1y ago|0 comments
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Little old lady from the south pacific vs. street scammers in Croati(odt.co.nz)
3 points by worik 1y ago|1 comments
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by worik 1y ago
Money, and the financial system, run on trust. Money can be viewed as a web of trust. There is no technological replacement for trust. To think otherwise is a bit daft.
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by worik 1y ago
> In FIAT money lending is the act of money creation That depend on how you view money. Lending does increase the volume of money in circulation, in that sense it creates money. But that view is too simple to be useful. The regulators
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by worik 1y ago
> If nobody else has to make efforts for sustainability, its a "pointless" investment No. That is not true * Unless you are evil using school yard excuses is off brand. You do the right thing * Carbon free energy is cheaper to

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