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by xedrac 2y ago
And thus we get to the root of the problem. As as business executive, why not simply track how long your big projects tend to take, rather than try and dictate how long they should take?
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by xedrac 2y ago
Sprints incentivize both good and bad compromises. Without some time pressure, some developers may go after interesting things that aren't necessarily in the company's best interest. With time pressure, tech debt tends to pile u
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by xedrac 2y ago
I have come to expect it in politics, but I was surprised to see it in engineering.
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by xedrac 2y ago
I learned this when I pegged core 0 with an intensive process on a little quad core arm device, and all of my interrupts started behaving erratically.
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by xedrac 2y ago
> As flexible as Lisp": I think this is proven. Given the development model of Lisp is modifying a live image of a running program, I have to assume you limited this statement to the availability of macros.
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by xedrac 2y ago
Fair enough. I think the difference is that any issue that falls into the "save humanity" category, such as colonizing other planets, or saving the earth from global warming, do not feel urgent for me, because of my perspective. F
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by xedrac 2y ago
To judge one's actions is to judge one's beliefs, because beliefs drive action. I go to the gym because I believe it'll make me healthier. I eat beef because I believe it to be one of the most beneficial foods on the planet.
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by xedrac 2y ago
I can't speak for all republicans, because we are a diverse group. But if you care to understand why I am not bending backwards at every turn to try and fix global warming, it's very simple. I believe God created this world for Hi
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by xedrac 2y ago
Anecdotally, the number of Telsas that have popped up in my deep red state is astounding. My own brother bought a Tesla Y a few months ago, then my father bought one just this month. I go to the gym and can pretty reliably count 15+ Teslas
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by xedrac 2y ago
I tend to agree with this. The spontaneous face-to-face opportunities, like "Hey, what do you think about..." are what I miss the most. I didn't realize how much I learned just interacting with my coworkers so frequently. Al
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by xedrac 2y ago
Yes, easy enough but annoying. Going the other direction (async -> sync) is a bit more problematic though. Now you've got to wrap things in spawn_blocking(), which isn't nearly as benign.
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by xedrac 2y ago
Except that many crates only provide an async interface. I actually use async for many things, but the whole colored functions thing is really annoying.
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by xedrac 2y ago
I've been doing asynchronous programming for decades, and async/await is a notable improvement for many use cases. Event loop + callback hell, or condition variable/mutex/semaphore approaches are great in some cases, bu
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by xedrac 2y ago
I think you can have both, so long as you're not stuffing your face 13+ hours a day. The book "Circadian Code" was quite eye opening in this regard.
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by xedrac 2y ago
Actually that's a great point. The best software is no software. If there was a car like this, I would undoubtedly prefer it.
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by xedrac 2y ago
I'd be much more inclined to buy an electric vehicle if it was running open software. That way you could host your own servers if the company goes bankrupt. The same is true for tractors, etc...
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by xedrac 2y ago
Obigatory Emacs video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urcL86UpqZc
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by xedrac 2y ago
How so? Are you saying open source itself is not a good thing, and if everything was proprietary, things would be better?
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by xedrac 2y ago
And who is the unequivocal responsible party?
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by xedrac 2y ago
Yes, but cheese and bread taste amazing.
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by xedrac 2y ago
I jumped ship after they stopped using Qualcomm chips and the battery life went way down. The S24+ has been a much better phone.
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by xedrac 2y ago
In late 2019 it was still horrible. I'm glad to hear it's cleaned up a lot since then.
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by xedrac 2y ago
Not all problems are well suited to graph theory though. Try implementing the super trivial Sieve of Eratosthenes as a DAG. No doubt it's possible, but I'm willing to bet the complexity of said solution is going to make it hard
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by xedrac 2y ago
And I assumed it had to do with some big rewrite of everything in Rust.
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by xedrac 2y ago
Looks good on a resume: - Wrote code responsible for $5.4 billion
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by xedrac 2y ago
When I am 100% in office, my stress goes up, and my productivity goes down. When I'm 100% remote, the same thing eventually happens, but for different reasons. Having the flexibility to come into the office when I want/need
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by xedrac 2y ago
Few things are as soul sucking and demotivating as scrum. It seems to always devolve into something hostile to productivity and creativity, resulting in low morale.
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by xedrac 2y ago
> When given a choice between expanding fossil fuel production or expanding renewable power, Republicans under the age of 30 favored renewables by a 2-to-1 margin. Republicans over 30, in contrast, favored fossil fuels by margins that in
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by xedrac 2y ago
Judging by their $4000 relocation offer, I'm not sure the word "generous" is appropriate. "Hey! How'd you like that juicy $500 severance package?"
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by xedrac 2y ago
Factorio's railroads are so fun to build and play with. Add a circuit network and robots to the mix, and you have yourself endless hours of enjoyment. I eagerly anticipate the release of 2.0 this fall.

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