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by zwieback 5y ago
Super interesting. Instead of going whole-hog, could we add some kind of hinting system to existing text-based systems that would make structural changes known to the VCS? Maybe also make it clear what's a comment or other insignifican
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by zwieback 5y ago
It would be interesting to learn whether some other forms of treatment or drugs have appeared in the years people have been taking daily aspirin. The article makes it sound like "whoops we've been wrong all these years, sorry for
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by zwieback 5y ago
Like many others I learned vi when realistically emacs was the only other alternative on UNIX workstations. What really helped me were my coworkers who already knew vi and showed me a few tricks. Like using "." for repetitive task
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by zwieback 5y ago
True but why does the fact that PhD's aren't as useful create a gender imbalance?
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by zwieback 5y ago
Voter ID laws don't deter voters and vote suppression schemes can hurt the constituency of whoever is doing the suppressing. That makes me wonder what endgame current proponents of tightening laws and auditing results have in mind.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yes, John Crowley is great, "Engine Summer" is one of my favorite futuristic novels.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I was driving on I-5 between Oregon and California, seems like every other semi was Amazon. It really seems like they are turning into a logistics company more than anything.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I'd agree with that. The case size, open design, accesible FW, etc. made it really easy to add custom HW to the Apple ][, I got a lot of joy out of mine. I have to admit to being a bit jealous of the C64 and Atari kids with their bette
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by zwieback 5y ago
Great story. I remember those days well, I also remember finding every last byte of UMB, elaborate autoexec.bat files and figuring out IRQ assignments to get max functionality. Kids these days don't know how good they got it.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I don't really care if it's called programming or not but whenever I've inherited LabView or similar type of project I spent more time trying to figure out what the "programmer" tried to do than it would take to rew
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by zwieback 5y ago
Came here to say the same thing. I've been in automation for a loong time and this article seems like an AI-generated jumble of buzzwords. Maybe in adjacent fields no code and IoT is a thing but in mainstream manufacturing automation I
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by zwieback 5y ago
I can sort of see the appeal of getting rid of tiny servos or solenoids but for the front derailleur it has to work super smooth to be part of an auto-shifting system like they talk about. I think other forms of gearing make more sense for
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by zwieback 5y ago
I don't think he's advocating over-consumption. The point is that if your policy goal is to re-distribute wealth you have to consider that your policies also have to make sure that the global supply chain is working smoothly. Othe
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yeah, I think this shortage will be a good lesson to a lot us used to overabundance of Everything. I also hope companies who are forced to reshore some of their business learn that the wages they have been paying are just too low.
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by zwieback 5y ago
I liked this comment from the article: Focusing on the redistribution of income and goods is natural for today’s progressives, who tend to emphasize the virtue of equality. One lesson of the Everything Shortage is: You cannot redistribute
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by zwieback 5y ago
who said anything about Japan, I was thinking US
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by zwieback 5y ago
No retired wife syndrome?
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by zwieback 5y ago
We used OS/2 for a research project in the late 80s, it was a great experience when it was a big step ahead of Windows in every way. That got me my first job out of college, we ended up writing the Mac connectivity SW to LAN Server as
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by zwieback 5y ago
Compute-assisted rapid development of drugs and vaccines.
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yep, and it's happening to TikTok as we speak, lots of old people on there now. As to your comment about the young demographic - I wonder about that too. The rationale I heard is that you want to target that demographic because parents
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by zwieback 5y ago
Exactly, perfect summary. Expanding on the first point, a debugger is invaluable for me if I can run my program up to a point and then use the "immediate" window to run a few API calls to see what would happen in that context.
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What Happened When Facebook Became Boomerbook(theatlantic.com)
10 points by zwieback 5y ago|5 comments
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by zwieback 5y ago
SMS is sort of that, right, at least a crude form?
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by zwieback 5y ago
I got my license in Germany in 1985 so I can drive a truck up to 7.5t with my license. If I remember correctly I could also add a trailer as long as the total weight is below 12t. That's real tonnes, not US tonnes so add another 10%. S
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by zwieback 5y ago
> * German mustards! Sweet Bavarian senf is obligatory for white sausage (weisswurst). What I would give for a real Weisswurst, even in Portland basically impossible to find. There are a few attempts but nothing that comes close to a rea
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by zwieback 5y ago
More true in SW engineering than other fields. If you have lots of legacy infrastructure and you have a few engineers that really understand that technology then those nodes in the network can overrule almost anything. Hiring is made diffic
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by zwieback 5y ago
Yes, the program managers can assign work and they tend to work closely with the involved people managers to balance workload.
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by zwieback 5y ago
My experience as well, although my large org sometimes seems to move to slowly it's loads better than the startups I've been at. One thing I'm realizing is really useful, and which we're doing more and more, is putting &
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by zwieback 5y ago
...and fighting off deer, literally sent by Satan to devour my tender green shoots
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by zwieback 5y ago
more digits than I care for

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