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Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

if i had his diet i wouldn't enjoy food much either

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Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i was interested in mill at first, but i hate videos for techical information, even if its gandalf. they should have way more actual documents (and, by now, actual designs. come on guys, it's been like decades)

JawnV6 posted:

wait who's still bitter about harvard architectures

not me, all the most annoying processors i've worked with were harvard architecture

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

neltnerb 21 hours ago [-]

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

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Kinrany 20 hours ago [-]

I don't find this proverb convincing.

The best time may be only marginally better than the actual second best time. It's main value is that it's a personal Schelling point (see also [1]) for doing the thing.

"Now" is not a good Schelling point because it's the same as "in a minute" or "in an hour".

[1]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kbm6QnJv9dgWsPHQP/schelling-fences-on-slippery-slopes

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

coronavirus epidemic? don't worry, hackernews is on the case



brigandish 9 hours ago [-]

We all seem to be talking about guesstimates and data we can't be sure of, but I see little talk of what we can do.

If this were a tech problem - a big problem that seemed insurmountable - I would break it down into chunks as best I could, look at all the parts of the chain, and ask myself which I could be most effective in tackling first. Treat it like a sprint. Which part of the chain would that be?

With the caveat I'm not a domain expert, obviously, I'd go for the lack of testing kits - what makes testing for something like this so hard and so hard at scale?

Maybe it isn't and it's the supply of kits. Is this not something that is also "fixable"? There's a lot of intelligent and capable people on this forum, why not throw some pasta at the wall?

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

lol that thread.

garry 57 days ago [-]

I guess what I wanted to say was that if you are capable of building great software, you should join the .01%, because that was my experience.

e: actually it's not as bad in the context i only skimmed, but still apparently the path to success is to be friends with peter thiel

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i'm counting it as fascism, which i'm pretty sure hn has it in them

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

this takes an incredible amount of subject blindness

gee how do we make sure a driver is available for both endpoints on a journey? clearly it's impossible to just, put the driver in the vehicle for the duration of the journey...

eh, that bit makes sense. drivers can work locally shuttling cargo to the train, then go home at night instead of living in a truck for a week

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

SRQ posted:

I legitimately have no idea what the gently caress that means. Someone please translate from "I haven't had human contact outside of HN in 10 years,"speak.

i think it means "letting random strangers sleep on your couch is good for broadening your horizons, so how about letting random people install stuff on your computer for the same reasons"

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

the article itself for this one is very hn.txt, the comments even more

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ncmncm 2 hours ago [–]

If they built the Great Pyramid in the advertised 20 years, that means placing a 2.5-ton block every 4th minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If they stopped at sundown, it's every 2 minutes. If they broke half the year to farm, that's one each minute. But let's guess they had enough surplus to work year-round; so, 2 minutes.

Suppose they took 600 years, instead; then it's one per hour.

Which is harder to imagine, cutting, moving, lifting and placing 30 blocks in every waking hour for 20 years, or placing one per waking hour, non-stop, for 600 years? Each seems less possible than the other.

I don't know of any firm evidence for when any of the pyramids were built. We can guess that the bent and red pyramids were built first, but they could just as easily be poor copies attempted a thousand years later, or ten.

There is a fluorescence technique to discover when a cut limestone face that has been covered for centuries was last exposed to sunlight, but I don't know of it being used on any Great Pyramid block. One would not expect Egyptologists to advocate for such a test, because only two outcomes are possible: they were far enough off to be embarrassed; or not, and it was useless. (Either way, better not.)

They built these things with perfectly straight, slanting tunnels a few inches wide running from inner chambers almost to the surface, for no known reason. Some people say they point at certain mythologically important stars on equinoctal days, but I have not been able to get confirmation of that.

One thing well established is that none of them were tombs. When somebody finally battered their way into each, maybe 4300+ years later, all the chambers were empty and unmarked. (Except one has an empty stone box in it big enough to be a coffin or bathtub.)

There are lots of examples of 20-, 30-, 60-ton basalt boxes cut from living rock with perfect right-angled inside corners, and moved through funerary complex tunnels barely big enough. Take off the (10-ton) lid and they're empty. It's anybody's guess what they were for.

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

google chrome is going to hide full urls. why? let's head over to hn to find out

cletus 1 hour ago [–]

"SJW" is a pejorative at this point because the key part isn't about the ideas being expressed but the motivations behind advocating those views. It implies that despite outward appearances it's all rather self-serving, a form of getting validation and superficial virtue signaling.

So when you see major rewrites, major redesigns and controversial changes in popular products you'll often find an agenda behind it. Someone making a name for themselves, getting promoted, trying to become a "thought leader" [1] and so on. But this self-serving motivation is always wrapped up in a much purer rationalization.

These people tend to be the weeds in any organization. Left unchecked they'll grow to the point of pushing out everything else. They need to be pulled out roots and all. Some will be doing this knowingly to "get ahead". Others are simply lying to themselves. And these are often the worst.

So whenever you see anything about "protecting users", be skeptical. Look for the SJWs pulling on the strings.

[1]: As an aside, pretty much anyone who posts to LinkedIn should forever be excluded from a leadership position of any kind. That's my handy tip for the day.

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

cancel culture is banning geometric shapes now? when will this madness end?

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

if i make a jpeg of a swastika and then convert that to a 10000 digit number, is that number now banned?

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Sapozhnik posted:

Achievement Unlocked: Long way around saying the N word

combo with the (((hostile billionaires)))

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Neon Noodle posted:

isn’t rabite weev

looking through his comment history, yes.

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Yup. That's me.

I hate lovely band-aid code. I love perfection.

I'm Michelangelo - but that by definition makes me a loner. I love staring at my code and contemplate on it's beauty just like the result of the code working.

I'm perfect at one-man projects.

I hate processes, standups, scrums and all that team playing bullshit.

I love customers and bosses who are trusting and freedom giving.

I love beers, steaks, good food and team gatherings - and i love people whom i am "working" with - but everyone knows i am working on something that is NOT "let get this poo poo done quickly and push this out of the door by next friday". That's not me.

Although I'm the one my boss comes to with "i don't know how but can you do something about it tomorrow"? I'm good and super sharp focusing and delivering on my own. If i need help - I'll ask.

I'm all for skunkworks.

I debug my code myself, using techniques i polished myself over the years and I'll end up with lightbulb that will last 100 yrs. Not the one that cost $3 and requires full replacement after 3.5 weeks of light usage.

I try not to buy stuff made in China. I love stuff made in Europe or Japan.

So, don't push guys like me into your "processes" and "change managements" wasting pipeline bullshit.

I won't fit.

I speak at conferences. I do evil harmless things. I violate countless stupid compliance rules. I take risks no one knows about. I don't follow rules, and pretty much skip reading them when i can.

I do my best to deliver masterpieces. One piece at a time.

Downvote me.

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

the 10x developer posts his manifesto

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

people seem to get really excited about being able to use x11 on a computer on the other side of the world, as if you could do this without wishing you were dead. it's worse than any other way of sending screen contents long-distance except that it narrowly beats out having your elderly mother explain to you over the phone what she's seeing on her screen

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

quote:

I find that my peers tend to fear data structures and present an extreme fear of original code. Call it Invented Here[1] or whatever you want but it is certainly there and it’s an irrationality I don’t want to deal with when I am writing an application.

As an example of the hostility, yes that is the best choice of word, mention explicit use of events or the DOM and the common sentiment reminds me of reading history about lynchings in Jim Crow era and sun down towns. As an example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27419965

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

xwolfi 5 hours ago [–]

This cancel culture thing where a few negative cancels all the good you could have done is really weird.

Voltaire is racist, Washington had slaves, this or that twiteroo said 10 years ago some kind of sorry thing, McAfee killed and frauded.

Look it's all kinda true and all kinda irrelevant. People are more than the 10% of the time they sinned. I sure have sinned, and I sure hope you'll still find me valuable as a human.

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

does that second guy just ask random women he meets whether they stream porn?

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

alexandriao posted:

I want whatever drugs this guy is (not) taking


halfjoking 17 hours ago [–]

Yeah I agree I'm worrying too much - it's basically ruining my life. I don't want to sign a lease for an apartment because I think I'm fleeing the country or losing my job.

So I admit it. I am paranoid about the US government - but I have reason to given the Snowden leaks and how they treat Assange.

So let's say they are pure evil, and wanted to do aerosols... well maybe they tried that already, but the chemtrails didn't work out.

Maybe Chemtrails were too inefficient as a delivery mechanism. How would they ensure 100% coverage? When they are manufacturing billions of doses to deploy in planes, how would they justify the cost? How would they get it delivered to citizens of other countries? How would they hide what they're doing from everyone given the huge amount of manufacturing needed?

The only way to insert a biological backdoor is to hide it in plain sight. To make it a vaccine that everyone, worldwide, including those already infected with the virus absolutely needs.

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Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

matti posted:

Launch HN: Senpai.gg (YC S21) – Personal gaming coach for PC gamers
127 points by berkozer 3 hours ago | hide | 91 comments

reading the hn thread so you don't have to, this is less "personal gaming coach" and more "cheat program"

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

people in the thread were saying that getting audio notifications for stuff happening in valorant was cheating. i was assuming they're right even though it's hn, since i haven't played the game

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Internet Janitor posted:

misread as "personal gaming couch" and was sorely disappointed

gig economy getting increasingly degrading

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i was surprised to mouse over and discover it wasn't elong muskrat

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

also, wrt the security thing, making bug-free hardware is orders of magnitude harder than making bug-free software that does the same thing, and making patching difficult/impossible isn't exactly good for security. and there have been recentish high profile cases of os writers having to scurry round putting in software workarounds for hardware security flaws

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i'd say there's like three main reasons hw is less visibly buggy than sw:
1) a poo poo-ton more effort put into verification, since once you make it you're stuck with it
2) interfaces are generally low-level, which are easier to specify and test
3) firmware/drivers can work around bugs, and not expose features which are irrevocably broken (this happens a ton, just not generally in public)

if everything moves to hw then 2 is gone, 3 is looking dubious and any project manager is going to look at 1 and think "hmm maybe we could do this in software and ship two years sooner"

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

yeah branch prediction was standard in processors before javascript was invented

(i have, more recently than that, written assembly for a weird processor with three branch delay slots instead. my advice is don't do that)

Qwertycoatl fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Nov 5, 2021

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

javajosh 9 minutes ago | parent | next [–]

>credible allegations

I truly wish that allegations of any and every sort were considered not credible by the general public. Domestic abuse is a real problem, but false allegation of domestic abuse is a real problem, too. Indeed, if a person wants to harm another without lifting a finger, the simplest thing to do is claim "He hurt me" or "I'm afraid of him" and you'll get every cop, judge, attorney, a legion of your friends, and family, maybe some of his too, on your side. Because to even doubt a woman's allegation is to condone violence against women, making you no better than an abuser yourself.

This isn't against women. How many of us, given such an arbitrary and powerful weapon, would have the character not to use it, especially against someone we hate for personal reasons? "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," and yet here we are, giving scorned women the literal power of life and death over the object of their rage.

That the accused does not have recourse, neither in a court of law nor in public opinion, goes without question. The solution is not to lament the lack of self-restraint, but to take this unfair power away. Accusation is not guilt, and we need to stop assuming that every accusation is credible.



malwarebytess 22 minutes ago | prev | next [–]

His ex-wife posted on the forum. Basically she pursued 3,500/mo alimony and about 90,000 cash, and won a judgement in court. Lowtax apparently had a weak moment and decided the best way out of that was suicide. Can't say I blame him. Dude was broke, deep in addiction, lost everything, became public pariah, and now was financially hosed forever.

Courts are wildly imbalanced against men.

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i'm sitting on the toilet lodging a whim

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i can't decide whether this person is amazing, terrible or both

throwawaysleep 30 minutes ago | parent | next [–]

I just never stop interviewing. Keeps your leetcode skills up and you can easily carve out time with silent quality increases.

If you aren’t going to be there in a year, fake the code review.

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silicon2401 19 minutes ago | root | parent | prev | next [–]

I'm curious, do you not have any hobbies or better things to do than interview? Interviewing when I want a new job is already difficult enough with how much I have going on

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throwawaysleep 10 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–]

I am usually taking it out of work time, usually in the form of code approvals that I barely read or just ctrl+f for console.logs.

If I have an interview, all code that day is going through.

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Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008


except the chad time thief doesn't spend the time on job interviews

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

FMguru posted:

also, since when are workplaces supposed to be places for expressing your True Self? they are places for getting work done and behaving in a professional manner. if you feel the overpowering need to express your True Self, well, thats what all the hours and spaces outside of work are for

it's probably for people who don't have a life outside of work

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

hobbesmaster posted:

iirc the best argument for that 150ish number was that many civilizations have independently organized their military to have a unit of about that size where everyone can at least kinda recognize each other.

it feels like a very pop history/evolutionary psychology “just so” story but I’d buy it


(it seems far more likely the size of a century/company/whatever was converged to that size due to how far a single centurion/officer’s voice could carry in a formation)

it seems kind of arbitrary even then since the century was subdivided into 10 smaller units, and multiple centuries were combined into cohorts or maniples. which do you pick as the fundmanental human group size?

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Best Bi Geek Squid posted:

hn thread: a women's sexual value is at a peak very early (let's say 18)

he was just self aware enough to delete the lower number and replace it with 18 before he hit post

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

ol musky is killing monkeys in his brain implant experiments. hn is on the case

radu_floricica 53 minutes ago | prev | next [–]

Even assuming what they're reporting is true (which having read IIAOPSW's comment above now seems rather unlikely) I don't see the situation as terrible. "15 of 23 monkeys died" is in itself meaningless. We don't know how long they intended to keep them alive anyways - a reasonable protocol in this kind of studies is "have procedure, observe for X weeks, then have an autopsy to take a closer look at what actually happened". TBH, that's pretty much what I expect they do - I wouldn't want that in my head without them actually looking at brains under a microscope to check for unexpected side effects.

They're also using monkeys - which yes, look cute, but are not primates. If I'd hear chimps, for example, I'd expect them to be implanted long term, and be much more careful and sparing with autopsies.

Also most of the issues in the article don't directly touch neuralink technology but generic brain surgery stuff like infection. So worst case scenario they should improve their procedures, but there it doesn't say anything there's inherently bad about the tech.

And on a second reading of the article I realize I can't really get much cold info out of it. It reads a lot like somebody got gossip over a few beers and posted on social media and a reporter took it from there.



throwaway_4ever 1 hour ago | prev | next [–]

Trolley problem. I wish most Neuralink detractors would even attempt to understand the problem scope, trade-off, and everything that's at stake here in our lifetimes. "Elon Musk wants more $" is such a brain-dead take.

The reasoning behind Neuralink is explained here: https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html#part4

TL;DR Some of the smartest people in the world consider AGI an existential threat and Neuralink is the leading hedge that instead of competing against AGI in futility, we augment ourselves to become the AGI instead.

Qwertycoatl fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Feb 12, 2022

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

hell hath no fury like a nerd exposed as not knowing something

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i didn't notice it was graycat until the follow up, but i'm 0% surprised that it was

tracecomplete posted:

god. every day for that guy must be a struggle. F for respects

also F for the people who have to interact with him in real life

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

not even giving them the nft, just a loan. so they can look it and then give it back once the war's over

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Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

i also dislike mean people, forced updates, operating systems that are not windows, and windows

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