billev2k

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by billev2k 2mo ago
Morons.
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by billev2k 2mo ago
Contrast is your friend. Or at least mine.
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by billev2k 5mo ago
Please: Not "a few notches". All the way. Black. That is if you actually care if people read your posts.
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by billev2k 7mo ago
I personally think that "peak computing" was around 2005. Maybe 2006.
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by billev2k 7mo ago
Like Boeing. And look how well that's worked out.
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by billev2k 11mo ago
The Android Developer Blog called it "an ID check at the airport which confirms a traveler's identity but is separate from the security screening of their bags." From the mouths of rubes, I guess. The ID check at the airport
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by billev2k 1y ago
I'd prefer a greater difference between ( ) and { }, and between : and ; But that's for using it as my daily driver, which doesn't seem to be the actual motivation.
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by billev2k 1y ago
I had to laugh out loud: "In practice, you'll encounter other constraints well before these theoretical limits, such as S3 provider limits, performance considerations with billions of objects, or simply running out of money."
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by billev2k 1y ago
Speaking of a beautiful turn of phrase: "...more piles of electronic parts in my cupboard of broken dreams." :)
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by billev2k 1y ago
REJ-exs
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by billev2k 1y ago
MFA is often painful for me, and I've been a dev since we were called "programmers".
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by billev2k 2y ago
By all means, get up early if that fits your internal clock! But please, let's keep the clocks as close to the sun (ie, clock noon at solar noon) as practical.
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by billev2k 2y ago
That, and the effects of allowing "new feature demos" at WWDC. The various groups MUST come up with something that demos well. "See how easily I can...", and now the slightest breath does something dramatic, and usually
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by billev2k 2y ago
tl;dr: AI and capitalism are both cancers, existing for no reason other than to further propagate themselves; hegemonistic. And Thiel is a cancer-causing agent. I agree re capitalism. And Thiel. AI is TBD, but not looking so great.
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by billev2k 2y ago
I was a sophomore EE student when these came out. There were debates about whether to allow calculators in the classroom, somewhat irrelevant to me, since the price was out of reach anyway. Then the ME department made a deal to order in bul
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by billev2k 2y ago
Though it doesn't matter how fervently you believe. The universe doesn't care.
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by billev2k 2y ago
Crazy usage of "+". Using "+" as a synonym for "var" seems pretty pointless. Suffix "+" to mean stack allocated (vs not yet allocated?), unless it's an array, in which case "+" means ob
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by billev2k 2y ago
I'm pretty leery of making the "access key" and "secret key" so public (like typing them into a web page, or setting them in environment variables). Of course it adds significant friction to set up an IAM identity f
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by billev2k 2y ago
VW’s current lineup of cars is pretty unattractive to me. Time was they looked efficient and a bit sporty. Now they look like Buicks.