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by burntoutgray 8d ago
This is a hard problem. The best solution is to refuse such work. Techies must push back instead of being push-overs.
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by burntoutgray 10d ago
Back when I did Psychology 101, there were many papers attacking IQ tests on the basis that it depended on which form of intelligence you were testing for. Philosophers cannot agree on how to define intelligence . On that basis we can ac
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by burntoutgray 1mo ago
Data sovereignty is the critical factor. If bringing the data back in-house increases security, robustness then there might be a business case for replicating only that portion of the SaaS app that is actually being used. Replicating softwa
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by burntoutgray 2mo ago
Perhaps we should remember that Linux is a re-implementation of Unix of the times. Back then licensing and other issues stalled access to A&T Unix and Berkeley BSD. Linux provided the Unix/BSD standards for free. At the time IBM, S
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
Some ARM licensees might switch to RISC-V if ARM decides to compete by making their own chips. With the possibility of a recession looming, the build-out of data centres is likely stall. Could become a negative outcome for ARM.
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
I have a single pillar, admittedly for in-house PWAs: Upgrade to the current version of Chrome then if your problem persists, we'll look into it.
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
To use an analogy, back in the days of film cameras and before 1 hour labs, the "craftsman" photographer would carefully frame the shot, carefully setting the exposure, aperture and focus. The most meticulous would take notes in a
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
The way some people wield LLM, etc is like using a chainsaw to cut a dovetail because it is faster.
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
The void isn't about AI. It is the ever present machinations by managements to extract maximum profit and reduce expenses. AI is simply the latest fad by which to lay off personnel. Technical debt can be deferred by focusing on making
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
How about you put your contact details into your profile, so that an interested developer can make contact, etc? I've worked on construction software systems. Wouldn't mind an off-line chat.
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
I thought I read somewhere that Z CPUs run at 5GHz ??
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
ISAs fail to gain traction when the sufficiently smart compilers don't eventuate. The x86-64 is a dog's breakfast of features. But due to its widespread use, compiler writers make the effort to create compilers that optimize for
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by burntoutgray 6mo ago
+1 -- misinformation is best corrected quickly. If not, AI will propagate it and many will believe the erroneous information. I guess that would be viral hallucinations.
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by burntoutgray 7mo ago
The military is owned by the MIC. Trump is merely following the orders from the Epstein era buddies. Such beautiful guys, those bankers. </sarcasm>
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by burntoutgray 7mo ago
For a guy who craves a Nobel Peace Prize, why is he starting wars? The campaign promise was to stop needless wars. Like the story "The Emperors New Clothes" the media needs to call him out and very forcibly. Until then the sycoph
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by burntoutgray 7mo ago
YES! The session becomes the source code. Back in the dark ages, you'd "cc -s hello.c" to check the assembler source. With time we stopped doing that and hello.c became the originating artefact. On the same basis the sessi
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by burntoutgray 7mo ago
I never chose MS, ever. Most systems have been based on Debian servers. Some special needs I've used Alpine Linux and NetBSD (yes it does run on older, limited hardware). Of course, some potential clients demand MS based solutions. I s
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by burntoutgray 7mo ago
PowerShell is available for Linux and MacOS. Which means you can have the tool you like and run on a non-MS platform.
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by burntoutgray 7mo ago
Timely warning. But might end up inconsequential once the AI bubble bursts. Psst -- wanna a data centre ... cheap?
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
Enshitification follows becoming a monopoly or a cartel. For example, how is any scrappy, quality focused startup going to unseat Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc? Even Apple seems to be heading down that path.
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
Absolutely amazing! Good on your for being able to repair it.
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
Hard to make suggestions when so much context is missing. For example, did you 2 start and then bring on the 2 C-Suite guys? From my way too extensive experiences in interacting with C-suite folks, the only thing they are very good at is
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
Being a specialist field, networking is probably the most effective approach. The other alternative might be to go to the specific company's HR careers pages. It's not like there's hundreds of potential employers.
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
In the 1980s Panasonic started making bicycles to order customized to the customer's requirements and preferences. That division continues to operate to this day.
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
I use a physically separate system. i.e. DEV and PROD are completely airgapped.
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by burntoutgray 8mo ago
I use Bun or Deno for my projects. Always disliked Node.js and especially npm. Ryan Dahl created Deno to address his regrets regarding Node.js shortcomings, limitations.
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by burntoutgray 10mo ago
Everybody is different. I'm a very long-term C programmer. Learnt Smalltalk because I wanted to better understand OOP and I could never get comfortable with C++. Learnt Python because it provided me with a more interactive environment.
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by burntoutgray 10mo ago
From the caller's perspective the dispatcher is the authority figure. But that person is just at the bottom of a pyramid. The supervisor, the section manager all the way to the CEO and shareholders.
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by burntoutgray 11mo ago
Sounds like a job to die for ... literally. There is no life-work balance when you are 6ft under pushing up daisies. But some grifters get rich on the efforts of others. i.e. business as usual.
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by burntoutgray 11mo ago
It's always inspiring to watch videos of tangible engineering with atoms.

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