dntrkv

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by dntrkv 3mo ago
The funding system is broken, not the actual act of funding. We aren't incentivizing meaningful work, we are incentivizing diplomas.
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by dntrkv 3mo ago
So everything in moderation? Cool, glad my philosophy still applies.
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by dntrkv 5mo ago
Yes because the countries with lower taxes are so free and democratic. Pretty sure the relationship is inverse if you take even 5 min of your time to look.
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by dntrkv 5mo ago
> I was told that by default all user data is level 4, as in if you do anything without decent approval, you're insta fired. There are many stories about at least one person a month during boot camp accessing user data and getting e
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by dntrkv 5mo ago
Oh yes, the famous Galaxy XCover 7 Pro. People are camping out in the rain waiting for their release because replaceable batteries are under such high demand.
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by dntrkv 6mo ago
Massive tests files are almost as bad a massive function. Scrolling through a 3k line test suite with multiple levels of nesting trying to figure out which cases are covered is a fucking pain in the ass.
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by dntrkv 6mo ago
I have been seeing this problem building over the last year. LLM generated logic being tested by massive LLM generated tests. Everyone just goes overboard with the tests since you can easily just tell the LLM to expand on the suite. So you
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by dntrkv 7mo ago
I’ve had issues like that in the past, had to clear the cache for the spotlight index or something like that. Fixed it right away. Not sure if you’re facing the same issue.
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by dntrkv 7mo ago
I’m still using my M1 MacBook from 6 years ago. My company keeps emailing me to upgrade to the newest one but everything works perfectly fine and the performance is more than adequate for dev work. Compared to pre-Apple silicon I was gettin
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by dntrkv 7mo ago
I don't think brand designers or graphic designers are going anywhere. Yes, the lower end of the market will be decimated. But that's been the case for a long time now. Services like Fiverr have already driven the value of that ti
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by dntrkv 7mo ago
This has nothing to do with AI or any of that shit. Their stock price has been flat for like 4 years and they have no advantage in this new AI world that would change that. These layoffs would have happened AI or not.
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by dntrkv 7mo ago
I don't use that site much nowadays, but every time I do, I am shocked at just how many fucking bugs there are. This idea that they laid off whatever percentage of their workforce with no impact to the quality of the software is not ba
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by dntrkv 8mo ago
I think the execs are either using it as an excuse to reduce opex to boost share prices or they're actually buying into this delusion that the productivity improvements are right around the corner. Though I don't really buy into t
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by dntrkv 8mo ago
I don't understand this overreaction to this news. Amazon does massive layoffs every fucking year. 2026: 16,000 2025: 14,000 2024: 500 2023: 18,000 2022: 10,000
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by dntrkv 8mo ago
This is most definitely an overgeneralization, but in my experience, engineers that constantly talk shit about management are either shitty engineers themselves or they're incredibly difficult to work with and blame everyone else for t
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by dntrkv 1y ago
Factory motorcycles aren't that loud. Most of the ones you notice are modified.
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by dntrkv 1y ago
> Scooters are vastly safer than motorcycles Why make such a definitive claim with zero evidence to back it up? The justifications in that section are nonsense and seem to boil down to a skill issue on your part. Sure, around the city a
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by dntrkv 2y ago
It's most likely an attempt to give low performers (if you received a bad rating for last year) a chance to leave on your own terms before they lay you off. If I was in that bucket I would definitely take this offer. Looks like all the
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Most bugs are trivial to identify and trivial to fix. At least that’s been my experience from 15 years as a SWE in start ups and FANG alike. Yes, I’ve worked on bugs that have taken weeks to fully resolve. But those are rare.
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Do people actually do that? Finding bugs in virtually any piece of software isn’t difficult if you have access to the source. Merging in a bug only to fix it later honestly seems like more work. Most bugs are pretty easy to fix…
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Millions might as well be zero to Apple. There is overhead when it comes to dealing with another company, combined with the potential of damaging your brand. If the number is not in the billions I doubt they would bother. The only companies
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by dntrkv 2y ago
You could say the same thing about virtually any large tech company that does B2C and B2B, which is basically all of them.
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Withdrawing carbon emission goals? Jesus. What the fuck is going on in this country.
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by dntrkv 2y ago
That has nothing to do with it. Society in general is just uncomfortable with the idea of euthanasia and politicians don’t want to be labeled as promoting “suicide” It’s just not a great hill to die on since most people that actually care s
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by dntrkv 2y ago
The US makes up a majority of their user base. My property isn’t even that rural and I doubt I’ll get fiber before 2050. 5G is much more likely. It’s just too cost prohibitive to bring fiber to most rural areas.
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by dntrkv 2y ago
I mean it’s been like that in SF for a while now. Tons of people take Uber/Lyft still but I see dozens of Waymos everyday and I’ve been Waymo only for about a year now.
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Anytime I go to east bay I go for BART. I’m not trying to sit in bay bridge traffic. BART gets a bad rap, like every other public transit in the US, but I’ve been using it pretty frequently recently (stopped around beginning of lockdowns) a
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by dntrkv 2y ago
How fucking great are Brother laser printers? The UX is shit, but you very rarely have to interact with it because they just fucking do their job. Mine was in the closet for a couple years once and I took it out, plugged it in, and just pri
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Look at that beautiful nuclear baseload. Providing clean, consistent power no matter the time of day or season.
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by dntrkv 2y ago
Yeah because all that research and knowledge completely dissipates because the business hasn’t recouped its R&D costs. Apple famously brought the iPhone into existence without any prior R&D or failed attempts to build similar device

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