lateforwork

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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Because there is no intellectual property in the toilet?
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
It gets worse. I've seen some managers hold back strong developers because they want everyone to be a replaceable cog. They push for average work across the team so no one becomes irreplaceable--even if it means the product ends up wea
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
There are two broad types of databases: operational and analytical. Operational databases store transactions and support day-to-day application workflows. For analysis, data is often copied into separate analytical databases (data warehouse
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
If you quit at age 55 or later and you have been with Microsoft for 15 years your stock continues to vest. That has always been the case. This "buyout" appears to extend that benefit to employees who are >= 50 and have been wit
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Neither... it is illegal when used against citizens
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
The word "prosecution" implies criminal case brought by the government. This was a civil case brought by the victims. If you mean higher bar for litigation, then maybe this lawsuit and its outcome shows that the bar isn't as
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
But is Medicare as good as the insurance you had before?
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Why would Craig have been great? macOS usability and quality has suffered greatly under Craig.
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
To what extent do you think Apple software has done well under Craig's leadership?
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Tim Cook stepped down when he hit 65. Sundar has 12 years to go to hit that milestone.
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> iPhone (and smartphones in general) are a mature product, so of course it'll be iterative. That's the kind of thing people say when they are out of ideas. The reality is that the mobile phone market was already a mature mar
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Plus his degree is in mechanical engineering. I wonder how he climbed up the ranks of hardware engineering with a degree in mechanical engineering. Quite amazing.
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> Apple’s software is the best in the non-free software world compared to Google's or Microsoft's You are comparing against the wrong thing. Compare it to NeXTSTEP from 35 years ago: https://infinitemac.org/19
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Think about a junior coworker you offloaded some of your tasks to. It turns out the coworker frequently makes mistakes. At some point you are going to say it is easier to just do this myself. Especially if a single mistake can cost you your
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
This looks bad for Microsoft. They added a Copilot button to all their products but it doesn't do much more than open a chat side panel. I recently tried Claude Cowork for PowerPoint and I was stunned by the content as well as design q
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
You claimed bugs, and when asked for evidence of said bugs, you said it is rude to ask for evidence, and I should simply "assume" you are right. Okay. I think people can make up their own minds as to what that means.
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Sorry I disagree. I have written compilers by hand and this compiler generated by Claude is pretty good for learning. I am only asking you to backup your own assertions. If you can't then I would have to assume that you are denigrating
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
You have not provided any evidence that can be refuted, only vague assertions. The compiler is indeed useless for any purpose other than learning how compilers work. It has all the key pieces such as a lexer, abstract syntax tree, parser, c
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Are you concerned that the compiler might generate code that takes over your computer? If so the provided Dockerfile runs the generated code in a container. Regarding test coverage, this is a toy compiler. Don't use it to compile produ
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Exactly! Writing a compiler is not rocket science if you know assembly language. You can pick up the gist in an hour or two by looking at a simple toy compiler.
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Because an actual compiler would be tens of thousands of lines and most of it is going to be perf optimization. If you want to get the big picture first, read a simple working compiler that has all the key parts, such as a lexer, abstract s
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
These days there's an even easier way to learn to write a compiler. Just ask Claude to write a simple compiler. Here's a simple C compiler (under 1500 lines) written by Claude: https://github.com/Rajeev-K/c-co
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> people just hate immigration, always have, always will "We have always been a nation of immigrants who hate the newer immigrants." -- Jon Stewart, The Daily Show Really it is not immigration people hate, it is having to com
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> Are you trying to argue that increased supply of labor is responsible for increasing wages? I am saying the reason silicon valley exists is because of the immigration of the smartest people from around the world. High Tech needs the
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
In the early 1990s a good software engineer was paid $40K starting salary, and good companies like Sun Microsystems paid $45K. If you adjust that for inflation it is around $100K. But good companies in silicon valley today pay $120K plus st
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> I wrote my first neural net in the late 90s Why aren't we using it, if that's all the world needs?
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> How does that help the person that can't pay for healthcare or afford to go to school How would you like to make t-shirts for rich Chinese, for $5 an hour? There is a reason Americans are not doing that. It is because we are sma
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> having workers with limited negotiating power Sorry, this is 100% false. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta etc. do not hire H-1Bs in order to depress wages. That does happen, but not at these companies. It typically happe
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
> There are plenty of Americans who can do these jobs. This thinking is wrong. For IT jobs, the work is pre-defined and you go find people who can do the job. For product development this is sometimes the case, but for truly innovative
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by lateforwork 5mo ago
Because if we didn't we wouldn't have a tech industry? The main problem with immigrant talent in computer field is that legislators don't understand the difference between IT and Tech product development jobs. IT jobs don&#x2

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