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The Writings of Leslie Lamport (2026)(lamport.azurewebsites.net)
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by locknitpicker 3d ago
> I'd say it probably depends on the kind of work you do - if the low level details are exciting then that's totally understandable. Even those who work with CRUD apps need to know things like computational complexity of standa
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by locknitpicker 3d ago
> Well, you have to either capture/eliminate/persist side effects and control the environment tightly, or it's limited in what it can do. You really need to read up on durable executions before commenting. Your comment rea
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by locknitpicker 3d ago
> Durable execution looks a bit like a buzzword in general. If your state is defined in the execution graph then it's just an umbrella term for a group of pre-existing algorithms and patterns. If you first approach a tool because of
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by locknitpicker 4d ago
> The very best outcomes involve us intentionally and collectively turning our attention away from this technology. Nowadays even small mom and pop restaurants use these models to generate their menus. Of course no one is going to stop u
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by locknitpicker 4d ago
> How much is China learning from open models? The last batch of open weight models releases by Chinese companies are on par with the performance of US-based frontier models, even though they are designed to run on pretty unimpressive ha
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by locknitpicker 6d ago
> One of the incredible powers of childlike imagination is the ability to differentiate between hitting a piñata and hitting an actual animal. People get arrested for hanging dolls on trees with nooses around their necks. Some are prosec
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by locknitpicker 6d ago
> This article doesn’t present much motivation for why you would do this. For those working with databases, it's easy to come up with a bunch of reasons. ORM is a necessary evil when working with RDBMS, as are things like schema mig
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by locknitpicker 7d ago
> As a child I did not see it as violent That's the problem. Hitting a tied up animal until it breaks is clearly a violent affair, similar how hanging puppets in nooses or putting a doll in a guillotine. I'm sure that there are
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by locknitpicker 8d ago
> Highly optimized code in hot paths is rarely readable. ...unless it's supported by the language as a first class feature. See for example C++ and RVO.
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by locknitpicker 10d ago
This reeks of AI slop. Not worth a click.
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by locknitpicker 11d ago
> My supposed "personal belief" is not normative it is descriptive. No, it is a expression of your personal and unsupported beliefs. Asserting that the whole world enforces a libertarian economical system is simply out of touch
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by locknitpicker 11d ago
> Usually it is very expensive produce, avocados imported by air etc... This is like claiming seafood is very expensive to produce, and then give imported caviar as an example. I recommend you check any healthy eating table for vegans an
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by locknitpicker 11d ago
> "Making money" is the incentive system of society. Technology has now aligned society's incentive systems to promote climate action. This personal belief is grounded on an assumption that all mankind follows a neoliberal
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by locknitpicker 11d ago
> Or Bitcoin. Of which almost half is already under US control. This sort of opinion is laughably out of touch. Listen to yourself: oil markets will move away from the US dolar due to how the US governments destroying its value, and inst
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by locknitpicker 11d ago
> batteries are the fastest response power. gas is high maintenance, & bad capex as an intermittent source. Batteries have a limited capacity and have a higher investment cost. Gas is the standard option for fast response. Pumped-sto
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by locknitpicker 12d ago
> China is pursuing the strategy you're describing, but there's a reason they're also building nuclear, they're increasing LNG infrastructure, they haven't phased out coal, and they've built a huge amount of
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by locknitpicker 12d ago
> So if the USA declares "ownership be damned", it would be a net win for the USA. This opinion is very naive. The moment the US declares "ownership be damned", the US dolar stops being the currency used in things lik
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by locknitpicker 12d ago
> For most code that performance tax is not worth worrying about. Indeed, I agree. It's possible to go a long way in terms of performance with a basic understanding of passing by reference, without even having ro bother with move se
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> I can call a coworker right now and have a real time conversation with them without feeling like I’m talking to a frustrating machine. These machines were designed with the express purpose of being condescendingly sycophant to the poin
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> I'm saying that in order for me to go into the office with everyone, everyone needs to go into the office. No. You feel you need everyone around you at the office, but that is you and you speak for yourself. Others have a say on t
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> The fun thing about C++ is that it’s really hard. C++ definitely has a higher cognitive load than your average interpreted language. However, a big part of that cognitive load is due to support for highly optimized scenarios such as re
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> Template resolution solved that in the past, but C++ today allows auto in so many places that I'm uncertain that it can be done without some flow based support (if constexpr comes to mind). This concern is unfounded. The auto keyw
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> Unfortunately, I don't think there's getting away from just understanding value semantics to get the correct and/or performant behavior. This is not specific to C++ though. It just so happens that C++ developers who feel
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> Yes? Users often prefer a nice GUI but CMSs are effectively what you describe and run the majority of content oriented sites. I don't think you understood my question. I stressed the fact that complaining about the complexity of a
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> The parent is rightfully pointing out that most websites are documents and have no need for client side rendering or interactivity. Where does that html come from, then? Do you honestly believe all pages could be static html+css served
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> 99% of the time those sites could be plain HTML and CSS Some of that css and html doesn't run reliably and consistently on all browsers. A visit to sites such as canIuse helps build up an idea of the extent of the problem. Also, y
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> In that case, firing the "coordinator" person increases velocity because parts of the business processes they prop disappear. So you get rid of the coordinator. What then? Does this magically unblock people? Let me frame this
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> Sadly, and we all know that butt on chair while doing Teams calls with the offshoring and nearshore teams, is a large improvement in productivity. /s I personally liked how they claimed employees complained that they spend too muc
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by locknitpicker 13d ago
> That's election blathering Your degree if denialism is really impressive. You dismiss, the mass killings, the push to erase a nation, and you even dismiss representatives outright admitting and acknowledging doing it. Where exactl

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