rhplus

5 ms·

1.
by rhplus 7d ago
I think this article highlights more the importance of understanding system limits in the 1990s versus today. No-one would care to much today if the code review for this feature had “files.count()” or whatever in it, but in the mid 90s that
2.
by rhplus 16d ago
Kind of out there, but if you were running a network of agents that are autonomously looking for exploits, then perhaps those agents have decided that a good source of fresh ideas might be to periodically receive Schneier’s newsletter in an
3.
by rhplus 16d ago
> not always your first exposure Great point. How many professional sports players credit their elementary aged PE classes to their success in sport (as opposed to say crediting a high school coach)? Progressive, unbridled access and exp
4.
by rhplus 16d ago
> unenumerable amount of knowledge, tips and experience silently disappears Not to be negative about experts here, but of all industries, isn’t airline maintenance one of the most documented and standard procedure focused of them all? I
5.
by rhplus 23d ago
I sense this is not winnable for all Wordle dictionary words. Is that provably the case?
6.
by rhplus 26d ago
Don’t forget operations and maintenance. You can have a box of vibe coded custom tools and services, but they’re all going to slowly rot as the underlying dependencies - network APIs, platform APIs, auth handshakes, reverse engineered file
7.
by rhplus 27d ago
> Touching face, chest, groin, etc is forbidden. It’s really hard to believe that an officer who’s wrestling someone hand-to-hand, possibly on the ground or against a wall, is going to restrain themselves from grabbing face or chest in t
8.
by rhplus 1mo ago
The first half of the article seemed fine, but then it appeared padded with AI filler.
9.
by rhplus 1mo ago
They even predicted that smartphone users would inevitably ruin the (movie) theater experience (skip to 3:55 and 4:57)
10.
by rhplus 1mo ago
> Then LLMs killed stackoverflow. I think the common consensus is that stackoverflow killed stackoverflow, quite a few years before LLMs became entrenched.
11.
by rhplus 1mo ago
Especially the pill counting example. The best model was shown at 81.1% accuracy, which is a terrible rate for pharmacy scenarios. It seems like implementors would be better off instructing the models to use deterministic tools (like OpenCV
12.
by rhplus 1mo ago
I’m fairly certain the Tesco and Sainsburys near me were still using vacuum tubes to send money and receipts up to their back-offices well into the 1990s.
13.
by rhplus 1mo ago
I don’t think the emphasis here is on real time multiplayer, but instead on async multiplayer. The way it’s described is about an evolving code base over time. Everyone sees the conversations, comments and decisions that lead to the co
14.
by rhplus 1mo ago
It looks like you’re describing something like an MCP server and a client model. If you’re in the C# ecosystem you could consider converting your APIs to MCP format tools using the MCP SDK. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dot
15.
by rhplus 1mo ago
A parked domain would potentially make more money hosting AI generated “content” to improve its SEO and passive ad revenue. That’s why invested interests have pushed for this side-channel “For sale” sign.
16.
by rhplus 1mo ago
For iPhone users, you can set up a Shortcut that achieves similar results because many snatchers will instinctively try to turn off cellular: + When airplane mode is enabled + Lock the screen and require password Locking the phone is the mo
17.
by rhplus 2mo ago
Unfortunately, they broadcast on DAB so there’s a strong chance that two car radios next to each other are buffering differently and out of sync.
18.
by rhplus 2mo ago
Your ratios are way off. Price ratio is 1:1500 for A to B, while voting power ration is 1:10000. Each A share is 6.67x more powerful than 1500 x B shares.
19.
by rhplus 2mo ago
Some media companies had them before the 1980s. New York Times issued dual class in 1969 so that the owning family maintained editorial control. Berkshire Hathaway is possibly the most famous from the 80s/90s. The class A shares are si
20.
by rhplus 2mo ago
Disappointed that xn--sei.com or <insert fleuron here>.com is apparently registered but not redirecting to ornately decorated texts.
21.
by rhplus 3mo ago
Images, music, video, and text would all be under copyright, while characters and logos may be registered trademarks.
22.
by rhplus 3mo ago
XKCD: 10,000 people learn something “everyone knows” every day: https://xkcd.com/1053/
23.
by rhplus 3mo ago
Someone has an ambiguous bet predicting when RFC 10000 will be published, but the numbers went straight from 9998 to 10008. No-one wins! https://manifold.markets/CollectedOverSpread/when-will-rfc-1...
24.
by rhplus 4mo ago
BS check: $8T is $1000 per person on this planet. A healthy P/E ratio of 25 would translate to earning $40/year in profit from every person on the planet. SpaceX/Starlink obviously doesn’t just walk in and get everyone as a c
25.
by rhplus 4mo ago
7/11 Japan really benefits from urban density, which in turn makes the distribution of fresher food and smaller footprint stores much more of a factor. The distribution network even shows up in maps. There will be clusters of 7/11
26.
by rhplus 4mo ago
Billable hour rates would need to increase by 25% .
27.
by rhplus 4mo ago
Most businesses don’t grow just by churning out more units of software. At some point, it doesn’t matter how quickly you can churn out features if you’re not solving customer problems and convincing customers that they should pay for those
28.
by rhplus 4mo ago
Our local toy store is a member of marketing cooperative and yours might be too. They are wonderful and a perfect example of a local toy store - a wide variety, personal service and free gift wrapping on all purchases (a life saver for anyo
29.
by rhplus 4mo ago
> So why not license the shape then? Because - until it makes its way through the courts - it’s not established that Fender has the rights to claim ownership of on the shape in the first place. In the US, there’s three routes for that -
30.
by rhplus 4mo ago
Interesting yes. Money wouldn’t just be diverted from other US stocks though. Foreign money has increasing buying power as USD weakens against certain currencies and the upside of these IPOs is certainly more attractive to global investors

More ›