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by st1x7 6y ago
Just don't tell them how far they are from reality and they'll keep writing the papers. Intelligence contained.
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by st1x7 6y ago
This is just science fiction. To mention "recent developments" in the introduction is somewhat misleading considering how far the current state of technology is from their hypothetical superintelligence. We don't have superin
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Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like staying off HN for a bit?
49 points by st1x7 6y ago|41 comments
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by st1x7 6y ago
> plenty of firms are using Scala in their data engineering stacks Isn't that just a result of everyone being into Spark a few years ago?
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by st1x7 6y ago
> Optimizing for worker fungibility, in a vacuum, seems like a -EV "playing not to lose" strategy. That's why you don't optimise for it in a vacuum. You weigh the potential benefits of switching to Haskell versus the
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by st1x7 6y ago
> I hear far more complaints about how difficult it is to find good people from companies hiring for mainstream languages than from those using more niche stuff Of course, there is just more of them in the first place. The other effects
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by st1x7 6y ago
> on the other hand you have an easier time to attract the few you need How is it easier to find a Haskell developer vs finding a Java/Python/PHP developer?
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by st1x7 6y ago
I don't think that it's wise to sabotage your own future and productivity as a company just so you can pave the way for some language to become more popular.
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by st1x7 6y ago
I feel like this isn't discussed enough. I can't comment on the technical merits of Haskell but growing an organization and replacing engineers is so much more difficult when you're using tools that aren't mainstream.
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by st1x7 6y ago
It's possible depending on how much inconvenience you can accept in your life but that's also kind of irrelevant. If you don't like something online, don't take part in it. You don't have an obligation to consume an
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by st1x7 6y ago
It's really a strength, not a quirk. Negative indexing and array slicing in general are great in Python. Really easy to pick up and way more convenient than any other language that I've come across.
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by st1x7 6y ago
I need to switch between zero- and one-indexed languages often. It really doesn't make a difference.
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by st1x7 6y ago
Bidding on your name might be an even bigger waste of money than bidding on a competitor's name, especially for established brands. eBay's experience with this came up on a recent episode of Freakonomics - https://freak
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by st1x7 6y ago
This is kind of embarassing. Do you guys think that the people at Facebook who make these decisions realise how pathetic it looks from the outside? Or are they somehow justifying it in their own heads?
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by st1x7 6y ago
Please seek professional advice if you haven't already. Advice from strangers on the internet can sound comforting but it won't do much for serious problems that are also very personal.
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by st1x7 6y ago
> It was probably a good idea to rebrand from Riot to Element after this week's deadly violence at the US Capitol. They rebranded in July 2020 - https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element/
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by st1x7 6y ago
> and those insights are transferable to your daily work Some people say this, others say that it makes your daily work worse because going back to a language that isn't on the cult-approved list is so difficult.
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by st1x7 6y ago
> is it safe to live there? This varies a lot depending on where you live, your skin color and your socioeconomic status.
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by st1x7 6y ago
I was referring to the threats of hanging in this case. I phrased it more generally because there are many other examples from the similar threads that we've had over the past couple of days. It's astounding that I even need to cl
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by st1x7 6y ago
It's kind of sad to see how these threads quickly turn into a a messy sequence of poorly reasoned arguments or how some people are trying to justify really extreme positions.
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Ask HN: Is working for FAANG as big of a deal in Europe as it is in the US??
32 points by st1x7 6y ago|39 comments
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by st1x7 6y ago
> problems in finance, energy, medicine, etc., that are more correctness-sensitive than performance-sensitive What does correctness-sensitivity mean in this context and how is it missing from a language like Python for example?
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by st1x7 6y ago
He still has access to the @POTUS account until the 20th though.
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by st1x7 6y ago
Of course. It would be weird if a company wasn't able to change its own policy.
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by st1x7 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25691631
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by st1x7 6y ago
> Who's next? Anyone who violates Twitter's terms and conditions.
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by st1x7 6y ago
It's the company's responsibility to manage effort, staff levels, timelines and overtime compensation. So when you say that it takes more than 9-5, what I hear is that they need more staff, longer time frames for delivery, or to p
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by st1x7 6y ago
> There is a very strong sense in which whole "asking your manager" thing is a mere formality—it's very unlikely to be declined if the title you're asking for is remotely appropriate (and, to be honest, often even if
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by st1x7 6y ago
> What is the most efficient way to learn the minimum viable amount of statistics? You need to add 3 constraints to the question 1. What is your starting point and current knowledge of mathematics and statistics? 2. Minimum viable for wh
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by st1x7 6y ago
> I want to know what was the decision process at the moment when you first decided to start using the word "senior" on your own resume. > ...they thought I should be using the S word! The question suggests that you can some

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