thisisbrians

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by thisisbrians 6mo ago
It is and will always be about: 1) properly defining the spec 2) ensuring the implementation satisfies said spec
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by thisisbrians 9mo ago
Location: Austin, Texas, USA Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: best at infra, data infra (including IoT), database (postgres), fan of: Ruby on Rails and "boring technology", Swift UI, developing hardware Résumé&#x2
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by thisisbrians 10mo ago
Location: Austin, Texas, USA Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: former founder. best at infra, data infra, database (postgres) (including IoT), fan of: Ruby on Rails and "boring technology", Swift UI, developing har
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by thisisbrians 10mo ago
Are these roles on-site only?
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by thisisbrians 10mo ago
I'll probably get downvoted for this, but recent (last ~100 years) evidence and phenomena suggest that consciousness might be fundamental to reality, and thus there could be some other information transfer we would currently consider &
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by thisisbrians 10mo ago
Yes, it's easy to cherry-pick an obviously absurd position that could be articulately argued. But the point is that you are definitely wrong about some things and should generally keep an open mind. Even intelligent people are wrong ab
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by thisisbrians 10mo ago
the semantics aren't very important to my argument, which is basically: our instruments can't perceive all of reality, thus we can't test theories around the unknown phenomena therein.
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by thisisbrians 10mo ago
I can chime in to say: the scientific method, so far, cannot explain consciousness, and that the whole materialistic basis for physics is facing a crisis in the face of quantum mechanics, etc. Most of us have utmost confidence in a method t
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by thisisbrians 2y ago
well, in space (perfect vacuum) you only lose heat to radiation but you can keep absorbing radiation indefinitely so the equilibrium temperature will depend on the incoming radiation and ensuing outgoing radiation as dictated by the mater
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by thisisbrians 2y ago
i definitely can't do the math myself, but excellent retort. thank you for the nuance
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by thisisbrians 2y ago
switch to a workplace that has higher standards. obviously that can't be done overnight, so in the interim, make sure to CYA (cover your a**) against the transgressions of the incompetent, including being as honest as you need to be in
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by thisisbrians 2y ago
you're probably getting downvoted because there isn't really a temperature 4 million miles away from the Sun (it's mostly just empty space being bombarded by radiation) 2,500º F is merely the temperature the probe is expected
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
I love boring tech! Building boring tech with AI tooling is what I'm after with all this.
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
Great as an employee approach. Not as good as a founder approach.
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
Here are a few lesser-known resources I’ve found: - aider - AI pair programming in your terminal https://aider.chat/ - Tips on coding with GPT (from the author of the above): https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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Ask HN: How do you keep up with advances in AI-assisted programming techniques?
37 points by thisisbrians 3y ago|46 comments
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
This is similar to what my shop is doing. Any notes on how you manage keys?
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
No; the fiduciary duty of the CEO/board is to the shareholders. If there is a chance to salvage continuity of operations and preserve the value of equity, that is what they will do, even if it means operating until cash runs out. It
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
What worked for me: I started out chasing my curiosity: wanted to make a simple video game, so I Googled my way to one as my first real programming project. I think passion projects are the way to start, because learning programming is frus
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
It did briefly acknowledge the issue.
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
Same here. Have confirmed with other parties as well.
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
You are getting downvoted because conventional wisdom is wrong. No one needs to eat plants (although many are nutritious). You can be very healthy eating eggs, fish, shellfish, meat, organ meats, and broth. Animals are made of the same thin
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
The body can make carbs from proteins or fats. You don't _need_ dietary carbs (but will naturally get some in the course of eating a healthy diet).
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by thisisbrians 3y ago
we can't even prove that other civilizations even exist. c'mon. statistical likelihoods don't prove anything. never having seen a thing doesn't prove it never existed.
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by thisisbrians 4y ago
It looks like it's down for the "night". OP: I like the idea. How can we keep up with what you're doing/when it's back online? I have some code to post :)
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by thisisbrians 4y ago
"10x" is just the wrong paradigm to explain the phenomenon. The person is not working at a throughput ten times higher than another person. It's more of an exponent that compounds over time. The best tech people can save a ra
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by thisisbrians 4y ago
Some ideas about what makes it challenging: - A satellite will have to transmit power through the entire atmosphere from space, which will have substantial losses even in perfect conditions - A satellite constellation in orbit would need ma
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by thisisbrians 4y ago
If IT is smart, there will be a paper trail to prove these asks were made/denied.
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by thisisbrians 4y ago
A small tip that might be useful for some: to replicate real-life incoming network requests without affecting production systems, you can use the nginx mirror directive [1], which will copy targeted requests to the system(s) under test. We
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by thisisbrians 4y ago
Much of it goes to enrich contractors. Lockheed Martin as a usual suspect here, for example.

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