amiga1200
Re:Why you, personally, should want a larger human population
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:50AM (#39498044)
More geniuses
The problem here is with the distribution of future geniuses. More likely than not they will be born into a population with low education. The probability of nurturing this talent for the betterment of mankind will be low. In highly educated populations, the birth rate is normally low.
Re:Relationships: Start with Several
on Thursday February 22, 2024 @11:01PM (#39476807)
Given enough time, there is no such thing as a 1:n relationship.
Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'
on Sunday January 28, 2024 @09:06PM (#39171969)
Much like the Y2K bug kerfuffle, there will be a time when the Copilot bug will cause an upsurge in business requiring developers to fix the stochastic parrot code bugs. I think this will be sooner rather than later.
Re:Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars offers hope of life
on Sunday January 28, 2024 @08:59PM (#39171934)
I'm sure you know this, David, but it looks like it's a yes, there is life on Mars.
Re:Israeli group claims it’s using back channels to censor “inflammato...
on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:58AM (#38948330)
Who is the judge of “inflammatory” content? It’s just censorship plain and simple. Why not let the truth be told?
Edit: judging by the way the votes keep going up and down there's a yin to the gatekeepers of inflammatory content's yang. These are actions of a rogue state y'all.
Re:Pure C WebRTC
on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:42PM (#38907989)
Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. As a a developer about to use the Pi at the edge, I can see how this would be helpful with delivering footage from the IoT devices.
I'm not sure I understand or would use AWS as the hub though, I would probably build my own server hub.
Re:Pure C WebRTC
on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:41PM (#38907976)
I hadn't considered an RDP use-case. Thanks!
Re:Pure C WebRTC
on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:41PM (#38906402)
I've used WebRTC in JavaScript, but I can't quite get why I would use this library. Can anyone respond with use cases?
Re:WebRTC for the Curious (2020)
on Friday January 05, 2024 @04:54PM (#38885480)
Very nice, I've been waiting the longest time for something like this. I feel that WebRTC needs books like this, it's such an underrated technology.
Re:Nebula Genomics – First to offer consumer anonymous sequencing
on Monday December 11, 2023 @01:07AM (#38598072)
I call BS on any corporation offering anonymity. I just don’t believe them anymore.
Re:Arm Announces Public Filing for Proposed Initial Public Offering
on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:40AM (#37222550)
I’m glad that RISC-V SBCs are starting to become usable.
Re:Wave of Bay Area tech layoffs may foreshadow something worse
on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:54PM (#36543642)
Same in Australia. The jobs are advertised but I never hear anything back. For me it’s not a racial thing as I too am an naturalized immigrant, but it seems the preference for subcontinental “skilled” workers is prioritized.
Re:Wave of Bay Area tech layoffs may foreshadow something worse
on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:03PM (#36543027)
It’s the same everywhere. In the Australian government most directors who hire developers are Indian and seem to have all Indian teams on worker visas. It’s impossible to get a government position now. Last year three government directors were found guilty of hiring subcontinent developers for a fee.
Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature
on Friday April 28, 2023 @06:59AM (#35739728)
Automakers admit? It's not theirs to admit to. Touchscreens are the only way to go. Buttons on phones went out years ago. I still have to look for buttons on my ICE car, and worse yet the buttons are hidden under the steering, have different tactile feel. And that's just this one manufacturer!
Re:The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm S...
on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:24PM (#35707550)
I'm more interested in addressing the suppression issue. This kind of suppression stinks of lobbyists and corruption.
Re:Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
on Thursday April 13, 2023 @11:51AM (#35557330)
Are you going to publish an app for this? Seems like something I would use so often that going into my browser of 1000 tabs would give me RSI.
Re:Ask HN: Why corporate culture never increment your salary?
on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:46AM (#32992939)
Quite simply, you’re not valued.
Good managers know about the risk of churn, bad ones don’t care.
I’ve found familiarity breeds contempt (of remuneration) which can be impossible to overcome. Start applying for jobs with the % increase you’re looking for.
Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with code frustration?
on Monday August 08, 2022 @06:23PM (#32391868)
Refactoring to patterns by Joshua Kerievsky might help. It’s not the best book (Refactoring by Martin Fowler us another), but it might help with planning the work. Quantifying cost and writing up a proposal then at least based on a defensible foundation.
Re:Reference count, don't garbage collect
on Friday July 29, 2022 @07:46PM (#32282958)
Just allocate then deallocate manually, use neither auto methods.
Re:Biden creates 'Disinformation Governance Board' to fight 'misinform...
on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:36AM (#31189748)
What defines disinformation? If “provably true” is an aspect of information, “not provably true” should be a facet of disinformation. Therefore the lawful mechanisms that exist for cases of libel, slander, and other forms of disinformation could be accelerated for modern defenses against propaganda and incitement.
Re:China government takedown request for GitHub repos
on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:50AM (#30565031)
I think it’s just dictatorships and dicwannabe governments. This list includes former democracies known as the US, UK and others (you know who you are)
Re:China government takedown request for GitHub repos
on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:06AM (#30564792)
Apologies, I don’t understand. Are you missing a /s for sarcasm? Why would anyone outside Hong Kong be subservient to their laws?
Re:China government takedown request for GitHub repos
on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:01AM (#30564761)
“… if you serve EU nationals”.
Agreed. I am not a China national. Nonsense, yes?
Re:China government takedown request for GitHub repos
on Saturday March 05, 2022 @01:00AM (#30564757)
My point is not too hard to understand, stay with me here. I don’t live in China, therefore not subject to their laws. GitHub is not a China company, therefore not subject to their laws when serving non China users. I’m taking a stand to ensure that my rights are not trampled on by an irrelevant but dangerous dictatorship, therefore I am asking if anyone has knowledge of alternatives to GitHub, who seem to have some obligation to China.
Re:China government takedown request for GitHub repos
on Friday March 04, 2022 @06:01PM (#30561795)
And GitHub actually complied with their requests. I don’t live in China, why am I subject to their laws?
Any recommendations for alternative source repos?
Re:Don't write just in plain text (longevity vs. authenticity)
on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:02AM (#30526843)
The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in plain text.
Re:Huawei MatePad Paper – eInk Tablet
on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:22AM (#30525102)
Serious question, as I am interested in this device. Huawei has lately been in the news as a security threat. How can I justify using this device, to myself and my company, given the security threat Huawei supposedly represents?
No trolls or shills need reply.
Re:Ask HN: Any scientifically proven techniques to boost concentration?
on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:52AM (#30477152)
There’s something to this. I’ve noticed an increase in heart rate, possibly a sympathetic reaction with the effect of pumping more blood to the brain? In any case it is not long before beat fatigue sets in and my mind is worse off.
Re:Strange plant-like formation captured by Curiosity rover on Mars
on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:39AM (#30477077)
The erosion though… how? To me that’s amazing enough. So earth like. Apologies, that’s earthist of me.
Re:Amiga 1200 PiStorm Development
on Sunday August 22, 2021 @07:19AM (#28264558)
This pleases me