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Re:If IPv4 Were Land on Friday October 30, 2026 @06:53AM (#50302237)
I now live in a "western" country and I have CGNAT. It is extremely common here. On the other hand, my ISP (largest provider in the country), in a "developing" country, gave me a public IP so I think there are more moving parts.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026 on Thursday October 15, 2026 @05:12AM (#50101146)
> A lot of us are preconditioned from birth to trust our clinicians.

As a Asian, this is really fascinating to me. We, in general, are conditioned exactly the opposite. We don't trust our doctors, govt or anyone other than our immediate family. Taking a second opinion is just normal. As someone who now lives in the "west", and is now taking a second opinion for a condition, my doctor here was almost offended when I asked for a copy of my results in order to take a second opinion.

Re:Movie Review: Musk on Thursday September 10, 2026 @11:23AM (#49645323)
2013-2025 and only 2 linked to FSD ? The rest are human errors ? FSD sounds better than human drivers just going by that data. How many people have, for example, BMW killed in 12 years ?
Re:Tmp.0ut Volume 5 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @03:52AM (#49519239)
I miss the ezines scene!
How much data do you have ? Isn't B2 expensive at certain size ?
Re:Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week? on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @07:28AM (#48745066)
If your boss is not able to back you up for something like this, it's time to change job.
It's also geeks and engineers using these models and being the most vocal. We always think we're special and need the extra horsepower. Ever been on one of those home lab subreddits ? Same story.
Tesla is still doing that. The CEO is a shithead but that's a different matter.
That's such a cynical take. If everyone does what you're describing, we will never make progress as a society.
Re:Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory on Monday May 11, 2026 @04:23AM (#48092418)
I think you're doing it wrong. Use the frontier moddels for the research, planning etc and once you have a plan give it to a local model for implementation.
Re:Claude Code no longer included in Pro tier? on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:22AM (#47859779)
I think they're at that stage where people know they want it so lack of a trial isn't a deal breaker per se.
They use claude code to code it. Makes sense
I don't think it's even a broad strategy from PM or higher ups. I actually think it's engineers inside the company who want to play with the coolest hardware and the build features for the newest stuff. Features can be made to work with older hardware but that requires more time and optimization which they never get, so someone takes a call that x and y features only work on newer gen hardware.
Re:Layoffs at Block on Friday February 27, 2026 @04:12AM (#47178403)
I think it's a bit of both and perhaps 10% AI. Companies like Block are bloated for what they offer.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but it will happen sooner or later.
It's interesting how this comes up when the west is the one that is trying to catch up :)
Re:Two Kinds of Vibe Coding on Friday December 19, 2025 @04:18AM (#46323828)
I do the same. Directed tasks with smaller context and start a new "chat" when it's done what I want.
Re:Umbrel – Personal Cloud on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @04:09AM (#46286359)
Even as a techie, I prefer and use iCloud for exactly this reason, especially for stuff I share with family. I don't want me to be the bottleneck for what is considered basic functionality these days.
I actually I'd be even willing to downgrade my car one level if I'm not driving and just sitting in the back seat. Will likely be cheaper for me to own even with the increased subscription.
Re:Average DRAM price in USD over last 18 months on Thursday December 04, 2025 @01:11AM (#46144327)
I've been meaning to get more components for a diy NAS since atleast the last year and just been pushing it lazily. I'm literally kicking myself now when I actually started looking up deals for this black friday.
Re:Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:03AM (#45747751)
GraphQL sure, but I'm not sure I'd put kafka in the same bucket. It is a nice technology that has it's use in some cases, where postgresql would not work. It is also something a small team should not start with. Start with postgres and then move on to something else when the need arises.
Re:Build Your Own Database on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:36AM (#45665921)
One of our final projects during university was to design and program a basic database in C. Even after 20 years I think that was one of the most one I've had in a project.
Re:Intelligent Kubernetes Load Balancing at Databricks on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @03:49AM (#45435359)
We use a headless service and client side load balancing for this. What's the difference ?
Re:Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day on Thursday September 25, 2025 @03:54AM (#45370316)
I get the sentiment behind your comment but I have a few lawyers in the family and they work round the clock. They might be in meetings or pouring over documents all day that might not look like work to the average software engineer but trust me, they do work hard. And it's true for everyone - from junior interns to senior partners.
Re:I'm Switching to Python and Actually Liking It on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @05:44AM (#44580425)
> These days it's less about language wars and more about picking the right tool for the job

You should talk to the Java advocates in my company :) The language wars are still around, it's just Java vs the rest now.

Re:Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:41AM (#44507271)
Or you could buy the Lego version :)
I think its just Apple PR pushing these out now to get Apple's name out in the AI era.
Re:Danish department determined to dump Microsoft on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @01:30AM (#44306902)
others have articulated it much better but I think the difference isn't in what it can do. But working with existing docs - subtle things like font differences, formatting issues, working with the rest of the world that is MS dominated, keyboard shortcuts for excel warriers. LibreOffice is very capable on it's own, as a drop-in replacement is where it doesn't work most of the time. And the difference isn't even huge, but people being people give up fast.
You're proving the point in the actual research. Programmers who only use AI for learning/coding will lose this knowledge (of python, for example) that you have gained by actually "doing" it.
Jaeger collector perhaps but then you'd have to use the Jaeger UI. Signoz has a much nicer UI that feels more integrated but last I checked had annoying bugs in the UI like not keeping the time selection when I navigated between screens.

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