News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

drloser

Re:Tacit knowledge is more important than deliberate practice on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:29AM (#29537808)
It's possible to teach how to ride a bike to a robot. So, why not to a human?
Re:HSBC exits US mass market retail banking on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:54AM (#28535719)
Also France
Re:Why you should learn SQL on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:05AM (#28057729)
select * from argument a where a.subject like '%sql%'
Re:TikTok and the Future of Social Media on Sunday August 01, 2021 @03:18AM (#28024442)
A guy wants to know what TikTok is. Instead of installing and using the app, he buy a book about it. I find it quite funny.
I read 4 chapters before reading vaporwaVe correctly.
Re:Do nothing (2020) on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:01AM (#27820404)
It depends on who is asking for help. But for many, it doesn't help them to answer too quickly:

- sometimes it's like giving the spout to a child who doesn't know how to use a spoon yet.

- sometimes it's like answering someone who could have found the answer by searching 20 seconds on Google.

Answering too quickly can make your interlocutors dependent on you.

Similarly, before asking someone for help, it is usually a good idea to spend 30 minutes looking for the solution yourself. The time lost is more than made up for later.

Re:Do nothing (2020) on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @08:39AM (#27820171)
Doing nothing is often a good way of naturally assessing the importance of a request. Generally, if the request is really important, the person will keep on asking until you respond.
Re:You Don’t Want to Know Your Limit on Sunday July 04, 2021 @03:09AM (#27727837)
> "It may seem sad that, even after knowing each other very well for many years, we can’t predict each other better to avoid such destructive outcomes. But in fact this unpredictability seems essential to the process. If we each knew the other person’s exact limits, then we might try to push them right up to but not past their limits."

A very cold vision of love (or friendship)

Re:DOOM Captcha on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @02:03AM (#27273277)
"Please prepare yourself for the blood test."
Re:TikTok Remix Culture on Saturday May 15, 2021 @05:09AM (#27163623)
Protip:

If you don't like what you see on TikTok, you need to press your screen a couple of seconds, then select "I'm not interested". It takes a couple of hours before the algorithm filters all the content you dislike.

And when you see a lot of similar vidéos (a "trend"), use the "hide the videos with this song". Most of the time, all the videos from a trend use the same music.

(I only have videos of dogs and DIY...)

Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:52PM (#26772510)
Less than 50%. His predictions would have been more accurate if he had flipped a coin.