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Re:AWS launches ARM-powered Lambdas on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @08:18PM (#28701747)
I am now going to go down the rabbit hole of arm specific bugs in the libraries I use because so far all of the applications I dev (arm ubuntu) have never encountered any bugs.

Yay free money!

The best part about your comment is that the video in question is fiction!
By ignoring it and buying new houses and cars
>wanton violence

>punching someone outside of a boxing ring

I could probably find 100,000 unique instances of violence solely from big Hollywood studios on Youtube as we speak

Re:The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @12:31PM (#28684665)
Because of lobbying and greed, sadly.
Re:Maybe the spaghetti code conjecture is false on Sunday September 26, 2021 @09:27PM (#28666196)
I do agree, but it depends on the criticality of performance and the level of change the system goes through by default.

For us we are always implementing complex new logic for not very many users, so there's not much benefit to some clever data structure that we are all too dumb to understand. If I get a ticket that involves inserting something into the logic you wrote, and I can't understand how to operate your current solution, I will be hacking up an n logn solution as long as it is adequately performant

Re:Maybe the spaghetti code conjecture is false on Sunday September 26, 2021 @09:24PM (#28666186)
I do agree but too often they turn into "well I would do it this way".

If it is some very big and very critical system then yes, code reviews can be beneficial compared to the alternative. But for systems that are innovative and rapidly going through iterations as it is, it's better to judge coverage of test cases (and adequate performance but not optimal)

Re:Maybe the spaghetti code conjecture is false on Saturday September 25, 2021 @07:22PM (#28657000)
Code should be judged by inputs and outputs only! I hate code reviews. We end up rewriting well-structured code anyway simply because it is always easier to rewrite than to do surgery
Spring and JSP. Just kidding. I sadly do not have enough exposure to the platforms you have listed, but wish you luck in clarifying the answer.
Re:A Tour of Grant Imahara’s Shop [video] on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:51PM (#28637049)
If you are not comfortable spending x amount of money on one of your interests (which is totally a valid feeling to have), then it is time to prioritize and innovate! Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Re:The NSA and CIA use ad blockers on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:55PM (#28633574)
Me too, the Velveeta comments were the best
Re:The NSA and CIA use ad blockers on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:54PM (#28633562)
Conversely I have a work laptop where all browser extensions are blocked, including uBlock, because you guessed it, malware!
When did I ever say any of these things?

I specifically said that it is possible for someone to create a game like Dwarf Fortress without being the recepient of a PhD in Math.

I never said that I knew better than the author, or that you needed to believe in yourself, or anything like that.

I believe you are assuming that I'm reacting to something, but all I am saying is that you do not need a PhD to do what has been done.

Appreciate this response :) Those who are actually out there building things are a bit too busy to pontificate here anymore
But why is it bad to react to a headline? It offered something interesting to consider.
You don't need a math phd to code it either, you just need skill and motivation.

That might be correlated with having a phd, but it isn't mandatory.

EDIT: I physically cannot comprehend how what I have said is somehow worthy of a negative reaction.

Re:AI can write code like humans, bugs and all on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:44PM (#28620873)
It's possible the monkeys might even write an AI that produces physical monkeys who then in turn produce AI!
Re:AI can write code like humans, bugs and all on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:43PM (#28620866)
No change, and less electricity wasted!
Re:AI can write code like humans, bugs and all on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:57PM (#28620280)
var cleverCode = bot.generateCodeFor(someCucumberTest, Mode.CLEVER)
Re:AI can write code like humans, bugs and all on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:56PM (#28620271)
This will take approximately eternity for difficult problems, such as management changing their mind every day.
Re:AI can write code like humans, bugs and all on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:55PM (#28620258)
With enough monkeys and typewriters, we don't need AI to go where we need to go.
Re:Reading code is a skill (2020) on Monday September 20, 2021 @11:56PM (#28601928)
I think this is an argument for less developers on a project, or at least more services owned by less developers.
Re:Reading code is a skill (2020) on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:49PM (#28599448)
Agreed, but it never should have been this complex in the first place :)
Re:Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:38PM (#28579101)
Why are you assuming that my wife tells me what to do?
Re:Building apps in minutes, not months on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:52PM (#28577565)
Not sure I follow the logic, he got fired for trying. Simple solution is don't try, no?

Ultimately you will lose in either situation, but one solution prolongs the paychecks.

Re:Building apps in minutes, not months on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:30PM (#28573398)
Thats a very expensive opportunity, id rather just argue with people online
Re:Building apps in minutes, not months on Friday September 17, 2021 @08:20PM (#28572352)
I think what I've proposed is a short term micro-optimization where you can eek out a few more checks while you search for a place that supports your creative thinking
Re:Building apps in minutes, not months on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:01PM (#28571861)
See the game theory on this says it wasn't worth it. Should have just laid low and continued to collect the pay checks while plotting your next move.
Re:I Failed to Transform the Enterprise on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:33PM (#28569987)
I've been both in-house and consultant to a variety of big corps in a variety of industries, and I can say that invariably every single one is messed up and inefficient.

Yet still somehow customers buy the products and (more often than not) the company delivers a product that is half working enough to be tolerated and used.

Re:Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater on Friday September 17, 2021 @12:20AM (#28561166)
The only person this reflects on is you. My life has done nothing but improve since getting married.

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