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Re:Elevators on Saturday August 01, 2026 @10:39AM (#49134855)
> Seems like the real reason it performed worse in this simulation is that when they implemented destination dispatch, they assigned an elevator at time of request, and had no system for reviewing and updated that assignment.

I don't think it's possible to have destination dispatch AND update assignment together, in the real world.

- If the user clicks floor 26 and you tell them to wait at elevator G, you can't really tell them to move to F if it's taking too long.

- But if you don't tell them an elevator to wait at, then you'd need them to run around what is possibly like 5-8 elevators to find which one is going to their floor? That's obviously not realistic.

So then you're going to just have them get in the first one that opens? But then that's just the same as an up/down button.

Re:I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI on Sunday June 28, 2026 @02:48PM (#48710230)
To me this is like a good software engineer using AI.

The fact that they use it doesn't make what the result is any worse or less trustworthy - arguably it makes it better.

It only becomes a problem if they offload all of the thinking to AI.

It's just odd to see a company buy a product and then promptly nuke it.
Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left on Sunday May 10, 2026 @11:02AM (#48084558)
Here to say the same thing.

I built an app a few years ago and needed some sort of DB to store around 50 million records that had ~10k reads+writes per month with 1 index. It cost me something like $50 to load it up initially, and then something stupid like 10 cents/month to maintain.

Re:Six Levels of Dark Mode on Sunday April 19, 2026 @06:28PM (#47828209)
Would've been cool if the levels came into effect while you scrolled down the page
I don't think it's fair to say suburbanization lead to isolation. I think factors like social media have had a much bigger impact.

It's not like you're living away from any people - you have 100 other neighbours living on your street!

Re:Claude Opus 4.7 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @04:56PM (#47799392)
Someone should make an MCP that parses every non-code file before it hits claude to turn it into caveman talk
Re:Android now stops you sharing your location in photos on Monday April 13, 2026 @09:42AM (#47751842)
I feel like that's the optimal implementation - best of both worlds

Wish android copied them for once lol