scottmckenzie
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?
on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:44PM (#41342915)
I’m a software engineer looking for problems to solve…
Re:Gunung Padang buried prehistoric pyramid in West Java, Indonesia
on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:03PM (#38195264)
Graham Hancock will be pleased.
Re:Fortnite Fined $520M for Invading Kids’ Privacy and Tricking Players
on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:50PM (#34071462)
This game is all about financial exploitation; spend real money on nothing. The great irony is they don’t want to follow AppStore rules and take an even bigger cut.
Re:Globalization is dead and no one is listening
on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:04PM (#33958731)
I would recommend reading Peter Zeihan’s books, or watching some of his interviews on You Tube, to get a fuller geopolitical view. It’s fascinating stuff.
Re:Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days?
on Monday October 24, 2022 @04:42AM (#33314263)
Have a drive in New Zealand. Plenty of bugs. Butterfly season can be harsh.
Re:Emergence by Roy Hammond
on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:56PM (#30308906)
Written in 2001, set in 2036. Quite a good estimate of the future although inspired by the likes of Gates. It’s got everything you’d expect aside from Quantum cryptography.
Appfigurate (iOS); binary identical builds for envs, simpler Xcode projects
Daily Wordle Challenge
Re:A Short Story for Engineers
on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:25PM (#24602268)
A lot of people of viewing this as a positive story. I’m not sure I do.
Empty boxes are still making their way to the end of the process where a hack is being used to fix the outcome.
The problem of the empty boxes still exists. In fact, it could be many problems down the line.
I saw an interesting comparison of mechanics vs engineers where (no intended slight to mechanics) mechanics will fix the behaviour but engineers will perform Root Cause Analysis.
While I agree that the expensive consultants don’t provide much value, and the solution fix is affordable and nicely and lateral, I don’t think this is what you’re really want.
I draw comparisons to the endeavours that Tesla is making to more efficient manufacturing lines.