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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…
Graham Hancock will be pleased.
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.
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.
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.