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Cyclone_··on CrowdStrike ex-employees: 'Quality control was not part of our process'
Not justifying what they did with qc, but qc is missing from quite a few places in software development that I've been apart of. People might get the impression from the article that every software project is well tested, whereas in my experience most are rushed out.
Cyclone_··on Bolivia moves World Cup qualifier to higher altitude to elevate performance
I'd imagine at that level they'll have access to altitude tents to try and adjust. But I do wonder how effective those would be, since you only sleep in them.
Cyclone_··on Analysis of EV charging stations finds reliability issues galore
From my experience it's only been electrify america chargers that have been down. I've never experienced an issue with Rivian charging, and I use that more frequently.
Cyclone_··on Ask HN: Machine learning engineers, what do you do at work?
I'd say deep learning is a subset of machine learning, and LLMs are a subset of deep learning.
Cyclone_··on I Am Not Satoshi Nakamoto
I believe based on timestamps of forums posts they believe Satoshi is somewhere in Japan.
Cyclone_··on OnlyFans Is Not a Safe Platform for ‘Sex Work.’ It’s a Pimp
What is there preventing people who are on the platform from getting other jobs? Your comment makes it sound as if those people are completely incapable of doing any meaningful work.
Cyclone_··on Hack NFL data using Postgres (and maybe win your fantasy draft)
What's the most interesting conclusion you were able to find using the advanced data that you wouldn't be able to see with the basic stats like QBR or yards per carry?
Cyclone_··on Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle
You really think 90% could be pranks? Anything could potentially be a prank, that doesn't change the fact someone could be in imminent danger. Police need to always both exercise caution and respond quickly to potential crimes.
Cyclone_··on Lachlan Morton completes 5,510km Alt Tour, beating peloton to Paris by five days
They last quite a while, I've used di2 and SRAM red. If I were riding this I would only need to charge it 2 or 3 times to get me through it.
Cyclone_··on Lachlan Morton completes 5,510km Alt Tour, beating peloton to Paris by five days
Yes it is harder when no one else is working for you, not sure though if he did a time trial (short days) or had rest days. He also doesn't have any SAG, which makes it much harder as he found out with his di2.
Cyclone_··on USA Today is getting a paywall. Who’s the audience for it?
Agreed, the only people I know of that subscribe to multiple publications do it for professional reasons. I only subscribe to WSJ and it's more pricey than others but worth it. I get all the major stories.
Cyclone_··on We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments
That might make sense if you're in town, I rent out a house of mine that's far away from where I live most of the year and this seems like it might be worth a shot in that type of case.
Cyclone_··on Bitcoin becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador
I know you have the option to convert to USD, but haven't seen yet if there would be any fee to doing so. Also, it might be difficult to get every merchant in the country to be able to accept bitcoin. The other thought I had was if they would start accepting other crypto as well if this works out.
Cyclone_··on Mighty Makes Google Chrome Faster
Not sure how big the target market will be for this. Wonder if they've done research to see what %, or how many users have more than 10 tabs open at once? I don't see any performance issues at all even on machines from 2012 unless there's more than 10 tabs open, sometimes even more tabs can perform just fine.
Cyclone_··on GPT-3 tries pickup lines
Give gpt-3 a tinder account and see how well it does
Cyclone_··on Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia
Will be interesting to see the social impact on this. I kind of wish sometimes there was a plug-in that could just block news postings on facebook, since I don't go to facebook to see what friends are saying about the news
Cyclone_··on The US Is Seeing a Spike in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
People are downvoting this because the facts make them uncomfortable. Funny how when you posts stats it makes them angry.
Cyclone_··on Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
Not exactly the same. Signal is banned by Iranian government, parler was banned by US companies.
Cyclone_··on Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7M in tips
Kind of weird that the law prevents the agency from additionally charging the company. If you screw someone over, why should you not pay them some extra compensation for the trouble they've gone through?
Cyclone_··on Ask HN: Remote workers in a non-tech city, what's your experience?
I have houses in Milwaukee and Tucson and go back and forth between the two. There's enough remote jobs out there now that I feel comfortable going back and forth between the 2 cities. There are times when I wish I could build camaraderie with teammates by being in the office together, but for the most part I feel pretty comfortable being remote. We do audio calls at least once a day so it's nice to have that sort of communication. If it were only IM I think that would be too difficult to do.
Cyclone_··on What are good alternatives for AWS?
I used them in the past but moved away when they dropped opensuse support. I may have to try them again
Cyclone_··on Rolling Stone seeks 'thought leaders' willing to pay $2k to write for them
Wonder if this is a sign of desperation?
Cyclone_··on What are good alternatives for AWS?
Just hosting, DNS, load balancing, managed DB. There's plenty more options than just those 2 though, I thought it would be good to hear what other opinions on the subject are. Whether it's a PHP application with a MySQL database or a Spring boot application with postgres is really an irrelevant detail, hosting is generic enough to support either case.
Cyclone_··on “Appointment” as professor at Harvard was an elaborate phishing attack
She mentioned she was interviewed online. Was it a video interview or someone IMing questions? A non video interview would have been a red flag to me.
Cyclone_··on “Appointment” as professor at Harvard was an elaborate phishing attack
It would be more helpful if she uploaded screenshots of the emails, including the sending address, and pictures of the letterhead. Assuming she's telling the truth about everything this would be by far the most elaborate phishing attack I've ever seen.
Cyclone_··on Signal is having technical difficulties
I deleted the app after it deleted all of my texts and wouldn't open. I still think encrypted messaging is very important, but not sure signal has done a great job with their implementation. Compared to the default android app it's always been quite buggy
Cyclone_··on California law bans delivery apps from listing a restaurant without an agreement
I don't really view this as anti-tech or anti-startup at all. These kind of laws make sense regardless of whether a small or large company is committing the offense.
Cyclone_··on Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
Depends on the map but since you mentioned half an hour I'll assume you're talking about arabia 1v1. Didn't really notice a difference between pro/amateur game lengths except in the instance where someone really new just took forever to get going. Game average was around 30-40 min., but lots of variation.
Cyclone_··on Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?
Haven't seen an update for the release of AoE 4, really hoping they release a demo soon. Been dying to get back to a high quality RTS. I thought the AoE 2 games took a little too long, so hoping these ones are shorter on average.
Cyclone_··on Microsoft 365 has employee surveillance and analytics built in
Sounds a little dangerous using some of those metrics, I don't think they would necessarily measure productivity well. Some managers certainly would abuse them.
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