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Dudester230602on You are never taught how to build quality software

Indeed:

"I want to start programming, what language should I learn?"

"One of these two most popular languages, where you will not even know about basic errors until you run the code!"

Dudester230602on Hetzner is terminating contracts with all users who had a Russian postal address

A lot of confusion there, so let me chime in and clarify:

1. The war is not an inconvenience, it's a disaster.

2. You had at least 1 year to move elsewhere.

Dudester230602on Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish

I know another one: "Don't be evil!" wink-wink!

Dudester230602on All the hominins made tools

Developers I have met rarely if ever make tools... Maybe they are more like cache-making rodents?

Dudester230602on Show HN: Onsites.fyi - Curated Big Tech Interview Experiences

For developers it's best to focus on top 5 tech companies that everyone else mimics.

Dudester230602on Show HN: Onsites.fyi - Curated Big Tech Interview Experiences

Finally, the actual AAMMG, not some weird companies.

Dudester230602on Project Valhalla: A look inside Java's epic refactor

Why not abandon the entire thing?

Dudester230602on Startups weather a dismal year – 543 have declared bankruptcy or shut down

Yes, but pre-hype. Open AI will interview you like they did not interview their buddies who got in early. So I've heard.

Dudester230602on Startups weather a dismal year – 543 have declared bankruptcy or shut down

Are there any start ups that are like charities founded to achieve something obviously monetizable and backed by multiple billionaires?

Dudester230602on Mechanic shortage means longer waits, $100k salaries for some technicians

I guess if mechanics were not people, private equity would buy them all.

Dudester230602on Why far-right Wilders won the Dutch election

Left-wing populists unfortunately cornered themselves into not being able to discuss illegal immigration like adults.

Dudester230602on Freetar – an alternative front end for ultimate-guitar.com

That thing requires registration.

Dudester230602on Freetar – an alternative front end for ultimate-guitar.com

Realistically, he cannot contact all the thousands of content creators. Also I doubt that UG is paying them in any case. He should include author nicknames though.

Hopefully, bro scraped the content in case UG bans him. There will not be good electric guitar music past 2010s anyway, so no missing out on new content...

Dudester230602on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?

Maybe people are still in a denial that all companies want is some LeetCode and funny scripting languages.

Dudester230602on Physical attractiveness and intergenerational social mobility

Plus, an average-looking dude in the 90s had a chance regardless.

Dudester230602on Physical attractiveness and intergenerational social mobility

> But many women have commented that they find the "attractive" guy's compliments also unwanted.

Pay attention to what they do, not what they say.

Dudester230602on Bjarne Stroustrup Quotes

Let's also not forget this: https://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all

Dudester230602on Generative AI for Beginners

Indeed it is. You are a true master of self-referencing phrases!

Dudester230602on Generative AI for Beginners

You give it to intern and report to higher ups that there is now "Generative AI" used in your company. Higher ups tell their friends while golfing. Everyone is happy, until their entire industry gets disrupted by actual AI specialists.

Dudester230602on Generative AI for Beginners

Isn't this merely teaching how to be a script/prompt monkey?

Dudester230602on YOYOZO: How I made a Playdate game in 39 KiB

I went with one of these: https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming

Dudester230602on Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor

Reminds me of this (first one): https://www.muddycolors.com/2011/09/artistic-insults-from-fa...

Dudester230602on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google

Did you pass the Azure ones then?

Dudester230602on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google

> We also didn't follow engineering best practices for the first few years. For example we wrote no tests...

Tests are not a best practice but more of a necessary evil for production systems and/or businesses incapable of retaining their best for many years.

Dudester230602on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google

I think Pichai tries his best within his abilities, maybe it's time to pay attention to the ones who had chosen him?

Dudester230602on EP–133

Nothing to write home about in 2024:

* stereo / mono sampling at 46.875 kHz / 16-bit

* 24-bit ADC / DAC

Dudester230602on GameMaker to be free for non-commercial purposes and have one-time fee license

A lot of old things from 90s are still going surprisingly strong - Python, JavaScript, Java etc.

Dudester230602on OpenAI negotiations to reinstate Altman hit snag over board role

> Passion vs greed.

In a city where a normal person cannot buy a house and employer wants 25% office time? Give me a break, they just want to live like people could in 1950s.

Dudester230602on Terraform Cloud Pricing Changes Sticker Shock

Two options are acceptable for me personally:

1) "Crediting" the source models explicitly.

2) Generating away or cleaning up afterwards: incorrect spelling, hands with unnatural fingers, non-sensical devices/symbols etc.

Dudester230602on Terraform Cloud Pricing Changes Sticker Shock

Usually people "credit" the source model in a label underneath each image or in front of a text.