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Wheaties466··on AI isn't replacing SREs, it's deskilling them
The bigger the org, the more specialized they want you to be.
Wheaties466··on UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions
inconsistency with VAR was a huge slight. The Colombia offside call where VAR showed his big toe was offside was pretty ridiculous. Theres no way that is within the margin of error for that technology.
Wheaties466··on Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking
from what I understand this can come from the batching of requests.
Wheaties466··on Nvidia takes $1B stake in Nokia
I get that they are now involved and contribute to 5g. But its pretty shameful how huawei had acquired the ability to do so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_over_Chinese_involvem...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-01/did-china...

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/us-charges-huawei-w...

Wheaties466··on What happens the day after Superintelligence?
apart from the skepticism and anti AI hype. One down side that is pointed out is that AI has the potential to dissuade people from learning. Why go through the pains of learning something when an AI can do it faster and better.

I do get the argument that it is a tool and everyone will have to adapt around it. But at some point it can be extremely demoralizing that a phd project that took months or years can be done by AI in a fraction of the time.

Wheaties466··on Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome
I completely agree. I also love the transparency that it provides as to where it is getting the reasoning for making a specific claim.

I can also ask it to just reference research papers and it will find relevant data relating to my query from peer reviewed sources.

Wheaties466··on Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome
It sounds like you need to be using the research function, which takes ~3 minutes but does a much more in depth search to find more relevant data.
Wheaties466··on Show HN: SQLite JavaScript - extend your database with JavaScript
Can someone explain to me why you would want to do something like in the example of calculating age based on birthdate? Why wouldn't you do that within an app or within code rather than having a database function?
Wheaties466··on RustAssistant: Using LLMs to Fix Compilation Errors in Rust Code
Do we really know why LLMs seem to score the highest with python related coding tasks? I would think there are equally good examples of javascript/c++/java code to train from but I always see python with the highest scores.
Wheaties466··on How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
I'm genuinely asking this out of curiosity and a bit of naivety — are there as many international students pursuing advanced degrees in China as there are in the U.S.? I don't know the answer and would love to hear from folks who do.
Wheaties466··on Some notes on Grafana Loki's new "structured metadata"
well, not having a unified language slows down things on the other end.
Wheaties466··on Google to buy Wiz for $32B
I believe this is actually the second time google has tried to buy this company too. They had to give them a too good to refuse offer.

While it seems like we aren't getting a ton of people who have used the product in the comments. I can tell you it checks a lot of boxes to make people sleep better at night with customer data in the cloud.

Wheaties466··on Reassessing Wayland
its not even just arch linux. you can literally buy a PC from anyone who sells ubuntu 24.04 and you still cant properly install (and have them work out of the box) snap store items like shutter.
Wheaties466··on Run DeepSeek R1 Dynamic 1.58-bit
based on information and background they thoroughly gave when releasing their research its pretty easy to put together that it did take them significantly less resources to train this model. only having specific parameters available at a time instead of activating everything all at once is pretty ingenious.

that and they just happened to be undergoing a large scale "cyber attack"

Wheaties466··on Life expectancy/years of life lost in adults w ADHD in UK: matched cohort study
A recent matched cohort study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry analyzed data from over nine million UK adults between 2000 and 2019 to assess life expectancy and years of life lost among those diagnosed with ADHD. The research included 30,039 adults with diagnosed ADHD and compared them to 300,390 matched individuals without the diagnosis. Findings revealed that adults with diagnosed ADHD experienced a significant reduction in life expectancy, losing approximately 6.78 years for males and 8.64 years for females compared to the general population. This disparity is likely driven by modifiable risk factors and unmet mental and physical health needs associated with ADHD and its comorbid conditions. The study underscores the critical need for enhanced support and treatment services for adults with ADHD in the UK to address these preventable health inequalities and improve overall life outcomes.
Wheaties466··on Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage for shutdown
from what I know the bids that have been put in place are just for the US operations and there are some bids that dont include the algo as a part of the deal.
Wheaties466··on Halide rejected from App Store because it doesn't explain why it takes photos
Halide is a professional-grade camera application that offers advanced photography features such as manual controls, RAW and ProRAW capture, live histograms, focus peaking, depth capture, macro photography, augmented reality overlays, adaptive gesture controls, exposure tools like zebra stripes, and advanced video recording options. In order to provide these functionalities, these require camera permissions to access and control the device's camera hardware in real-time. Each feature relies on direct interaction with the camera to adjust settings, analyze live image data, and offer immediate feedback, making camera access essential for the app to function as intended and enhance the overall user experience.

moral of the story. spend 3 extra minutes writing something out and save yourself from a headache.

why are we assuming every person that reviews apps knows what ur app does? with submissions like this the explain it like im 5 approach is necessary.

Wheaties466··on Halide rejected from App Store because it doesn't explain why it takes photos
If you cant sufficiently explain why your app needs the permissions it does thats on you and the submitter needs to take accountability here. Resubmit with a better explanation.

I get that the app store is strict. But its strict for a reason. Apple or the app store isn't out to get your app or you.

Wheaties466··on Will A.I. Be a Bust? A Wall Street Skeptic Rings the Alarm
A.I. wont be a bust, but your investment in something simply because it "uses AI" might not be a smart choice.

I can't blame people for attaching "uses AI" to their pitch to get funding. But I will blame people giving them money for not being able to tell the difference between something revolutionary and something that never needed AI in the first place.

Wheaties466··on Halide rejected from App Store because it doesn't explain why it takes photos
Personally, I don't even think this is sillyness. yes it should be strict to release apps and you should be accountable and have to explain why you need access to specific permissions on the app stores.

The age of open permissions is should be long over.

I'm sick over overreaching app permissions wasting my battery trying to collect more data on me. If you want more data, provide more value.

Wheaties466··on Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
you're not alone in this. I thought i would love WFH but it turns out I need some social interaction even though i dread it.
Wheaties466··on DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine
i can tell you that more often than not it will make 500% better espresso.

I've owned 5 machines from varying price categories and the number of features you get with a machine around ~1200 gets you the most consistent experience.

can you make a good shot of espresso with a ~250 euro machine? absolutely. can you make 2-5 back to back great shots? probably not. Can you use any bean you want and get a good shot? probably not.

its all about what you value in your experience.

Wheaties466··on Programming with ChatGPT
this is how I have used it so far too. Small, Boring tasks that I can iterate ontop of.

its also nice to have as something to "bounce ideas" off of and see if it can think of any other solutions or ways to accomplish a goal.

Wheaties466··on On Being a Senior Engineer (2012)
>I also have a definition of what I think level should ideally represent: the marginal contribution of a person’s influence on the outcome of a company, relative to the counterfactual situation where that person never worked there

What you are describing here is actual a stat they try to quantify in sports. W.A.R. Wins above replacement.

It is often used in MVP race talks.

Wheaties466··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
i'd think you'd want some sort of controls/detection on infrastructure level machines.

above comment is very naive.

Wheaties466··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
it does. several crowdstrike alerts popped when i was remediating systems of the broken driver.
Wheaties466··on CentOS Linux 7 will reach EOL on Sunday
as someone who has used debian and centos 6 +7 extensively apt and dpkg are more than sufficient replacement for yum with centos.

i know its a whole environment change but debian really is the logical replacement for a centos style deployment.

I would love to be able to comment on rocky linux but i havent used that quite yet.

Wheaties466··on Off-path TCP hijacking in NAT-enabled Wi-Fi networks
well yeah but one of the main reasons for a different path after a syn packet is fast path behavior.

fast path changes the packet flow so it doesn't get processed by all firewall rules.

just explaining the use case for OPs question.

Wheaties466··on Off-path TCP hijacking in NAT-enabled Wi-Fi networks
yet another use case for RFC 3704, Reverse path validation.
Wheaties466··on Off-path TCP hijacking in NAT-enabled Wi-Fi networks
im pretty sure any router that uses fast path does this.

its meant to speed up connections and allow for more throughput through a router.

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