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In South America it is customary to save in USD as our local currencies are known to have explosive and sudden ends, some more than others. If you can, and can handle the comparative lack of liquidity, keep everything in USD.

Even better if you can invest it in indexes and stuff, I know TD Ameritrade lets foreigners invest in actual stocks and indexes, which grow in value! Even better than saving dollars, but that might not be an option for you, I'm really not sure.

In cycling there's a term called MAMIL, which means 'Middle Aged Man in Lycra'. It represents a grown man, clearly out of shape, with the latest and greatest equipment that probably cost him north of tens of thousands of dollars, singing praises about about the edge his equipment gives him over everyone else - whilst sporting legs worth about 5 dollars.

I play RTS games, which don't need any fancy equipment to play and win, but still don't believe you need a 5K USD monitor to play CS.

My point is those things that cost money don't help win, reader, unless you're talking about those Nike sprinting shoes that were all the rage in the Olympics last year, those things rule.

Arguably they didn't force anything on developers, I wrote scripts for work for a good while and could use PROGRA~1 or DOCUME~1 to access the files in personal folders since the spaces gave me a headache and I switched between my computer (English locale) and work's computer (Spanish locale), this little word hit both computers.

There's an adage in psychology to see if a behavior or thought is a problem - "Things are a problem if they cause problems" I'd be wary of running thematic diets if they are doing damage to your well-being, as they're known to do.

While your ingredient selection seems pretty complete, I'd try taking a multivitamin for a few days to see if you're lacking some micros, and troubleshoot from there.

Best of luck, jorisboris.

I wonder who's decision was it to train the bots in 'code that is accessible to our scraper' and not in 'code we can sell derivatives products of'. I can tell the second group is quite small, so I understand the incentive, at least.

Maybe they chose the Uber strategy of 'What we are doing is bordering on illegal but by the time the bell rings we'll be valuable enough to write the law ourselves'.

If you are feeling that way, it might be worth it to investigate your caloric intake and macros, and adjust expectations once your diet is set to a healthy level. Can you share a bit of your diet plan, if it's not too personal?

What I mean is, are you eating 1200 calories a day and near zero protein? That might explain your lack of energy. I've been known to do that before and learnt from the experience.

Steve Ballmer once called Linux and the GPL License a cancer because to copy a portion of code from a copyleft project, minimal as it may be, would make the whole project require a copyleft license.

If Github Co-Pilot includes GPL code then produced works should have GPL too, right? It is known that it produces verbatim copies of sections of code, so the 'derivative' explanation doesn't hold water.

Alternatives may be to copy CC0-only (which can't be guaranteed, also who'd believe you lol) or target license-only - as in, if my project is MIT, go with MIT projects to source from, if I'm GPL, include GPL and so on.

Until his retirement I didn't know he had a wife and 3 kids, good for him - I'm kinda jealous, I won't lie. Life has a way of catching up, I guess, I'm not sad he's not casting GSL anymore, I'm happy that he has done and will likely continue to do well.

Secretly I hope his kids see his achievements and one decides to take the mantle later down the line. It'd be a first in history, a second-generation GSL caster.

You and me both, fellow.

Exploring a bit into how it might fail: AFAIK Japanese people shun tips because it is seen as an unwelcome incentive to do better, and they take pride in doing their best wherever. Tipping, thus, is akin to saying "This should motivate you to do better next time" - basically an insult. This is said in the site you linked to as well, it quotes a testimonial from an employee that didn't quit an oppressive job she had because a customer complimented her work. Not because of a silent tip and a nod.

An app that intends to 'remove friction in tipping' and 'motivate employees with tips', goes against Japanese cultural values very hard. The workers are (allegedly) not motivated by tips and tipping doesn't have a friction problem unless you're the owner/manager trying to get in on it. Additionally, this is something the workers have no input on, it is a terminal on a table whose sole purpose is to add tips to the service. No employer would ever allow its workers to do this just because, let alone pay a company for this service. There has to be a split of some sorts embedded into the game, which leads me to think this will motivate only prospective employers looking to get a cut on the tip income.

According to the site, the terminal only asks if you want to tip and the customer says yes or no, with a tick note appearing in the terminal if the customer says yes. This could help cover tip stealing. How would you ever know your tips were stolen if you didn't even know you were tipped in the first place?

So not only are they importing the tip system from the United States, but also the adversarial relationship between hosts and owner/managers that encourages tip stealing, and a form of tip stealing that the workers can't stop because it's in an app controlled by the owner/manager, not a jar tallied at the end of the day by the same workers that filled it.

Maybe I'm reading too deep into it, I tend to do that sometimes.

I like this approach to FOSS contributions, thanks for the answer, sfpotter.

That sounds reasonable, and I do agree that inching forward seems like a more viable approach to contributing in FOSS.

Thanks for the answer.

A buddhist monk recommends reading D-tier detective books to drill patience and contemplation for others.

Quite the exercise it is.

I've got a single digit number of contributions to projects that I like, mostly because of how daunting it is to familiarize oneself with a codebase, and this 'git log -reverse' trick seems incredible as an entry point to a new project.

That being said, how do you feel about using this technique for repos with 2k+ commits? It seems unrealistic to read all of them, or am I being short-sighted here? I get demotivated just thinking about it.

Anecdotal but having visited a few countries that have national IDs, they use them with just about anything worth having. Tickets, SIM cards, Service Agreements, you name it.

I live in Uruguay and you need to use your ID very often when doing commercial stuff.

Thank you, that was a nice read.

Good day to you, kramerger.

I want to believe this but I can't find a source, can you share where you've read this?

I know it is nonsensical for real world applications but golfing isn't real world programming, so why not eliminate some variance ourselves and try measuring what's left?

Don't just laugh, try and tell me why this is not possible for you. This performance golf seems like an interesting idea.

Is there a tool where you can check how many instructions your program, with a set input, required to execute the task?

Imagine this, given an x86 C/C++/Rust compiler we all agree upon, and a set of inputs we also share, produce a program that counts - say - the median length of the arrays given or something. After which we'll run our programs in a profiler of sorts that tells us 'this program achieved the task in 1,104,687 cumulative instructions' and we'll compete based on that metric.

It wouldn't really matter what processor you use because the target is the same and so is the compiler.

Is what I suggest possible? It'd be a nice conciliation between platform independence and speed measuring.

I interpreted it too literally, you're probably right.

Ultimately we're talking about the same thing, here.

Good day, didibus!

For the monster hardware it has, Oculus (at least in games) can only rival a PS2 in terms of polygon count. Pair that with the 5% GPU utilization metric and you get that this device can handle a whole lot more load and it's just being used inefficiently. I'd even use the word 'wrong', people within Meta made 'good enough' libraries and called it a day, and he's mad about that.

This thing has billions of dollars poured into it, and all you get is PS2/PSP level graphics? No way, man.

Carmack of all people knows the kind of feats this machine is capable of, having worked complex optimization problems in the RAGE Engine and the old Quake engine too.

For first point: https_//twitter_com/libsoftiktok/status/1592655096252608513

'Supports' does a lot of work in his post, 'mingles with' or 'enjoys the content of' is closer to the truth. Philosophical alignment with that kind of characters betrays contempt for certain groups.

For second point: https_//www.thefader_com/2022/12/13/elon-musk-talib-kweli-twitter-ban

A few boos are enough to make him re-platform a dude with that kind of public record? It shows brittle spirit, as his friend Dave Chappelle would say.

For third point: https_//nymag_com/intelligencer/2022/12/elon-musk-smears-former-twitter-executive-yoel-roth.html

This one is the one that's serious, this kind of thing could amount to stochastic terrorism, but no one cares, because he's rich beyond measure, and that makes people excuse his every indiscretion.

It was a cursory google search, and while the burden of proof is on the one making the statements, it costs little to check it yourself.

It definitely isn't a good look for him, and while looks aren't that important, it does paint a picture of a man that has principles only outwardly, a man that is petty, and a man that thinks the world bends to his very word. It doesn't matter, though, the title 'billionaire' tells us that much, and grants him those powers.

What an incredibly judgemental answer from a person that chides other HN users for their choice of programming frameworks.

> Total waste of money and seems like an incredibly hipster and convoluted drink to need all that crap including a straw.

It is the opposite of hipster, the drink has been in use for 400 years in South America, and is appreciated by millions.

> I just stick to herbal tea bags now.

Stick to skim milk, it fits you better, child.

> I seem to mostly value lying on the couch and browsing the internet

A classic trick of the mind, I found this happened to me when the brain didn't want to go from 0-10, because it's too big an effort. Over time I learnt that if I do that first step without a crutch, all else will flow.

Why without a crutch? To wear that resistance. Money is a crutch, so are sweets and Youtube videos (these last ones are super strong). You can do it too, (wo)man.

A theoretical piece of paper and pen

>Perhaps if the CEO had gone to Stanford, he would have been better educated in effective altruism and have placed their needs higher

Careful, some might infer a snide on their church and bite back to you.

Not me, I share your view.

Depends on your situation, sometimes a WhatsApp group is enough, although there's always someone that doesn't have it (for reasons of their own, all are valid). What's your use case? You could make a case that pen-and-paper letters are a valid medium of communication if you're a notary, so tell us what you're looking for.

I'll agree with the thought of "The folks who say they do not care about animals join the company of everyone who has historically opposed the widening of that circle", I do benefit from the status quo.

That being said, it is a huge proposition to proclaim you're on the right side of history, and that others who aren't should either reconsider or live to regret it. Especially when the change you champion will only happen when those that make money from meat no longer do. I'll sooner bet on the grass turning purple.

What a macabre calculation, and as poetic as it is, so befitting its own passage in a Harlan Ellison novel, I feel nothing as I read it.

I still like chops.

If you can't sell those 15-minute intervals to someone else, you should probably bill them anyhow. If the customer thinks you are expensive then drop the price a bit, you know what you did so round the final number down to a nice even number.

In the future, try to be more diligent, both for your customers and for you. In the future you'll be able to fit more clients in, and your customers will get a better price.

>Am I making a mistake by (politely) passing on these calls?

Yes and no. While I can't make any promises, it is generally a good idea to follow and grow these 'leads' as much as you can. You can always disagree later and leave it there. Closing the door early might be OK if you're short on time or willpower.