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feteru··on Autodesk Fusion 360 becomes almost useless for hobbyists
But this IS the less sophisticated version. They still turn around and sell Autodesk Inventor to enterprise for way more than the $500/year for F360.
feteru··on How Did Software Get So Reliable Without Proof? (1996) [pdf]
What do you mean? They're designed and tested according to calculations done by mathematically proven methods.
feteru··on Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke
Is it really? Seemed to be more of an ironic point.
feteru··on Kindle edition of Classic Computer Science Problems in Python is unauthorized
Any other alternatives you'd recommend?
feteru··on Companies that help people vanish
Wait you actually own your car this way? Do you use the LLC for anything else?
feteru··on The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the entire fleet
I think this is a good point, and largely agree. However, there are also correlations in driver behavior, like it being more dangerous driving on July 4 or New Year's Eve in America as so many people celebrate and drive drunk, increasing accident rates.

According to NHSTA, 144 drunk-driving deaths on July 4, compared to 36 on average: https://www.bactrack.com/blogs/expert-center/35042821-the-mo...

I would say that's mass carnage.

feteru··on Portland passes low-density zoning reform
Isn't that the residential development they're talking about that is prohibited/restricted?
feteru··on Being OK with not being extraordinary
How do you balance both of those roles? Do you take on a smaller portion of technical work and "manage yourself"?
feteru··on ReMarkable MicroSD (2019)
What do you think is the lowest acceptable refresh rate to make typing feel smooth? If you're a 60wpm typer, that'd be 60hz to display every character as you type it, might feel disjointed otherwise.
feteru··on PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years later
I use PDFs for engineering drawings of mechanical parts. It's been done for a long time and is a good fit. There's a specific sheet format and scale, and is meant to be able to be printed easily
feteru··on Luckysheet, an open-source spreadsheet
I think it's foolish to shoot down advantages in practicality and fluency of use on the basis of a decades long event for the vast vast majority of use cases. My company hasn't been around for decades and we don't use any particular spreadsheet outside of a select few for more than a couple months at a time. You'd lose all credibility arguing against G-suite on the basis of losing your data/getting your enterprise google account banned, because it would cost the business so much time and confusion relative to the ease of cloud solution.

I've already had disks fail, never had an issue with Google Docs being down, and if it happens I think it will have been worth it.

feteru··on AMD Reports Q2 2020 Earnings
Considering fabs take so long to build and get processes functioning well, it's likely they have another 5-10 years to blow their lead entirely. Rome didn't fall in a day
feteru··on Independence, autonomy, and too many small teams
C'mon, don't leave us hanging how big was the pizza?
feteru··on It’s easier to manage four people than one person
The latter two would be more universally true in a consulting context, correct? Could be that managers at consulting firms have to manage their clients a lot more than a team normally would, so the extra managerial bandwidth could be dedicated to maintaining that relationship.
feteru··on Ask HN: Is all of FAANG like this?
What? What do you mean by worse...
feteru··on Pinephone – “Community Edition: PostmarketOS” Linux smartphone
Woah, USB C dock included with the Convergence version looks really cool. Definitely would close the convergence gap further than just using all the same cable for my devices to actually being able to use docks and similar distros/software!
feteru··on Riot is now Element
In the post they described searchability as one of the strenghts, as the top hits were dictionary link. They also said they're currently #4 for Riot, proving the viability of "dictionary names." As far as memorability, the whole Element in Matrix network is a little corny/convoluted to me, but oh well.
feteru··on Your DS18B20 temperature sensor is likely a fake, counterfeit, clone
breadth*

Wouldn't have corrected you if you didn't make the gasping for air pun with the typo.

feteru··on Your DS18B20 temperature sensor is likely a fake, counterfeit, clone
Wait so the bricker wouldn't even work on the clones? Or it only works on the clone because they don't have the FTDI checksum algorithm bug?
feteru··on US online grocery sales hit record $7.2B in June
Definitely one of the more rapidly growing parts of the convenience economy. With the much higher average spend and less time dependence, grocery delivery looks much more palatable as an investment and lasting market.
feteru··on Curl Wttr.in
Any good resources for using Powershell? Is there ever a reason not to use powershell? Coming from OSX it doesn't really make sense to me that there are two terminals installed by default, and I end up just using WSL ubuntu. Also I don't really know the commands so it feels crippled to me (no ssh (still? idk), not many tools, etc)
feteru··on Carving out a niche as a small artist on Spotify
Yeah I can think of a few. Some just couldn't manage expenses, whether it was ingredients or rent.
feteru··on Amazon to pay $1B+ for Zoox
Insanity, really on the wrong side of the reward curve.
feteru··on What vertical farming and ag startups don't understand about agriculture
Might not be good for agriculture economy, but more farmers means more people with the means to feed themselves. Sounds like something I want.
feteru··on Hiring and the Market for Lemons (2016)
Yeah Joel's comments are pretty bad...at best. No one here talking about LeetCode? what do you mean.
feteru··on Intel Discloses Lakefield CPUs Specifications
Do you have a link with more info on this?
feteru··on Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone photos
You can definitely train it though, you never see other people's bland and poorly composed photos. Pick em back up! Or sell them...
feteru··on Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
No, I think the point is that you shouldn't make this distinction with respect to your budget. It's saying that if you take care of other wasteful spending, get your big wins, then plan for $500 of spending, then it doesn't matter if you make a dumb purchase. Don't feel guilty that you didn't get the best deal, don't feel guilty about the concept of a "good" or "bad" purchase, it just was within your budget, you wanted it and someone was selling it. You can't always do this comparison and avoiding dumb/wasteful decisions.

Yes, I am exaggerating a bit, but I think you missed the point.

feteru··on Authorities say Hobby Lobby's Gilgamesh tablet is stolen, must go back to Iraq
Any recommendations for fun-to-read books about this period?
feteru··on A small restaurant owner on Google, DoorDash, and Grubhub
Doesn't this then threaten to destroy the dynamic of our physical spaces at the expense of virtual optimization?
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