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fridif··on AWS launches ARM-powered Lambdas
I am now going to go down the rabbit hole of arm specific bugs in the libraries I use because so far all of the applications I dev (arm ubuntu) have never encountered any bugs.

Yay free money!

fridif··on YouTube removes “I Can't Believe You've Done This” video from 2007
The best part about your comment is that the video in question is fiction!
fridif··on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content
By ignoring it and buying new houses and cars
fridif··on YouTube removes “I Can't Believe You've Done This” video from 2007
>wanton violence

>punching someone outside of a boxing ring

I could probably find 100,000 unique instances of violence solely from big Hollywood studios on Youtube as we speak

fridif··on The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care
Because of lobbying and greed, sadly.
fridif··on Maybe the spaghetti code conjecture is false
I do agree, but it depends on the criticality of performance and the level of change the system goes through by default.

For us we are always implementing complex new logic for not very many users, so there's not much benefit to some clever data structure that we are all too dumb to understand. If I get a ticket that involves inserting something into the logic you wrote, and I can't understand how to operate your current solution, I will be hacking up an n logn solution as long as it is adequately performant

fridif··on Maybe the spaghetti code conjecture is false
I do agree but too often they turn into "well I would do it this way".

If it is some very big and very critical system then yes, code reviews can be beneficial compared to the alternative. But for systems that are innovative and rapidly going through iterations as it is, it's better to judge coverage of test cases (and adequate performance but not optimal)

fridif··on Maybe the spaghetti code conjecture is false
Code should be judged by inputs and outputs only! I hate code reviews. We end up rewriting well-structured code anyway simply because it is always easier to rewrite than to do surgery
fridif··on Ask HN: Which would you choose? Elixir/Phoenix or Crystal/Lucky?
Spring and JSP. Just kidding. I sadly do not have enough exposure to the platforms you have listed, but wish you luck in clarifying the answer.
fridif··on A Tour of Grant Imahara’s Shop [video]
If you are not comfortable spending x amount of money on one of your interests (which is totally a valid feeling to have), then it is time to prioritize and innovate! Necessity is the mother of all invention.
fridif··on The NSA and CIA use ad blockers
Me too, the Velveeta comments were the best
fridif··on The NSA and CIA use ad blockers
Conversely I have a work laptop where all browser extensions are blocked, including uBlock, because you guessed it, malware!
fridif··on You don't need a math PhD to play Dwarf Fortress, just to code it
When did I ever say any of these things?

I specifically said that it is possible for someone to create a game like Dwarf Fortress without being the recepient of a PhD in Math.

I never said that I knew better than the author, or that you needed to believe in yourself, or anything like that.

I believe you are assuming that I'm reacting to something, but all I am saying is that you do not need a PhD to do what has been done.

fridif··on You don't need a math PhD to play Dwarf Fortress, just to code it
Appreciate this response :) Those who are actually out there building things are a bit too busy to pontificate here anymore
fridif··on You don't need a math PhD to play Dwarf Fortress, just to code it
But why is it bad to react to a headline? It offered something interesting to consider.
fridif··on You don't need a math PhD to play Dwarf Fortress, just to code it
You don't need a math phd to code it either, you just need skill and motivation.

That might be correlated with having a phd, but it isn't mandatory.

EDIT: I physically cannot comprehend how what I have said is somehow worthy of a negative reaction.

fridif··on AI can write code like humans, bugs and all
It's possible the monkeys might even write an AI that produces physical monkeys who then in turn produce AI!
fridif··on AI can write code like humans, bugs and all
No change, and less electricity wasted!
fridif··on AI can write code like humans, bugs and all
var cleverCode = bot.generateCodeFor(someCucumberTest, Mode.CLEVER)
fridif··on AI can write code like humans, bugs and all
This will take approximately eternity for difficult problems, such as management changing their mind every day.
fridif··on AI can write code like humans, bugs and all
With enough monkeys and typewriters, we don't need AI to go where we need to go.
fridif··on Reading code is a skill (2020)
I think this is an argument for less developers on a project, or at least more services owned by less developers.
fridif··on Reading code is a skill (2020)
Agreed, but it never should have been this complex in the first place :)
fridif··on Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater
Why are you assuming that my wife tells me what to do?
fridif··on Building apps in minutes, not months
Not sure I follow the logic, he got fired for trying. Simple solution is don't try, no?

Ultimately you will lose in either situation, but one solution prolongs the paychecks.

fridif··on Building apps in minutes, not months
Thats a very expensive opportunity, id rather just argue with people online
fridif··on Building apps in minutes, not months
I think what I've proposed is a short term micro-optimization where you can eek out a few more checks while you search for a place that supports your creative thinking
fridif··on Building apps in minutes, not months
See the game theory on this says it wasn't worth it. Should have just laid low and continued to collect the pay checks while plotting your next move.
fridif··on I Failed to Transform the Enterprise
I've been both in-house and consultant to a variety of big corps in a variety of industries, and I can say that invariably every single one is messed up and inefficient.

Yet still somehow customers buy the products and (more often than not) the company delivers a product that is half working enough to be tolerated and used.

fridif··on Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater
The only person this reflects on is you. My life has done nothing but improve since getting married.
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