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moistoreos··on Epic launches anti-cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
Just to be clear, the rating is NOT how well they work but how easy it is to get the game up and running. That said, in a majority of cases, the quality of the runtime of the game is usually correlated to the rating given on ProtonDB.
moistoreos··on Nirvana sued by the man who appeared on Nevermind’s album cover as a baby
These are allegations. The judge will decide what grounds these allegations have appropriately. It's not likely the sex worker has any grounds and will be tossed out. I presume it's just to beef up the lawsuit.

"Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks", if you will.

moistoreos··on Elm at Rakuten
https://github.com/elm/compiler/blob/master/roadmap.md
moistoreos··on The rise of never-ending job interviews
I think this is a problem for the greater .NET community in general. I've participated in dozens of interviews where the "technical" interview is them asking obscure .NET or C# related questions like your some kind of technical glossary. What's worse is these questions are likely related to the one or two instances it's ever used in their entire codebase(s).
moistoreos··on The rise of never-ending job interviews
I agree w/ the sentiment of your last statement.

However, I wholeheartedly could not disagree more w/ "having won the <insert_x_silicon_valley_company_here> hiring lottery". 80+ hours of interviewing? No offense, that doesn't sound like winning the lottery. That sounds like you don't value your time. Unless you're getting paid for that many hours of interviewing or receive a signing bonus to make up for it, any company that does 10+ hours of interviewing can take a rusted iron rod and shove it up their own arse.

In a market where software engineers are in super high demand, if a company cannot refine the technical interview(s) down to a max of 3 hours for any specific role, then why waste your time? I understand wanting to gauge a candidate's technical abilities. But there's a balance between understanding the candidate's technical abilities, the technical knowledge required for the job, and (the most important bit) what can be learned on the job for the role.

moistoreos··on Why Managers Fear a Remote-Work Future
Off-Topic Rant:

> "Ultimately, Spielberg balked, and last month his company even signed a deal with Netflix, likely because he now sees the writing on the wall: Modern audiences enjoy watching movies at home."

Yea, because movies are stupid expensive. 20 years ago it was literally half as much to see a movie. You want more people in the audience in a theater? Lower the price. The simple economics behind this are astonishing. You're competing with the home experience which has become a lot better over the last decade. Which direction did you seriously expect this to go?

Get rid of matinee and make that the standard price at every hour on Sun-Thu.

moistoreos··on Facebook Referred to Kids as Young as Five as “Whales” for Its Monetized Games
This outrage is ridiculous when compared to mobile micro-transactions. Get off your high horses.
moistoreos··on Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads
Empires can fall. They just take consumer behavior to change.
moistoreos··on Is Rails still relevant in 2018?
Let's not forget about Elixir. Elixir is what pulled me into functional programming. However, I would argue that you should still use the right tool (programming language and/or frameworks) for the job.
moistoreos··on Slack confirms it has raised $427M at a post-money valuation of over $7B
But Electron man. Electron. (sarcasm)
moistoreos··on Federal Reserve chair says decline in workers' share of profits 'very troubling'
I must agree. This smells like a strong case of "no shit-sherlock".
moistoreos··on Assembly Language for Beginners [pdf]
Godbolt is my favorite goto for "What would this look like in assembly" answer websites.
moistoreos··on MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros
I don't understand why they don't have the same CPU/RAM spec for both models. The 13" is the perfect size and it's not like they can't make it happen. dumb.
moistoreos··on Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price in the U.S
Why is this a surprise? Solar costs have been falling for multiple decades.

NON-SURPRISING HEADLINE: "Falling Costs Are Actually Falling".

The important statistics to pay attention to are the implementations and if the components are recyclable not the cost per megawatt. Increasing renewable energy is important but not if you cannot recycle the components.

moistoreos··on Canada legalises recreational cannabis use
Canada now has a huge head start in the West for business to develop legitimate markets that will have a strong hold for decades. I wonder how many U.S. businesses will move because of this. We all know where the money will be.
moistoreos··on Apple’s ‘Behind the Mac’ ads have a double meaning
It's not hard to do spec upgrades. They do it for their iPhones. They can certainly do it for their desktop/laptop computers. As a developer, I really like my late 2016 MBP. However, I think it's absurd that I can walk into the store a few years later and purchase the exact same computer.

Seriously Apple, no one expects innovation every year on the desktop. But for christ sake, update the CPU and increase the RAM since you soldered it on a few years ago.

moistoreos··on Notes on Idris (2017)
yes, memory leaks. thanks for answering my question my dude.
moistoreos··on Neovim 0.3 released
I have a serious question: If Emacs has a lot of the features people seek in Neovim, why not just use Emacs in evil mode? I watched this earlier today so it seemed relevant: https://youtu.be/JWD1Fpdd4Pc

Side note: I've been using Neovim for months now and I've not tried Emacs. Not because I don't want to but because Vim with the plugins i have works really really well.

moistoreos··on The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
Because there's been almost 3 decades of lobbying and corp control to snuff out competition. Good luck getting local any local help. I live in Tennessee and right now Marsha Blackburn is running for a Senate seat and she gargles the corporate balls. See here if you think I'm bluffing: https://blackburn.house.gov/voterecord/

If you can shop for ISPs as easily as picking which store to pick up that gallon of milk from the 30 convenience stores, groceries, or international markets on your commute home... we wouldn't be having this discussion.

moistoreos··on The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH VENDORS. That's the problem. They got scooped up and bought out; then, they had implemented local laws that prevent community ISPs. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!
moistoreos··on Notes on Idris (2017)
Does Haskell do this?
moistoreos··on Torvalds: Standards need to be questioned
I would consider Linus one of those people who knows what the fuck he's talking about. Respect.
moistoreos··on Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks
Leave it alone! Github pricing is perfect for all incomes. They'll slap on a few features, create a tiered payment system and charge $20 for the first tier.

100% will take my code somewhere else if this acquisition goes through. Go acquire Atlassian if you want to "diversify" your portfolio. Go stick it up your Azure MS.

moistoreos··on AI winter is well on its way
I know this about the state of Deep Learning but I like to point out:

While autonomous driving systems aren't perfect, statistically they are much better at driving than humans. Tesla's autonomous system has had, what, 3 or 4 fatal incidents? Out of the thousands of cars on the road that's less than 0.001%.

There will always be a margin of error in systems engineered by man, just hopefully moving forward fewer and fewer fatal ones.

moistoreos··on Apple Avoids Amazon’s Beauty Contest, Searches Secretly for New Campus
I concur. I subscribe. I think these writers must be young and wanted to accentuate the concealment of gov't deals. I would say this article could have used a few more revisions.
moistoreos··on CBS “60 Minutes” piece on Google’s abuse of dominance
Going to have to agree with some caveats. Google's review system is pretty superb. But that doesn't mean they don't dominate this area. However, I feel like this is a space that could still use some innovation. I use Waze for navigation but for informational purposes I still use Maps.

I would be, dare I say it, willing to subscribe to a cheap platform that would do both better.

moistoreos··on You don't need a blockchain in that
It's good to see Topolsky's new site gain attention. I really enjoy the work he's done the past decade.
moistoreos··on Vim 8.1
I use Vim bindings for VS Code with the Angular work I'm doing at my job. I can vouch that they're the best emulated bindings outside of any JetBrains app that I've touched.
moistoreos··on Vim 8.1
huehuehue
moistoreos··on How a domain registrar can kill your business
Just to be fair, this person waited until 3 days before expiration to verify that everything was ok with his registrar.

They should have done this 90 days ago.

Create and implement a business policy to have IT come up with a procedure to check this quarterly. There's no really any excuse for a tech company to have this happen.

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