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pensatoio··on Tell HN: I unknowingly broke the PHP RCE embargo. I am sorry
You’re “taking responsibility” for doing nothing wrong.
pensatoio··on Over 5,200 Ebola cases recorded in Congo
It went, primarily, to their politicians and warlords. The West needs to face the fact that we aren’t the world’s savior, and fixing other countries problems is not our job.
pensatoio··on The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing
A dollar bill is exactly the same (roughly) always. Banning models of gun parts (or anything 3D printed, for that matter) is like trying to ban the patterns of dust in the wind. There are millions of permutations and ways to slice the problem.
pensatoio··on Google has the same AI adoption curve as John Deere
This is a very smug post with very little substance.
pensatoio··on AWS won't discuss my bill, suspended my account, took $1,600, still no human
I'd immediately chargeback any subsequent charges. That's what it's for. You have nobody to talk to and no other recourse (unless you hire a lawyer.)

Probably a great reminder for everyone not to park your domain in the same place you do everything else.

Also, why are you paying 18k for resources you aren't using?

pensatoio··on AI employees don't pay taxes
What a weak argument against the “it’s just a tool” defense.
pensatoio··on Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop "act of kindness"
I think it's important to agree with you and point out the obvious, again, in this thread. The people behind Sage are responsible (or, shall I say, irresponsible.)

The attitude towards AI is much more mixed than the attitude towards guns, so it should be even easier to hammer this home.

Adam Binksmith, Zak Miller, and Shoshannah Tekofsky are _bad_ people who are intentionally doing something objectively malicious under the guise of charity.

pensatoio··on Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
Are they really much more complicated than a hybrid? Think RAV4 Hybrid. I’d much prefer a fully electric drivetrain with an electric generator to the joyless CVT.
pensatoio··on Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
If a shelf stable fuel like LP could be integrated into an EREV, I think that would be the perfect combo. All the dynamics of an EV with the extended range and easy fuel availability.

I’ve owned a M3P and MY, and I really want a truck, but it needs to be more capable than the electric offerings. An EREV truck would be fantastic.

pensatoio··on Can “second life” EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?
What we really need is standard two way charging on these cars. Every home with an EV should have a backup battery built into the deal.
pensatoio··on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now' [video]
Why is eSIM related? I want to understand. To me, SIM cards always seemed ridiculous and pointless.
pensatoio··on Sig Sauer citing national security to keep documents from public
Love my P365, but I'm not buying another product from Sig after the P320. I can't trust them to make a dangerous tool in a safe and reliable manner.
pensatoio··on Sig Sauer citing national security to keep documents from public
Their reputation is absolutely shot. It's not just the P320 either, the XM7 and XM5 were also poor choices.
pensatoio··on AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study
It’s just engineers getting high on their own supply. All the hype men for the software are software engineers (or adjacent.)

Frankly, any time I see research indicating software engineering is at a high risk of being automated, I outright dismiss it as pseudo science. It ain’t happening with current tech.

pensatoio··on Go is still not good
> caused a production issue

that's not a production issue, and it's a very niche use case

pensatoio··on Air Force unit suspends use of Sig Sauer pistol after shooting death of airman
Honestly, I’d take the $200 and run.
pensatoio··on AWS Lambda Silent Crash – A Platform Failure, Not an Application Bug [pdf]
While I have no empathy or patience for Amazon’s support model, you’re really asking for it when you write backend code in Node.

I get that some big businesses are using JavaScript on the backend, but I’ll bet almost every single one would be better off switching to a type-safe, compiled language.

pensatoio··on Silly job interview questions in Haskell
Fifteen years into my career, and I'm finally realizing that "expressive" languages are practically unreadable.
pensatoio··on Try Switching to Kagi
I tried it a few months back, and it blew me away how much search could be improved. I am now a paying customer and extremely satisfied with the product.
pensatoio··on Go Protobuf: The New Opaque API
Haha. No...it's just a _distributed system_. One with firm, precisely-defined boundaries around each horizontally scaled sub-system.
pensatoio··on Go Protobuf: The New Opaque API
Yes. The use cases are very different, as far as these things go. To say otherwise is borderline misinformation.

You can build services internally with gRPC and serve a public graphQL API that aggregates them.

pensatoio··on Go Protobuf: The New Opaque API
Why? I'm going to encourage my engineers and other teams to use it. Using this API would 100% have prevented bugs created by accessing the generated structs directly, especially in the presence of an optional value.
pensatoio··on Steam releases new built-in recording feature
With screenshot and video recording built in for so many years, this kind of rolling recording is a natural fit. I suspect most gamers will ditch Nivdia ShadowPlay.
pensatoio··on ChatGPT Search
I gave Kagi a shot two weeks ago, and it instantly impressed me. I didn't realize how much search could be improved. It's a beautiful, helpful experience.
pensatoio··on M4 MacBook Pro
I upgraded to the M2 Air and I could have just kept the M1 Air this whole time. It was a perfect laptop.
pensatoio··on Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO
I apologize, dang. I thought that was an appropriate response.
pensatoio··on Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO
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pensatoio··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
Check out his interview on The Primeagen. They couldn’t pry a direct answer to that exact question out of him.
pensatoio··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
Have you spoken to a lawyer, Matt? That’s a terrible course of action. It’s like talking to the police. You never do so, no matter how innocent you are.
pensatoio··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
He has no self control. His interview on The Primeagen was especially telling. It’s deeply personal for him. His interactions with the WPEngine staff are all spoken about like casual personal relationships. Nothing was handled professionally. No matter who’s right, or to what extent, he’s publicly digging himself a hole.
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