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phamilton4

197 karma · joined July 31, 2020

Software Developer, will trade software for food.
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phamilton4··on Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona prisons beyond release dates
To be frank, you probably want this solution to be vetted out pretty well. I really don't want to think of cases where the wrong person was let go. The sizing is what 12 people x 40 for 4 weeks? Really not that extreme for large projects.

I also don't understand why they can't identify these people and release them by other means...

phamilton4··on Mile-Long Wooden Xylophone Plays Bach in Japanese Forest
Imagine walking/hiking through a forest and hearing this off in the distance.

I'm not sure what I would do... Walk towards the sound or run away haha.

Pretty cool, I loved the how they handled the whole notes/half notes and rolls.

phamilton4··on Ryzen 5800X vs. M1: Programming benchmarks
This is pretty wild.

The M1 beats my Xeon E-2176M @2.7GHz with 64GB of memory in every test but Jython. (I'm on OpenJDK 15, which probably doesn't matter). Later tomorrow I'll try it on my 2700x based system.

45W vs 10W... Running these tests may have changed my mind on this little CPU!

phamilton4··on Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High
It's a shame I never transferred my wallet out of btcguild before it shutdown!!!

It's crazy to see btc hit this price. Everyone said I was silly when I spent 5k on mining rigs back in 2013!!

phamilton4··on Dark Companies
Ironic to me because it's hosted on gitlab.
phamilton4··on Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC
I'm thinking it would be a great little all in one for making my gradual transition to linux from windows. For 100 bucks, I'm sure I could buy an OLD laptop, but I like the RPi route!

I was about to buy a rpi-zero-w with a KVM or remote into it but tbh the more powerful rpi4 sounds like a better option. It has the gpio headers and keyboard built in!

After years of programming professionally, these little things still excite me. :)

phamilton4··on Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV2 found at 6 months in non-hospitalised individuals
Why doesn't anyone question the ECMO machines? I'm definitely no doctor, but as a software engineer if my system failed 30-40% of the time I'd stop using it.

Last I read they have 30-40% instance of internal bleeding with many other TERRIBLE things as a side effect of all the blood thinners and other pharmaceuticals needed to use the machine.

I really find it hard to believe that COVID caused the PE, hemorrhage, etc. that ultimately put an end to that young man's life.

Read about it here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/1...

phamilton4··on Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC
This is really cool!

I'm going to pick one up just to have a linux box on my desk that's separate from my laptop and not a VM.

It's a little unfortunate that you can't pick a 8GB option, but 4GB is PLENTY. I remember my first RPi had 256MB!!

phamilton4··on The No-Code Generation is arriving
I always laugh when the "No-Code" tools I'm forced/required to use have a section/editor/process for writing code or using external code. Maybe I haven't had much experience with the "No-Code" tools, but it does seem like a sham.

I think the proper term for these products should be "Low(er)-Code".

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