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Like others, this story was very impactful on me (and still is). Over the years, though, my understanding of “intelligence” has evolved and I’m of the opinion today that “it” is several independent (b…

Conditional PUT would be a great addition to S3, indeed.

Would it make sense to use a Prolly Tree’s root hash as the ETag for a collection resource in an HTTP API? Given an HTTP API that: - includes a collection resource to which items maybe added and remo…

I like this refreshed model of the “eyeball” planet — perfect, endless beam reach sailing.

Individuals? No. Teams? Yes. The latter is pretty well documented these days. DORA, SPACE, etc. Creating software is a team effort.

I don’t believe they are. I don’t believe it because I’ve removed “new” Douglas fir trees and enjoyed the tight grain lumber. The growing conditions and age are important, not when they were grown. Ol…

Anyone else find more time for enjoying NOT paying attention to any “media” anymore? Seriously, I peek every once in a while to confirm it’s still a train wreck and then enjoy closing the window.

Is C++ now a part of the other party’s platform? I really want to see political ads decrying the anti-American use of Rust. Not.

I don’t know that’s true. My last two very-not-meta-sized companies have both had systems that were very cost effective and essentially what the article describes. It’s not the simplest thing to put i…

I’ve looked for the same in executive roles as well (though I’m not really interested in a promotion at this point). It always makes sense to work with people to learn from and respect.

Is that a conclusion grown by thinking of promotions as a win/lose against your peers? That’s never been my experience. I was less capable and valuable than my peers in my first role but was prom…

> Avoid high tenure teams at literally all costs. So avoid working with people that can teach you things? That’s not a great plan. If not for my role as a fresh out of college QA person working in …

The advice I would give a person coming to me with that question would be tough to say: I don’t know if it’s possible to grow one’s career today as quickly or as far as I was fortunate enough to do. I…

I don’t think that’s true. People with normal endocrine response (not diabetic or otherwise impaired) don’t see significant movement in blood glucose. It would very likely be “in the noise” as far as …

Well, rotting increases the accessible carbs, which sounds antithetical to the neo-paleo diet. Hopefully we're safe from the new "unpreserved meat" fad.

It may be, as the principle still applies. It'd interesting to contemplate that the "pivotal" mutation may have been something as subtle as a taste preference that lead to the consumpt…

The name LunaNet made me think of GPS cubesats and ground transponders that would make precise positioning lunar equipment/missions without the latency of coupling to earth systems. It's no…

Simply not true. For independent verification just peek at Zillow or similar.

Honest question: if you’ve never known the tangible value of your work, how did you decide what to do? It’s an uncomfortable question to ask, but I genuinely don’t understand how that would be possibl…

> Workman like functionality isnt sexy, it wont be the hot bullet point on your resume, it wont get you your next job, but it is dam effective. When you see opportunities to do such work in a way t…

I like a code review process better than a coding exercise for sure, but it’s not clear to me that it helps avoid LLM-enabled interview “performance enhancement”. Avoiding “take home” is a big step, b…

Probably not what you had in mind but has all the characteristics you asked for: https://github.com/dotnet

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It’s a genuine miracle that human society functions. How do we have schools, hospitals and joy given all we are? I have no idea. But I’m deeply grateful.

I’m a Range request fan-boy, so thanks for sharing. Byte-indexing static objects is basically a brilliant point of light in the dark universe of code. I have fixed dozens of systems that read entire z…

I really don’t think it did, but in keeping with the greatest of human truths I only know what’s in my mind and not how others perceive me (in theirs).

I was bullied as a child, and it is something I remember vividly to this day. As a result I was kept in at recess, found a computer, played a game on it, figured out how to make little modifications t…

There are more companies hiring than firing, they just aren’t getting as much attention.

> If an injury must be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. —- Machiavelli

Indeed. On the other hand there is absolute certainty that very, very large sums of money will be made mitigating the current and future impact of change. Maybe decarbonization matters and a maybe not…