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JackSlateur
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Comment #49256239
t-string main use case is SQL (for instance, in psycopg¹) You can write things like that without SQL injection: t"INSERT INTO mytable (first_name, last_name) VALUES ({first_name}, …
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Comment #49225798
Tech is not the issue, people are "If figuring out what to build is the hard part, why do so many product managers seem clueless" - because people "LLMs may be good at coding" - th…
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Comment #49203145
"Python still does not address the issue of dynamic typing and the inability to test correctly" This is wrong, you can enforce typing on Python (pypi: typeguard) The only issue wit…
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Comment #49196513
You are not alone
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Comment #49189793
Have you considered the theory that, perhaps, you are the one with skill issue ?
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Comment #49189697
You don't need that meeting if you're not writing the code. I am responsible for a software that carries a multi billions company. My mates are not, their code editor are not eithe…
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Comment #49152904
Well, for those of you who want to decrypt exchanges, plain-HTTP is best suited for you. Assume your stance :)
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Comment #49138824
"when you are raped, just say that you consent ! Consensual sex is better than rape!" Congrats, you solved the situation (irony)
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Comment #49071696
Pretty sure rust can run on browsers;
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Comment #49047000
To give more details Uber is not a saas, it sell the ability to match drivers with people. You can code an uber-like software easily and you will find that it leads to nowhere: no …
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Comment #49040916
Bad example: uber is not a saas at all It's a network.
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Comment #49040562
Never trust somebody who has so much to gain to be entrusted by you. Best lies are not 100% wrong, they have just the right amount of "right" to fool you.
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Comment #49039171
How many compagnies can manage a mostly stateless workload at "whatever-the-scale-because-it-does-not-matter-because-stateless" ? Lots of people can do that. Massive amount of peop…
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Comment #49038093
(without having the answer from GP): your two questions are fully unrelated: first is about long term, second is about only "now". To try a metaphor: "Why would you grow crops ? Do…
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Comment #48968779
I guess even anthropic fails to not get slop from ai ..
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Comment #48944112
Last month, there has been a billing-related incident at work: it has been detected that the GCP bill had increased vastly since early 2026 The related team investigated, found not…
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Comment #48943889
[..] that the wealthy business owners and investors and all the AI users are building for us.
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Comment #48942084
A colleague of mine is fan of AI and we have, from time to time, serious discussion about that topic Last week, I asked him in all seriousness: considering that everything you say …
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Comment #48940559
You are correct, AI is sold as a self-fullfilling prophecy People are thinking that AI will become better than human. It is easier to make humans worse than AI.
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Comment #48939793
Creating fake problems is not a caracteristic I would give to "a successful civilization" :)
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Comment #48939759
"They create value for many people" They create value for many people because these people are not paying the cost of the tool;
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Comment #48938467
Yes If we think a bit more, that may help the customers: companies like Sony would have to choice between either implement their own OS (increased cost, increase end product prices…
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Comment #48932786
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1U3HDNQ24o He says that nato provoked the war and make sure no peace was found Is that conflict a proxy war ? That would be the first time the US d…
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Comment #48928796
What largest war in Europe since 1945 ? Ha, you speak about the war between Russia and the US and friends You are correct. Perhaps deal with all these people in the same way ? It s…
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Comment #48928710
Help from an industrial country would be required Sad to read that Germany, that was once an industrial power, is now an empty shell :(