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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 :(