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anthomtb

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About anthomtb

Real men write C.

Everyone else is too smart.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48896445

    When the substance of an article is accurate, the best people can do is argue over the presentation.

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    Comment #48324598

    Right, I noticed that in the article. I should have s/franchise/location.

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    Comment #48315918

    A $200k loss isn't much in the context of the whole company but it may be a very large amount for an individual franchise, and they want to set an example. Think of it like a resta…

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    Comment #48314786

    To market their product to c-suite people.

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    Comment #48300531

    They really had to stretch for #4.

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    Comment #48225655

    Search for the "Developer Portal – let's build together" heading.

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    Comment #48174427

    Eyesore? Maybe on well architected multimillion dollar custom homes. On the average suburban tract home in my corner of the USA, panels are no more ugly than the shingled roofs the…

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    Comment #47076230

    I have the exact same problem. 6'0 (183.5 cm) height, 160lbs (72kgs), and a long torso. Mediums and even smalls are ideal for my shoulders and chest but it's a crapshoot if they wi…

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    Comment #46857363

    Why does this article have a picture of the Maroon Bells? As opposed to something along Green River or, ideally, the 700m deep canyon being described?

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    Comment #46534026

    Sounds like a terrible idea. Have you heard otherwise?

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    Comment #46533638

    I did keto for a few months a long time ago (2010/2011). This was early in my career and long coding and debug sessions were a normal part of my day-to-day. There was zero impact t…

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    Comment #46346894

    For everyone who is as dumb as I am, the comment pertains to the title. x=CPU y=Memory Z=4k gates

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    Comment #46164270

    None of the live sports programming, including MTB, will be part of the acquisition. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/netflix-in-exclusive-talks-for... (yes Pinkbike is my source)

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    Comment #46126005

    As a fellow elder millennial I agree with your sentiment. But I don't see the mechanics of how it would work. Rewind to October 2022. How, exactly, does the money* invested in AI s…

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    Comment #45932871

    The article resonated but I disagree with his terminology. To me, broke and poor are exactly the same thing. He can define them differently if he wants, of course, but what he call…

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    Comment #45815804

    I travel internationally. These arcane rules also do not affect me. Me: Lifelong, native-born citizen of a western nation. 1 or 2 international trips of less than 2 weeks each year…

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    Comment #45800895

    Agreed. Upon passage of the ACA my company switched insurance coverage to a High Deductible plan with an HSA. So if anything, the ACA appeared to increase the prevalence of HSA's. …

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    Comment #45792328

    Binary searching your commit history and using version control software to automate the process just seems so...obvious? I get that author learned a new-to-him technique and is exc…

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    Comment #45721919

    > A lot of firmware dev iteration seems to be build -> flash -> watch serial connection for debug prints. Serial port? Maybe for the fancy folks. Us lunch-pail types would find an …

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    Comment #45714263

    In a past life I held the title Firmware Engineer. The day-to-day development process did not differ from subsequent positions as a Software Engineer. Write-Compile-Test-Repeat. Th…

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    Comment #45685407

    > Euler's formula So much EE-related math becomes trivial (or at least not-hard) once you've internalized this formula. What I am trying to decide is 1) Did I zone out in class whe…

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    Comment #45494045

    No link to the original research note. No real details on the methodology used. A few notes on the well-known lack of an AI business model (similar things were said about search in…

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    Comment #45493878

    > I wonder if an LLM would be up to the job of writing the assembly code from this Why ask a cluster of GPU's to do something any single CPU from the last 30 years can accomplish?

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    Comment #45444706

    Do they also believe that the GenAI bubble is propping up the value of the S&P 500? If so, they are behaving irrationally. If not, then it is perfectly reasonable to maintain an S&…

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    Comment #45442653

    I feel like setting your alarm earlier, thus reducing the amount of sleep you are getting, may be the wrong thing to do.