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astonex

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About astonex

Software Engineer in the UK, previously South Korea

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49129228

    There is actually a way to do this with errgroup provided you can work with func() error signature https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup#Group.SetLimit

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    Comment #48957031

    Shame on Microsoft for allowing this

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    Comment #48946616

    From their status page >The second path involves rolling back a recent change to the billing computation subsystem. Want to bet AI code was involved?

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    Comment #48815908

    And with that 37k a day, or 185k per 5-day work-week, what exactly has he achieved? I don't see any actual output coming from these AI tools, despite how many are saying it's great…

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    Comment #48543018

    Not sure what the difference is between this and any regular P2P network?

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    Comment #48533974

    Ever experienced being the founding engineer and getting 0.5-2.5%? The amount of work done by the founding engineer for the amount of equity they usually get, there is definitely a…

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    Comment #45526861

    Anecdotally, on my few visits to the US (NY and Colorado), the driving I saw was absolutely atrocious compared to Europe. People were swerving and failing to stay in their lanes on…

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    Comment #45448831

    It's about making the right choices for society as a whole

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    Comment #45391146

    It's been mentioned that you will be able to get a physical card with a chip in it for those who want it

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    Comment #45387745

    >Can anyone really point me out the real problem about the immigrants? This minimises the problem. The UK voters have consistently voted for reduced immigration, with polls showing…

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    Comment #45387657

    >It is really a distopean future in US and UK right now. This ignores the fact that most of Europe and Asia already have national IDs

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    Comment #45387607

    Orwell was born in India. You should learn a little about him before saying everything is Orwellian

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    Comment #45387514

    >You can't get a NI number without proving who you are That's not true either. You're sent your NI number just before 16 years old without providing anything. Also, an NI number is…

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    Comment #45387347

    You don't currently have any National ID. You have forms of ID, which others might not have, but none are national mandatory ID that every citizen and resident has. As such many be…

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    Comment #45387309

    This is not true. You can work without a NI number, you will just be given an emergency tax code. A NI number is not ID, it is a reporting number. Your card literally says, "THIS I…

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    Comment #45387245

    A Brit can pass a RTW check without a drivers license or a passport - a paper birth certificate is also acceptable (and paper can be lost, damaged, forged), as neither a drivers li…

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    Comment #43729243

    You might be interested in The Trade Desk and their Sellers and Publishers 500. It focuses on only quality content and quality ads. https://www.thetradedesk.com/resources/what-is-s…

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    Comment #43657182

    After having lived in a country for a while that doesn't change its clocks, coming back to a country that still does has emphasised how annoying and archaic changing the clocks is.…

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    Comment #43481108

    The President of the European Commission?

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    Comment #43371497

    Are you sure your water was fully boiling? Not just little bubbles at the bottom of the pan, but the top is properly rumbling

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    Comment #43368882

    Sometimes they do but it doesn't really make a difference

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    Comment #43368623

    Slightly easier in the UK/EU as we don't have to keep our eggs in the fridge. Bring a pot of water to boiling, then once boiling put eggs in for 6.5 minutes, then put in cold water…

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    Comment #43334890

    Yep, since Garry took over YC has fallen off drastically in my opinion

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    Comment #43334834

    Except now their call for startups are focusing on tech solutions (use LLMS to do x), instead of focusing on problems that need solving. They're now doing exactly what they've rail…

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    Comment #43334762

    I think all the recent AI slop dominated batches will be their downfall in 2-3 years time when they all become junk and the AI-hype is over.