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haimez

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    Comment #47380095

    Generating code at runtime is often an anti-goal because you can’t easily introspect it. “Build-time” generation gives you that, but print often choose to go further and check the …

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    Comment #46361076

    Are we the baddies?

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    Comment #44392398

    Java is both compiled (first to bytecode, then to machine code by the JIT) and fast (once JIT compiled).

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    Comment #39908571

    It stands for “Advanced Persistent Threat” - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_persistent_threat

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    Comment #39615990

    Delete API calls are free, listing the objects in a bucket to know what to delete is not.

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    Comment #39341450

    Let’s be a little charitable here- having and raising children has been a much, much more dangerous proposition health wise even at your parents generation to say nothing of your g…

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    Comment #38454077

    10x reduction in latency, higher storage costs with lower access costs (SSD instead of spinning disks). So high I/O, small files situations (with no need for cross AZ access) are w…

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    Comment #38454000

    Or like SSD’s vs spinning disks…

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    Comment #38173182

    Counterfeiting parts, including passing even a small part off as an original OEM one, absolutely enters into it

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    Comment #37816312

    Yikes. I did have to go down a little rabbit hole to understand the semantics of that builtin (I don’t normally write C if that wasn’t immediately obvious from the question) but th…

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    Comment #37815934

    > This seems like a bad idea, because the whole point of an assert is that something shouldn't happen, but might due to a (future?) bug. And so it’s a bad idea because…? The whole …

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    Comment #37476547

    …or the nature of the question and corpus?

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    Comment #37476263

    LLM’s are spitting out responses based on their inputs. It is (or was) shockingly effective, but there is no generalized math processing going on. That’s not what LLM’s are, that’s…

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    Comment #37474778

    The other “tabs” here are other airplanes in flight, depending on being able to land before they run out of fuel. You don’t just ignore one and move on.

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    Comment #37174712

    > "Pick two randomly" requires no state. Every thread and server can run the same algorithm without regard for each other. That’s not quite true. Picking between two “buckets” stil…

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    Comment #36807975

    Hopefully they end up with a German market only SKU before the next generation of hardware ships, otherwise it’s a real missed opportunity.

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    Comment #35452387

    The cost of time from the interviewers is likely to be more expensive since you have senior people interview candidates for senior roles.

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    Comment #35205563

    News is just what’s “New”. It’s name is already prefectly descriptive :)

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    Comment #34965660

    Except basically everyone who takes that sabbatical immediately quits after it’s over. Seriously.

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    Comment #34863480

    It’s not only uninteresting- it’s wrong. Linear costs of bad decisions can kill a business in so many ways.

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    Comment #34844237

    They already did, it’s called working from home

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    Comment #34800244

    My guess is equity holders in Linode fully expect Akamai to destroy the brand, and that’s fine because they’re cashing out today.

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    Comment #34768391

    His article on the matter from 2021 is quiet helpful in understanding what’s (probably) going on here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40054/adversary-drones...