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Because there is no intellectual property in the toilet?

It gets worse. I've seen some managers hold back strong developers because they want everyone to be a replaceable cog. They push for average work across the team so no one becomes …

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There are two broad types of databases: operational and analytical. Operational databases store transactions and support day-to-day application workflows. For analysis, data is oft…

If you quit at age 55 or later and you have been with Microsoft for 15 years your stock continues to vest. That has always been the case. This "buyout" appears to extend that benef…

Neither... it is illegal when used against citizens

The word "prosecution" implies criminal case brought by the government. This was a civil case brought by the victims. If you mean higher bar for litigation, then maybe this lawsuit…

But is Medicare as good as the insurance you had before?

Why would Craig have been great? macOS usability and quality has suffered greatly under Craig.

To what extent do you think Apple software has done well under Craig's leadership?

Tim Cook stepped down when he hit 65. Sundar has 12 years to go to hit that milestone.

> iPhone (and smartphones in general) are a mature product, so of course it'll be iterative. That's the kind of thing people say when they are out of ideas. The reality is that the…

Plus his degree is in mechanical engineering. I wonder how he climbed up the ranks of hardware engineering with a degree in mechanical engineering. Quite amazing.

> Apple’s software is the best in the non-free software world compared to Google's or Microsoft's You are comparing against the wrong thing. Compare it to NeXTSTEP from 35 years ag…

Think about a junior coworker you offloaded some of your tasks to. It turns out the coworker frequently makes mistakes. At some point you are going to say it is easier to just do t…

This looks bad for Microsoft. They added a Copilot button to all their products but it doesn't do much more than open a chat side panel. I recently tried Claude Cowork for PowerPoi…

You claimed bugs, and when asked for evidence of said bugs, you said it is rude to ask for evidence, and I should simply "assume" you are right. Okay. I think people can make up th…

Sorry I disagree. I have written compilers by hand and this compiler generated by Claude is pretty good for learning. I am only asking you to backup your own assertions. If you can…

You have not provided any evidence that can be refuted, only vague assertions. The compiler is indeed useless for any purpose other than learning how compilers work. It has all the…

Are you concerned that the compiler might generate code that takes over your computer? If so the provided Dockerfile runs the generated code in a container. Regarding test coverage…

Exactly! Writing a compiler is not rocket science if you know assembly language. You can pick up the gist in an hour or two by looking at a simple toy compiler.

Because an actual compiler would be tens of thousands of lines and most of it is going to be perf optimization. If you want to get the big picture first, read a simple working comp…

These days there's an even easier way to learn to write a compiler. Just ask Claude to write a simple compiler. Here's a simple C compiler (under 1500 lines) written by Claude: htt…