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New programming languages that explore different ways of doing things. There are so many interesting ideas.

This sounds like Stanford maintains its elevators but the state doesn't have enough inspectors to to certify and renew paperwork. But the anecdotes in the beginning make you think …

Tech doesn't solve almost any real issue people have. Life is pretty much like it was in the 90s except more distracting.

Is there a reason I should care about this dude's opinion?

Nope. I'll use the good enough tool for the job.

I couldn't make it past the first paragraph, and the headline makes we want to vomit.

No, but all of my side projects are work related things, and it has occurred to me that if I ever leave my company those projects will not help my github. I still do them anyway be…

Can we all move the tech sector to Reno?

Is anyone else annoyed when the word actually is used at the end of a sentence?

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I think this is a good idea. That is the first time in a long time I have thought "wow, the state is doing something useful with my tax dollars"

I think so. Let me ask you this, what changed that would make it irrelevant? There have not been any earth shattering advances in language design that make it obsolete. It may not …

You could probably use SELinux to do something similar

What's wrong with tech interviews? They have flaws, but I think they do a decent job of filtering out bad candidates. If you can solve basic problems under adverse conditions, you …

That's cool, but it seems like small fish for a president to handle

I hope these return to work policies get outdated. Remote work is the single greatest thing about high speed communication in my opinion. A lot of tech advancement related to compu…

That's kinda lame, way to waste people's time proving that AI is impressive. Everyone already knows.

I think AI will change how programmers do their jobs, not eliminate them. Messing around with ChatGPT, I was able to write a MUD server much faster than I could from scratch. But I…

Sometimes getting what you want quickly is a double edged sword. I used Google a lot in grad school, which brought up many relevant and helpful results. I switched to using books a…

Meta is the definition of vanilla. My bet is they fail continuously until they can inspire. There was nothing cool about their metaverse, they better pull something off.

Maybe there is some deep reason, but you also can't expect an increase forever.

I know one person who accepted a small amount of fund from a university to help fund a project, most of it was funded out of pocket. When it was completed they tried to claim the I…

I think this is a bit premature. AI is nowhere close to being able to replace an engineer in almost any role. If that isn't the case for you, take on more ambitious roles.

My vote is for Sadi Carnot