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amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Selfish reasons to want more humans

More geniuses

The problem here is with the distribution of future geniuses. More likely than not they will be born into a population with low education. The probability of nurturing this talent for the betterment of mankind will be low. In highly educated populations, the birth rate is normally low.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Relationships: Start with Several

Given enough time, there is no such thing as a 1:n relationship.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'

Much like the Y2K bug kerfuffle, there will be a time when the Copilot bug will cause an upsurge in business requiring developers to fix the stochastic parrot code bugs. I think this will be sooner rather than later.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Confirmation of ancient lake on Mars

I'm sure you know this, David, but it looks like it's a yes, there is life on Mars.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Israeli group claims it’s using back channels to censor “inflammatory” content

Who is the judge of “inflammatory” content? It’s just censorship plain and simple. Why not let the truth be told?

Edit: judging by the way the votes keep going up and down there's a yin to the gatekeepers of inflammatory content's yang. These are actions of a rogue state y'all.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Pure C WebRTC

Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. As a a developer about to use the Pi at the edge, I can see how this would be helpful with delivering footage from the IoT devices.

I'm not sure I understand or would use AWS as the hub though, I would probably build my own server hub.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Pure C WebRTC

I hadn't considered an RDP use-case. Thanks!

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Pure C WebRTC

I've used WebRTC in JavaScript, but I can't quite get why I would use this library. Can anyone respond with use cases?

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: WebRTC for the Curious (2020)

Very nice, I've been waiting the longest time for something like this. I feel that WebRTC needs books like this, it's such an underrated technology.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Nebula Genomics – First to offer consumer anonymous sequencing

I call BS on any corporation offering anonymity. I just don’t believe them anymore.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Arm Announces Public Filing for Proposed Initial Public Offering

I’m glad that RISC-V SBCs are starting to become usable.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Wave of Bay Area tech layoffs may foreshadow something worse

Same in Australia. The jobs are advertised but I never hear anything back. For me it’s not a racial thing as I too am an naturalized immigrant, but it seems the preference for subcontinental “skilled” workers is prioritized.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Wave of Bay Area tech layoffs may foreshadow something worse

It’s the same everywhere. In the Australian government most directors who hire developers are Indian and seem to have all Indian teams on worker visas. It’s impossible to get a government position now. Last year three government directors were found guilty of hiring subcontinent developers for a fee.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens

Automakers admit? It's not theirs to admit to. Touchscreens are the only way to go. Buttons on phones went out years ago. I still have to look for buttons on my ICE car, and worse yet the buttons are hidden under the steering, have different tactile feel. And that's just this one manufacturer!

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

I'm more interested in addressing the suppression issue. This kind of suppression stinks of lobbyists and corruption.

amiga1200 | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers

Are you going to publish an app for this? Seems like something I would use so often that going into my browser of 1000 tabs would give me RSI.

amiga1200 | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why corporate culture never increment your salary?

Quite simply, you’re not valued. Good managers know about the risk of churn, bad ones don’t care. I’ve found familiarity breeds contempt (of remuneration) which can be impossible to overcome. Start applying for jobs with the % increase you’re looking for.

amiga1200 | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you deal with code frustration?

Refactoring to patterns by Joshua Kerievsky might help. It’s not the best book (Refactoring by Martin Fowler us another), but it might help with planning the work. Quantifying cost and writing up a proposal then at least based on a defensible foundation.

amiga1200 | 3 years ago | on: Reference count, don't garbage collect

Just allocate then deallocate manually, use neither auto methods.

amiga1200 | 3 years ago | on: Biden creates 'Disinformation Governance Board' to fight 'misinformation'

What defines disinformation? If “provably true” is an aspect of information, “not provably true” should be a facet of disinformation. Therefore the lawful mechanisms that exist for cases of libel, slander, and other forms of disinformation could be accelerated for modern defenses against propaganda and incitement.