DarkNova6

To me it seems more like the typical trap of a misfit bounded context.

Perhaps expressing intend and describing the underlying domain carries more value than pure “abstraction”.

Looking at what is going on in the US and how Trump is halfway there creating his own paramilitary force, China looks like a beacon of stability and progress.

Or when all the money goes to the 1% in a bottom-up scheme.

Kinda. But I think the current Chinese model is actually much closer to how the USA used to work when there was competition with the USSR. Closer than the US of today compared to the 70s and 80s.

Sounds more like "Expert Hobbyist" than "Expert Programmer".

Maybe there are more languages than english in Europe?

This only makes sense if staffing is a major cost factor, which it isn't.

I fail to see the causality how this is caused by minimum wages.

As somebody living in central europe I have never in my life met somebody who claimed that yellow is a primary color. The fact that this could be a thing puzzles me beyond believe.

The nuclear industry was destroyed in the 2000s. You can try to rebuild an industry with 100s of billions of dollars…

… or you invest that money into renewables and battery technology.

Always happy to share MM nostalgia. The RPG titles had a big impact on me but they seemed too niche without people to share it with.

No homage can be great enough if the original from the 90s looks better than their contemporary counterpart.

The new movie looks like a collection of scenes containing 2-3 people on a bluescreen, with pre-rendered backgrounds that look worse than the last 2 video game entries (which were genuine pieces of art).

I wanna love it, but I'm currently watching 90s anime and I am impressed by their composition and how they can linger on a single scene to create mood. All while having a dense plot.

Maybe the most interesting paragraph: “The cost of [the special effects without AI] just wouldn’t have been feasible for a show in that budget,” Sarandos said.

But given the abysmal quality of CGI/FX these days (look at the new Mortal Kombat trailer ffs), I can’t imagine film deteriorating any further. But industry must seriously step up its game because soon, everyone can make movies like that.

What counts is not the monopoly on talent and technology, but distribution and how much artistic merit you can leverage.

Hollywood is rightfully afraid.

The table in the end sums it up nicely.

Rust allows low level programming and static compilation, while still providing abstraction and safety. A good ecosystem and stable build tools help massively as well.

It is one of the few languages which managed to address a real life need in novel ways, rather than incrementing on existing solutions and introducing new trade offs.

"I still don't think hallucinations in generated code matter very much"

Tell these our Python developers who don't test anything outside of a narrow happy path.

Welcome to the future

A good and interesting article, but mimicing old games will simply not work.

While it would be admirable to have old features back, some of the largest problem these days is fragmentation.

Up until the 2000s, a new AAA game was a shared event. Fewer games were released, magazines acted as moderators for a common understanding of the market and each game tried to trump its competitors.

Games these days simply left more of an impact than a game nowadays ever could. Not to mention a younger average target demographic, which is now sticking to games of their prime.

The US runs a trade deficit because it runs a service export surplus.

If you only ever mention one of those, you are either just following a narrative or actively deceive others.

Or you have a good understanding of your logical boundaries and enforce them with ArchUnit.

Social media has died many years ago. What we are left with is corporate media.

Even these says, now that Java got Virtual Threads?

Should have put on the (2011) label

This is such an obvious fact and the fact that not more people see through this is insane to me.

The "trade deficit" is an arbitrary number unrepresentative for what the US makes the most money with.

Well, given the difficulties working with this highly radioactive element...

Because C++ wasn't invented yet.

Profit-chasing never makes systems more efficient. It’s competition.

The inherent misconception of the author is about “seriousness”. His hypothesis is that taking Discworld serious is “good”, while taking LOTR as serious is “bad”.

No, it’s really about taking either universe at face value, which is the problem. And with Discworld, its overt absurdity and humor forces you to think about it more deeply.

LOTR doesn’t make an effort to explain what it is about. But knowing just a little about history and the author goes a long way.

Money is power, and power needs to be in checks.

"Billionare" is not a word which should exist.

True that. There are plenty of historical companies which have absolutely dominated politics. "Standard Oil" being another example.

What's different in our time, is that it is not just one company, but a whole range of mega-companies (Particularly in technology). It has changed from a few powerful and malicious actors to a systematic problem, fueled by the dynamics of the financial markets and passive investment.