burgerbrain

There will still be puns... but probably not much else.

> "Software rendering might suffice though."

If I understand correctly, if it's using Mesa it should software render what it has to and hardware render the rest, without needing to change the program itself?

Does it though? interviews-by-committee are consensual too...

Let me tell you, if you want to meet women just check out the CS labs at your local college...

Oh wait, exactly the opposite of that.

In fact, I see "bro-ing" to be a defence against "nerd culture". I assert the only reason it has become popular is because of that other end of the spectrum.

Oh certainly, I fully agree. I think I'm just saying that I think logging is going to be one of those things, for better or worse, that most developers look at and do the mental calculus of "It's a good idea, but do I want to go out on a limb here, with this issue?" In at least some cases all the factors added together just won't work out to it being worth the risk/effort.

Basically just the IBM thing. Was IBM always the best choice? No. But even so, it was often the best choice for the individuals making that call. This is the sort of thing that you have to recognize and contend with if you want to introduce change.

> "Shouldn't you use the best tool for the job, not the one you happen to know?"

Well, 'best' in this case should be determined by combining a number of factors. Certainly technological superiority should be weighted quite heavily, but in certain circumstances the "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" effect is also very important.

Of course there is also the "The best tool for the job is the one you have/know." quip, which I don't generally agree with myself... so I guess what I'm saying is that your mileage may vary.

(disclaimer: I log with JSON)

Accelerando, by Charles Stross (a HN'er actually!)

Features asteroid mining, expansion through the solar system in the quest to find more matter to turn into computronium, and some people becoming obscenely rich in the process.

I wouldn't describe space travel itself as the books primary focus, but it's a solid theme. Look into it before you dive into it after just reading my comment, otherwise you'll likely be confused.

Not that I disagree with your conclusion, but increasing the actual supply doesn't necessarily have to wreak havoc on the economy if limited number of distributors are willing to control the release of the supply (which could be considered the perceived economic 'supply').

See (at least formerly) the diamond industry.

(I am not an economist, so somebody correct me if I'm terribly off base here.)

The trick with stereotypes is that you don't have to opt-in for people to apply them to you. Be an individual... and people will still stereotype you.

I am not so quick to blame the people who call themselves that. Sure, some 'brogrammers' are sexist pigs who lack self awareness, but I get a strong feeling that the majority of them are just regular smoes who are looking to avoid the alternative programmer stereotype that is thrust upon them by society at large: 'doesn't shower, and likes science fiction a bit too much'.

Are you suggesting that people should only apologize for things that are illegal?

I'm sure they think it, but does that make it so?

If I recall correctly, he's been told and didn't seem to care.

The desire to not go to jail is stronger than the desire to not kill someone? I know when I slow down for pedestrains I'm thinking about not hitting people, not not going to jail. Maybe I give others too much credit.

Interestingly, fans are particularity important while sleeping in space. Otherwise a pocket of CO2 will form around your head until you wake up gasping.

What I really don't understand is this obsession some people seem to have with jailing people for a mistake that will already haunt them for the rest of their lives.

               total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
  Mem:       2042520    1816496     226024          0     294344     486908
  -/+ buffers/cache:    1035244    1007276
  Swap:      4194300       8172    4186128

I don't know what you are using to view your memory usage, but any decent tool should give you at least the information that `free` does (see above).

Ah yeah, had a brain fart there. Even so, `last` is similarly fast.

> "That delay is /usr/bin/login searching the system logs so that it can display the date and time of your last login."

Am I missing something? `w` on my linux system takes well below one second:

  [burgerbrain@eeepc] ~ % time w   
  14:11:18 up 19:41,  6 users,  load average: 0.27, 0.10, 0.14
  USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
  REDACTED
  w  0.01s user 0.05s system 61% cpu 0.096 total

I can't imagine why anything like that would ever take anywhere near 5 seconds.

I bike regularly and trust me, these sorts of things vary a good deal between people. In my overly warm 70F office I feel like I need a shower halfway through the day anyway. There is no way in hell I'd bike for an hour or more before that. 45 minutes is my cutoff.

And major cities are major outliers in cycle commuting.

The earth's Schwarzchild radius is about 9mm. However tennis ball sized might be neutron star territory, I'm not sure.

If more work places had showers, that might be a workable solution.

Also: "I drive 40 minutes each way" 1hr20min of driving is not going to translate into 1hr30min of biking, with the only possible exception being if you spent the entire car ride in gridlock or parking lots.

And: "I couldn't find a job here, but I could find a job there". That you can find a job within 20 miles does not help him.

"You are supposed to spend that 40 minutes of driving concentrating on driving. Not talking on cell phones, not texting, not talking, not even listening to music but DRIVING."

Yeah, and I'm not supposed to eat pizza or drink so much...

Facebook was drooling over Instagram customers? I find this somewhat hard to swallow.

Not a measuring stick for value, no. But certainly a measuring stick for "expensive as hell".

Indeed I was using SpaceX Falcon 9 numbers. Looks like I botched my math though.

If the idea is that BigCo's who desperately need programmers are throwing cash at people in an attempt to get them, then what the OP is describing as a bubble is just a massively inefficient fad recruiting technique.

There is absolutely no reason why so many non-programmers should be getting so rich helping programmers find jobs at BigCo's. Strictly speaking the economy might demand this sort of money with this recruitment technique so economically it might be sound, but it seems to me there is a good deal of room here for disruption....

Facebook bought Instagram for as much money as it would take to put something like 112 '69 Volkswagon Beetles into low earth orbit.

Now maybe that is an isolated incident, but I'm not so sure.

Was the entire experience faster than it might have otherwise been? I can see an advantage from a "not having to wait in lines" standpoint. (unless I suppose the machines become heavily trafficked).

I don't think there is anything really stopping them from merely investing like that right now. Sure, starting up that sort of thing yourself is probably something you should wait to do until after you've made good on your prior obligations, but how time consuming could writing a check be?