joncrane

This is my suspicion as well.

You guys are having sex dreams?

Is this different from using epoch seconds as a random number generator seed?

Yes! It was so well written that I thought it was a novel

Isn't Olmstead mentioned heavily in that novel about the serial killer in Chicago?

Can you link to some incidents of stray dogs entering houses and killing babies?

As a semi-retired mechanic I still remember having to re-pack wheel bearings for brake jobs, what a nightmare.

I structure my life around my gym routine, my sleep schedule, and my main hobby/passion!

Great. Yet another time zone I have to worry about when writing my scripts.

It has little to do with collaboration.

Most Top Secret work occurs in a SKIF. Basically you enter, lock your phone, smartwatch, and whatever else in a locker, then enter the area where the work gets done. This area is regularly swept for bugs and whatnot.

You can't work on "top secret" stuff on your own due to OpSec.

No cardboard is allowed in the construction.

>Intel had to fire most line workers in their FABS, and hire people with Ph.D.'s in solid-state physics

Why did Intel HAVE to fire most line workers and hire Ph.Ds?

I love the key change button. What would make this a truly awesome DJ tool is if you could go BACK to some arbitrary pattern, rather than only going forward. Am I missing a button/option for that?

Step 1: Build the submarine

Step 2: Don't go in the submarine

Not to mention it being extremely difficult to travel internationally, and not being able to have close personal friendships with many people who live in other countries. Not being able to partake in THC consumption EVER, much less any other recreational substance besides alcohol. The list goes on.

I understand that it pays very well and there's decent work/life balance in terms of hours. But you have to essentially work in a windowless cell with no internet. And for lots of people with the curious hacker mentality, it would be a chore to "keep your nose clean" as they say.

I live in the DC area and the stereotype of the bland, khaki, polo, and white sneakers wearing boring person is true.

I feel like each company/organization has such a unique DevOps toolset that all the "training" goes into figuring out which IDE you're allowed to use, which git client to install, what even are the processes/policies for installing stuff on your work computer, what's the workflow, etc etc etc. All the bandwidth is used on that and there's not much left over for the actual art of coding.

I'm not saying it's happening now, but a shift might occur.

You're correct when you say

>we have numerous companies testing autonomous vehicles in the states

The article we are responding is is about increasing political pressure against that practice.

I agree. The hard part of autonomous driving is when people and things behave unpredictably and there aren't many context clues.

However, as someone who regularly visits and drives in a 3rd world country, there's a "vibe" to it if you will, and once you learn the vibe it becomes natural. (It seems to be that people respect the laws of physics over the laws of the land, if you will) If you train the cars on a 3rd world country's driving patterns, further refinement will be necessary to fit in better in a more developed country. But early on it will deal with stuff like driving on a road with no lines at the edges or between lanes, one lane bridges, sharing the road with pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and animals, etc.

Yes, and the article to which we're replying is a story about political pressure to STOP that testing.

I know this sounds terrible, so please understand I don't agree with this approach, but.

I've had the thought that third world countries will end up being the testing ground for autonomous vehicles. Peoples' safety isn't taken as seriously in developing countries, and the local authorities are easier to bribe.

The cost for actually functioning autonomous vehicles will be some mistakes. It's up to society to decide whether the ultimate value is worth those accidents. The modern world has a history of offloading certain types of hazards (such as hazardous waste, dangerous factory conditions, etc) to the third world and I see this as another use case for that pattern.

Edit: damn, guess people don't like unpleasant truths. Downvotes aren't supposed to be a disagreement button!

Perhaps it's a bit premature. There's no price point in the announcement so there may be some details that drag out...

TempleOS may be the closest we'll get for the foreseeable future.

The chariots in this example were more for transport and logistics, not battle.

This is precisely what large companies in the US do, they gain an advantage, then when the advantage is threatened, they use every tool at their disposal, including political lobbying, to keep their advantage.

This is done under the guise of preserving shareholder value.

Do they at least pay really really well so the laptop is just a tiny percentage of your annual compensation?

They don't provide a laptop, AND your work computer must run Ubuntu.

Wow, this adds some context to his assassination, which is still one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our time.

And in the meantime they had the pilot judge a beauty contest. What a story!

>We are idiots not to immediately green light any visas for people with these skills.

Are we, though? Isn't there some potential for industrial espionage? You know, the kind where the people that desperately want that tech for themselves are kind of the enemy of the main people that have that tech?

Question: will the amount of moisture in the air remain at a net neutral balance? If so, will the precipitation fall elsewhere? What areas do we expect to get more precipitation? What borderline arable lands will become arable as a result of climate change, if any?