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We use Copilot (chat) at work. IMO we are nowhere near the point of being concerned about this.

This is basically an injunction prohibiting the US Government from collaborating with social media companies to suppress speech. That’s a little too simple, the details are in the injunction.

They weren’t targeted. A description of the event is in the linked article.

Try hover.com. They have never sent me spam and upsell attempts are very minimal during purchase (mostly for their email service, I think).

“Pichai said society is unprepared for AI technology like Bard”

It’s starting to sound more like a defensive posture than a true concern for society.

Apple sells refurbished M1 and M2 MacBook Airs (starting at $849 US).

https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/macbook-air

The ASP.Net team has been somewhat hard headed about this for quite a while. They just didn’t seem to grasp how this could be a problem. Glad they have finally come around.

Here’s a link to the relevant comment:

https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/42158#issuecomme...

Why would they buy such a problematic platform?

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/01/04/failing-f-35-gr...

I’m dumbfounded that anyone would believe that C# is not attractive for cloud development - Microsoft’s platform or otherwise. C# is a fantastic language and dotnet is a great, modern platform. IMO c# is a tad more beginner friendly than Java.

Here’s the announcement from the NCLA: https://nclalegal.org/2022/11/ncla-files-class-action-agains...

This is probably in response to recent Russian threat on civilian satellites.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/russian-diplomat...

Musk’s tweet here seems a little strange after providing Ukraine with Starlink terminals. Second thoughts, maybe.

Hmm. They only show CPU utilization here, but it looks to me like they might be over provisioned and wasting a lot of money.

SweepWings has some great build videos (and kits, for those interested). Not affiliated - just a fan.

https://sweepwings.com/collections/frontpage/products/flinch...

That is great - I starred the repo.

Are the original articles available somewhere?

Agreed. I cut my programming teeth on the Dr. Dobbs/Al Stevens "D-flat" series which was a text-based windowing system in C. Some of the most fun I've ever had programming. The hardest part was waiting for the next issue to be published!

If this is a long-term (on-going) project I would consider building an app for the museums to track their collection data. The app would sync to your central storage system. You would need to support a lot of import formats, but the app would eliminate the whole data collection problem for the long-term.

Near the end of the article, Steve Blanks is quoted...

Alternatively, Beijing may seek to negotiate with or coerce Taipei (or both) in order to allow China sole access to TSMC and block chip exports to the United States, thereby securing China’s own supply while crippling American industry.

But earlier in the article it's mentioned that the US effectively has a "kill switch" on TSMC (by cutting off key supplies needed to fabricate semiconductors). If this is true, then the scenario presented by Blanks seems unlikely -- or am I missing some detail?

Does anyone know if this can be used for effective performance testing? It’s not clear from the Playwright documentation, but I know Selenium (a similar tool) does not recommend performance testing.

Yep. I can’t get into the azure portal.

I don’t see anything wrong about targeting a small audience...or doing something just because you enjoy it.

I have seen the same. One of our clients stood up 25,000 Azure VMs (Win 10) in a single day. No problems so far.

The Great Influenza by John Barry for some perspective on current events. A good read so far.

Just moved to the Charlotte, NC area. Love it here. Highly recommended. Cost of living is reasonable compared to SF/LA and tech jobs are plentiful.

In my opinion, the truth is somewhere between what the author is suggesting and what most developers actually do. I recently came across The Fallacy of Premature Optimization on ACM [1], which I think is a much better take on this topic. It clarifies the statement that started this confusion which, in whole, was "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil" [2].

The key words being "small efficiencies", but you seldom hear that part of the quote.

[1] https://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=1513451 [2] Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare

I’m curious... how could c# cost more when the language is open source and Visual Studio Community is free?

PBS has an informative episode (2014) about the coywolf [1].

[1] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/coywolf-meet-the-coywolf/860...

FAANG or no-FAANG, if they won't offer what you think you are worth, then walk away. I'm assuming you're a seasoned professional and not straight out of college. If the latter, are you sure you know what you're worth?

I love his “thurman” idea.... definitely going to use that the next time someone asks me for help with a computer problem. Ehh, maybe only in April since it’s a little mean.

We stare at text for hours on end, every day. We want the text to be functional... and pleasant to look at. I change fonts frequently, just to spice up my life - it's a little like changing your desktop background on a regular basis.

That it is. It's also the most enjoyable part, in my opinion.