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protocontrol··on AI-generated JIT compilers from interpreters: Are we there yet?
In a world where AI has crept into virtually every activity, it is hard to believe that AI cannot help in compiler generation.

Why would the field of JIT meta-compilers be exempt from AI?

protocontrol··on Show HN: Rival scout – tool that searches for competitors
Some feedback: Try to showcase or demo your report or results. Do not explain to me the value of finding competitors (I already know the value). Tell me your differentiator. How did you collect the data? How accurate it is? Compare yourself to other competitor finders.
protocontrol··on Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing
But is there any smartwatch that offer privacy?
protocontrol··on Tell HN: On macOS, `man-preview` opens man pages in Preview
> type man-preview

man-preview not found

protocontrol··on Google and Twitter veteran maps out a Twitter alternative
No need to. Just move on and live with it
protocontrol··on YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before video starts
Keep shooting themselves in the foot
protocontrol··on Show HN: We made a way to earn subscriptions by having your computer turned on
Just discovered this product. It seems one should have a subscription to something but isn't clear to what? it's YouTube? It's Amazon? Is this some VPN-like desktop app?
protocontrol··on Whole Genome Sequencing
Do Sequencing.com provide financial compensation in the event of breach of the service contract?
protocontrol··on Lisp, Smalltalk, and the power of symmetry (2014)
Although it's true that today it is easy for everyone to write, even those who have no experience or have had a disappointing experience, the effects of what they write are often not measurable. That is, it is easier to measure the resources needed to write than to measure its effects.

Smalltalk is a tool for the creative spirit. It's a very powerful tool for those who have something inside and want to develop it. On the other hand, nowadays, the alternatives that are massively propagated have other characteristics. They are for those who feel better (or calmer) absorbing what someone else has done. They are for those who hide behind the phrase "it is better to ride on the shoulders of others" trying to show wisdom, but in reality revealing dependency and unproductivity.

The problem with Smalltalk is that in computing, the "creative spirit" is a dying breed. Smalltalk is for the creative. Most think that creating is expensive and settle for copying (imitating) or using (claiming to re-use!).

Whoever thinks someone has something to contribute, let him use a Smalltalk, whoever doesn't, let him buy the latest.

protocontrol··on Why I don't miss React: a story about using the platform
Hi. Sorry I couldn't parse that without a specific example. In which typical use cases should I create new element types?
protocontrol··on WhatsApp update will bring ADS to the popular messaging platform in the New Year
Ok, time to move to Telegram then.
protocontrol··on Ask HN: Jacque Fresco and Sustainable Future
Ad hominem attacks to Jacque Fresco in 3, 2, 1...
protocontrol··on Show HN: Meet in the Middle – Share a Link and Meet Your Friends Midway
Which friends?
protocontrol··on Ask HN: What programming language to choose for coding interviews?
So many Python zealots... Whatever you do stop this non-sense Python dictatorship
protocontrol··on Ask HN: How do you like to be interviewed as a developer?
Pick a random non-trivial line of code of HIS on-line software projects repository and ask him to explain it. As simple as that.
protocontrol··on Ask HN: Can you actually get a dev job without doing a stupid quiz?
IMHO I did enough coding, even wrote papers, just to find recruiters didn't eve bother to read the titles.

Your reply makes me thought about a community certification test, taxonomy or classification of company profiles. Which as far as I know it doesn't exists.

Wasn't the IQ tests somewhat discarded by Stephen Jay Gould work? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mismeasure_of_Man

protocontrol··on Ask HN: Can you actually get a dev job without doing a stupid quiz?
The problem I see with FizzBuzz is if you knew the problem, it would be super easy to remember. Otherwise, with the time pressure, anyone could fail just as Federer could fail a simple shot. You need a whole game to prove he's Federer, you follow me?
protocontrol··on Ask HN: Can you actually get a dev job without doing a stupid quiz?
This is super interesting response.

Because today's research on code plagiarism is huge (this mean years spent in code re-engineering by really clever people), and I could argue you could use just one employee to develop a profile crawler and validation workflow, isn't so? I am saying you could automate the browsing and just discard Adam if he's below your threshold.

Thank you for your reply.