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tyrex2017··on I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as training for Copilot
My feeling is that only 30% of the outrage against Copilot is honest.

50% is anti-big-tech and 20% is our fear of being made redundant.

tyrex2017··on The Untold Story of SQLite
access management, and scalability: can better do simultaneous writes, and use several copies horizontally

BUT: you probably need 1k+ or 10k+ requests per second to start getting advantages

tyrex2017··on ‘Great Resignation’ gains steam as return-to-work plans take effect
There is no way on earth there are enough remote positions for all those who want to work remote.

Yes, many new remote positions will be created, and it is a trend which will grow. But most will (have to) stay right where they are.

tyrex2017··on How to Work Hard
The question you address is much more difficult to answer, if not impossible.

I read the article with the preface: Lets suppose workimg hard is desirable. How to do this?

This is the correct reading for me

tyrex2017··on Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out
Correct.

Thats why it may be a good idea to test higher risk populations or people with health issues.

It could make the ratio of absolute true positives to false positives 10x better

tyrex2017··on Show HN: Influence, a Go-inspired 1-minute board game
genius, great animations. would love the current score somewhere prominently. couldnt see it on a phone
tyrex2017··on Fastly Outage
As I replied to a sibling comment, I never thought about firing Bob. I think we can assign responsibilities without being mean or denegrate someone.

I am critizing myself all the time for stuff. No hurt feelings there.

tyrex2017··on Fastly Outage
I see: When I said we need to hold people accountable, you may have heard that we need to fire people. That was honestly never on my mind.

Maybe its a cultural thing. I hear a lot of firing at the US. I am from Europe.

tyrex2017··on Fastly Outage
I disagree. People implemented those systems, so if you are correct that it is the systems fault, then it is also a persons fault.

People must be held accountable to have good incentives to reduce such outtages in the future.

I do agree though that we should always be compassionate and realistic with other humans.

tyrex2017··on Y Combinator backed MMO metaverse game is a blatant scam
YC never claimed to have a perfect selection process. I wouldn’t hold them accountable for the teams they pick based on a business plan and a 10 min discussion. Its just a good guess.

If they doubled down on the team after demo day, then I am with you.

Compare this with hiring. I have heard successful people say they do get 1 in 5 hires wrong, even after a process which is 10x more thorough.

tyrex2017··on A Japanese company cut 80% of the time needed to manually count pearls
also U-net is great at this stuff, and a bit easier to implement for my taste. there are many ready implementations over the internet
tyrex2017··on Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminal
Theoretically you are right. I wouldnt give Fig access.

But the world moved on without us.

Lets be honest: For 99.9% of users, no misuse ever happens which they care about.

tyrex2017··on Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?
A good Macallan Whiskey, eg 18y for 350 usd.

I dont need more than 50 ml per session. I will have one per week, which means I have 15 weeks of pleasure with that one.

tyrex2017··on Poor in Tech
i found that one weird

in my experience, there is no difference in how poor or rich people behave towards low-level staff.

in general, my feeling is the rich are more friendly, but it may be less genuine

tyrex2017··on CEO behind Japan’s best-performing stock says his secret is raising salaries
Congrats on your work!
tyrex2017··on There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the pandemic
I think those daily numbers are very helpful, because they show the relative change in infections.

And thats a helpful (if not the only one) indicator on whether there will be enough ICU beds one month from now. If not, we should consider lockdowning.

tyrex2017··on Writing books is not really a good idea
imho, for most, the biggest advantage of writing a book is to upsell consulting after that.

together with that, it is a great learning opportunity for the author.

all in all: not for me

tyrex2017··on Motorcycle airbag vest will stop working if you miss a payment
Maybe they say this to incentivize subscribers to continue paying

Meanwhile, it will work always anyway. Thats how I would build it

tyrex2017··on Motorcycle airbag vest will stop working if you miss a payment
thank you!
tyrex2017··on Show your costs to boost sales
omg, brace for BS marketers start putting fake cost numbers on their products to boost sales..
tyrex2017··on Hire me and pay what you want, just give me interesting work
imho this post is pretty much going for what you want! :)
tyrex2017··on Hire me and pay what you want, just give me interesting work
I dont understand the OP and others who feel it is soul crushing to do stupid tasks.

For one, whats the big deal? I can put in the difficult hours and continue. Secondly, often, what is considered inefficient and stupid is not, or just cant be done better because organizations are not perfect.

Having said that, OP, I have lots of respect for your strength to go for what you want.

tyrex2017··on Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?
One optimisation: dont write into your resume that you had many jobs and stopped. Similar for college. Eg only mention IBM and fill the rest with “freelancer” or “educational projects”.

The details depend on your specific resume and dates, though.

tyrex2017··on A top-grossing scam on the App Store
When I was doing iOS apps around 2016, there was a simple way to request a refund if you purchased sth by mistake. I think it was a web form using your Apple id. The amount was autocredited back to you immediately.

Not sure if this was the norm back then, and if it is now.

tyrex2017··on AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered after 10 years
Many comments say it cant be done, but this is disingenious. As if we were bureaucrats with no imagination:

Eg just have 2 caps: First cap triggers a red alarm prohibiting provisioning, or storing, of new data. The second one (when you are like 50% above the first cap) is dark red, closing down everything except storage.

Sure, decisions have to be made for every single service, but you don’t need a perfect solution if it is optional.

Eg, you could start ONLY with EC2 and will have fixed 50% of the problem.

tyrex2017··on Female Founder Secrets: Men Clamming Up
I guess the feedback to switch roles is accompanied with reasons. Would be very weird to say the former and then hang up
tyrex2017··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
strikingly.com is also nice for simple websites which you build with their editor; however not flexible to do custom things or uploads
tyrex2017··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
Hetzner Cloud gives you a full VM for 3 USD/month. I have hosted a game there with thousands of daily users.
tyrex2017··on What is consciousness? Some new perspectives from our physics project
To add one more critic: A couple minutes into the text, I still didnt read something of substance/consequence.

Lots of hand waiving and describing the usual phenomena in other terms.

I will follow this thread hoping someone points out that good stuff is coming later in the text, but I doubt it.

tyrex2017··on Mistakes I've Made as an Engineering Manager
One note: For me it is much harder if I had control of the root cause because then it is my fault and I am crushing myself about how I was wrong etc.

If it’s some others fault, you can be sad but shrug it off more easily. Also, the others wont be as mad towards you.

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