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Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy Is Killing You (2020)

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2 points·by DangitBobby·قبل 3 أشهر·1 comments

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DangitBobby
·قبل 4 أيام·discuss
The chart shows python really surged in popularity in the 2020s. I suppose the change is surge is from AI/ML really heating up for a few years, and is now starting to cool off.
DangitBobby
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
Markets generally don't follow Econ 101. There are effects beyond first order when it comes to pricing.
DangitBobby
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
I made an app for myself and the local MTB community for keeping track of rain and soil moisture for nearby trails so it's easier to decide when a trail will likely be open. Much more reliable than waiting for the official (volunteer led) organization to update the status. I never would have made it without an LLM to speed things along.

A good friend of mine helped his mom keep track of Meals On Wheels (or a similar volunteer org) orders, deliveries, cancellations, etc. They were managing all of this via paper before.

I compiled a list of online recipes. Then I had an LLM typeset them for me into a printable PDF and build a companion website with links to the original recipes and complete ingredient lists for shipping. had the LLM encode links for the companion site into QR codes so the printed copy of the cookbook would bring me immediately to a shopping list, making trying a new recipe soooo much less daunting.

There are so many little things like this that you can make that just take too much effort to justify otherwise. I have other ideas for personal projects that I'll probably get to some day.
DangitBobby
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
FWIW nothing in this comment refutes any claims made in the comment it replies to. It's probably not the worst thing in the world for humans to start being a little more humble about themselves and their capabilities. Anthropocentrism has been a fucking disaster.
DangitBobby
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
It turns out that determinism isn't what makes computers useful in the first place.
DangitBobby
·قبل 6 أيام·discuss
They weren't arrested for rolling coal.
DangitBobby
·قبل 6 أيام·discuss
What was absurd about the arrest? Were clown costumes involved somehow?
DangitBobby
·قبل 8 أيام·discuss
They'll just say it's because people don't want EVs
DangitBobby
·قبل 8 أيام·discuss
The article's best point is about customer choice. If Rivian were really making its decision to deliver the best experience, they'd confidently ship something that supports CarPlay and let the customer choose the better option. Obviously when the customer sees Rivian's superior vision, they'll make the right choice.

To me, any company that doesn't act this way gives away the game. It's about lock-in, control, subscriptions, selling tracking data. Definitely why GM is doing it, anyway.
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
Having to write stuff down made it impossible for me to pay attention to the lecture. But I was definitely more likely to remember what I did write down. Bit of a catch 22
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
Unless SpaceX knows something about thermodynamics that no one else knows, we can be pretty fucking sure that they have an incompetent mouthpiece or they are committing securities fraud.
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
A bit strange that you started you comment with the exact same sentence as the previous commenter.
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
Transcontinental railroads weren't fighting against physics.

There's a reason people are pretty sure it won't work and it's not the difficulty of getting them into space or maintening them space or generally protecting them from space. Of course, those are all considerations as well. No, it's the cooling.

https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horri...
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
I don't think it's age. For some reason most languages don't end up having an ORM like Django's that does the entire setup from schema declaration to automated migrations (forward and backwards) to a memorable and powerful query API. JavaScript for example you'd expect to have at least one ORM that does all this given its relationship with the web but you'd be wrong.
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
How is preventing a Chinese brand from selling here not meddling in the free market?
DangitBobby
·قبل 13 يومًا·discuss
I'm very skeptical of the initial quality studies. No idea how well predict long term (or even 5 year) quality.
DangitBobby
·قبل 14 يومًا·discuss
When they don't enact the actual solutions people will start shooting the cops. That's just the way decline of a society works.
DangitBobby
·قبل 14 يومًا·discuss
You're confused. Either the world is one way or it isn't. Simply deciding it isn't might make you feel like a Chad but it doesn't make you any less of a fucking idiot. I know you think you can will meritocracy and the glorious principles of Democracy into existence and that's really cute, I'm sure it helps you get through each day, but recognizing that it's cope doesn't make you a loser.
DangitBobby
·قبل 15 يومًا·discuss
If you like Indian food, you can make absolutely gigantic batches of curry in the instant pot for low effort (stove top also viable requires a bit more attention), then freeze or refrigerate the curry and serve it with rice or protein of choice at your leisure. Awesome for college students because you can make not-quite restaurant quality food with very limited kitchen supplies.
DangitBobby
·قبل 15 يومًا·discuss
Who needs aquafaba? Vegans and vegetarians do. It's an emulsifier and often takes the place of eggs and other animal derived products in a dish. It's not expensive, you get it for free when you cook with chickpeas.