This is pretty cool, it brings back memories. Thanks for posting.
I used to manage Tru64 (Alpha) and OpenVMS (VAX and Alpha). Mostly Oracle DB and whatever they called their App development suite (horrible, horrible software) for a University's ERP system (called Banner) and infrastructure (Multinet on OpenVMS/VAX for DNS, DHCP, mail, etc). After that I moved on to AIX on Power5 for Oracle on HACMP and Veritas Cluster. Such a different world from what we have now.
I have an old AlphaServer ES47 running OpenVMS and Power5 560Q running AIX in my garage
But you don't have to handle errors in Go. With multi-return you just don't bother with the "err" value and happily proceed with whatever is in the first return position.
IMHO, only languages with exceptions or Sum types that encode that a return is either a value or an Err (but not both) actually do what Golang says it does (make you handle errors).
I mean, let's do it. But it seems more straightforward to tax wealth as capital gains when it's used as collateral for liquid assets (low interest loans, lines of credit, buying twitter).
The worst thing about UEFI HTTP boot is the utter lack of information to debug anything that's gone wrong. Whether that's the DHCP filename option is some wrong format for whatever stupid mode the UEFI is in, or there's some dhcp relay issue. It literally tells you almost nothing besides "can't get NBP file size".
The error messages seem to be written by people on a happy path who don't know how utterly broken almost everything about networking and DHCP even is.
And this is all IPv4! The IPv6 stuff is even more cryptic with different DHCP options and dealing with RAs and managed-flag, other-flag, etc.
It's infuriating. And I work on a team that writes code to generate all these things for automating bare metal for a living.
I agree with you, but haven't really left yet since there's still a good amount of discourse outside AI related topics. Seems a significant amount of contributors here are all to eager to fall over themselves putting themselves, their juniors, children, and colleagues out of work, long term.
I'm going to sound like a lunatic, but the best bug tracking software I've ever used was Apple's Radar internally. I wish they'd open source it. I've also had a bunch of fever dreams about re-implementing it as a product.
Quality in general seems to be going downhill, too.
Frequently the desktop app and the safari extension won't be in sync and missing a recently added password, or doesn't show up on my other devices hours later. I still have no idea how the extension vs desktop app actually work together, or if they do at all.
Sometimes 1password (safari extension) is "locked" - but the desktop app isn't locked? and No amount of clicking the little 1password icon, that's supposed to unlock it does anything. Just a completely no-op button. Quitting safari _and_ the desktop app seems to be what's required to fix it.
I've been thinking about just moving back to native macOS keychain, but I haven't bothered to check on linux+windows support.
I agree with what OOP said. But it’s not my intent to “shut sites down.” I have this view to try to increase diversity of media consumption and break people out of echo chambers. If your business model is so shit you have to exploit weaknesses in human brains to keep people viewing ads and can’t adapt, then that’s your problem.
If you have an algorithm whose sole purpose is to “engagement” with your own platform (by intentionally and purposely pushing clickbait, ragebait, and media that keeps reinforcing your clicks) you should no longer get section 230 protections - you are no longer a neutral party. These algorithms exist to create echo chambers and keep you clicking so you can consume more ads.
I would love to hear other ways of solving the problems of social media.
1. Does it work? Then ship it. This is great for early on, high-velocity where the goal is to get something working in the wild. AI and AI proponents love this option. It's easy to spot obvious problems, but very unlikely to lead to feedback on structural changes to abstractions and architecture to increase overall _long-term_ velocity.
2. We assume this works, but is it "correct"? This is where long-term code maintainability is created. The quality and effort put into a review like this is obviously far more involved than option 1. People working long term on a code base love this option.
We've been biased towards #1 for a long time, but I feel like we dont have enough people capable of doing #2.
I would be very happy to do so if we had working infrastructure, education, and health care not coupled to the generosity of your employer.
Isn’t it the case anyway that if you add state, federal, local, property, capital gains, and sales taxes, add the money that you and your employer pays for healthcare, that you’re basically paying slightly more in taxes all-in?
Sources on the first paragraph? I can’t tell what you’re even trying at say.
DACA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_Action_for_Childhood_...) was an exec order specifically because those individuals were brought over (as children, with no agency over their fate) after they were born, not before, so of course they weren’t citizens via the 14th. You’re correct that It wasn’t a law passed by Congress, but it’s irrelevant. I’m not sure what you’re saying, talking anything about DACA in this context is irrelevant.
But I wouldn't exactly call "professionals trying to make high brow media" exclusive alternative to Reddit, Youtube, Twitter, TikTok.
A lot of the propaganda (and sane washing) is coming from mass media, too. I feel like the only "legit" media outlets are like Reuters, AP, and some international ones, I guess.
- The consolidation of media (& social media in general) is about making money from outrage (emotions)
- Anti Vax (& other) movements is about people only receptive to people saying what they already feel (feelings)
- Accountability is gone because people care about being on the winning team and being "right".
Reason, Logic, and Evidence seems completely replaced by propaganda and mistrust of experts (fueled by the propaganda), but it's all rooted in comfort in people's own emotional validation.
I used to manage Tru64 (Alpha) and OpenVMS (VAX and Alpha). Mostly Oracle DB and whatever they called their App development suite (horrible, horrible software) for a University's ERP system (called Banner) and infrastructure (Multinet on OpenVMS/VAX for DNS, DHCP, mail, etc). After that I moved on to AIX on Power5 for Oracle on HACMP and Veritas Cluster. Such a different world from what we have now.
I have an old AlphaServer ES47 running OpenVMS and Power5 560Q running AIX in my garage