Comment Re: You aren't gambling on the stock market (Score 1) 41
Nice.
Comment Re:You aren't gambling on the stock market (Score 1) 41
Cool, you can say bad things about Trump.
Now say something bad about Xi Jinping. You can't do it. You are a slave, not human.
Now say something bad about Xi Jinping. You can't do it. You are a slave, not human.
Comment Re:You aren't gambling on the stock market (Score 1) 41
The problem with living in an authoritarian state, it's impossible to take an economics class based in science.
If you had learned about economics, you might have learned about "dividends" and "regulations based on rule of law."
If you had learned about economics, you might have learned about "dividends" and "regulations based on rule of law."
Comment Re:Yet gambling on the stock market is just fine (Score 2) 41
Inflation is great for making people feel rich.
Comment Re:Reddits feeds suck, this wont improve them (Score 1) 34
All I want is Twitters feed from before 2022 - the one which just shows posts from people or groups you follow, and thats it. Why cant I have that?
You literally can now, that was one of the first things changed by Elon.
Go to Twitter and click on the "Following" tab. It even remains selected between visits, so you don't have to see the AI shovelware unless you click on the other tab.
Comment It continues (Score 5, Interesting) 34
The enshittification continues. Ruin things in the name of profit.
The uncomfortable truth is that a significant portion of the population prefers the enshittified feed, otherwise it wouldn't be profitable.
The uncomfortable truth is that a significant portion of the population prefers the enshittified feed, otherwise it wouldn't be profitable.
Comment Reddit algorithm (Score 1) 34
The Reddit algorithm is really weird anyway. It is an illogical mix of "recent" and "popular" that sometimes includes things that are neither recent, nor popular.
Comment Re: Still an Extremely Good Signal for Senior Eng (Score 1) 144
For programmers, you need to be able to get the computer to do what you want it to do (with code).That is the baseline. There are other things that can be learned, but without that baseline, I'm going to need to review literally every line of the candidate's code (if they get hired), and I'd rather not do that.
Comment Re: Still an Extremely Good Signal for Senior Eng (Score 1) 144
It depends on what I'm trying to determine. If I'm trying to determine if they can use AI, then yes I will let them use it.
If I'm trying to determine if they can think (or control the computer), probably not. If they are having trouble, one of the interviewers can pretend to be AI and give answers. In the past I've had one of the interviewers pretend to be auto-complete, since the candidate depended on that, and I care if they can logic, not if they've memorized all the function names.
If I'm trying to determine if they can think (or control the computer), probably not. If they are having trouble, one of the interviewers can pretend to be AI and give answers. In the past I've had one of the interviewers pretend to be auto-complete, since the candidate depended on that, and I care if they can logic, not if they've memorized all the function names.
Comment Re: Thanks EMACS (Score 1) 99
It is a little arcane, but the GUI does work over X.
I have to use Wayland, you insensitive clod!
Comment Re:Still an Extremely Good Signal for Senior Eng (Score 1) 144
I give a coding interview to determine, "Can this candidate get the computer to do what they want?" Coding problems are a quick way of determining that. Of course, I could give them a month long task and see if they can complete that, but no one will tolerate that.
If a person can't manage to give reasonable, logical instructions to a computer, the LLM isn't going to help.
If a person can't manage to give reasonable, logical instructions to a computer, the LLM isn't going to help.
Comment Re:Pluto is a planet (Score 1) 70
"Clearing the neighborhood" ought to include also the possibility of two planets in the same orbit on opposite sides of the sun. In any case I was hoping to start good conversation and I think I succeeded.
Comment Re:Pluto is a planet (Score 1) 70
There are multiple proposed definitions for "clear the neighborhood.'
Even if the word completely were omitted it seems you don't understand what "clearing the neighbourhood" means since Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune are all gravitational dominant in their orbit.
And it turns out that your logic is better than the IAU, also.
Comment Re:Pluto is a planet (Score 1) 70
That's what happens when you get a dwarf boat.
Comment Re:moon (Score 1) 70
A multilayer blue atmosphere, in which organic chemistry occurs, depositing not just organic matter onto its own surface, but that of its moon as well.
That is interesting. It seems to imply that organic matter from Earth would also land on our moon, just with a much smaller probability.
