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Comment Re:What's the benefit of Rust here though? (Score 2) 171

For existing code in the QA he said leave it be and it's better to fix.

For new code, he's recommending Rust and the advantage he talks about is that it makes the code more maintainable by people. And one thing that every AI coding talk I've seen agrees on is that what makes code more maintainable by people also helps AI and vice versa.

People and AI both have limited attention and memory. The less context necessary the easier it is to evaluate safety.

Another thing not in the summary he touches on is hardware safety. Not just software bugs but also compromised hardware which if your driver is memory safe can also prevent a buggy or adversarial piece of hardware since the hardware is effectively user input.

Comment Other quotes from talk. (Score 2) 171

To balance out OP's selective quoting to avoid people strawman-ing his argument as a fanatic who can't balance risk:

"No, we don't want [rust] rewrites, so unless you're the maintainer and owner of that file, just do it for new stuff. Leave existing C code alone, and let's evolve forward after that."

Now, that doesn't mean he thinks Rust is magic. It's not. He cited one of the first Rust components merged into the kernel: QR code display logic used when the kernel crashes. "That logic was written in Rust. Famously, it had a memory bug. It was given a buffer and its size, and the rest of the st code never checked the buffer size... Could scribble all over memory..."

Comment Re:$1.73 - is that the price or the actual cost? (Score 1) 30

Nothing. $103/hr for a superhuman employee or $10.30/hr for a superhuman employee.

If it's boosting employee efficiency by 50% as claimed in another Slashdot story above then assuming your Sr. Engineer makes $250,000 a year / 48 weeks / 8hr days = $650/day. + 50% for AI means you're getting an extra $325/day in work from the employee.

They could run 10x costs for 3 hours a day and break-even. But the average is currently way less than 3hr/day. Claude claims the average developer consumes $13/day in tokens. So even if we 10x that it's $130/Tokens per day vs $325/day in productivity.

Comment Re: Rebecca Watson covered this on YouTube (Score 1) 244

DJI just released an e-bike platform where the firmware lets you pick what Class of e-bike you want it to be in the menu. And that takes like 2 seconds to change. So, you're supposed to put a sticker on it labeling what class you picked, but then you also are supposed to be able to use unlimited power on private property and then go into the menu and de-tune it to ride on the road.

Comment Re:Oh no! (Score 1) 89

The practical application IMO is a glorified cubicle. I just want to be able to put on a headset, and have a wireless keyboard and mouse with a 32" 4k monitor anywhere I need to go.

Laptop screens are way too constrictive and the ergonomics are atrocious. But we're still a long way off from 32" 4k display equivalent VR.

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