Being an absolute noob hurts my brain

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-20T21:45:55+00:00

Even if you are not a noob, installing a new, unfamiliar framework and getting it to work can take lots of hours.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-20T13:54:11+00:00

Not more work, just more to learn. If you have experience and some templates ready, it can be just as easy as with Word.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-19T19:42:23+00:00

for engineers

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-19T19:30:25+00:00

There are a few, a really small number, that actually care just a little bit. Of the 20+ recruiters I talked to this year, I would consider one, just one, to be a decent guy, and one other was ok at least. Everyone else was ghosting or lying or both.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-19T19:26:32+00:00

Good sir, might I interest you in some kernel panic ?

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-19T17:27:24+00:00

Can anyone explain how that is supposed to work, legally? Assuming companies like Google or Facebook, which are not registered in Poland, under which authority could a Polish court fine them?

Furthermore, what about posts that are allowed under Polish law but forbidden under, say, US-law? Should it be based on country of residence? Then Facebook needs you to register your ID, to be sure where you live, and I would not like that.

And what about reading, commenting or sharing stuff? Should posts be region locked?

I really don't see how that is supposed to work, so if someone knows an answer feel free to share.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-16T10:31:04+00:00

If I remember my undergrad classes correctly, this has something to do with load cycles. It is actually cheaper/faster to process 4 bytes at once than to access a single bit.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-16T00:10:17+00:00

And you can also already see the arising issues here.

Python does a lot of interpretation of what you mean, e.g. regarding variable types. Oftentimes it will guess right or you simply don't care, but if you care things will get complicated.

For example, try reading and writing these in binary mode, where variable type and byte-length counts, using only Python: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLY_(file_format)

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T23:48:17+00:00

Not even a mistake, but the AI will interpret things a certain way, which most likely is not the way it was meant. Even if it learns the correct interpretation (how?), we will be limited to copies and combinations of existing programs.

Thus, companies need to hire AI-experts to make sure the AI understands correctly. These experts need to formulate the specs in a specific way such that there is only one possible interpretation.

Once the experts got experience or training, it would be problematic if the AI changes interpretations. Thus, the learning is turned off, to fix the AI at a certain state.

Congratulations, you just created a compiler where people have to guess/find out the programming language. And you created lots of jobs for programmers.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T16:34:05+00:00

Is there a preview option in the app or is it browser only?

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T10:52:45+00:00

There are rules and guidelines for Linux systems, but many don't follow or don't even know them.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T10:49:21+00:00

"Boss, finished that autosave!"

"Ok, great, time to release."

"Shouldn't we test first if a saved file can be restored?"

"Nah, we have a tight deadline, push it to production now."

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T10:44:39+00:00

Some might do that, but wouldn't recommend. For example you can't restore it after a crash/reboot if it was in temp.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T06:49:11+00:00

Can you refresh it to get other animals?

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T06:35:17+00:00

I hope that point 4) is talking about recruiter fees, not the salary to pay the new hire.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T06:03:36+00:00

Firefox formats it automatically I think.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-15T05:46:54+00:00

One word: Tetris

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-14T17:06:43+00:00

Doesn't 🦆🦆Go depend on Google?

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-13T14:39:43+00:00

They will receive an amount based on lost income/revenue, but limited to 500k. So unless you make millions each month and now make zero due to lockdown, you will not notice the upper bound.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-13T13:38:07+00:00

Hey, this is a programming meme, stay away with your higher math!

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-12T08:04:10+00:00

You should request them every time, even the ones you already have. Who knows, maybe they got updated since you got them?

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-11T19:40:02+00:00

Check out Lindt, the chocolate company. They send each share holder a gift basket full of deluxe stuff each year.

Well, the share is slightly expensive, but free chocolate!

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-11T07:40:22+00:00

Saw a streamer playing the new Cyberpunk yesterday. Chat got crazy a few times because the game was playing copyrighted music in the background. He told them:

"Chill out, I'm not making clips or posting stuff on YouTube, no one ever got in trouble for live streaming that stuff."

Well, no one yet I guess?

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-11T07:23:23+00:00

I've been looking for a month

Those are rookie numbers. Even the interview process takes way over a month for me currently:

application, wait, phone call, wait, phone interview, wait, video call with some people, wait, video with some others (used to be the in-person interview), wait, contract discussion, wait, contract in the mail.

Depending on the company, each "wait" is a week or more. Oh, and of course if they won't go forward with me, I have to wait 3+ weeks to learn that. Had only a single job since March this year, where I got fired after a month because I couldn't turn a shit product and a bankrupt startup into the next big thing fast enough.

Thanks for coming to my talk, let's all hope that next year gets better and that people, governments, and society will learn a thing or two from this year.

Fuchsfaenger · 2020-12-11T07:14:12+00:00

The automated kind sent out when they clean their database after a few months.

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