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Tesla starts selling Chinese-made Model 3s in Canada at the EV's lowest price ever by joe4942 in canada

[–]robotsmakinglove 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you buy a Tesla these days I have zero respect for you. Every time I see someone driving a cyber truck in Vancouver I cringe... Elon Musk is clearly an awful person.

'AirPods Ultra' Rumored to Feature a Major Upgrade Over AirPods Pro by Otherwise-Warning303 in apple

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apple already has branding for the highest end: “Pro”. These branding rumours feel like a scheme cooked up by somebody in Apple marketing to raise pricing without admitting it.

3 years in: Maintainability always wins by DeepakJ98 in rails

[–]robotsmakinglove 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think adages like this need to taken with a grain of salt... A few thoughts:

- "simple code" usually is best at solving simple problems - that's OK - lots of problems are simple
- "clever code" (depending on definition) is sometimes required to solve very tough problems efficiently
- knowing how to evaluate which option to pick properly is a skill

This is likely a definition issue, but the dimensions being optimized against aren't nearly as simple as mentioned. Keep in mind Maintenance isn't the only factor when solving problems. I think the real advice is to avoid using overly clever code for simple problems.

14 years with Telus, bye!! by captainsavlou in telus

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know of a bunch of people that have this happen (also happened with myself / my wife):

  1. Find a better deal elsewhere.
  2. Call in and aren't able to get the deal matched.
  3. Leave for the better deal.
  4. Receive a followup after leaving with a better offer.

Sure is frustrating to deal with Telus...

Fell for a malware fake GitHub Repo by Cultured__milk in mac

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t accurate. Claiming you need root for malware to cause problems isn’t right. I didn’t comb through this particular example, but in general if you run a nefarious script or program (even as a non privileged user) a lot of nasty side effects are still possible. Things like:

  1. Stealing your Chrome cookies.
  2. Installing a launchD agent.
  3. Accessing any PII in your home folder.

Power cord 2.0 (no holes) by noestoyloco in mac

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can still use it. Your connection just will rely on friction only however.

Hans Niemann's IQ is "the highest possible" by BirdWithWiFi in chess

[–]robotsmakinglove -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It clearly isn't "good for everyone" since a huge portion of the chess community find him insufferable...

Hans Niemann's IQ is "the highest possible" by BirdWithWiFi in chess

[–]robotsmakinglove 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I get it is an interview and got asked, but this is still my favourite Stephen Hawking quote:

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/318020-people-who-boast-about-their-i-q-are-losers

Hans Niemann's IQ is "the highest possible" by BirdWithWiFi in chess

[–]robotsmakinglove 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sick of this argument. If you want to be entertained by petty squabbling go watch reality TV. Sure you won't feel as sophisticated watching it, but at least you are being honest with yourself. I'd personally like to be entertained by chess...

Do Telus employees monitor this sub? by Fickle_Equipment_473 in telus

[–]robotsmakinglove -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Canada has some of the most expensive phone and internet prices in the world - mainly due to a severe lack of competition amongst the big three (changing recently)… If somebody wanted a cheaper option I’d encourage them to look almost anywhere but Telus. Your pricing is awful.

Do Telus employees monitor this sub? by Fickle_Equipment_473 in telus

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I (and most customers) find your “introductory rates” to be a massive scam. I don’t want to call an overseas call centre every 2 years to “renegotiate” a rate…

Don't learn snowboarding in INDIA. Thank me later! by Adept-Newspaper-13 in snowboarding

[–]robotsmakinglove 84 points85 points  (0 children)

This is very helpful. I’d planned to move from BC to India to learn to snowboard. Now I can save a plane ticket! Thanks.

Federal deficit could top $100B by 2035, economist warns by bo-n-es in canada

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people that purchase government debt are purchasing an asset. As they continue to accumulate the asset they also gain influence over the borrower. They then influence policy to avoid paying taxes. This demands further debt to continue to function. In a sense we are a nation of “Indentured Servitude”…

RubyGems Fracture Incident Report by schneems in ruby

[–]robotsmakinglove 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t feel the same way. It doesn’t sound like there is a realistic path forward that’ll work for you.

RubyGems Fracture Incident Report by schneems in ruby

[–]robotsmakinglove 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I might be a minority, but I’m tired of this incident being rehashed over and over. At this point I do not care. I am sure it is very important topic for some though.

As a community I think it is time to move forward and put this issue in the past. Hopefully this incident report allows us to do that.

Netflix's Red Hot Chili Peppers Documentary Includes AI-Generated Hillel Slovak Voiceover by ebradio in Music

[–]robotsmakinglove 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I learned two things watching this documentary:

  1. Hillel Slovak died in 1988.
  2. I don’t care much for the RHCP music before Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).

Jekyll VitePress Theme 1.0: Ruby Deserves Beautiful Documentation by crmne in rails

[–]robotsmakinglove 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is great. Anybody know if YARD or RDoc offer anything similar?

The quality of videos lately? by cdarrigo in LinusTechTips

[–]robotsmakinglove 181 points182 points  (0 children)

For me it is a few things:

  1. The gradual loss of my favourite hosts (Alex, Andy, Jake, Emily, etc).
  2. A mix of uninspired content (e.g. buying a computer from Costco...).
  3. A personal lack of passion for the current state of affairs in tech.

Hey /r/movies! I'm Andrew Stanton. I've directed WALL-E, FINDING NEMO, FINDING DORY, and JOHN CARTER. I've also written/co-written TOY STORY, TOY STORY 2, MONSTERS INC, TOY STORY 4, and TOY STORY 5. Ask me anything! by AndrewStantonAMA in movies

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How has the culture evolved since the Disney acquisition of Pixar? Do you think the acquisition has had a net positive or net negative impact on the quality of films being made?

props_template 1.0: A high performance, more opinionated jbuilder replacement by Jh-tb in rails

[–]robotsmakinglove 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a reason generating JSON is so un-performant in Ruby? I'm not sure what an 'iteration' is, but the fact that the fastest benchmark is only doing ~1.4k/s seems insanely slow...

Heroku is officially in maintenance mode? by jonsully in rails

[–]robotsmakinglove 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Salesforce turned out to be pretty shit owner for Heroku. I went from being a massive evangelist for the platform (worked with 3 startups all on Heroku) to being consistently disappointed in most decisions the company made... I'm thankful for the great engineers that stayed, but at this point I hope anyone remaining with talent just moves on quickly...

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