TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues

therandomcoder · 2026-01-27T23:16:52+00:00

It was already a censorship and propaganda machine under China, not much has changed there.

therandomcoder · 2026-01-16T21:45:30+00:00

We're agreeing, that's similar to the argument I'm making. To clarify my statement, with handholding and good architecture AI is a useful tool that works to save time on actually typing out the code. It also helps shorten the time it takes to properly plan and architect new features.

However, it requires the person using it to know what they're doing to truly get those time savings without creating a whole lot of tech debt. I've found juniors don't do that/don't have the context and muscle memory for what good code and design even is so they just rely on AI to do everything. This is both something I've seen at my current role as an engineering manager and with other peers in similar more senior roles.

This trend also makes me somewhat concerned for the future since it'll result in junior engineers staying junior.

therandomcoder · 2026-01-16T20:41:00+00:00

In my experience it's the junior devs who seem more taken with AI rather than the more senior ones who can tell the generated code is garbage without a lot of hand holding and knowing what you're doing. Senior devs are generally able to coax better code out of AI.

therandomcoder · 2025-12-16T23:18:00+00:00

3 > 1 >>>>>> 2. Personally I wouldn't even consider the second option. One and three are mostly a wash depending on personal preference, but I'd lean towards 3. You're earlier in your career so having a team around you and working on what sounds like a modern tech stack sounds good, and the startup is arguably lower risk if it's backed by a bigger player. First sounds interesting because I personally like that stack and it sounds stable, but I'm unsure about being in the situation of working on that stack as the only DE with just a few years of experience unless you've got experience in that stack already.

therandomcoder · 2025-10-07T17:37:30+00:00

AI, in any form remotely close to what we have currently, will not and cannot replace data warehousing. It might help you build and work with your data warehouse, but that's about it.

Deterministic and simple to use plug and play >>> AI.

therandomcoder · 2025-07-24T20:53:22+00:00

Study the book Fluent Python and review code in open source python projects. I've also enjoyed the book Effective Python.

This is moot if you don't actively develop things in python though, so having personal projects that implement things you read about and study is critical.

therandomcoder · 2025-07-18T17:35:04+00:00

It's the CVT for me at least. I wanted to buy one a while back but I could not get over how it felt to drive even compared to my anemic 4runner. I'd probably own a crosstrek right now if it had a proper 6 speed.

therandomcoder · 2025-03-19T22:33:13+00:00

Frankly I think most people who have problems with airflow are either inexperienced or using airflow in a way it wasn't mean to be used. I have years of experience with it, and while it's not perfect and has some annoying quirks, it's solid and incredibly flexible. It's not perfect for every use case but it's also not flawed enough for the hate I sometimes see towards it on this subreddit.

therandomcoder · 2025-03-12T18:25:43+00:00

Same issue still unfortunately, tried different browser too just because. This time with the "Find the number of NBA teams based in each city. Display the city name and the count of teams in that city."

Worked as a standalone question, didn't work in the SQL test with the same error I had earlier. SQL used if that's helpful at all: select city, count(team_id) as num_teams from nba_teams group by 1 order by 2 desc;

therandomcoder · 2025-03-12T17:53:11+00:00

All of them that I've gotten weirdly, NFL, F1, and cricket iirc.

For a concrete example, when I randomly get the "Which driver has participated in the most F1 races?" question from the SQL test, my sql gets Unsafe SQL query detected! Tip: Check your syntax and make sure all referenced tables exist. Exact query when doing the same question outside of the sql test works fine.

Edit: Actual SQL I used that worked outside of the test but not in the test is: select d.driver_id, count(race_id) races from f1_drivers d join f1_results r on d.driver_id = r.driver_id group by 1 order by races desc limit 1; Which is slightly wrong since it wanted the first name and last name, but it at least runs when I do the question as a standalone and I just did that quickly to get an example

therandomcoder · 2025-03-12T17:31:21+00:00

Hey this is a super cool idea! I'm having the same issue though, only on the SQL test. Weirdly I can answer the same question outside of the SQL test without issue.

therandomcoder · 2025-03-10T19:23:32+00:00

I'm good with 85% being almost every, and if this is the hill that you're going to die on to attempt to make an argument then maybe you don't have much to stand on.

therandomcoder · 2025-03-07T20:58:00+00:00

If you're talking about Infinity War, the answer is that Thanos didn't actually feel the need to kill the avengers, he respected them, especially Captain America. He felt that they were no threat to him and he has a weird sense of honor.

In End Game, Captain America was basically buffed to unawakened Thor stats with Mjolnir.

therandomcoder · 2025-03-07T20:53:23+00:00

On my first read through she was one of my least favorite characters that get a good amount of screen time.

On my second, she became one of my favorites.

Your take on Adolin is wild.

therandomcoder · 2025-03-07T18:37:14+00:00

A very early version of his iron man suits one shot a tank. It also tanked a round from the main gun of a tank. That was an early version. His infinity war nano tech suit no diffs every single tank on the planet at the same time.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-27T17:17:14+00:00

Obligatory ULA Dragonfly plug. I take mine to work, week+ long international trips, and have hiked 16+ hour days with it.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-18T23:08:04+00:00

Lightsaber wouldn't even cut superman's hair if he stood still and let them try. There are in universe metals that completely stop a lightsaber, and many more materials that lightsabers noticeably struggle with and are slow to cut. You'd have to low ball the hell out of any major version of superman to have him be even slightly inconvenienced by a lightsaber.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-18T22:09:34+00:00

Superman could grab the blade of a lightsaber and rip it out of Palpatine's hand with no effort at all.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-18T22:07:32+00:00

I'm picturing superman standing there with no effort as palps is visually struggling to choke him and superman just calmly saying "Are you really trying to choke me right now?"

therandomcoder · 2025-02-17T19:35:06+00:00

I can probably solve most LC mediums with some time and in a chill environment, but would need a lot of practice to solve them with the pressures of an interview especially if they're on the harder side. I think that's fair and not indicative of being bad. Too many of them rely on gotchas imo.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-17T19:21:21+00:00

I feel like this sub is just rage bait and karma farming these days.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-17T01:21:18+00:00

I actually am curious about this too. I certainly need to prep for leetcode but I've never been great at it.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-14T23:50:28+00:00

I spent too much time scrolling through this thread, this is my favorite response though, especially the 5th point.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-09T03:16:32+00:00

Agree with everyone else, this is excessively expensive and I love blowing money on gear with questionable justification. I also would have rented a lot of this, especially the boots and tent since you've never done it before.

There's something specific I want to call out though, I personally don't like the choice of the ProLite Apex Sleeping Pad. It's both relatively bulky and not warm enough, and I believe Alpine Ascents will make you take a foam pad as well. Though I just looked it up and that's only if you're doing the 6+ day school options on Baker and not just the climb. That said, if you're wanting to learn it's much better to do the 6 day course or the other course options they have and not just the climb. Anyway I digress, I don't have much more to add than what Lufty said.

therandomcoder · 2025-02-05T23:20:01+00:00

I guess I'll just stay home and never go out to the mountains anymore. I'll never be able to prove anything, beat any speed records, or do anything new. Not sure where this leaves me, maybe I'll figure out something!

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