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Comment · 4 years ago
People actually do that?

I thought white boarding is the stress part.

Comment · 4 years ago
Excuse yourself to the washroom. Call the front desk letting them know you are feeling unwell, must’ve been the food you just ate prior.

Ask to reschedule with a different interviewer if possible, idk because you are embarrassed or something.

Comment · 4 years ago
>when we don't have enough clean energy to go around,

so you are telling me renewables can't even handle 0.5% increase in demand?

What a dead end technology. Can't wait until we upgrade to nuclear instead.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
> The UK just codified this into visa law.

Really? Is there a list?

Comment · 4 years ago
>No one has actually really built such a quantum computer yet

What are you talking about? We've had very small quantum universal computers for some time, and quantum annealers for two decades. How did you miss that?

I regret to inform you that low bit strength RSA was even broken with a quantum annealer, not even a universal quantum machine. the NSA is a customer of D-Wave.

IBM's quantum roadmap has them shipping 1121 qubit machine next year, this year they've shipped a 400+ qubit machine. So far they've been able to keep doubling the number of qubits every year. These are universal quantum computers.

If they can keep scaling at that rate, both RSA and ECDSA are toast within a decade.

Comment · 4 years ago
>You're looking at it wrong.

Truth sometimes hurts, doesn't it?

Comment · 4 years ago
> truth is the greatest weapon against the violence of ignorant tyranny.

Do you see this work in practice?

All I see is a dead internet filled with AI-generated fake detritus-like content, attention and behaviour manipulation, all sorts of dark patterns.

Truth alone doesn’t come close to protect you against ignorant violence. Ignorance is multiplied by tech at much higher multiple, simple because there is often little profit in spreading the truth.

Comment · 4 years ago
why, because we ran out of habitable planets in the galaxy?
Comment · 4 years ago
is relational algebra disappearing?

Probably not.

Comment · 4 years ago
That’s been known for a long time, possibly centuries.

morphine was used to treat depression as late as last century, and probably remains a common folk remedy even today.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
why should one do that?

truth is often undefined, and you can simply weigh sides with probabilities.

There is however 100% certainty this post will be downvoted.

Comment · 4 years ago
How good is the keyboard?
Comment · 4 years ago
How’s the trackpad?

Is good keyboard quantifiable somehow? As good as old T?

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