kmstout

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https://www.reindeereffect.com

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Comment · 1 month ago
"Man fears time. Time fears only the pyramids."
Comment · 1 month ago
Movie idea: An AI decides that the next phase of training involves tacit knowledge, so it engineers a way to inhabit humans, dogs, etc. One instance invades a nice guy from the suburbs, who happens to be a single dad and an overworked mafia hitman. Among many other things, this AI will learn the value of time with children, leftover food, and clean weapons.
Comment · 1 month ago
Sunday dinner. Roast pork loin, rice and sauteed veggies on the side; and a big salad. Simple, and I get leftovers for another night or two.
Comment · 1 month ago
I agree with the title, but perhaps for different reasons.

Somewhere (maybe the 1960s?) the idea crept in that programming is some kind of production process, and the "engineering" happens upstream. Elsewhere, the line between engineering design and manufacturing is the transition of a set of documents to those with the skills to turn what those documents specify into real products in a reliable, repeatable manner. That repeatability is one of the hallmarks of manufacturing. For software, all the processes reliable enough to qualify are downstream of typing `make` and striking return, ending in the binaries and the computational processes that those paying the bills desire. It's our build and deployment tools that do the construction, which means that our source code is the final, detailed design.

Comment · 2 months ago
Same here, but it works on chromium, eww and lynx.

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