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Comment · 8 days ago
They simply switched to Copilot.
Comment · 17 days ago
You can actually talk to the candidate about their solution: why they picked one approach over another, why X wouldn't work, how well they use LLMs (e.g. 10-line comments for a single line of simple code? do they reuse functions or create four different clones?), etc. With LLMs, assignments can be larger/more complex so you can see more.

I'm not saying it's better or worse, but I don't think assignments are inherently bad. It works the same way in education from what I've heard - written assignments may not be very valuable on their own anymore, but you can ask students questions about specific things irl to see if they actually know their stuff.

Comment · 17 days ago
A good opportunity for everyone to start thinking about improving their (current/future) home insulation - if they can afford it, that is.

For example in the EU, while good insulation has always been a given in the Nordics for obvious reasons (although modern buildings are even better!), it's only relatively recently that these topics have started to be taken more seriously in the south. Energy costs were generally affordable, and there wasn't as much focus on the environmental side of things (i.e. using energy more efficiently to reduce pollution or switching to cleaner energy sources).

Just trying to shed a positive light on all of this, even if things are gonna suck for a while.

Comment · 27 days ago
>Once you put it on finance, it's often cheaper than a monthly rail pass

Cannot this be said about anything? Choose a long enough finance and it's "cheap". Let's forget you'd be paying (at least in Europe) easily 1.6x the price of the car because of the small payments.

Comment · 27 days ago
>it would take decades to get rid of all ICE vehicles

If governments were serious and fair about it, they'd just provide decent subsidies (or similar formula) to people who don't have enough money to switch, and it'd happen faster. What's going to happen though, is that many governments will just tax ICE vehicles to death (+ the cheaper chinese vehicles) while blaming you for not having enough money to switch.

Comment · 1 month ago
I don't think OP advice is wrong as a general advice though. I've also smoked very sporadically and never got really hooked (as opposed to my whole family), but plenty of regular smokers started with that first one. It's better to not take any chances.
Comment · 1 month ago
Anything that doesn't run on local models and without an internet connection is never gonna make it to my house.
Comment · 1 month ago
>I hate having to charge it every day

My smartwatch lasts 10-14 days.

>I don't need notifications on my wrist

I do, as I hate missing the few calls I get, and I love being woken up by a vibration on my wrist instead of a blaring alarm.

I won't address the rest as it's quite subjective, but honestly saying you don’t need a smartwatch is bordering on ragebait.

Comment · 1 month ago
It still squeezes your toes into a narrow toe box, which is pretty much the opposite of barefoot shoes.
Comment · 2 months ago
People move to where they can make a living. Globalization has largely killed farming as a viable livelihood (in most of the EU at least), it's simply not profitable enough unless you have a massive amount of land/cattle or have invested heavily in automation (usually both). Without that important sector, it's doubtful the trend will reverse unless cities become literally unlivable or there's some kind of miracle in transport technology.
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 months ago
Be humble (even more so as a junior) and accept OP's suggestion. You literally state "no tracking" in the footer (and maybe elsewhere) which means every techie will understand that there's no tracking at all (certainly not by Google or any other external entity). Either remove the tracking or remove the notice, otherwise you're being dishonest.

EDIT: I see you're also handwaving very decent legal advice here. I'd highly encourage to revisit your attitudes if you plan to learn and grow.

Comment · 3 months ago
>I have actually heard otherwise intelligent people say things just like that, including site operators who run nontrivial websites

This is an illusion we really need to remove from our collective consciousness. Running a popular website while being an ops genius, being a neurosurgeon who saves lives every day or being the world's best architect doesn't mean someone has sound opinions on topics right outside their area of expertise.

In fact, nowadays it seems to be all about appeals to authority which IMHO makes us more ignorant because many people seem to not think critically anymore. Instead, it's just "an expert said so" - then you look into the "expert" and in many cases they either aren't actually an expert or they're a paid shill. But that's a topic for some other day.

Comment · 3 months ago
The author is posting comments here (all flagged at this time) that are very clearly AI slop, which is quite ironic.
Comment · 3 months ago
Google has routinely removed respectful, factual, but low-rated reviews I've left for restaurants and other places just because someone complained. They have also cleaned up or disabled reviews for many public institutions in some (or all?) countries. Then there are cases like Germany, where even a 3-star review may be automatically removed because it's considered potentially defamatory.

I understand that ICE is a very contentious topic but this seems to happen quite often in other situations as well. It's made me value Google Maps reviews much less.

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