shortsightedsid
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Comment · 8 months ago
Sustaining is used in Engineering to mean that it's now post-GA and there is no further development. The platform is not End of Life but there are no more features planned.
Comment · 1 year ago
Congrats to the Memfault team!
Comment · 2 years ago
> What’s your working environment like? - We’ve recently moved to a more “hip” location. We used to have personal desks, but now we have this “pick whatever spot is avaiable” open area. I dislike it a lot.
Somehow this resonates a lot with me even if though I've never worked on Mainframes or anything like that.
Comment · 3 years ago
Whenever the GNU Coding Standards come up, I'm reminded of the Linux Kernel Coding Style - https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/coding-style.h... and the quote -
"First off, I’d suggest printing out a copy of the GNU coding standards, and NOT read it. Burn them, it’s a great symbolic gesture."
Comment · 3 years ago
Its almost as if ChatGPT is getting to be a form of dialogic learning [1]. While ChatGPT is not yet an authoritative source, it should be possible to get to such a future. The problem is with the ethics of it becoming an authoritative source and how it can possibly unlearn (or accept change or challenges). For now, the example OP provides is without authority where they learnt about a topic taking ChatGPT as a peer.
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Comment · 3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3gzQVGEqF4 explains the details. As usual Jason's awesome at explaining the details.
Comment · 4 years ago
The problem remains since many people don’t know or understand Hindi. Unlike many other countries, there isn’t one single ‘native’ language. English is the only one that currently transcends barriers. Hindi could become that in the future. Other efforts also exist such as to popularize Sanskrit.
Comment · 4 years ago
Are there other examples of similarly old roads or routes that are still in use today? I know of the Grand Trunk Road [1] and other examples would be cool to learn about.
Comment · 4 years ago
HEIF is basically a H.265 I frame. So yes.
Comment · 4 years ago
Hindu tradition state that it directly led to elaborate literature and rich story telling. Puranas [1] and epics like the Ramayana [2] and Mahabharata [3] were orally transmitted as well. The point being that the Vedas are pretty terse which makes it hard to understand or apply without specialized knowledge / background. The Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata provide context via stories etc..
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata
Comment · 4 years ago
Not sure what are simple oral traditions, but the Vedas [1] are oral transmitted. To preserve meaning there is elaborate chanting techniques. They have been written down recently, however, to really learn them, one needs to chant. They are pretty complex for sure.
Comment · 4 years ago
I lived for a couple of years in Amsterdam. Cycled fine in the rain, snow or sunshine. Then again, the infra was amazing and supportive. Can’t speak for the cities you mention though but in Phoenix where I live now, cycling in Summer is impossible.
Comment · 4 years ago
Interestingly, the PM in a Westminster model is actually more powerful than the President in the US mode. That’s because the PM is part of legislative and executive branch and in theory can get more of their agenda done. In practice, it can vary.
Comment · 4 years ago
This....
I have exactly the same problem with the U2 album. In general, I like U2, but that album is a pain. It starts up every now and then in my car with carplay. Especially if I have my phone on with no app in the foreground when I plug it in.
Comment · 4 years ago
I worked at Axon for several years. Frankly, I liked the company culture.
Rick's been pretty consistent over the years that he believes that technology can solve societal issues and that he sees things like Sci-Fi as something we need to invent. Rick's a Star Wars fan and there were several Star Wars oriented things in the past.
The engineering culture within the company itself is pretty open and a lot of things are debated quite openly. Perhaps too openly for some; not that it's something to complain about. The bigger challenge they face isn't new hardware ideas. It's their software offering that need to do well. They pivoted from TASERs to Bodycams and now are investing heavily in software. If they get that right, then it's going to be a bigger impact on policing quality/consistency/standards than just the Hardware.
Overall, I can say that it's been a good place to work. While not perfect (no company is), it's definitely pretty open to ideas and change.