Someone once asked me for an insight into the meaning of life. I explained this to him. He was unsatisfied. I pointed out that if he had a little lunch, he'd feel more content. He was enlightened, and a little angry.
The Packbot tracked robot with flippers, standing up on top of some demonstrator stairs it has just climbed up.
Packbot. Can go up stairs. Can be thrown down them. Useful for poking dangerous things.
Never thought I'd like microtonal music, but here we are: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...
"Am I supposed to be howling too, or are you hurt?"
The general power function is usually "pow()".
#math #maths #software
Math libraries have a function exp(), which is described as the "exponential function", meaning b^n. Except for whoever started calling this particular function exponential, because it computes e^n, not a base of your choice.
It ought to be called the "_e_ to the _x_ _p_ower" function.
Oh yes, #advertising #algorithm, the perfect time to tell me about a concert is half an hour after I bought tickets for it. You are so clever and helpful.
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Deer chilling in the yard.
Early categorization is as bad as early optimization. #business #issuetracking
Something I didn't know, since it's been a few decades since I worked on cars professionally: youtube.com/shorts/lCvLZ...
I dare say I have often *been* a surprise moose.
Word. Eight or nine engineers, robotics experts, chatting after work hours, playing with the sound seeking robot (a Packbot with a special "head"), cooing over the "attentiveness" of the 'bot. This was iRobot, circa 2008.
Reality is not a trick question.
"MY GAWD, that guitar has SIX NECKS! ... Wait, that's normal. For here, I mean."
Yeah, I can dig it.
Want a crazily customizable #guitar? This is wild: sharkguitars.com
It's funny when real life pops up with confirmation for your memories. I was just wondering about old family friends, and looked up the dad. I found his obit (2022 at 91), which has a picture of him exactly fitting my memory: a golf shirt, and a drink in his hand. Nice guy.
Tools in the hands of the untrained are almost always poorly used. The problem here isn't the tool, it's in the assumption that the tools are infallible.
In my own code (sole proprietor), I try to prove to myself that every line does what I expect, and every function, and the integration of those functions. But the real key here is that I've been coding for decades, and I know what the code ought to look like.
As someone who has written software for a long time, and also trained people in code review, the thing I keep seeing in the complaints about #AI written #code is the assumption that said code will be shipped without review.
If you ship *any* code without some sort of review, you are foolish.
More garlic is often better.
If you've spent a significant chunk of your career helping to develop the Instagram UI, consider that you might be better served saying that you spent that time in your life trying to develop the best grilled cheese sandwich, or perhaps shopping for cat toys for a persnickety torti.
Worcestershire-Sauce-laden rice, and part of a burger patty.
Worcestershire rice: fry rice with a bit of olive oil, then 7 or 8 times add a few shakes of the sauce, and fold over the rice to coat it, and reduce the sauce. Very tasty.
I loved Dilbert back in the day, the humor hit close to home with office working friends, and when I worked in engineering firms, it hit even harder.
I think those observations were legit. It's too bad they were made by someone who proved to be an asshat later on.
The first time I had a Monster Energy Drink, I thought it tasted like someone supersaturated soda water with sweet tarts, and then tossed in some caffeine bitterness to make the experience a little worse. This was in the Denver Airport, but I try not to hold it against them.
Thin, wheat is involved, whimsy... Writing... Essential Scalzi ingredients: Journalism and books, with a side order of burritos.
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My first one was mortifying. I rejected it. It was already it. The next one was besotted. We’ll go with that.
E got swampy. Hmmm.
