TheBeege 5 months ago • 100%
Ohh, sweet. I'll look those up. Thank you!
TheBeege 5 months ago • 100%
I recommend looking up The Deathworlders for a similar feeling. Or better yet, the origin story for that from the Humanity Fuck Yeah community. I forget the exact name, but something Jenkins.
TheBeege 5 months ago • 100%
I'd argue it depends on context. When it comes to corporate budgeting, 'resource' is appropriate, as it could be a contracted company, a tool, or an individual. When it comes to actual manpower, I think referring by title is reasonable.
But in the context of hiring and HR, "resource" is the only term they understand, especially if there is trouble making the ROI clear
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
It boils down to cash.
Companies can make money off penicillin. Governments can readily allocate funds to visible, common disasters.
Disasters that have been a century in the making and require whole nations to change the way they do things for an observable result decades down the line is almost impossible to get money for. Our shortsightedness is our downfall
TheBeege 6 months ago • 81%
Edit: wait, you might be right. As I understand, net neutrality is for the last mile ISPs, not the L1/L2 providers. So uh... what I explained below isn't relevant. Eh, I'll leave it in case people wanna learn stuff.
It was a bad explanation, assuming you had knowledge of network infrastructure things, but it does make sense. I'll explain things if you're interested.
Net neutrality is the idea that ISPs must treat all content providers equally. Your phone is not a content provider (most likely. You could run a web server on your phone, but... no). YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, TikTok, and your weird uncle's WordPress site are content providers. Without net neutrality, ISPs can say, "Hey YouTube, people request a ton of traffic from you on our network. Pay up or we'll slow down people's connections to you." The "neutrality" part means that ISPs must be neutral towards content providers, not discriminating against them for being high demand by consumers.
For the L1 and L2 part, that's the networking infrastructure. The connection to your home is just tiny cables. I don't recall how many layers there are, but it's just "last mile" infrastructure. The network infrastructure between regions of the country or across the ocean are giant, giant cables managed by internet service providers you've never heard of. They're the kind of providers that connect AT&T to Comcast. These are considered L1 or L2 providers. The data centers of giant companies, like Google for YouTube's case, often pay these L1 or L2 providers to plug directly into their data centers. Why? Those providers are using the biggest, fastest cables to ferry bits and bytes across the planet. You might be pulling gigs from YouTube, but YouTube is putting out... shit, I don't even know. Is there a terabyte connection? Maybe even petabyte? That sounds crazy. I dunno, I failed Google's interview question where they asked me to estimate how much storage does Google Drive use globally. Anyway, I hope that gives you an idea of what L1 and L2 providers are.
I'm not a network infrastructure guy, though. If someone who actually knows what they're talking about has corrections, I'd love to learn where I'm wrong
TheBeege 6 months ago • 83%
In case you were innocently using whataboutism without meaning to, here's a tip to avoid it.
If you're going to compare to the US or wherever, first ask yourself if that place was mentioned in the comment you're replying to. If not, it's whataboutism.
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
I haven't worked a union job, so I know nothing about this. But a family friend always rails on unions and how they do more harm than good, citing these kinds of situations. I generally like the idea of unions because I've seen how companies abuse employees without them. So I'm torn.
Can you explain to me how the union prevents you from getting promoted/a raise? I'm specifically curious about how the mechanics of it work
TheBeege 6 months ago • 92%
I run a group that does free software programming education in Seoul. There's a similar group in LA. When I came to Korea, I just set up a meetup account, paid the fee, rented some space, and started teaching people stuff and studying together. Great way to make friends. Been running it for 7 years now. I've had about a dozen or so people come say the group has helped them change their career to IT for the better. A dozen sounds like a small number, but it's a huge impact on those people
So be the change you want to see. If you have a skill that can help people improve their lives, whether it's career or life stuff, share it! Learning a new skill is hard, and having a community to support you in learning, goes a long way
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
Very cool! Tough jobs. I have a new SQA engineer starting tomorrow. I'm really hoping I can support her well. Wish me luck
I hope all your bugs are easy but interesting and that the customers are kind
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
Ahahaha this is so obtuse. I love it. Bit of a brain teaser to parse that.
Let me see if I'm understanding correctly. Are you software QA or machine learning validation? Or am I totally off?
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
I work with machines to create lessons for other machines to learn how to figure out you're sick before you feel sick.
Yeah... that sounds like bullshit haha
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
Not the original commenter, but I would guess that the goal would be to reflect the population. Women are about 50% of the population, so assuming all things created equal, they should be about 50% of any other population, like those with a specific job title.
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
100/100 for 22,000 KRW/month (about $16.50 USD).
Other options with my provider:
- 500/500 for 35,750 KRW ($26.85)
- 1000/1000 for 41,250 KRW ($31)
- 2500/2500 for 44,000 KRW ($33)
- 5000/5000 for 55,000 KRW ($41.31)
- 10000/10000 for 82,500 KRW ($62)
And that 100/100 is effective. Shit downloads fast
One of many, many reasons I'm not fond of going back to the US. Maybe Europe next, we'll see. For now, Korea is pretty sweet
TheBeege 6 months ago • 100%
Correct, but there are those that would take this as a source of truth and run with it. It's not the smart thing to do, but we already see people doing this sort of behavior on other social media.
We shouldn't enable the problem, even if it's an innocent mistake
TheBeege 7 months ago • 100%
You missed a very, very important keyword there: "deserved."
Theologians miss a key point of rational debate where they don't provide proper definitions and make big assumptions that aren't great.
Who defines what the "correct" effect of an action is? Who defines what consequence is deserved by a choice? If God is the almighty being, he decides what is right and wrong. In Abrahamic tradition, God defines all of these arbitrary rules and expects humanity to obey them without question. Shit, God ordered Abraham himself to murder despite that supposedly being against the rules.
God is like a kid that holds a magnifying glass focused on an arbitrary point near the anthill. He set up the conditions for us to hurt ourselves according to his arbitrary rules. Why didn't he tell Satan to fuck off with the fruit? Why did he allow Satan to exist in the first place? If God created everything, then he is responsible for everything by our human logic. So God can fuck right off
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
There are two reasons people cheat: 1) they didn't value the relationship in the first place or 2) they're not getting something they need from the relationship, usually (but not always) trust.
She was jealous of you with your friend. She was far away. These may be reasons for her to cheat. I only mention this because you may be searching for reasons.
More importantly, it is not your fault. You did what you thought was acceptable and right. Even if she had reasons, those reasons aren't sufficient justification for what she did. She should have communicated these things. If the jealousy bothered her that much, she should have made it clearer to you. If she wasn't happy with the distance, she should have communicated that to you. She made the choice to prioritize her desires over loyalty to your relationship.
I'll repeat, she made the choice to do this things. She decided cheating on you was more important than loyalty to you. If you really do want to fix things, this needs to be abundantly clear. She needs to understand that it was a choice, and you both need to understand why she made that choice. Then you need to figure out if it's possible for her to make the same choice again. Given that this was an ongoing thing, she likely doesn't feel too guilty and would probably do it again. I think she will make the same choice again.
Last thing, it is important for you to understand what happened here, but you have to restrain yourself to some degree. Don't fall into a spiral. Don't obsess about finding a satisfying answer because no answer will be satisfying. Scratch the itch just enough, then move on; don't scratch the skin off.
Best of luck, friend
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
The Remembrance speaks to us on the evil of man's will, of the reasons for Exodus, and the Rites of the Traveler. Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightenment is our gift. By the Bloodnames of the founders we must return, return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written. We are the last of the Wardens, the sole hope for the Earth.
Wolves still prowl
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
The lack of policing ideas is what allowed Hitler to come to power. This is a result of the tolerance paradox. A tolerant society cannot tolerate intolerance, or it will erode into an intolerant society.
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
It's not a matter of reward or punishment. It's a matter of the skills required for continued success.
Early startups require big risk-taking, progressing at an absurd speed, charisma to get investor capital, and really just being a little crazy.
Once the concept is proven to be viable and potentially profitable, the focus needs to shift from proving it can work to making it sustainable. This involves less risk, process improvements to avoid issues like getting sued, better money management, more careful time management to avoid burnout of non-founder employees, and generally just being more rational about things.
It's rare that a person can exhibit both of these sets of behaviors, so companies will often swap out the former for the latter as a company matures. If they didn't, the founders might unintentionally drive the company into the ground by taking unnecessary risks after finding something that already works.
Does that answer your question, or did I miss the mark, still?
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
This makes sense, especially considering the features the author cited. The by design parts may just be for clickbait purposes
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
And I'm guessing a smaller chip makes it even harder to detect. Makes sense. Thank you
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
Can anyone inform me regarding the purpose of preventing China from producing these more advanced chips? Is it protectionism? Is it anti-China policy? Is there some kind of particular military application?
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
Maybe I'm part of the problem, and if so, please educate me, but I'm not understanding why blocking is ineffective...?
And block lists seem like an effective method to me.
The security improvements described seem reasonable, so it would be nice to get those merged.
I understand that curation and block lists require effort, but that's the nature of an open platform. If you don't want an open platform, that's cool, too. Just create an instance that's defederated by default and whitelist, then create a sectioned-off Fediverse of instances that align with your moderation principles.
I feel like I've gotta be missing something here. These solutions seem painfully obvious, but that usually means I'm missing some key caveat. Can someone fill me in?
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
Yeah, that last sentence was quite odd. Where did that come from...?
TheBeege 10 months ago • 96%
Their arguments assume businesses operate in good faith. We fundamentally know that it's not true, from overseas child labor by fast fashion to coal mining to IT security. This economist of theirs can fuck off
TheBeege 10 months ago • 93%
That was a really, really good article. My observations from living here for 7 years match, and I learned some stuff. It's good to hear that these initiatives are happening. I try to teach coding in English as a non-profit, but I don't know enough Korean to reach these other folks. I should do more
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
It makes me sad the site seems to be pushing crypto. Or maybe it's that crypto bros keep referencing the event? Chicken and egg? I dunno
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
I was going to post something like this. Thank you for your service
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
Ah, sorry. I realize I wasn't clear at all. I wasn't agreeing with the previous comment. Just mentioning how it was a problem. This author sounds like they don't know much
TheBeege 10 months ago • 100%
Haven't read outliers, but I live in Korea. Weak people in authority here is a serious problem. See the Sewol ferry incident: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol
The culture of saving face and not causing disturbance compounds the problem. For example, some married couples prefer to not know if their partner is cheating so as to not disturb the peace of the family. Fortunately, this is becoming more rare, but it is still an issue.
Edit: Not agreeing with the previous comment. Just mentioning where the idea may have come from. I don't believe Korean culture impacts plane crash rates. When the chain of command and responsibilities are clear, Koreans make stuff happen. It's actually quite admirable. And cultural idiosyncrasies aside, people generally try to do what they believe to be the right thing, and not letting a plane crash is pretty right under normal circumstances
TheBeege 11 months ago • 100%
Our parents thought "free handouts" weren't good for us and were only for "bad people" which was inexplicably often black people
TheBeege 11 months ago • 81%
We do, actually! You should read up on immunotherapy. It's not for everyone, but it works in many cases.
The metaphor holds up, too. With sufficient time and effort, you can make things work.
TheBeege 11 months ago • 100%
Thank you for taking the education angle. I'd like to add another perspective for folks' benefit. I'm not 100% sure it's correct, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
Your labor has some value. Ideally, you should be paid a corresponding amount of wealth to the amount of value you generate through your labor. So you do $20 worth of work and get $20 worth of money. This is the ideal.
But how much labor is worth $20? Capitalism takes advantage of this ambiguity. The capitalist, e.g. a business owner or investor or similarly positioned person, pays you $19 for that $20 labor and pockets the remaining amount as profit. Sure, the capitalist likely provides some amount of leadership and direction, which is labor with value, but their compensation vastly exceeds the value they generate. This is why you see CEOs getting >300x the pay of their employees. The labor of these CEOs is not worth that much. One person's labor literally cannot be worth that of 300 people. (Engineers may pipe in on that point, but please realize you're in the same boat.)
If you see capitalism from this perspective, it makes sense why you would be angry. You're literally getting short-changed for your effort. Not cool
So what's the alternative? Well, there's a bunch. Personally, I like the idea of employee-owned companies. This way, you get the advantage of pooling people's resources, and any profit can be invested back into the company to generate more wealth for its employees or be held onto in case of a downturn. Both are better than a CEO's pocket.
One issue is capital investment. Starting a company is expensive, and many companies take a long time to become profitable. If every company had to bootstrap, we'd see much fewer successes and much slower progress. I'm not exactly sure how to solve this, yet. Would love to hear folks' ideas
TheBeege 11 months ago • 100%
Unfortunately, the definitions change based on context.
When we're talking about political and broad economic systems, private means non-government organizations. Public means government.
When we're talking about a company's status, public means its equity is traded on a public stock exchange. Private is everything else. So a ma and pop shop is a private company and a private organization. Microsoft is a public company but a private organization.
The rest of you commenters are assholes for talking to HardNut like this. They clearly don't know these definitions, and rather than educate, you criticize to inflate your own egos and display some bogus superiority. Instead, explain the terms so constructive conversation can happen. Cue the "well it's not my responsibility" crowd. If you want to promote your own ideas, education is a better method than mockery when it comes to those who aren't clearly and steadfastly directly opposed to you. And even for those directly opposed to you, the display of educating wins third parties to your cause.
Good on you, HardNut for trying to Google things and figure them out on your own. The context between these two areas is tricky, and your understanding makes sense without the additional context. Sadly, we're terrible at naming things.
TheBeege 11 months ago • 100%
All of that can be the same as other stacks except the Apache bit. You can stand up a Go application on Ubuntu hitting MariaDB as its persistence layer. Or Python. Or Node. Or Java. Or even Ruby. Shit, Haskell can do it.
Also, exec
is a code smell. Arbitrary code execution is a massive security risk, and the effort to mitigate that risk is often less than explicitly building out the required functionality.
I think you need to explore more technologies, my friend. And read up on some security things
Edit: I now realize you mean exec
as in calling out to a shell. All languages have this. Still, the overhead of spawning and managing a new process is often more than just implementing the logic in your application itself.
TheBeege 11 months ago • 80%
Sure, but when did bring in your right mind preclude you from being a customer? There are plenty of industries based on preying on idiots
TheBeege 11 months ago • 100%
Good point. That stuff is chill. I dig me some Johnny Cash now and then, too
TheBeege 11 months ago • 100%
Don't dare say Winnie the Pooh in China, friend.
Why YSK: If we want to keep the Fediverse in the hands of its users and prevent "enshittification" (search it), it's good to know how corporations kill grassroots projects like this. I saw this in another thread on /c/Showerthoughts. I think it's important for this to be circulated widely so that the broader Fediverse community is aligned. We don't want admins second-guessing their decisions when users start infighting. We should be united in our thinking and ready to protect our platform.
Does anyone know of an instance hosted locally? If not, I'm happy to set one up. May need helping administrating it, though. I've noticed that other server instances can be quite slow, so I thought a local instance would be a nice latency reduction, depending on how exactly ActivityPub works. I haven't read up on the protocol yet. If it doesn't respond to the client until the remote federated instance responds, then there'll likely be no gain in speed
I was thinking about patterns in history and was thinking about the fall of Rome. We all learn about the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, but I don't recall ever learning about the time in between. Sure, Rome's empire collapsed, but what happened next? City-states? A hollowed-out Republic? Anarchy? Did the goths raid and pillage everything? Did they just go back north? Did they settle in? I wanna know