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LtWorf commented on AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study cnbc.com/2025/08/28/gener... · Posted by u/pseudolus

mosburger · 13 hours ago

My previous employer stopped hiring in the EU (except for the UK, where they were based, and South Africa, where the CTO was from) because the labor laws there made it too difficult for them to fire people, which was a particularly troublesome for them as they had almost quarterly layoffs. They switched back to hiring in the UK and US where there are fewer worker protections.

LtWorf · 5 hours ago

Maybe he should not hire people and then fire them after 3 months? Could it be that your previous employer is a terrible employer?

LtWorf commented on Nullable vs. Nullable in C# einarwh.no/blog/2025/08/2... · Posted by u/Bogdanp

mrcsharp · 13 hours ago

As a side note: please avoid, as much as possible, putting `.Select(..)` before `.Where(..)`. You are wasting CPU cycles and memory space by forcing LINQ to map all the items and then filtering on the mapped value.

In most situations, you should be able to filter on the source enumerable before mapping making the whole thing more efficient.

Additionally, that `.Cast<TR>(..)` at the end should have been a dead giveaway that you are going down the wrong path here. You are incurring even more CPU and Memory costs as the `.Cast<TR>(..)` call will now iterate through all the items needlessly.[1]

Also, the design of this this method doesn't seem to make much difference to me anyways:

``` var strs = source.SelectNotNull(it => it); ```

vs

``` var strs = source.Where(it => it != null); ```

A lot of other LINQ extension methods allow you to pass in a predicate expression that will be executed on the source enumerable:

``` var str = source.First(it => it != null); ```

[1] https://source.dot.net/#System.Linq/System/Linq/Cast.cs,152b...

LtWorf · 13 hours ago

If I was able to write a simple optimiser for relational algebra, I'm sure microsoft engineers can come up with something :D

LtWorf commented on The GitHub website is slow on Safari github.com/orgs/community... · Posted by u/talboren

gloosx · 2 days ago

Never heard anyone complaining either./

LtWorf · a day ago

Try meeting people who use slack?

LtWorf commented on How to make things slower so they go faster gojiberries.io/how-to-mak... · Posted by u/neehao

jmclnx · 3 days ago

Just saw this :)

Why ? On a laptop I have a program that will read an 8 billion record text file and matches it against a 1 billion record text file and doing some calculations based upon the data found between the 2 records.

So, slowing it down will prevent my laptop from overheating, it just runs quietly via a cron job.

LtWorf · 3 days ago

cpulimit

LtWorf commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat

_heimdall · 3 days ago

You can still find banks that have physical buildings for retail customers as well as online portals to login and manage your account. Mobile apps aren't absolutely a must.

LtWorf · 3 days ago

You can also hunt your food and use candles to produce light, but can you realistically do that?

LtWorf commented on Why I'm declining your AI generated MR blog.stuartspence.ca/2025... · Posted by u/zulban

IshKebab · 3 days ago

As far as I can tell this is entirely hypothetical and he hasn't actually received an AI generated MRs.

LtWorf · 3 days ago

I have. Now what?

LtWorf commented on The MiniPC Revolution jadarma.github.io/blog/po... · Posted by u/ingve

kylemaxwell · 3 days ago

Absolutely, but you suggested that it was because you hate to turn off music and then walk out.

LtWorf · 3 days ago

I did no such thing; that was a non-disabled use case just to show you it has use for everyone.

LtWorf commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat

at-fates-hands · 4 days ago

This is the same argument people make between Apple and Android.

Can I use an Android phone without using Google? Yes, of course you can. There are plenty of secure OS's like Graphen, Lineage, Calyx and many others. Do people really care enough to use them? Hardly any, which proves my point.

Same thing here. Most people will just pay the fee to get the seats. Some might just opt out and not get them. Others will shop around and find some legacy cars that are older that have them but don't require a subscription.

At the end of the day? There's ALWAYS a choice. How hard do you want to look to avoid the subscription? Is it really worth your time and effort? Some would say yes, the vast majority really DGAF. People have been lulled into not caring about stuff like personal privacy and having a say in what's being peddled to you.

LtWorf · 4 days ago

There's always a choice… unless you want to access your bank account that is. In which case there is no choice but to use the official unrooted android OS.

LtWorf commented on The MiniPC Revolution jadarma.github.io/blog/po... · Posted by u/ingve

kylemaxwell · 4 days ago

That's not much of a disability-related use case to insult me about.

LtWorf · 4 days ago

You can't imagine a disabled person might have difficulties to get up and reach a light switch?

LtWorf commented on The MiniPC Revolution jadarma.github.io/blog/po... · Posted by u/ingve

CharlesW · 4 days ago

My 2008 Mac mini is still running, so it can be done. I'm shocked that Intel NUCs weren't more reliable for you.

LtWorf · 4 days ago

Only one of my rpis ever broke, the 1st one I ever bought.