Readit NewsPaulWaldman commented on Run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs devblogs.microsoft.com/do... · Posted by u/soheilpro
Tangential, but Windows Powershell kept nagging me to download PS6, so I did it, then I had to revert it to 5.1, because running a script had a ~1 second overhead. Very annoying. For one-off runs it's often the starting time what's matter, and Powershell just got worse at that. (In the end, I settled for .bat files in a cmd.exe window, chatGPT can write any of them anyway.)
Powershell 7 was released 5 years ago, was this not an option?
> InfluxDB 3.0 open source will be called InfluxDB 3 Core, a recent-data engine persisting Parquet files and enabling queries against the last 72 hours of data. Development of Core will carry on under the permissive MIT or Apache 2 license
> InfluxDB 3 Core gives developers a new tool for time series data management—a high-performance recent-data engine optimized for querying the last 72 hours of data. This focused approach enables Core to deliver exceptional performance for real-time monitoring, data collection, and streaming analytics use cases. By optimizing specifically for this pattern, we’ve achieved query response times under 10ms for last-value queries and under 50ms for hour-long ranges.
The limitation of 72 hours of data is a bit disappointing. There are use cases that don't require 50ms query response times, but instead need longer on-prem storge. InfluxDB 1.X and 2.X supported these well. Would it be possible to reduce query performance and extend data retention?
Is there any guidance on a planned EOL for InfluxDB 1.X and 2.X once Core reaches GR?
This article references "custom code." What about custom applications?
Are all government contractors required to provide the source code for all developed applications? Or does this bill only apply to contracts where the deliverables actually include source code?
PaulWaldman commented on A new video captures a 1968 demo of IBM’s Executive Terminal spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-dem... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
I visited the Computer History Museum this year during Vintage Computer Festival West. When not only can you tour the museum, but the upstairs rooms are crammed full of hundreds of amazing personal collections of vintage computing hardware all powered up and usable. It was a religious experience.
It will be interesting to see the durability of print vs digital content of time.
Many web properties are no longer accessible due to M&A activity and Small/solo publishers unable or unwilling to maintain their assets. Archives like WayBack Machine mitigates some of the loss of digital content so long as the archives themselves are still maintained.
Will spinning rust be as durable as Microfiche?
PaulWaldman commented on Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era blog.google/technology/go... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
Anecdotally, using the Gemini App with "Gemini Advanced 2.0 Flash Experimental", the response quality is ignorantly improved and faster at some basic Python and C# generation.
Supercruise might be comparable to Tesla's "Autosteer" product but its incomparable to Tesla's paid "FSD Supervised" product. The latter is closer to a Waymo or Cruise than it is to a Mercedes or GM driver assist.
Eh, Tesls's FSD and Autopilot as well as GM's Supercruise are all classified as SAEJ3016 Automation Level 2.
PaulWaldman commented on Rivian is opening its charging network to other EVs thedrive.com/news/rivian-... · Posted by u/peutetre
I've come to notice that there is no incentive for 3rd party ev-chargers to be dependable.
Telsa and rivian have a vested interest in keeping the chargers working. Their sales depend on the chargers working. Even a little bad press is a multiplier against sales.
They also have significant engineering effort throughout the charging ecosystem, from the batteries, on-board infrastructure, standards, mapping, strategic coverage for sales and more. Lots of engineering support and problems solved quickyly
Meanwhile I kind of suspect 3rd party charging systems are probably like 3rd-party public telephones or atms -- a rent-seeking opportunity from someone who will not shell out for quick detection and fixing of broken chargers.
I noticed this years ago - chaging a non-tesla EV was a crapshoot. evgo was expensive and pretty reliable, but only ever had two fast chargers. blink was always broken - completely undependable ev chargers. chargepoint seemed ok, but only had l2/slower chargers.
There is basically no downside to these folks letting chargers be offline for a while.
> I've come to notice that there is no incentive for 3rd party ev-chargers to be dependable.
I don't know, how often would you stop at a gas station if their pumps weren't reliable? Many 3rd party chargers are selling electricity at a mark-up.
PaulWaldman commented on Broadcom loses another big VMware customer theregister.com/2024/12/0... · Posted by u/belter
Has VMware won any significant customers since Broadcom's acquisition?