Where's Java primarily used these days?
I think most corporations use Java, probably "primarily" Java too.
Readit Newseddtests commented on JDK 21 Release Notes jdk.java.net/21/release-n... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
Anyone know when homebrew installs will be released for JDK 21?
I was friends with some hedge fund guys in the 2000s. The way they presented it was that some funds have good technology but in the end there is a ton of insider information going around. It may not be strictly illegal (I don’t know) but people talk to each other and sometimes work with each other. They also have access to company executives the regular investors don’t have.
I don’t think it’s possible to get sustained outstanding results without being part of the insider circle. As far as I know one of Warren Buffett’s close relatives was in Congress which probably also gave him access to people most regular citizens won’t have.
His dad was a congressman but he died in 1964
eddtests commented on CatalaLang/catala: Programming language for law specification github.com/CatalaLang/cat... · Posted by u/gorenb
This is really cool! But I guess it’s biggest drawback is being unable to deal with case law?
eddtests commented on What Silicon Valley “gets” about software engineers blog.pragmaticengineer.co... · Posted by u/ilyash
Not competitive because you still have to account for quality of life, working on site with no remote option, working evenings, nights, and weekends, general riskiness of being around drunk/high people, etc.
Of course you may not have had to study as hard, so your quality of life as a young person might have been better, but bartending is not secure income for life either.
Either way, the easiest way to look at it is, do parents tell their kids to aspire to become bartenders?
> Either way, the easiest way to look at it is, do parents tell their kids to aspire to become bartenders?
That sounds incredibly elitist and cringey. If I had a child earning six figures as a bartender I’d be very impressed, and even if they weren’t earning six figures but were enjoying life I’d be happy… And taking it from another perspective, I know people who’s parents would be disappointed their children are ‘lowly software engineers’ too. With that sort of attitude you can rarely win.
eddtests commented on What Silicon Valley “gets” about software engineers blog.pragmaticengineer.co... · Posted by u/ilyash
That's good, in fact. People should be compensated for the value they generate. Why should a fast food worker be compensated equivalently to a doctor or engineer? I do not want to live in a world where that could exist.
A manager at an In-N-Out burger restaurant makes more than most developers outside of Silicon Valley ($160000) - and tbh I don’t complain about that because I’ve seen the speed those guys put out burgers in Mountain View on a busy day!
eddtests commented on Cache line alignment in C++ – How it makes your program faster ryonaldteofilo.medium.com... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
gcc has some compiler arguments to automate this from what I understand (-falign) https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html
eddtests commented on We forced our company to allow work from home again old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin... · Posted by u/belltaco
> wrote up employees for wearing masks
That would have been my cue to start polishing my CV.
Or suing for a nice pay check - I am not the most Covid-conscious person, but if I had time tracking AND a potentially illegal activity I’d sue
eddtests commented on We forced our company to allow work from home again old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin... · Posted by u/belltaco
There’s a fun anecdote about Bell Labs where an electrical engineer, Nyquist, was found to be one of the connecting points for patent output in the company. Having lunch with him seems to have outputted greater numbers of patents. I know there’s going to be so many other factors but I know I’ve learnt a lot from hanging with colleagues over lunch or at the pub, what’s the replacement to that?
eddtests commented on How does Linux start a process iq.thc.org/how-does-linux... · Posted by u/10xJobs_net