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jen20 commented on I believe printers were sent from hell to make us miserable   theoatmeal.com/comics/pri... · Posted by u/soraminazuki
SilverElfin · a day ago
I disagree. Maybe I am old, but I feel like printers in 1995 were easy to use, reliable, and did not play games with rejecting cartridges or making me install some random unnecessary stuff. Printers made in like 2005 and later are an abomination with nothing to compare to from the past.
jen20 · 12 hours ago
This is also true of washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners etc….
jen20 commented on Go is still not good   blog.habets.se/2025/07/Go... · Posted by u/ustad
frou_dh · 2 days ago
The nature of Swiss cheese is that it can't be all hole and there has to be some non-hole too
jen20 · 2 days ago
Raclette is Swiss cheese without holes. That is proper ADT in this anaology.
jen20 commented on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City   cnbc.com/2025/08/22/waymo... · Posted by u/achristmascarl
mulmen · 2 days ago
Interesting. I hadn’t considered it but that makes a lot of sense. I wonder if that happens per car or per ride. Do aggression settings adjust to apparent passenger comfort?
jen20 · 2 days ago
Unclear, I’ve noticed both timid and aggressive on the same day in different cars so maybe not?
jen20 commented on Developer sentenced to prison for activating “kill switch” to avenge his firing   arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/Volundr
paulddraper · 2 days ago
Who carries a separate work cell phone?
jen20 · 2 days ago
Anyone who doesn’t want some corporate IT administrator to be able to fat finger bricking their phone, or install corporate spyware on a personal device.
jen20 commented on U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel   cnbc.com/2025/08/22/intel... · Posted by u/givemeethekeys
cuttothechase · 2 days ago
Genuine question-

How does Govt picking winners and losers going to help?

Intel is no Too big to fail Bank. Why save Intel of all chip manufacturers? Wouldnt it be like 25 years too late, with Intel and its heydays !?

Would Govt now ensure parity by investing in "marquee" entities across different industrial domains?

jen20 · 2 days ago
> How does Govt picking winners and losers going to help?

By ensuring that the US retains at least the ability to manufacture second tier CPUs vs complete reliance on Asia? This doesn't seem unreasonable.

jen20 commented on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City   cnbc.com/2025/08/22/waymo... · Posted by u/achristmascarl
mulmen · 2 days ago
I have only taken a couple Waymos but I had the opposite experience. They were much faster and more decisive than I expected. They do apparently learn from surrounding drivers and this was LA so maybe that explains the difference.
jen20 · 2 days ago
It wouldn't surprise me if each Waymo has one of a pool of aggression settings - I've noticed the difference between cars as a rider.
jen20 commented on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City   cnbc.com/2025/08/22/waymo... · Posted by u/achristmascarl
simonw · 2 days ago
I'm from the UK, took driving lessons in the UK but then passed my driving test in the USA (in California).

The USA driving test is so much easier than the UK one!

UK: Varied junctions and roundabouts, traffic lights, independent driving (≈20 minutes via sat nav or signs), one reversing manoeuvre (parallel park, bay park, or pull up on the right and reverse), normal stops and move-offs (including from behind a parked car), hill start, emergency stop.

California: Cross three intersections, three right turns, three left turns, lane change, backing up, park in a bay, obey stop signs and traffic lights.

My understanding is that the USA test is so much easier because it's hard to get by in most of the USA without a car, so if the test was harder people would likely just drive without a license instead.

jen20 · 2 days ago
Similarly, when I did a US driving test (with a UK license), the examiner himself commented on the relative difficulty.
jen20 commented on Go is still not good   blog.habets.se/2025/07/Go... · Posted by u/ustad
pjmlp · 2 days ago
Go is the one being discussed as ignoring history.

C# thankfully was designed by someone that appreciates type systems, maybe you should revisit it.

jen20 · 2 days ago
Not enough to add sum types or exhaustive pattern matching... now F# - that was appreciated by someone that appreciates type systems.
jen20 commented on Go is still not good   blog.habets.se/2025/07/Go... · Posted by u/ustad
pjmlp · 2 days ago
No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.

But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings.

jen20 · 2 days ago
It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick.

And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use.

jen20 commented on Go is still not good   blog.habets.se/2025/07/Go... · Posted by u/ustad
gf000 · 2 days ago
There is a lot to say about Java, but the libraries (both standard lib and popular third-party ones) are goddamn battle-hardened, so I have a hard time believing your claim.
jen20 · 2 days ago
You can believe what you like, of course, but "battle tested" does not mean "isn't easy to abuse".

u/jen20

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