only_as_i_fall (u/only_as_i_fall)

only_as_i_fall commented on They don't even know the fundamentals blog.royalsloth.eu/posts/... · Posted by u/kaeruct

doctor_eval · 4 years ago

If you’re writing database applications in a commercial environment then knowing what ACID means is part of your job.

If you don’t know that, for example, debiting one account and crediting another needs to be done inside a transaction - or the converse, what you need to do if you don’t have access to transactions - then you shouldn’t be anywhere near a database.

Fundamentals are actually important. You don’t have to know everything, but you should know the fundamentals of the field you work in.

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

I think the takeaway from. The article is that if this I'd the case then interviews should drop all the meaningless jargon and just ask a candidate to sketch out a solution to a problem where they would have to think about atomization of DB operations.

only_as_i_fall commented on Roku releases IDK to allow consumers to develop applications for their Roku blog.roku.com/developer/2... · Posted by u/kaladin-jasnah

tssva · 4 years ago

"Roku is really crap to use"

I have used Google TV, Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku. I have used Roku both as a separate device and built into a TV. Out of them all I prefer to use the Roku. I even sold an Apple TV which was given to me and used part of the sale to replace it with a Roku Premiere+ which I found to be a much better experience.

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

I've used an old roku express, a roku TV and a new 4k roku (forget what the model was but it was made in 2020) and they all have the same app problems

Disney plus crashes more often than not in any given watching session.

Hbo Max tends to crash on the menu about 50% of the time.

Netflix crashes fairly often but not as bad as those other two.

I think it's still the best single solution for streaming but they really do need some quality control on their apps.

Having to wait for your TV to restart in the middle of a movie is never great.

only_as_i_fall commented on Facing sky-high connection fees, rural Ontarians go off the grid cbc.ca/news/canada/toront... · Posted by u/dgudkov

Dumblydorr · 4 years ago

Living urban is also a money drain. To get a decent sized place, you need to pay HoA fees, high rents, security deposits often get stolen, not to mention pet fees, parking fees, expensive QoL, exposure to pollution and noise, lack of quiet and solitude. I'm semi-rural now and while we do have to pay for well upgrades and power backup systems, we get a huge beautiful quiet piece of land for our money.

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

Thats why you go suburban. Low COL but high quality of services and infrastructure. It's amazing what you can accomplish if you don't care about the solvency of your community :D

only_as_i_fall commented on Internet Object – A JSON alternative data serialization format internetobject.org/... · Posted by u/Starz0r

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

If you follow that link which says "Read the Story Here" they have this json example which has a list of employees and then info about the pagination of that list. The caption is this

>If you look closely, this JSON document mixes the data employees with other non-data keys (headers) such as count, currentPage, and pageSize in the same response.

But they don't explain at all how Changing the data format fixes the underlying issue of mixed concerns in one data object.

only_as_i_fall commented on Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt theguardian.com/uk-news/2... · Posted by u/dabeeeenster

syshum · 4 years ago

That presumes people agree with the system in place for Toll Roads... I do not that is for sure, so I certainly do not want to expand that to other areas

I am not sure what you are talking about when it comes to implied consent, but in the US At least one is only responsible for their own actions, it is a dangerous precedent to set that a 3rd party should be liable for the actions of others, were by the state can just fine or even arrest someone with out proving them personally committed the offense

No that is not something I want to have applied to anything not even tolls or traffic laws

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

What's your issue with toll cameras? The law is pretty clear in the US that you have no right to privacy in public, and public roads are no exception.

You can fight the fine if it wasn't you in the car and if the picture they took of you is unclear or looks like someone else you can get out of it.

Assuming you're recognizable in the picture what's the issue with that?

only_as_i_fall commented on Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt theguardian.com/uk-news/2... · Posted by u/dabeeeenster

Mountain_Skies · 4 years ago

The issue I've seen in most of these cases is that they have a difficult time proving who was in control of the vehicle at the time. The ticket is issued to the registered owner of the vehicle instead of the driver. So even if the prosecutor is the accuser based off video, that video evidence often isn't enough to determine who was the offender.

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

Maybe we should stop worrying about it and just fine the car owner. If implied consent laws are legal surely agreeing to be responsible for your own vehicle on public roads would also be permissible under the constitution.

Also, the systems in place for toll road entrances seem to be doing a good enough job. Why can't the same thing be implemented for traffic cameras?

only_as_i_fall commented on Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt theguardian.com/uk-news/2... · Posted by u/dabeeeenster

mindslight · 4 years ago

Cameras discourage dangerous driving even less, because automated systems tend to only look at superficial metrics (eg speed) rather than actual dangerous behavior such as rapidly darting between lanes or tailgating.

As far as traffic stops creating needless hazards, the solution there is simple - change the expectation for motorists to only pull over where there is enough room (so not just in the breakdown lane), and prohibit officers from carrying weapons on traffic stops. If a motorist escalates to violence, the correct answer is to retreat and form a new plan that reflects the changed circumstance and higher severity of crime, not to jump into playing Rambo.

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

You could pretty easily change that though. Having a cop drive around in a patrol car seems way less effective that if the same resources were used to pay someone to look at traffic cams and send out fines for dangerous driving.

only_as_i_fall commented on Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt theguardian.com/uk-news/2... · Posted by u/dabeeeenster

syshum · 4 years ago

There is a little thing about having to have the ability to face your accuser in our constitution. When your accuser is an automated algorithmic system with the sole purpose of generating revenue not promoting public safety it will be hard to hold that up in court

Many companies that run these systems will drop the fine because it is less costly then fighting it in court as most people just comply, and they do not want to run the risk of some judge ruling the entire system unconstitutional (which IMO it is)

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

Couldn't you be accused by a prosecutor based on video evidence?

I get that having some private company collect fines directly would be bad, but couldn't they solve that with a simple manual review process by law enforcement?

only_as_i_fall commented on Motorist fined after CCTV confuses his number plate with woman’s T-shirt theguardian.com/uk-news/2... · Posted by u/dabeeeenster

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

This is obviously a silly case but I think traffic cameras are one of the few places surveillance could actually be called for.

I'm not sure what the perfect system looks like, but the current system in the US seems broken. Not only is traffic enforcement a huge time waste for police, but traffic stops create an unnecessary hazard while failing to discourage dangerous driving.

only_as_i_fall commented on Amazon puts its own “brands” first above better-rated products themarkup.org/amazons-adv... · Posted by u/juokaz

gruez · 4 years ago

>It'd be like if Walmart came to your small town and signed a deal with the local government that stores had to carry their brands in addition to their own or pay higher taxes.

Not really? You can get around amazon's "extremely dominant platform" by setting up a shopify store. I'm not sure how that can be compared to the government forcing you to amazon.

only_as_i_fall · 4 years ago

And then you get far less traffic than you would if your product was listed on Amazon.

In the traditional brick and mortar situation you can open your own shop next to the Walmart or Target or whatever and have roughly the same visibility. In the online space though rolling your own shopify store is a massive handicap similar to if you weren't allowed to build within 5 miles of a large box store for fear of competition.

A huge number of people literally only shop on Amazon or at least look at Amazon before other locations because they believe it to be representative of the marketplace at large. Maybe that's their loss, but when you also consider Amazon's huge logistics network that nobody else is allowed to use.