Were any of the open source versions such as ngn/k or Kerf etc. usable for you?
Well you would have to know how to code in k, not just q, the syntax is a lot more terse and there are a lot of features missing
Readit Newsthaufeki commented on The future of kdb+? timestored.com/b/the-futu... · Posted by u/geph2021
thaufeki commented on Hollywood’s Cold War Dissidents in Ireland historytoday.com/archive/... · Posted by u/prismatic
Capitalism = slavery to the state. If you don’t have enough money you literally die of hunger and the system says it’s your fault.
Hitler was a devout capitalist. Russia is a staunchly capitalist country. All of the poorest countries in the world are capitalist countries.
People often lazily confuse specific ideologies and political theories with autocratic regimes and despots.
And before anyone says communism causes despots there have been more capitalist dictators and despots than you can count.
>Hitler was a devout capitalist.
Is this tongue in cheek?
Yeah, we understand the new thing he wants to build. We just think it was stupid to start by spending $44 billion on a globally recognized product, IP, and customer base and then throwing them all in the toilet.
Not really, if you want your new platform to instantly become one of the most used websites in the world. Why should he care about twitter's brand name?
thaufeki commented on Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? economist.com/business/20... · Posted by u/rcarmo
I can't find another job even with a FAANG background. The market is brutal. Maybe my only choice is to start a startup.
Could also be why you can't find a job. You may be too expensive, and they're looking for engineers in the sweet spot of cheap/can keep the machine running.
thaufeki commented on Buy hi-resolution satellite images of any place on earth skyfi.com/pricing... · Posted by u/for_i_in_range
Keep in mind that if you are looking for "Hi-Resolution" images of Israel, the results may be limited by the Kyl Bingaman Amendment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyl%E2%80%93Bingaman_Amendment
Wow its not even an international agreement, it's just straight up an American law for Israel's benefit in particular
thaufeki commented on Europe braces for mobile network blackouts reuters.com/business/medi... · Posted by u/lxm
> Question: could Russian disinformation have played a role in germanys policy here?
As a German, no, that was quite voluntary. People like me completely agreed. I only woke up on 24 February. I'm from East Germany, speak some Russian, and have been to Russia a few times, and to Ukraine too, for months actually. I did not care about the Krim annexation either. I think because it was peaceful, and because I did not see Ukraine and its government in any better light than the Russian one. The corruption problem was (is? no idea now) real, and some really bad and shady stuff happened in Ukraine.
The reason I turned is all because of the behavior and the atrocities of Russia. My opinion does not require a "good" Ukraine, so arguments like "but... corruption" (for Ukraine) don't matter any more. To me, having seen the incredible modernization of Russia - supported almost completely by the West and a little bit from Asia, not self-made, and then Putin's declarations about "war with the West" was one of the things that turned me. You owe the "evil West" BIG TIME! I actually have friends who have done business in Russia since the 1990s, so I've followed along the stories passively and still do.
No, you cannot blame Russia for what we Germans thought and did before this war. I was for Nord Stream 2, I was outraged about US interference when they pressured us to stop the project, I was outraged when Trump made his comments. This was not because of any "propaganda", that was my own 100% self-made opinion. I only read some mainstream news portal headlines to begin with, so I'm not exposed to anything like those people in some Telegram channels, or Stammtisch discussions in some places in East Germany (I moved out of East Germany - and in the end to the US for a long time - not long after reunification).
You need to understand a lot of Germans, especially East Germans of course, did not fear Russia but saw them as a true partner. Putin spoke in the Bundestag in a "historic speech"! They were mostly interesting to do business with. They needed so much from us (and got it), and we had good use for their oil and gas and metals and other things. Business was really good, for both sides! We ignored Russian aggressive moves with mostly just some eye-rolling - "that's just how they are" but did not think much of it.
Now, I see that Russian society as a whole has a big problem. It's very far from only Putin being responsible. If they don't lose very hard they may develop like Germany after WWI, thinking they only lost because of "Dolchstoßlegende" (stab in the back myth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth). I want us to ignore the nuclear threats and to sent Leopard tanks and Marders. Biden too seems a bit afraid, e.g. limiting rockets for HIMARs to the shortest range "to not provoke Putin".
I find this strange, if the West wants Ukraine to win Putin will be very "provoked". What kind of conflict is this when the enemy gets to decide which weapons out side is allowed to use? Essentially, Putin now has veto power over what weapons the West sends. I hope there is more going on underneath the surface, because this does not make sense.
Maybe they want Putin to invest more and more and grind Russia down slowly? Losing too quickly would leave Russia with too much left? Of course, the cost of such a strategy would be borne by the Ukrainians, who pay in blood. They may agree though, I don't know, because only a big loos for Russia would give them real peace instead of just a pause. Just my speculations about why we hear (tome) flimsy excuses instead of seeing more done to let Ukraine win more quickly.
>Maybe they want Putin to invest more and more and grind Russia down slowly? Losing too quickly would leave Russia with too much left? Of course, the cost of such a strategy would be borne by the Ukrainians, who pay in blood.
I think this has been the conventional wisdom for a while. One thing I ask people who are vociferous in their support of Ukraine (and our paying for that support) is, how is this going to end?
Russia quietly bleeds out and overthrows Putin? Is that realistic? If Putin is a madman dictator, do you really think he'll just whimper and disappear? It seems necessary that a negotiation take place at some point, and that negotiation result in lost territory for Ukraine. It's not a question of justice, but practicality.
thaufeki commented on Facebook bans Holocaust film for violating race policy rollingstone.com/tv-movie... · Posted by u/pr0zac
There's a sector of society that unironically uses phrases such as "anti-White hate-porn".
Do you really want to be part of that sector?
I'm sorry, appealing to in-group/out-group bias is a horrible way to address a point, regardless of what the point is.
thaufeki commented on The UX of Porn Tube Sites Are Designed for the Ultimate Money Shot eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-... · Posted by u/chha
Callous comparison.
Take a step back and imagine what success, and reflection of good rankings algos would be on these sites. Longer engagement times and multiple videos (+ads) for YouTube. Shorter time on site and less videos for Pornhub.
The interfaces would be designed accordingly with those end goals in mind.
Why would they want less time spent on the site? That's optimal perhaps for the user not site, and the article discusses how the site is designed to keep the user searching.
thaufeki commented on The UX of Porn Tube Sites Are Designed for the Ultimate Money Shot eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-... · Posted by u/chha
thaufeki commented on Don't Write a Programming Language write.as/loke/dont-write-... · Posted by u/gavinhoward
I really like crafting interpreters. It walks through 2 implementations of a minimal language. It's also free to read online https://craftinginterpreters.com/
I'll give it a read, thank you!