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New comment by oplaadpunt in "Obvious things C should do"

oplaadpunt — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 17:07:54 +0000

They have that, to some degree. The standard library is mostly optional. Also, a lot of things are 'implementation defined', so you could just not implement those. That leaves quite a small language core.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Google dropping continuous scroll in search results"

oplaadpunt — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:50 +0000

It doesn't actually say that any more for me on google, I think they removed it at some point when it obviously didn't make sense any more.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Superfest – The almost unbreakable East German Glass (2021)"

oplaadpunt — Sun, 05 May 2024 07:17:46 +0000

No, I don't think it is loaded, or at least not unnecessarily. The communist background of the glass is an important element in the video. Especially when they discuss the fact they couldn't sell it in the west, due to (tendencies of) capitalism.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues"

oplaadpunt — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:41:20 +0000

No, I don't think you can trust AI to answer correctly, ever. I've seen it confidently hallucinate, so I would always check what it says against other, more static, sources. The same if I'm reading from an author who includes a lot of mistakes in his books: I might still find them interesting and usefull, but I will want to double-check the key facts before I quote them to others.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues"

oplaadpunt — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:37:57 +0000

He did not say he wanted to ban images, that is an exaggeration. I see the danger as polluting the historical record with fake images (even as memes/jokes), and spreading wrong preconceptions now backed by real-looking images. This is all under the assumptions there are no bad actors, which makes it even worse. I would say; don't ban it, but you morally just shouldn't do it.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Visual overview of a custom malloc() implementation"

oplaadpunt — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:55:41 +0000

I think this might be a client-side issue, since I can see those letters normally.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Rasperry Pi 5 Specs and Images Leaked from Element14?"

oplaadpunt — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:14:12 +0000

Yes, I have a 130W laptop usb-c charger from Delll. It has 20V/6.5A.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Throwing away 10 months of work after 2 months on the job"

oplaadpunt — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:33:18 +0000

While the 168mb is ridiculous, I'm more facinated by the choice to depend on an unimplemented feature from a group/company they had no control over or contracts with. I would hesitate to depend on things which haven't been released for a few months/years. I realize the web moves fast and some might prefer working with new technology, but this sounds so weird to me.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, NXP to jointly build semiconductor fab in Europe"

oplaadpunt — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:29:20 +0000

It isn't necessarily, especially if your chip involves some analog or RF design, or must be robust. It is only for increased compute power where the smalles nodes shine

New comment by oplaadpunt in "TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, NXP to jointly build semiconductor fab in Europe"

oplaadpunt — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:27:59 +0000

Smaller nodes also do not inherently have better performance for all tasks. They bring performance penalties in some regards, extra costs, and more complexity, which might make something older like 65mm a far better choice

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Semiconductor Supply Chain Explorer (2022)"

oplaadpunt — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 22:44:30 +0000

What I miss in this overview is the whole of analog IC design. I get the usual tendency to focus on digital logic (higher volumes, etc), but analog design has a large importance in fields like aviation and defence, for security, communications, radar, etc.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "HackerOne lays off 12% of its workforce"

oplaadpunt — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:33:05 +0000

It is also possible for economic reasons like reorganizations, but still, those will need a valid reason, and severence packages are mandatory. Just sacking people who don't have a temporary contract is impossible.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Exploring Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation"

oplaadpunt — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:17:18 +0000

With QAM you're more thinking about the error vector magnitude (EVM), rather then the signal-to-noise ratio. From the EVM you get a bit error rate, which determines maximum sensible data speeds. How high QAM will go is also a strong function of what frequency band: at low frequency, I've seen 512-QAM and higher, while at >100GHz they're struggeling for 32-QAM

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’"

oplaadpunt — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:47:20 +0000

Thats's only when applied to things outide twitter, which I don't think it's the case. I have never heard anyone talk about retweeting on facebook or whatever. The fact they don't do this would make their brand even more valuable

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Implementing a C-like for loop in Python"

oplaadpunt — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:40:28 +0000

Yeah, the difference between manipulating the syntax being the intendend way, and it being possible only through hacking and dark magic is rather stark. It's fun to know that it is basically possible to do though, and I didn't know python had these obscure parts (ast manipulation and codecs)

New comment by oplaadpunt in "AI can’t do hiring because it lacks the data"

oplaadpunt — Wed, 17 May 2023 06:31:38 +0000

Similarly, I have so many terrible experiences at 'job fairs' for engineering students, where they only sent HR. Things like asking what stack they use, and getting answers in the form of 'Diverse an challenging technology is at the heart of our innovative agenda ...'. Even when I _know_ the insider details through friends, HR always does such an appalling job of selling it to you, even when they're actually good.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "AI can’t do hiring because it lacks the data"

oplaadpunt — Wed, 17 May 2023 06:26:24 +0000

I would even argue that knowing just how well the accepted candidates did is also extremely difficult. Some assesment might be possible based on some simple metrics, but the ultimate 'how much value does this person add' is a hard one. I wouldn't always trust performance reviews and the like for someone's added value, since that adds another point for added bias.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Dool-Hoff: A Dutch Maze with New Jerusalem at Its Centre (1705)"

oplaadpunt — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 18:55:43 +0000

To add to this, it can still have a similar meaning in regular Dutch. I would usually associate the yard-like meaning with the diminutive form 'hofje', and the the (royal) court meaning with an included article: 'het hof' (_the_ court).

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Making Go telemetry opt-in is a mistake"

oplaadpunt — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:05:40 +0000

I really appreciate this point, and I think it applies very broadly. Good design comes from a coherent, individual (or group) vision. Citing examples will only incite discussions, because everyone has a different needs and ideas, but the things I most appreciate in tech and art share this common aspect.

As I see it, relying on excessive telemetry, surveys, focus-groups, etc is a bit of an indication that nobody at the top has a strong idea of where to take the project.

New comment by oplaadpunt in "Non-replaceable battery? Not if this proposed EU law passes"

oplaadpunt — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 19:31:11 +0000

Yes, I would want them software rootable by law. It's my phone, if I'm prepared to lose warranty, it should be my decision to change files internally.