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  • I just learned about Zig, an effort to make a better C compatible language. It's been really good so far, I definitely recommend checking it out! It's early stages for the community, but the core language is pretty developed and is a breath of fresh air compared to C.

  • This is literally from whitehouse.gov, I can't belive this is an official post from the executive branch. I feel like it needs to be shared for posterity.
  • Voting isn't enough. We need a plan B and it will take hard work. We need capable organizers, physical security, mutual aid, economists, doctors, and more. If that's you, please consider joining the DSA.

    Conservatives have stacked the system in their favor through gerrymandering, coups, politicized courts, voter intimidation, and at times outright fraud. Not to mention that many Democrats vote alongside Republicans in favor of the oligarchs.

    Vote, yes, but also please help us make a society that renders oligarchy obsolete.

  • The Anti-Intellectualism of Social Media Design
  • I feel enlightened now that you called out the self-reinforcing nature of the algorithms. It makes sense that an RL agent solving the bandits problem would create its own bubbles out of laziness.

    Maybe we can take advantage of that laziness to incept critical thinking back into social media, or at least have it eat itself.

  • What's Better For A Project Portfolio: Build From Scratch Or Library Knowledge?
  • I disagree with most people here. The interview is the most important thing, so build it from scratch and make your own libraries. You will learn how to design good APIs which will make you infinitely more likely to get hired and promoted too.

  • My frustrations with Rust. Why is this the most loved language?
  • Even though most of the specifics you point to are wrong, it's a good point overall:

    Rust, being #1, should be better than all other languages. The fact that it's just decent makes it seem overhyped, and all the downvotes on haters make it look like a cult.

    Back when it was small, the cult-like following was OK. But now that the language is becoming more mainstream I think the Rust evangelizers need to tone it down a bit or they risk pushing people away.

    On your point, TypeScript is a decent language too. There can be two good things.

  • My frustrations with Rust. Why is this the most loved language?
  • In OP's defense I have heard this said unironically by several engineers at my last job.

    "Rust is going to replace JavaScript thanks to webassembly, so we should be moving all of our code to that."

    "Our client should be in the same language as our backend, just like in GWT"

  • Sometimes, it's backwards
  • Apologies for the tangent:

    I know we're just having fun, but in the future consider adding the word "some" to statements about groups. It's just one word, but it adds a lot of nuance and doesn't make the joke less funny.

    That 90's brand of humor of "X group does Y" has led many in my generation to think in absolutes and to get polarized as a result. I'd really appreciate your help to work against that for future generations.

    Totally optional. Thank you

  • Women in STEM
  • We should always add a mental asterisk to the names of male researchers who discovered things while women were oppressed.

    That said, this meme is playing loose and fast with the specifics, which undermines that important message.


    Just picking the first one:

    Payne's work was her Ph.D. thesis and Russell did not tell her not to publish it, her advisor did. The advisor told her not to rock the boat in her thesis. This is good advice that even Einstein was given. Payne, badass, declined.

    When Russell later reproduced her research, he cited her thesis as the "most important research" he'd seen on the subject.

    The real snub with Payne is that her title was "Technical Advisor" for 20 years despite being well regarded as a full time professor. It wasn't until the 50's she was recognized as a professor, when she was also made chair of the department.

    Source: https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosmic-horizons-book/cecilia-payne-profile

  • Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy
  • Did 39 people really believe this enough to upvote this? This is easily proven false. Amazon is convoluted because it's old as heck and they hire subpar engineers. Like me. I used to work on the team that made the search page. It sucks because most of us were fresh out of college and had never made a website in our lives.

  • thehackernews.com Google Maps Timeline Data to be Stored Locally on Your Device for Privacy

    Starting Dec 1, 2024, Google Maps Timeline data will be stored locally on users' devices, boosting privacy.

    Google Maps Timeline Data to be Stored Locally on Your Device for Privacy

    "Google has announced plans to store Maps Timeline data locally on users' devices instead of their Google account effective December 1, 2024."

    "The development is part of a series of changes the company has enacted in response to allegations that it misled consumers and illegally tracked their movements despite turning off Location History from the account settings by taking advantage of the non-obvious Web & App Activity setting."

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