Don’t worry, I’m sure Lemmy is perfectly capable of tail call optimization at scale

I have always felt like NeXT/OS X Interface Builder has serious “path not taken” energy, but the fact that OpenStep/Cocoa failed to become a generalized multiplatform API, as well as the version control issues for the .nib format (never gave much thought to that, but it makes sense) sadly doomed it. And most mobile apps are glorified web pages, each with their own bespoke interface to maintain “brand identity,” so it could be argued there’s less than zero demand there for the flexibility (and complexity!) that Interface Builder could enable.

I am only mildly concerned that rapidly scaling this particular posting gimmick will cause our usually benevolent and forebearing mods to become fed up at scale

If you want a warm and fuzzy Christmas contemplation, imagine turducken production at scale

Hmm, sounds like you are suggesting proper static analysis, at scale

Not just pinkies, my friend, we are promising with all fingers, at scale!

so what you’re saying is undead kaiju, at scale

Our algorithmic infrastructure creates a scalable graph over source code at scale.

There’s a lot going on here, but I started by trying to parse this sentence (assuming it wasn’t barfed out by an LLM). I’ve become dissatisfied lately with my own writing being too redundancy-filled and overwrought, showing I’m probably too far out of practice at serious writing, but what is this future Microsoft Fellow even trying to describe here?

at scale

Does Checkmarx have any relation to infamous ring-destroying pro wrestler Cheex? https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Staples

If not, perhaps they should seek an endorsement deal!

Made all the funnier by the fact that probably my favorite Hacker News thread of all time is on Tivy’s article about how he abandoned his job to “court” his wife:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29830743

If even the orange site is willing to roast you this hard, I guess your only response has to be pulling up stakes to go live in a neofascist social bubble instead.

“Brutalist” is the only architectural style they ever learned about, because the name implies violence

Obviously, if they’ve got magnesium alloy to divert into Game Boy ripoffs, the attack drone contract must not be going particularly well

Shit like Palladium is going to be absolutely hilarious to dig up in the back of a used bookstore 20 years from now

He knows the promo rate on the maximum, unbounded scale subscription is gonna run out eventually, right?

No, that sounds about right for many Catholics I know in the US. I was trying to be charitable towards the intent of the practice and use it as an example of something similar to occult practice in mainstream religion. Of course it’s diluted in content and commitment compared to more intense cults, otherwise their base of adherents would only be shrinking. And don’t forget, the veneration of saints is something the weirdo Protestants hold against the Catholics, accusing them of idolatry! So I’d say it does stand as a lightweight form of “inner door” teaching, especially as the saints are pointed out as examples of how to live in accordance with the church’s teachings here on the mortal plane.

The response has a high probability of being evasive bullshit, but will be worth archiving no matter what.

Sure John, let me know when you’ve got that set up. Something that retains my entire search/chat history, caches the responses as well, and pulls all that into the context window when it’s time to generate a job referral. Maybe you’ll be able to do something shotgunning together remaindered hardware this time next year? I’ll be waiting.

an exoteric doctrine out front and an esotetric doctrine once you are committed.

What you are describing here is the definition of occultism. There’s different lessons for the “inner door” students, and getting there requires buy-in to the group’s differentiating ideas. The Xenu story in Scientology’s OT3 is a galvanizing popular example, the Catholic practice of adolescent confirmation is a more mainstream example that we’re more likely to have encountered in daily life. To summarize my spiel above with this context, I would say that Chapman’s problem is he thought he could replace the harmful occultisms coming to predominate in Silicon Valley and associated spaces with a kinder, gentler, more scientifically informed occultism. It ain’t worked yet, you gotta give up the whole idea of progressing to a “higher level” or “deeper truth.”

Kurz “We’re Sorry for Summarizing a Pop-Sci Book” Gesagt

Geshundheit