I think TASM, isn't that difficult. I remember learning this in a university course and I actually quite enjoyed it. There are youtube videos out there.
But to be honest, just approach it like any other language.
- Learn the basic constructs (control structure patterns, loop patterns and instructions etc)
- Use it to solve easy problems (something like the easy problems in project euler)
- Just read source code to see how people use it in c/c++ programs.
In general TASM is pretty limited, but the knowledge you gain there can be used in other places which makes it worth it.
Do we take Facebook away? The same problem will appear again in the next big social media network.
I do not know why people try going after facebook with pitchforks, when it is very much a people problem. One way to solve this would be to take anonymity of the internet away completely, but then people would
Facebook is just a platform, it isn't like there are a bunch of evil people sitting on a computer finding the most vile pieces of content and showing it to you.
It is what people seek, facebook just facilitates it. I am sure if google was to do similar studies on what people search for and how it affects them, it will see similar results.
I meant the article said that the actual disease confers greater immunity than a vaccine.
While that might be true, that immunity would only be good for one particular strain of the virus as opposed to the vaccine which provides you protection against a wider variety of strains.
One can argue that the protection from the vaccine is better in the sense, that it protects you from a wider variety of Covid strains.
Also, just so you know, that while the (mRNA) vaccine replicates protein, it is still your body and immune system which reacts to this protein and creates the antibodies.
So even in case of the vaccine, strictly speaking the immunity is natural.
This sounds conflicting I read somewhere else earlier today, that the immunity you get from the actual disease is tailored towards the specific variant/strain.
Whereas the vaccines (at least the mRNA ones) confer immunity against multiple strains.
Why do you think that the M1 chip isn't interesting enough?
Other than that, their apple watches also have some very novel technologies.
Also, their newer iPads with the M1 chip are processing power houses.
These number are pretty crazy. Interesting to see people in India being paid so much while people in Pakistan aren't paid that highly, I think the highest I have heard of are around 300,000 - 350,000 PKR per month ( which is like 20$ K p.a)
Oh wow, that seems to be really dark, bordering on blackmail.
And to be very honest, if they were to take down the repo, I would be very surprised if it does have an effect on the immigration status of the author.
This whole saga leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'd be very careful in dealing with this company in the future, and might even consider dropping my subscription to them (or their parent company).
Of course, I made the comment in jest. But it certainly would be an honor for anyone nonetheless.
(if it did happen for real the most I would do is print out the commit hash with his name next to it :D, because he is one of the people I look up to in CS, others being Knuth and Tarjan among others, I would do the same for them, but then again I don't think they are active open source contributors)
Nonetheless, Carmack is still one of the most impactful programmer of the modern era.
Would absolutely blow my mind, I would even merge it without multiple approves. :D
And add a new contributors section in the readme with John Carmack at the top.
Doesn't that just adds more evidence for us living in a simulation, and not the nice kind either.
Would be interesting to see when the hardware is upgraded, physcists would suddenly discover that spacetime isn't as quantized as they initially thought.
We also went down this path (CQRS + ES) a few years ago at my old company. Implementing it was fun, but it did add quite some complexity. Granted, it was very scalable.
Interestingly enough we used it for an enterprise messaging app, although I left for other things before it was released. I wonder how that codes looks today.
@dang can we please lock this thread, as it seems to be creating more FUD than there is already.
I think I haven't been so stressed out about reading anything on the internet in the last few years as much as this ask hn.
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What an interesting analogy to make with Air Traffic controllers.
Although I still believe an Air Traffic Controller's job is more anxiety inducing and difficult. But the anaology does hold true.
My Dad used to be an ATC and he always told me that he actually has fun doing it and loves his job. When I was little I was unable to comprehend how one can enjoy being in such a pressure situation.
But now as I am older it makes more sense, as now whenever we are near a major release the pressure is still pretty high but I enjoy writing code and deliverying features too. Even if the code base is really annoying and the architecture of the platform makes me pull my hair out. It still is super satisfying to successfully do a release or when you fix that pesky bug.
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Is it common for secretaries to be working until they are in their 90's?
Because 96 is really old. I am amazed that she didn't quit earlier. In an era where the retirement age is around 60-65 and most tech workers plan to retire by their 40's. It is truly astounding to see someone work well into their mid 90's.
I find this interesting because most indie video game companies to do this. I have friends who make lots of android and iOS games and they ask all of their family, friends and employees to rate those games. Just so they have a chance of being featured on the App Store/ Play Store. While it may be unethical, this is rampant in the industry, and would it even be fair for a developer to be prevented from rating their own game.
Sure, they will be biased, because they have every reason to but would it be any different from movie fanboys rating their favorite movies 10/10.
I don't think that this is such a good idea, as mentioned above by others, during peak hours the trains are almost over capacity (At least in Munich where I currently live). Making them free would lead to a degraded experience for everyone.
One of the major reasons that I am not in favor is because in Pakistan ( where I am originally from) they launched a Metro Bus service a few years ago, the fare was a nominal flat rate ( ~ 15 euro-cents) for traveling as much as you can in one direction. Now although it is a great service for the people but the buses are always over crowded, and because they are incurring a loss and the government has to spend millions of dollars per year in subsidies just to keep it afloat; They have not upgraded capacity and it is really inconvenient to travel on those buses ( I remember getting sick 4-5 times a year when I regularly traveled on those buses).
A better solution would to be start banning the diesel engine, ramp up the taxes for fossil fuel based cars. And to force factories to reduce their carbon emissions.
