Here's an interesting one, if the equipment is sensitive enough you could test if you can see the difference in air densities as a .22 caliber bullet passes by.
We should have a wealth tax that is distributed to everyone, instead of taxing consumption. It's the most progressive tax possible, only taxing those with actual excess. It would work in an AI world, easing into everyone having the same amount of power instead of creating AI powered Oligarchs.
That's something I am just learning about. Interesting concept though. Would need some finessing and that goes for any sort of general consensus that is reached.
The fact that CS programs don’t require this is madness.
I’ve taught software engineers some really simple stuff about networking that really made them better at their jobs. Some successful people seem to lack the first hour of the first networking class.
Dollars to donuts, you cannot have a high velocity distributed system with dozens of developers without comprehensive docs and long term plans. This article is straight up bad.
This is a principle that can be applied outside of this question, but is applicable here. Many non-engineers view software as an asset, *it is not*. Every line of code is a liability, so minimizing the size of a codebase and limiting the complexity of distributed systems (If posible avoid DS's) is key for good reliable software.
If the code needs to be fast (written in a systems language like C, C++, or Rust) write it in Rust. It will limit the amount your can shoot your foot both at the compilation stage and while writing the code (You have to think about what you're doing to avoid the compiler yelling at you. Otherwise, for the love of god write your project in a simple garbage collected language. Not having to handle memory directly removes a lot of what can go wrong.
This article was written for non-technical folks unfortunately. I read the phrase below and nearly puked from the corpo speech.
> So, the methodology around temperature mitigation always starts at power reduction—which means that growth, IT efficiencies, right-sizing for your capacity...
The person who wrote the HDD failure rate quarterly reports recently retired. Sorry for the bad news, but what other reports or blog posts published by backblaze have you enjoyed reading? For me, the answer is.. none. I hope to be declared wrong and that the legacy of quality HDD reporting will live on.
