devnullbrain's comments

On: John Carmack on mutable variables

[devnullbrain]

So does 'parent'.

On: John Carmack on mutable variables

[devnullbrain]

I was part of the Carmack cult but the illusion was broken when I saw him use the same authoratative tone on a subject I'm more knowledgable about.

[carabiner → devnullbrain]

I don't think gellman amnesia is really a material issue. Carmack is indubitably an expert in his field, but that doesn't mean he's an expert in every field (like aerospace or AI). I'm an expert in some things, but I've probably said some stupid shit in other fields where I dabble such as cooking, playing music, raising cats.

[metaltyphoon → devnullbrain]

Such as? Any links to this?

[maleldil → devnullbrain]

Good old Gell-Mann Amnesia! It doesn't mean he's incompetent in his core area of expertise, though.

On: AWS to bare metal two years later: Answering your questions about leaving AWS

[devnullbrain]

1. large, homogenous domain where the budget for your department is large

2. niche, bespoke domain primarily occupied by companies looking to cut costs

On: China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990

[devnullbrain]

Yes, and it's a good thing.

Either way, you need to fit the needs of the same number of people. If they're in a dense city near everything they need, they use less space.

Policies to limit urban sprawl just an expensive way to create more sprawl elsewhere - and roads to it.

[worik → devnullbrain]

> Yes, and it's a good thing

It is. I have seen the data

But I live in a rural area of New Zealand and I also see how people moving onto farm land greatly increases tree cover (not forrest) and biodiversity, I assume because people plant gardens, and closely husband them

In New Zealand farmers are grossly damaging to the environment. They clear everything and plant mono cultures and treat water as exhaustable and rivers as waste dumps

So yes people in cities is a good thing, but people in rural areas are good, to

[mc32 → devnullbrain]

Guess it depends on whether subsistence living is more resource intensive than urban living where on average urbanites own more possessions per capita.

On: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

[devnullbrain]

I've not seen the claim you're satirising in years. But I am still seeing the satire years after Windows became the third most common user operating system.

The first is Linux.

The only reason Microsoft can afford to treat Windows with such disdain is that desktop operating systems became an afterthought.

[m_rpn → devnullbrain]

The first is Android.

On: YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

[devnullbrain]

That may be true but, as you've not given any reason, it will come up again next time.

On: Today is when the Amazon brain drain sent AWS down the spout

[devnullbrain]

You at least need some source of self-actualisation

[anal_reactor → devnullbrain]

It would be easier for me to appreciate the small things in everyday life if I weren't so lonely but it is what it is

On: Today is when the Amazon brain drain sent AWS down the spout

[devnullbrain]

You have to be involved with making it golden: they don't have ride-alongs

[CaptainOfCoit → devnullbrain]

Sure, that makes sense. But in order to know what places/communities/organizations are worth getting involved with, that has the right base conditions at least, how to identify those? Not every place has the same likelihood I'd wager, but based on what?

On: AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1

[devnullbrain]

>So no, you're not very likely to be right at all.

Well 1/3 of the examples you gave were right.

On: The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894: predictions of 9 feet of manure in cities

[devnullbrain]

It can be quite the canine delicacy