I have a Class 1 Makita (green) laser level, wide strong beam, excellent tool for landscaping. I accidentally looked into it from a 10 cm distance. It did not leave permanent damage, but for a few days I had the dot burned on my retina. And yes, I almost immediately closed my eye - within a few hundred ms's.
People are and always were reluctant to share their own code just the same. There is nothing to be gained, the chances of getting positive reviews from fellow engineers are slim to none. We are a critical and somewhat hypocritical bunch on average.
I have long standardised the way I do hotel reviews:
- bullshit wifi connectivity (e.g. captive wifi + OTP)?
- normal wifi but with very long password?
- is there a place to put toiletries in the shower?
- clean?
- time to check in and check out?
Where I travel the hotels without bathroom doors have not proliferated yet. I've been in a few, even when I am alone I hate the experience.
For sure, for instance Google has ADK Eval framework. You write tests, and you can easily run them against given input. I'd say its a bit unpolished, as is the rest of the rapidly developing ADK framework, but it does exist.
The people managing youtube and similar services are doing lots of harm to humanity. Not sure if more than those who push drugs or cigarettes, but in the same league for sure. An entire generation of kids is growing up that can't read a book or do anything that requires focus and attention.
I think its only a matter of time where legislation, lawsuits and fines will follow.
> I think its only a matter of time where legislation, lawsuits and fines will follow.
That depends where you are. In the US and anywhere where it can exert political force that won't happen. The US administration acts as a de facto lobbying arm for big tech giants like Google, and any attempt to regulate is met with threats of embargo.
>Not sure if more than those who push drugs or cigarettes, but in the same league for sure. An entire generation of kids is growing up that can't read a book or do anything that requires focus and attention.
Yes, but also legislation. Same as with drugs, alcohol or cigarettes - it does not make it impossible for kids to get access, but it makes it impossible for large companies to make selling that to kids a business model.
Just yesterday my wife was asking me if there is a way she can disable YouTube Shorts on the YouTube iOS app. I was surprised to learn there is no (simple) way!
Someone here explained that disabling history saving feature also kills the toxic youtube recommendation page (while leaving shorts under 'subscriptions' -- but only for subscribed-to channels). Applied it yesterday and it made my youtube experience much better.
- a fraction of the board gets all gung ho on buying something
- board-1 gets marching orders to do due diligence. those people are typically aware of the sentiment in the board. they delegate to their underlings and share what they think the board wants,
- if you say no, you are guaranteed to upset one of your bosses. if you say yes, its typically a positive (your boss is happy),
- most M&As are typically bad ideas. Its typically nobody's fault when the thing is written off by the next management and nobody seems to mind that much. People who waved through the due dilligence are proper executives by then and the cycle continues.
Incentives are mis-aligned, and on top of this there is usually (a) not a lot of time and (b) a veil of secrecy. Missing those fake emails does not surprise me.
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