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saigot , 3 hours ago to 196 in Bandwidth rule

For context, I'm a senor dev at a large corporation, that works at a much slower pace than your typical continuous integration web app. If I was to translate "Do you have bandwidth for x" from corpo speak I would say "Are you able to work x to competition without the stakeholders noticing it not progressing" . That encompasses time, but it also needs to account for all the other resources needed to do that task and more intangible things like the latency expected in updates or the amount of mental capacity (some at my company call it "mind ram" which I think is a good metaphor).

Here's an example. If I have a p1 that takes 1 hour of my time a day before being blocked by other people (this is common in my industry, it's common for dozens of developers from various specialties to work on the same issue). Because it is high priority and involves many people the important thing is that I work on it immediately when the issue is with me. This is a ticket that takes a lot of bandwidth, but not a lot of time.

If I have been assigned this issue I can work 2 or 3 p2 tickets in addition to that without missing anything. However I wouldn't have the bandwidth to work on another p1, because if they both needed my attention at the same time, or have a meeting at the same time I wouldn't be able to appropriately meet the needs of both p1 tickets.

As another example, I need specialized hardware to test certain things. That HW is in short supply and those tests can sometimes run for days. If I have an issue that ties up that hardware, I don't have the BW for another issue that uses that HW. Although I have all the time in the world for other issues, I lack the BW for any issue that needs that HW.

saigot , 1 day ago to 196 in Bandwidth rule

I know it's a joke but time is not (or should not be at least)a synonym for bandwidth in the corporate world. A p1 ticket takes more bandwidth than a p2 even if they take the same amount of time to complete.

saigot , 3 days ago to Fuck Cars in Global sales of polluting SUVs hit record high in 2023, data shows

There was a guy in my town that 3d printed these things that release the air out of the tires. That means if you get caught you get a misdemeanor mischief charge and not a vandalism.

saigot , 5 days ago to Technology in Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good

Obviously the best choice to switch search engines. But isn't pressing page down or adding a ruel to your adblock easier than editing the URL?

saigot , 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to 196 in Spectrum rule

It all comes down to definitions. First off, Totally Ordered is a property of the function that compares two elements not the set you are talking about. most sets have total orderings (if the axiom of choice is true then all sets have a total ordering). With Fields and vectorspaces there is the concept of a totally ordered Field which is essentially when the total ordering is compatible with it's field operations (e.g the set of complex numbers has many total orderings, but the field of complex numbers is not an ordered field).

So it really depends on how we define the sexuality spectrum. So long as it's simply a set then it has a total ordering. But if we allow us to add and multiply the gays then depending on how we define those functions it could be impossible to order the gay field.

Also a total ordering doesn't mean that there is exactly 1 maximal element (it would need to be a strict total ordering to have that property), so we can all be the gayest.

saigot , 8 days ago to 196 in Artificial Refugium rule

Some species of bats spend more time in the upper ranges that no human can hear than others.

The spotted bat for instance, is found on west coast if North America and mostly calls at 11khz well within even older human hearing while other bats operate entirely outside human hearing.

saigot , 10 days ago to 196 in Button Rule

5 presses would be enough to pay yourself 100k a year for 50 years + interest gained with a 95% chance of success. That's what I'd go with.

saigot , 10 days ago to Memes in You wanted AI, didn't you

I think this is the only time excel hasn't decided something was a date.

saigot , 11 days ago to Technology in Linux Inventor Says He Doesn’t Believe in Crypto

No some of them are the marks.

But if we want to play bad faith statistics games then 5% is roughly the percent of Americans who have gone to prison.

saigot , 11 days ago to Technology in Linux Inventor Says He Doesn’t Believe in Crypto

All the 'advantages' to crypto seem to me to really be ways of avoiding regulation (or are only advantageous without regulation)

saigot , 11 days ago to Fuck Cars in Cycling isn't legitimate transportation...apparently

With a 3 wheeler it's not really hard unless there is a hill or you have to dodge cars.

saigot , 12 days ago to Fuck Cars in Cycling isn't legitimate transportation...apparently

I took a lawnmower home on my cargo bike (well trike), the box was too long to fit in our car.

saigot , 12 days ago to Memes in rice

I think steam deck is a pretty good choice from that perspective.

1. There is little vendor lock in, you could upgrade from a deck to a competitor and so long as it uses steam you won't really be missing out on anything

2. Valve has gone in pretty hard on repairability. so while it may become obsolete (and I don't think it will for a while, Moores law isn't what it used to be) it should still be able to run very far down the line.

3. The steam controller and ecosystem planned around it was a financial failure. While there were a hunch of enthusiasts into the steam controller (myself included) it never gained mainstream appeal. The steam machine that it was meant to synergize with did even worse. Otoh the valve index did pretty well and still is quite a popular pick if you wanna get into vr today despite being 5 yrs old, while vr wasnt as successful as i think some wanted (I blame meta for that!) It did carve out a niche for valve that helos there long term plans. The steam deck has been a run away success and also brings a big boost to a lot of valves long term strategies (decoupling from windows, competing with consoles, giving people a reason to stay on steam), and its already seen a refresh. I would be very surprised to not see a steamdeck 2, although it may be a while (valve has stated as much, because they want to make it easy for devs to target steam deck for recommended specs)

saigot , 15 days ago to 196 in old rule posting

Parliament is for owls

saigot , 17 days ago to 196 in Post-Apocalyptic Rule

Everything is crab!, embrace Carcinisation! Become one with the crab!