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To save time, I guess. They deleted the inactive code, so, why not, they thought. But then they forgot to deploy that change (to one server).
Bugs and configuration errors will happen from time to time, and might look silly in retrospect. But the real problem was, I think, that there was no kill switch (managers and tech leads should have decided to add long ago)
A way to add limits when being clueless:
Estimate what a real human can do in a day, and use that as the limits. Verify that the system behaves ok for some time, then scale up the desired trading volume and limits, observe, scale, repeat.
But you don't do it by making a (bad) guess up front and then just leaving it at that.
Yes definitely, one has to assume that from time to time, bugs will reach the prod servers, no amount of tests and code review can completely prevent that.
Hopefully the kill switch system is reasonably easy to code review and test :-)
And not many seem to care or remember. Was so far away, to another group of people, won't happen here, what does it matter
Except that to some extent, similar things are happening here -- Putin was, from what I've read, using FB to do psyops, to prepare his 2014 takeover of parts of Ukraine: making up and spreading stories about Russians getting abducted etc, ... Which helped him with the 2014 annexations, and leading up to his invasion and war today. More people dead than in Myanmar.
A bit surprising that the current US gov doesn't seem to look at FB as a psyops threat against itself?
I'd like to know, too:-)
Good description of what awaits.
Small wars eventually break out
I wonder if that isn't happening already here and there.
Bigger ones? What'll happen when areas large as a country, becomes mostly uninhabitable.
One more thing: There might be more authoritarian regimes in countries not affected that badly by the climate changes -- because the migrants will want to go there. And then the voters in those places, choose more brutal and authoritarian governments who build borders and use violence to keep the migrants away.
So, more war and dictatorships in the future, is one scenario?
No there was no such claim.
They aren't primarily motivated by money. But the oil companies are.
It's also about politicians and people in power, staying in power by keeping conflicts alive. For example, Netanyahu regularly bombing some important Hamas person in Gaza and Hamas then firing rockets, was good for Netanyahu's and the Hamas leaders' popularity (as far as I've understood).
only about land by default
Hmm, I think to a somewhat large part, the conflicts are ways for the people in power to stay in power.
What do you mean with "by default"?
Have a look at The Dictators Handbok btw and try to see the world from the perspective of someone like Netanyahu or the Hamas leaders. How can they increase/keep their power and wealth, using the conflicts as tools.
It's also tribalism ... Many things at the same time going on?
Wow that made me slightly laugh. Ok now I've read a bit, at least people had to do sth to get it installed, but still...
You meant the Intro app I suppose,
https://threatpost.com/linkedin-intro-app-equivalent-to-man-...
Regardless of how much the hardware and services already cost, the company can always make more by showing ads too? Meaning, no profits or prices are high enough.
(Unless they show far too many so people start leaving ... That threshold might be high though; Linux is too cumbersome for almost everyone?)
What did LinkedIn do a few years back?
How long does it take to build a West to east pipeline
Plus the Scandinavian countries.
What about the Baltic countries
Either end? But the gas flows in one direction only?
Yes, imaging shutting down 40% of the roads in France, and saying: "We have a reliable road network because we announced this a year in advance"
The French reactors were taken offline for scheduled maintenance and repairs.
Wow 40% offline, that's amazingly useless quality, never heard about sth like that.
Sibling comment says "unscheduled repairs because of corrosion damage".
Those hours don't count against reliability metrics
Says who? If they need maintenance that often, they're unreliable sources.
That "doesn't count" idea sounds like excuses the owners/responsible could come up with, to get away with their incompetence (or what's going on).
It'd been nice if they had worked (apparently better than burning coal and causing climate change)
What are some/one examples of "bad" and "preceding crushing trauma" that you have in mind, if I can ask?
Yes, and for countries too: most large countries are controlled by psychopaths, eg Putin, Xi, Erdagon, Bolsonaro, Trump if the coup had succeeded (maybe next time).
Whilst smaller countries are more often somewhat well functioning democracies.
The more layers of power one has to climb to get to the top, the more beneficial it is to "be able to" happily manipulate, step on and destroy others
whereas shame just doesn't do anybody any good.
Actually it's sometimes a helpful feeling -- or evolution would have made it disappear.
But yes, many people feel shame too often? In a non constructive way,
At the same time, consider this: You're trying something new, maybe singing karaoke for the first time. It doesn't go well, you sing the wrong tones, the wrong lyrics, and the others start looking at you with surprise and a bit disappoinment in their eyes.
Should you continue singing more and more songs like that, they'll start to think that you're clueless about the impression you're making on others. They can start thinking you have some minor mental problems (if you sing bad enough and go on and on happily).
But instead you feel ... Shame, and withdraw: that day you don't sing more karaoke songs. Back home, you practice in the shower, and two weeks later you try again an now it goes ok.
so they can hire the laid-off from other companies
They don't only hire recently laid off people. Most people who apply do that for other reasons I think. Also, maybe eg Google s recruiting accuracy is better than other companies lay-off accuracy
Yeah, it's called general intelligence after all, not "specific" intelligence.
Form Wikipedia:
an individual's performance on one type of cognitive task tends to be comparable to that person's performance on other kinds of cognitive tasks.
Might mean to reimplement from scratch without looking at the would-have-been contributed code.
Ideas aren't copyrightable. IANAL
Maybe. At least that's what they want you to think
The things on your mind are misunderstandings. Not sure exactly what you think, but what you wrote made no sense to me.
It seems you haven't read any of the books.
I did use the listening technique in Never Split... and it worked well, and long term good effects too for everyone. -- When listening to the other person, one gets a bit more open oneself -- sometimes the other person does have (partly) good ideas (although not in that case) and it's simpler to find something that works.
More books for you :-)
Never Split the Difference. And Nonviolent Communication.
Because just listening to others, and showing that you care about and understand what they're saying, can go a long way. Not always a need to actually do anything in the real world (or to say or pretend that you agree).
Maybe theoretically this won't place you in their old group, still, you'll a bit form a new group where you and that other person are friends
There's a book called How to Win Friends and Influence People -- pay attention to the order :-) first become a group member, in the eyes of the other person, and then there's a chance he/she will be open to something new
almost not worth listening to their arguments
At the same time, their arguments are likely the-least-dumb / most-intelligent things they've been able to come up with, to rationalize their group's ideas -- so at least you have a chance to get to know what those least-dumb-things are
It's not OSS libraries they'd be worried about, as competitors, but OSS applications, I d think.
Maybe with a big enough life jacket (and helmet) one is pretty safe
(Whilst anyone unprepared, or a daredevil, wouldn't have had a life jacket, and then maybe 100%)
Couldn't have guessed that such a small tree (in the video) can be that dangerous! And that's enormously much force in the river ...
Thanks for the explanation and link
Oh, that sounds really dangerous to forget / happen