Yeah, ever notice how hard it is to get it right on the third attempt? I have a keyboard walk password, and I still use my index finger if I get that far.
Half the earth was actually created in 1969. The other half was finished 12 hours later =]
xz attack was an open source attack and it would be silly to assume that it was unique.
I shouldn't have used C++ as the example. Even C would work. I agree with everything you're saying, but the original premise. I think if you put ASM vs C, C++, rust, etc, performance would fall near 50/50.
I'm not the best assembly guy, and I'm not advocating we all write it. But I always felt that the compiler optimization assumption was wrong or weak. Everything would be aligned nicely for my sanity, not performance =]
I feel like that's only true if I was asked to "write the assembly for this c++ program." If I'm actually implementing something big in assembly, I'm not going to do 90% of the craziness someone might be tempted to do in c++. Something that is super easy in c++ doesn't mean it's easy for the CPU. Writing assembly, I'm going to do what's easy for the CPU (and efficient) because, now, I'm in the same domain.
The bottom line is cranking up the optimization level can get you a 2-5x win. Using memory efficiently can give you a 10-100x win.
Of course the numbers are good.
My bullshit detector is going off for a different reason. This is an arbitrary short term vs long term comparison. The money that went to Israel wasn't going to HUD either way. As someone correctly pointed out, $20B is a rounding error here.
This opinion is a breath of fresh air compared to the rest of tech journalism screaming "AI software engineer" after each new model release.
There are always different parts of the stack to work in. I started in the backend database land. Then, moved to general application dev with a side of web. Now, I do embedded. Never stop learning ;]
That dude's comment was 100% troll baiting. No one makes such braindead arguments in good faith. Why would I waste my time? Now, I'm curious.. why are you so upset about my response to a blatant troll?
Sorry, you sounded like you were asking for a definition as if English was not your first language. Did you really want to split hairs over the definition of take? How about, what he said was so stupid it doesn't warrant a response?
Take is a weird word. Take as a noun refers to what has been taken. So, in this context, it is like an opinion informed by a story. In a more definitional use..
I took from that story that the sky is blue. That is what I have taken from that story, therefore, that is my take.
My sister started a new position that involves HTML. She tried to explain an issue to me, but I'm not a web guy. I told her to send it to me on Monday and she sent this...
I had a hard time focusing on it, but the tiny leaves are crystally.
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The xz attack was an intentional backdoor put into a project that was "OPEN and many eyes are on it." Also, it was discovered due to the way it was executing and not because someone found it in the source. The original assumption has been proven wrong.