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We're used to heisenbugs... what about heisenprofilers?
I'm optimizing μseconds of JITed LUA code with a LUA profiler. The profiler thrashes caches so overall speed drops 50%.
To guesstimate the observer effect I run batches of 3 levels of profiling detail, and I compare the 3.
Another example of piracy being a service problem, not a pricing problem:
I pay a subscription to watch Formula 1 preseason tests, but I watch a pirate stream instead.
Because the pirate stream can be watched in the background, while I check messaging apps or whatever.
3) HDDs often use the outer edge as the "start" of your drive. Therefore, whatever you installed first, will be faster (like OS files).
4) Optical discs spin at variable RPM, trying to maintain a 'Constant Linear Velocity' (...or close to). Therefore, all data is similarly fast.
Some trivia:
1) HDDs store data in concentric circles. Optical discs store data in a spiral.
2) HDDs spin at a constant RPM. This means the reading head will see more data per second on outside circles than on inside circles. Check the speed difference on this 25 TiB drive:
Today I implemented my own Taskbar for Windows, around 1500 loc of C++.
Without blackjack or hookers, but IT WORKS.
Because that's how buggy the Windows 11 taskbar is: my AI slop-coded taskbar is more stable than vanilla taskbar from Microsoft. Wish I could use Linux for work!
Quick afternoon vibecode project:
We're swamped with tons of community feedback at BeamNG. It's humanly impossible to read it all, we can only do some superficial checks.
So if it's not humanly-possible, then maybe it's AI-possible? Better than ignoring most of it.
Fun fact: when developing physics systems in BeamNG.drive, we account for "the aircraft carrier" case.
For example, an ABS implementation that relied on a GPS speed sensor would fail when braking on a *moving* carrier.
It's extremely useful to uncover entire categories of issues.
And on today´s, "there´s always an aviation angle", a Ferrari using the deck of the Italian Navy´s amphibious assault ship "Trieste", to set a world record in speed... on a boat. The Ferrari SF90 reached 101 mph and had it met the jump ski...
