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Shift Left Is the Tip of the Iceberg

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181 points yatrios | 6 comments | 19 Nov 24 14:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.958s | source | bottom
1. peanut-walrus ◴[19 Nov 24 20:04 UTC] No.42187521[source]▶
Can we please stop naming things after directions? I don't want to shift left/right/up/down and my data center has no north/south/east/west. Just say what you actually want to say without obfuscating.
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2. sophacles ◴[19 Nov 24 20:52 UTC] No.42187969[source]▶
I guarantee your data center has a north, south, east and west. I'm willing to bet that the north, south, east and west of your data center are the same as the north, south, east and west of the office I'm sitting in!
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3. addaon ◴[20 Nov 24 01:58 UTC] No.42190155[source]▶
> I guarantee your data center has a north, south, east and west.

Difficulty: Poster runs Santa Claus's data center.

4. sitkack ◴[20 Nov 24 02:05 UTC] No.42190184[source]▶
Chip design is full of ridiculous terms that don't mean what they say. You kinda just have to go with it, or it will drive you mad.
5. CGamesPlay ◴[20 Nov 24 02:30 UTC] No.42190324[source]▶
Yeah, should be "shift inline-start", for better i18n.
6. Cpoll ◴[22 Nov 24 01:15 UTC] No.42210327[source]▶
> I'm willing to bet that the north, south, east and west of your data center are the same as the north, south, east and west of the office I'm sitting in!

Not really. Magnetic declination is a thing. And besides, unless we're standing in the same place, my "north" is not your "north." If you want to fight me on that I'll meet you one degree due north.