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Yeah, I was feeling similar vibes back when Lex Friedman interviewed him for some self driving stuff back in the day (...I've soured on lex too since he's not r

Yeah, I was feeling similar vibes back when Lex Friedman interviewed him for some self driving stuff back in the day (...I've soured on lex too since he's not really an interviewer/journalist so much as a host/promoter and rarely gets to anything interesting in his talks imo). His work for jailbreaking/actually being able to own the devices we pay for back in the iPhone+PS3 days was and is still inspiring, but I think being so smart and encountering so much bullshit in his life kind of led him to the 'rockstar coder I know better than you regardless of domain' personality, and that leaves him both a bit grating and underquipped to drive consensus. He's still a great wrench to throw into the bullshit machine though, and the guy is smarter and more accomplished with computers than I'm ever likely to be.

infogulch 3y ago
This is a great take. We need more people that are willing and able to jump in and wreck new bullshit machines as they crop up in diverse industries. They can even keep their boastful grandstanding attitude as compensation.
- fragmede 3y ago
  No thanks. We do need people to wreck the bullshit machines, but they don't have to be total asshats. That's not inherent to being that smart.
  - infogulch 3y ago
    What if the "wants to wreck bullshit machines" trait often co-occurrs with the "grandstanding attitude" trait? You'd be unnecessarily restricting the applicant pool because you don't like how they express themselves, which seems pretty dumb given that we're being flooded by bullshit machines.
    - fragmede 3y ago
      We're surrounded by assholes. It's up to you which one you'd rather deal with, bullshit machines or assholes. I'd rather we have neither, but between the two I'd rather bullshit machines because then I don't have to deal with assholes. You are free to choose dealing with assholes and fewer bullshit machines though.
pjmlp 3y ago
From the public seat, those exploits are the only thing he managed, and hardly matters a couple of device generations later.

infogulch 3y ago

This is a great take. We need more people that are willing and able to jump in and wreck new bullshit machines as they crop up in diverse industries. They can even keep their boastful grandstanding attitude as compensation.

fragmede 3y ago
No thanks. We do need people to wreck the bullshit machines, but they don't have to be total asshats. That's not inherent to being that smart.
- infogulch 3y ago
  What if the "wants to wreck bullshit machines" trait often co-occurrs with the "grandstanding attitude" trait? You'd be unnecessarily restricting the applicant pool because you don't like how they express themselves, which seems pretty dumb given that we're being flooded by bullshit machines.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    We're surrounded by assholes. It's up to you which one you'd rather deal with, bullshit machines or assholes. I'd rather we have neither, but between the two I'd rather bullshit machines because then I don't have to deal with assholes. You are free to choose dealing with assholes and fewer bullshit machines though.

pjmlp 3y ago

From the public seat, those exploits are the only thing he managed, and hardly matters a couple of device generations later.