leet_thow

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by leet_thow 7mo ago
He's just an edgelord, ignore. The point is to get people riled up and spread the misery.
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by leet_thow 7mo ago
I'm retiring early and fill my days by exploring 20th century film, music and literature, using LLMs to critically examine them throughout the journey. Basically a free hobby with near limitless source material.
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by leet_thow 7mo ago
Because it's pointless and a waste of time.
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by leet_thow 7mo ago
Retiring, maybe writing a novel
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by leet_thow 9mo ago
Where on the US ballot was there an option to vote for tariffs? If I recall correctly, we vote for presidents, senators and the congress who have policy stances on a variety of issues. There are usually only two options, one of which stand
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by leet_thow 1y ago
I believe there is upcoming legislation along those lines and that the adjustments announced today are those within the executive branches purview.
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by leet_thow 1y ago
Yes, and the working hypothesis as to why they have been here in the last century, with sightings mainly in the southwest US, is because they were checking in on our nuclear arms development.
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by leet_thow 1y ago
Check out Melbay's catalog of books: https://www.melbay.com/Products/CategoryCenter/F36/Guitar%20... A lot of the books come with digital downloads of PDFs of the sheet music / tabs along with the a
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by leet_thow 1y ago
Muting the TV during ads helps.
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by leet_thow 1y ago
Democracy is a beautiful thing. It's unfortunate people aren't as enlightened as you. Maybe if Dems had some self awareness and proposed policies that actually worked for people rather than demonize the electorate for sitting out
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Ask HN: Is advanced AI ultimately deflationary?
3 points by leet_thow 2y ago|3 comments
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by leet_thow 2y ago
From Wikipedia: The Santa Ana winds and the accompanying raging wildfires have been a part of the ecosystem of the Los Angeles Basin for over 5,000 years, dating back to the earliest habitation of the region by the Tongva and Tataviam peopl
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by leet_thow 2y ago
Colossus: the Forbin Project (1970) - about AI systems going rogue
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by leet_thow 2y ago
Nice leftist spin!
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by leet_thow 2y ago
Eventually you realize that a lot of these tech companies are simply "the blind leading the blind."
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by leet_thow 2y ago
Boycott all these assholes and their shitty products.
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by leet_thow 2y ago
It's not your lack of public presence, it's the state of the labor market.
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by leet_thow 2y ago
Yes, the Bay Area used to be a place where innovative young people could thrive.
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by leet_thow 3y ago
The upcoming generation already have it much harder, with 5 rounds of leetcode interviews, high saturation of devs, offshoring and AI all working against them. I would expect anyone doing this from 2010 to at least have decent savings and s
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by leet_thow 3y ago
Yes, the party is over. Expect to see startups who haven't raised money in 2+ years to completely shut down.
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by leet_thow 3y ago
Stuck in a failing business unit surrounded by people with glaring skills gaps. It's torture, but at least I am on payroll.
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Ask HN: Have you taken a non-tech job to make ends meet?
2 points by leet_thow 3y ago|1 comments
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by leet_thow 3y ago
I'm fully employed as a staff engineer at a midcap company and applied to a handful of job posts on LinkedIn last month just to test the waters. No replies from anyone.
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by leet_thow 3y ago
Is it legal for US companies to layoff a US citizen before a visa holder if they serve an equivalent function and have equivalent qualifications?
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by leet_thow 3y ago
Personal Capital which is now part of Empower. Use it every day and it has been an indespensible tool for driving my net worth chart up and to the right.
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by leet_thow 3y ago
Not important at all, simply because life on earth is and always has been a cruel competition for survival and the successful transmission of genes. There have been numerous extinction events along the way. Even if humanity were to acheive
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by leet_thow 3y ago
American Experience did a great documentary about Bob Noyce and the founding of Intel. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/silicon/
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by leet_thow 3y ago
The big risk now are startups who raised money in 2021 and are coming due for another round.
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by leet_thow 3y ago
If you have to ask, it's not going to work out for you. The market is saturated with unemployed tech workers. Unless you have exceptional skills at rock bottom prices, there will be nothing anyone will pay you to do. Harsh reality of t
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by leet_thow 3y ago
It's valued at 3bn in the public markets. You make it sound like they just announced bankruptcy.

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