mgfist

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   by mgfist 2y ago

   Classic example of the hidden costs of well intentioned regulation.
2. 182.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   I think it's a classic "grass is greener" story. If they haven't lived in the suburbs, they might think it's got elements it doesn't actually have.
3. 183.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   > It's kinda sad that we're associated mostly with Prigozhin in the West Unfortunately, Pringles had such a hilarious (in a dark way) last few years that it makes it very hard to compete with.
4. 184.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   Anecdotally I feel way more productive while I'm sipping coffee than I am once I've finished my cup. This is true even after my first sips. I think we humans just really really like ritualistic practices.
5. 185.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   Well, the great thing is we have betting markets for this now. Given your confidence, I'm assuming you made a lot of money betting on Trump?
6. 186.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   But that's because elections these days are incredibly close. It's like being upset that the best statistical answer to "who will win a coin toss" is "well it's 50/50".
7. 187.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   You're probably right about my tone. But I genuinely think a lot of 27 year olds don't feel like adults capable of having agency. Not long ago the average American used to have several children by that age, and today most of my fr
8. 188.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   Meh. If you work at Apple (likely as a software engineer given the audience), then you're likely in the top 1% of earners. That means you have more optionality than almost anyone else finance wise. If you're not able to make the c
9. 189.▲
   by mgfist 2y ago

   Neel, based on your linkedin, you're 27 or 28. You're a grown adult. Stop following your mom's orders. Quit your job, take some time off to decompress and recover from your clear burnout, then figure out what you want to do.
10. 190.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    Seriously lol. Someone who can figure this out can figure anything else out.
11. 191.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    $2.3B in cash as of last quarter
12. 192.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    Really it just shows the beauty of market competition.
13. 193.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    Because that makes it harder to type out
14. 194.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    That's why they named it LM2 ..
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    "Do what comes naturally" has changed a lot over time. Corporal punishment used to be natural. Today, being on your phone is natural. But as a soon to be parent, I see the zombie kids on their ipads in public and there's just
16. 196.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    They picked a great time to launch it! Not sure it would've gone so well had it happened in 2007
17. 197.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    > If you "fix" these things they lose their predictive power. Similarly if everyone tries to modify their parenting behavior so that the children can pass a hypothetical marshmallow test, then you will find that the test is no
18. 198.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    I don't think the author disagrees. He's not implying that the marshmallow test is the cause for success. I think he says what you say - that passing the marshmallow test is a measure of success of how well you parented a child. N
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    I think the far bigger problem is ipad kids. Social media is a problem, but it's not something that young kids understand. But young kids do understand ipads and youtube and mobile games. Seeing 3 year olds zonked out is what worries m
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    2x leaves at the mercy of margin calls, which inconveniently come at the moment where you least want to sell (right after a huge crash). Getting margin called after a 50% crashes leaves you with $0, as an example. A 50% market crash would b
21. 201.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    And then they'd have ruined Nvidia too
22. 202.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    Pop by definition is catchy music and the actual sound underneath is adapts to current trends. It's an ephemeral genre. LoFi is a specific sound and so if people are bored with the sound it'll stop being popular.
23. 203.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    > This is easy to solve though, just change the laws. Changing the law for highly politicized situations is damn near impossible today.
24. 204.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    So the secret to "hn for X" is "dang for X"
25. 205.▲
    by mgfist 2y ago

    F35s are now selling for $81m on average per plane - https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-35-program-office-lockhe... And yes, the program is expensive but there will be thousands of F35s by the end of it all (1000+ already)
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    It really depends on the person and the school they go to. I've had wayyyyy more free time in my 20s than I did in high school. With kids its a different story, but having a job and no kids is peak freedom. 8 hours of work, then I&#x27
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    eVTOLs are going to be much more expensive to build than helicopters because they have far more stringent weight/strength requirements due to low battery energy density (relative to aviation fuel). The idea is to have far cheaper opera
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    For aircraft, hydrogen is the better option. Batteries are fine for very short hauls (100 miles). Beyond that hydrogen is quite good.
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    I rarely see large 10m+ LOC codebases with any sort of strong consistency. There are always flavors of implementations and patterns all over the place. Hell, it's common to see some functionality implemented multiple times in different
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    by mgfist 2y ago

    I don't think companies ever use "health" as cover to fire someone, even that is a step to far. Usually they say "personal reasons" or "to spend time with family", or "mutually beneficial" etc..