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by sfblah 4mo ago
Yes.
32.
by sfblah 4mo ago
I switched over to Claude Code. The products are essentially identical. This whole space has been commoditized. Paying $60B for this is idiotic.
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by sfblah 4mo ago
I do think AI will eliminate software as a life path for folks like this.
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by sfblah 4mo ago
Personally I think those are also symptoms. In my opinion, the cause is: 1. Easy money for far, far, far too long in the US and a complete political unwillingness to take any risk of a recession, no matter the long-term cost required to sta
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by sfblah 5mo ago
Honest question: On what basis do people even trade crypto? Like, how would one even decide when to buy and when to sell? Is it just based on looking at the charts? Are there any "fundamentals" (like there are for actual companies
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by sfblah 6mo ago
With most of these things, people are against state power until they are victimized. It’s a common pattern.
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by sfblah 6mo ago
Must be using some strange definition for tech or valuations, because last I'd heard tech was some huge percentage of the S&P 500, and the index has dropped like 10% from its ATH.
38.
by sfblah 6mo ago
I just don't think space is as useful or profitable as people think. Time will tell.
39.
by sfblah 7mo ago
Can you give an example? Because I'm currently unable to understand the point of this product.
40.
by sfblah 7mo ago
Big deal. I had a set of human brain cells playing DOOM in the 1990s.
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by sfblah 7mo ago
I generally agree that it's difficult and counterproductive to try to eliminate talented programmers who put together the core of systems and set up the patterns that things like LLMs can emulate. But, the modal programmer at this poin
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by sfblah 7mo ago
What's the best way for a teenager to get involved in one of the projects you maintain? I've been trying to help my kid find an entry point into the industry, and I'm one of those annoying folks who relies on open source but
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by sfblah 8mo ago
This is my number 1 complaint with iphone, even above battery life with their new crappy 3d effects. I bet these issues have actually cost a bunch of lives, given that people type while driving, and this nonsense makes it far harder. It can
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by sfblah 8mo ago
The installation is straightforward, but the problem comes when you want to connect to the grid, because you have to get it approved by the utility. I'm sure getting a DYI installation approved by the utility is _possible_, but I would
45.
by sfblah 8mo ago
The people at the top of the leaderboard aren't particularly attractive in my opinion.
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by sfblah 8mo ago
They would if they could bilk more taxpayer money for it.
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by sfblah 8mo ago
Tesla's high-priced sports cars are the wrong product. The right product is a low-cost car like the BYD cars that aren't legally allowed to be sold in the US. The US has probably already lost the EV war, and Tesla is principally r
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by sfblah 8mo ago
A lot of people _need_ the S&P to stay where it is to keep their standard of living stable. If it drops to a rational valuation (say, 2500-3000), there will be a lot of pain.
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by sfblah 8mo ago
One thing that was unclear to me from the stats cited on the website is whether the quoted 52% reduction in crashes is when FSD is in use, or overall. This matters because people are much more likely to use FSD in situations where driving i
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by sfblah 8mo ago
Good-faith products that launched, were bad ideas, and failed. Musk is absolutely unique in world history for the sheer number of fake products he's used to garner investment (mostly from the government if we're being honest) and
51.
by sfblah 8mo ago
Consider this: What tech might we have if the entire world economy weren't infested with termites like Musk who lie continuously to pull in investment that could have gone elsewhere?
52.
by sfblah 8mo ago
We can both be correct. I'm not saying he's done nothing. I'm saying he lies, A LOT.
53.
by sfblah 8mo ago
Yes. Sorry for the brief answer. Too bad I got downvoted. There's no size improvement.
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by sfblah 8mo ago
It's not.
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by sfblah 8mo ago
I was just thinking about that the other day while relaxing in my Hyperloop pod from Los Angeles to San Francisco. I was reminiscing about how I'd avoided all the traffic in LA by using the Boring Company's tunnels in my second-ge
56.
by sfblah 8mo ago
Being a monopolist is good fun until they storm the Bastille.
57.
by sfblah 9mo ago
What a good idea. I couldn't see on the site if there's an online version (especially relevant since it appears to be sold out in physical form).
58.
by sfblah 9mo ago
Any other tech? Because Ethernet and 48v don't sound "incredible." They sound "incremental."
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by sfblah 9mo ago
Also, no one even tries to argue that he's wrong. Does one "race" trying to "help" another ever really "pay off"? Debating that question would actually be pretty interesting.
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by sfblah 9mo ago
I'm sure Powell is a very nice man, and I have no issue with the idea that the other leaders aren't such great people. But, I actually think in an ironic twist Powell's tenure may have had the most damaging effects on the US

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