softwaredoug

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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
I feel even if CPS or cops got involved, they can just take the kid home, no need to escalate things to charging the mom. That said, there may be details we don't know here. This particular article is written from one bent, and the off
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
Stranger kidnappings are basically unheard of. It's never been a safer time for kids in terms of crime like that.
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Mom gets 6-month suspended sentence for letting 5-year-old walk to the pond(reason.com)
287 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|292 comments
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
It’s not dead if you actually write authentically in your own PoV. I write mine all the time. Enough people seem to engage with it. Traffic seems fine. I probably write less for capturing Google traffic, but instead as a signpost of somethi
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The 'Dragon Age' Debacle That Gutted EA's BioWare Studio (2025)(latimes.com)
3 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|1 comments
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Fuck you, show me the prompt(hamel.dev)
20 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|4 comments
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
My biggest complaint is the device switching. I pick up my phone and hit play, my laptop starts playing the music .. which in turn causes my AirPods to connect to my laptop I have to go manually hunt to connect everything correctly Every. S
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The Invisible Layers Holding Games Back [video](youtube.com)
1 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
I think there could be a version of our industry with people doing better work. And it’s worthwhile to study why we don’t have that industry. Yes it’s incentives - but why these incentives exist and not others is an interesting question to
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The Problem with Left-Wing NIMBYism [video](youtube.com)
1 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
Yes hashtag “Not all tech companies”
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
In the US we have tech companies complying with sketchy DHS subpoenas that don’t require warrants. We have DoJ targeting political enemies. We have FISA mass surveillance. It’s naive to think politically motivated surveillance can’t happen
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
You’re missing that many people do not live in single-family homes with easy plug-in charging. Especially in big cities. That’s one reason electric cars are a bit of a luxury item right now.
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
> In several cases, the DHS has withdrawn a 1509 summons after it was challenged in court and before a judge could rule on its legality. That may be a deliberate strategy to avoid having a judge rule on the legality of the summons. They
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
His point is using LLMs to build software will lead to code so complex that it requires an Agent. Or that it will cause avoiding cleaning up the boilerplate because we can tolerate it now because of agents. And thus this will all bias towar
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Let the Clicks Speak: A Simple Score for Popularity-Driven Ranking(medium.com)
1 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|1 comments
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Three mistakes of new AI teams(softwaredoug.com)
2 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|0 comments
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Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules(reuters.com)
327 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|3 comments
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
Sometimes these tradeoffs involve half a dozen over a few lines of code. And that’s where I’m hesitant to let an agent work. It’ll do fine with creating correct code. And you can somewhat constrain it to think about one other thing. But it
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Updating a vector database is no simple thing(softwaredoug.com)
2 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
Yes One reason to pair is to observe how other people work. So I find it invaluable. Even if its how someone else uses an agent. I also find it useful for educational purposes. In the olden days, that would mean a senior coaching a junior.
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
This is the upshot > Melissa Chavin, a London-based U.S. immigration lawyer, said she expects the pause to be temporary. “I don’t think that they’ll leave this indefinitely, especially for wealthier developed countries,” she said. Applic
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
The Elon X layoffs are instructive in the difference between Twitter run as a public company vs as private (or buried in another company's balance sheet) In a public company, you need financial growth. You need 75% of employees to be d
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by softwaredoug 1mo ago
My kids CS teacher asked me what they should do after AP CS. Previously they had a class where they'd build apps for other teachers. Like tracking when clubs are, etc. But now that's become easy for teachers to vibe code themselve
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The Remote Work Challenge: Lessons from 5 Cities(pew.org)
66 points by softwaredoug 1mo ago|51 comments
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Ingo Swann(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by softwaredoug 2mo ago|0 comments
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by softwaredoug 2mo ago
Yes the average is currently 45%. But that’s been like that since Sept 2025, when Trump increased it 10% with section 232 tariffs. Here’s the executive order https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html
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by softwaredoug 2mo ago
I’m not defending anything I’m trying to encourage people to understand the facts in a forum dedicated to intellectual discussion.
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by softwaredoug 2mo ago
The problem is that there’s a tradeoff between MANY objectives, not just performance You want code that’s fast, correct, stable, memory efficient, secure, usable, and more The reason code might be slow is about product tradeoffs. It’s certa
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by softwaredoug 2mo ago
This is on targeted industries, not on 50% of all trade. In particular, the largest industries are Motor Vehicles, Alcohol, and Dairy per https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-of-us-trade-tariffs-hitti ...

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