Thank you for saying this. Business strategy will always ruthlessly optimize for efficiency. And this means doing more (or same) with less humans. Anyone not seeing this happening already isn't seeing the news. 60k…
lol really? Downvoted for stating facts? I guess should not be surprised
For those saying dissolve the HOA or don't buy in an HOA. FTA: The developer, who owns the majority of the houses controls the HOA. It is not easy to buy a house in the US that is not controlled by an HOA. A lot of…
Perhaps really unpopular and a hot take. So what? It's a book. It's meant for the masses to consume and read. And so a computer read it and add it to it's intelligence that everyone else can access. What's the big deal?…
These are people's livelihoods and affects their ability to live decently. So before we get into a discussion of it, we must at least accept that as the common ground. The issue with most enterprise size workplaces is…
It's amazing to me that 1 person with a $20 subscription can crack what a $4 trillion company with entire security departments can accomplish. This person is incredibly talented. But, hey, when we interview them for a…
And the worst part is that once you take the plea deal, you are guilty. Both in perception and by record. So once it comes out that you plead, your employers will fire you. Makes it impossibly hard to find another job…
Jury duty is the single dumbest thing I have ever done in my adult life. Nobody wants to be there, and half the jurors were falling asleep. When we got to the deliberation room, everyone wanted to GTFO as quickly as…
"However, the level of social media amplification around this incident has brought scrutiny that is out of proportion to OTP's place in our business"
This is 100% accurate. State run media would have squashed this article if it was not for an international incident response. They have federal laws that prevent such disclosures because it affects the national image…
They got their image hurt, and pulling the culturally appropriate response here which is to never apologize and to never accept fault. Instead quit/resign and say that other stuff is just fine. It's really not fine, and…
I keep yelling that we should not be trusting China with this any more than you would trust Zuckerbgerg with you personal info. And yet, somehow, the propaganda programming from China is so thick that any commentary…
I'm still not understanding why one hobby projecing being open source means others should also be open source. So you're saying that PRC is making a bet against US companies and the US markets to crash them in order to…
Has anyone figured out why Chinese billionaires are releasing these models? Do they hold short positions on US markets? Why would Xiaomi, et al. release these models in the first place? What is the strategic purpose…
I don't understand why this is such a shocker to some of you. China is not and has never been a good guy. Neither is the US. It is the US best interest to hold certain strategic technology as secret and prevent any…
Generally agree here. iPads have been this weird category of devices that have desktop class hardware, but the software is intentionally restricted. I posit Apple is confused about what to do with the iPad. It is the…
We're going to get downvoted to hell for saying stuff like this. It's like the group of people who went around telling everyone else that they were awesome and godlike and irreplaceable are now offended. I comment every…
I don't understand how my residence was built. I don't understand how my car was built. I don't understand how politics works. I barely even understand how humans work. I am perfectly comfortable prompting AI and then…
Is this really the case though? The average car payment an American pays was $750/month last I checked, and I believe that was in 2025. Americans are willingly want to pay this price for... mediocre cars. Like leather…
It's not even about the incentives at this point. Americans in general are kind of dumb. The ones who aren't dumb have been driving EVs for a decade+. The rest are still "oh 300 miles isn't enough for me" "oh the cold…
The issue is that software vendors, esp the size and scale that produce browsers, have shown repeatedly that they are terrible for the consumer. All of a sudden, you get the largest attack surface, large instability,…
Yup, the most egregious one is the Morgan and Morgan injury lawyer leeches. Their CEO publicly said "We're going to put a camera up your ass". Yes he actually said this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1IswwPHArJA
Sounds about right for Capital One. Their low level managers (my title was Master Software Engineer, so "manager" but I was an IC) are called Senior Managers are mostly terrible people. But it's a rotten culture all the…
Honest question and I'm probably going to ruffle a lot of feelings: In the age of AI coding, what is the point of outsourcing your programming to TCS, Wipro, et al? These consultancies are not building groundbreaking…
Fair enough. Those are all valid points. 10 years, you get attached to stuff. And plus, if you have a solid revenue stream, why shouldn't someone defend their IP? I think what you're suggesting is a world view…
Thank you for saying this. Business strategy will always ruthlessly optimize for efficiency. And this means doing more (or same) with less humans. Anyone not seeing this happening already isn't seeing the news. 60k…
lol really? Downvoted for stating facts? I guess should not be surprised
For those saying dissolve the HOA or don't buy in an HOA. FTA: The developer, who owns the majority of the houses controls the HOA. It is not easy to buy a house in the US that is not controlled by an HOA. A lot of…
Perhaps really unpopular and a hot take. So what? It's a book. It's meant for the masses to consume and read. And so a computer read it and add it to it's intelligence that everyone else can access. What's the big deal?…
These are people's livelihoods and affects their ability to live decently. So before we get into a discussion of it, we must at least accept that as the common ground. The issue with most enterprise size workplaces is…
It's amazing to me that 1 person with a $20 subscription can crack what a $4 trillion company with entire security departments can accomplish. This person is incredibly talented. But, hey, when we interview them for a…
And the worst part is that once you take the plea deal, you are guilty. Both in perception and by record. So once it comes out that you plead, your employers will fire you. Makes it impossibly hard to find another job…
Jury duty is the single dumbest thing I have ever done in my adult life. Nobody wants to be there, and half the jurors were falling asleep. When we got to the deliberation room, everyone wanted to GTFO as quickly as…
"However, the level of social media amplification around this incident has brought scrutiny that is out of proportion to OTP's place in our business"
This is 100% accurate. State run media would have squashed this article if it was not for an international incident response. They have federal laws that prevent such disclosures because it affects the national image…
They got their image hurt, and pulling the culturally appropriate response here which is to never apologize and to never accept fault. Instead quit/resign and say that other stuff is just fine. It's really not fine, and…
I keep yelling that we should not be trusting China with this any more than you would trust Zuckerbgerg with you personal info. And yet, somehow, the propaganda programming from China is so thick that any commentary…
I'm still not understanding why one hobby projecing being open source means others should also be open source. So you're saying that PRC is making a bet against US companies and the US markets to crash them in order to…
Has anyone figured out why Chinese billionaires are releasing these models? Do they hold short positions on US markets? Why would Xiaomi, et al. release these models in the first place? What is the strategic purpose…
I don't understand why this is such a shocker to some of you. China is not and has never been a good guy. Neither is the US. It is the US best interest to hold certain strategic technology as secret and prevent any…
Generally agree here. iPads have been this weird category of devices that have desktop class hardware, but the software is intentionally restricted. I posit Apple is confused about what to do with the iPad. It is the…
We're going to get downvoted to hell for saying stuff like this. It's like the group of people who went around telling everyone else that they were awesome and godlike and irreplaceable are now offended. I comment every…
I don't understand how my residence was built. I don't understand how my car was built. I don't understand how politics works. I barely even understand how humans work. I am perfectly comfortable prompting AI and then…
Is this really the case though? The average car payment an American pays was $750/month last I checked, and I believe that was in 2025. Americans are willingly want to pay this price for... mediocre cars. Like leather…
It's not even about the incentives at this point. Americans in general are kind of dumb. The ones who aren't dumb have been driving EVs for a decade+. The rest are still "oh 300 miles isn't enough for me" "oh the cold…
The issue is that software vendors, esp the size and scale that produce browsers, have shown repeatedly that they are terrible for the consumer. All of a sudden, you get the largest attack surface, large instability,…
Yup, the most egregious one is the Morgan and Morgan injury lawyer leeches. Their CEO publicly said "We're going to put a camera up your ass". Yes he actually said this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1IswwPHArJA
Sounds about right for Capital One. Their low level managers (my title was Master Software Engineer, so "manager" but I was an IC) are called Senior Managers are mostly terrible people. But it's a rotten culture all the…
Honest question and I'm probably going to ruffle a lot of feelings: In the age of AI coding, what is the point of outsourcing your programming to TCS, Wipro, et al? These consultancies are not building groundbreaking…
Fair enough. Those are all valid points. 10 years, you get attached to stuff. And plus, if you have a solid revenue stream, why shouldn't someone defend their IP? I think what you're suggesting is a world view…