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New comment by DangitBobby in "DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order"

DangitBobby — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:36:24 +0000

It's time to retire TDS. Either you've been paying attention and you understand there are no unfathomable lows for him, or you haven't and you look naive. Either way, put it up.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The reverts will continue until morale improves"

DangitBobby — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:12:07 +0000

There isn't really any similarity. Like I said, people use it or make a play on it for dramatic effect when something bad happens.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The reverts will continue until morale improves"

DangitBobby — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:12:59 +0000

It's a play on "the beatings will continue until morale improves". You obviously can't just beat morale into people, and, knowing that, the audience should understand improvements to a bad situation will not be forthcoming. It's often used for dramatic effect as dark/silly humor when something bad happens.

New comment by DangitBobby in "Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse"

DangitBobby — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:23:38 +0000

As freely as you accept the terms of employment when you decide you need money to buy the food you eat.

New comment by DangitBobby in "Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse"

DangitBobby — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:18:24 +0000

How do you propose someone should vet a neighborhood, even allowing unlimited choices for housing availability? What universe do you even live in?

New comment by DangitBobby in "Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse"

DangitBobby — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:14:49 +0000

I'm sure there will be things citizens ought to be doing all the way to the collapse of the empire.

New comment by DangitBobby in "An ESPN producer who quit because of sports gambling"

DangitBobby — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:06:20 +0000

It does do that, but it doesn't just do that. People will avoid illegal activity just because its illegal, especially if it exposes them to personal physical risk.

New comment by DangitBobby in "90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks"

DangitBobby — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:50:39 +0000

It's an easy job. Should be less than $1k but not that much less.

New comment by DangitBobby in "Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher"

DangitBobby — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 02:53:58 +0000

Whew. The delusions on this site are getting out of hand.

New comment by DangitBobby in "Do dentists know what they're doing?"

DangitBobby — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:54:29 +0000

For a while, until your reputation precludes word of mouth recommendations and you've exhausted your pool of would-be repeat customers.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The evolution of effective altruism"

DangitBobby — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:29:44 +0000

Bazinga! Do you make a habit of making judgements about people you've never met or do you just reserve that for discussions where you claim moral superiority?

New comment by DangitBobby in "A city-building game in which the city would prefer you didn't"

DangitBobby — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:44:45 +0000

Faster does seem to be preferable for a line that runs over a hundred miles, I have to agree.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The evolution of effective altruism"

DangitBobby — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:14:05 +0000

Time for society to grow the fuck up.

New comment by DangitBobby in "Why don't more developers “use the platform”?"

DangitBobby — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:44:29 +0000

They are notoriously difficult to get right. That makes it especially disappointing that the native one doesn't meet the needs of practically any use case I have for them.

New comment by DangitBobby in "We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything"

DangitBobby — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:27:33 +0000

Presumably you'd have to back pay the 90 days but it's your life

New comment by DangitBobby in "Why don't more developers “use the platform”?"

DangitBobby — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 04:54:34 +0000

I was excited about the native date picker and tried to use it once, only to discover that you couldn't (can't still, I assume) disable dates other than by setting min and max. Every native browser widget I've tried to use doesn't implement the features my clients expect, so I don't use them. People want a better web platform and the only way to get it is JavaScript.

New comment by DangitBobby in "Emails to and from Elon Musk that have been made public"

DangitBobby — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:45:24 +0000

FYI in case the person who made this is reading, for longer emails the bulk of the text is cut off at the bottom when you press "show another" on mobile.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The AI Race Just Got Awkward"

DangitBobby — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:47:34 +0000

I find that quite hard to believe. I don't work for a big business and we are selecting models based on security and IP protection requirements.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The AI Race Just Got Awkward"

DangitBobby — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:46:37 +0000

Only if your competitors offer their product at a lower price. And why would they? It's a race to the bottom.

New comment by DangitBobby in "The AI Race Just Got Awkward"

DangitBobby — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:46:12 +0000

The thing about "collusion" is that all you have to do is not lower your prices, and raise prices when your competitors do. It's not actually collusion unless you coordinate.