This seems maybe a bit reductionist.

AI will have diminishing returns because at a certain point, coding is not the bottleneck and coordination is or some other thing that hasn’t been optimized yet. The exact bottleneck seems like it depends on the organization.

My theory is that in general, augmented devs are much more productive, but 100% of that gain doesn’t translate into 100% more software delivered to customers, and there is a point where coding isn’t the longest pole.

But I don’t think most orgs are at that break even yet, and I think we can still get more out of engineering before we plateau.

They are currently trying to fix this: https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenloo...

Probably not institutions, so it’s just retail gambling against insiders?

Dual purpose emails (transactional + advertising) are generally still considered as commercial and are usually covered.

It would have to be enforced, but still.

Sometimes for those I just log in and switch my email to some throwaway or I setup a rule in my inbox to immediately junk it.

We just need to watch for large transactions with the Iranian flag and boat emojis…

I seem to remember Homer Simpson thinking something to that effect (“Boy, everyone is stupid except me”).

I can imagine that happening today, esp politically.

It is surprising to me in a bad way that someone thinks the relationship between the US and the EU (who have traditionally been allies) has become so adversarial that someone would compare it to the relationship between Russia and the EU.

The comment was: the EU should expect the US to hammer them the same way they hammered Russia.

And my point was, that would be a significant course change because for the US & EU to be like Russia & EU would be a significant change.

That was my point. I hope that is clear now.

I’ll check it out again… I would love to divorce my smartphone and only use it at certain times.

I’ve been using the Brick and Screen Time more often now.

There were several young Presidential candidates running in both parties over the last few cycles, but voters chose the oldest from each side. Which tells me that voters don’t really care about age as much as they do other things.

Which, when I view it from that lens, kind of makes your argument seem like: “people are voting for politicians based on things I think they shouldn’t, so I want to make a law saying they can’t”

- age verification

- chat control

- RTO vs. remote work

- AI bubble

- ditching American tech

NLRB under Biden seemed to say that yeah you can disclose this to the media, and broad non-disparagements are unenforceable. But it’s also kind of a toss up depending on the NLRB, courts, administration, etc.

Trump’s NLRB has rescinded a bunch of that Biden-era guidance, so what is enforceable and what isn’t? Kind of hard to say at this point.

Arbitration agreed with Meta, but who knows what courts would say.

https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/nlrb-requires-change...

https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2226/2025-0...

And she signed it, so presumably it was for her.

It didn’t work, so they went back to having managers.