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New comment by andrew_lettuce in "'Tell Him He's a Piece of Shit': Meta's New AI Unit Is a Total Mess"

andrew_lettuce — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:11:31 +0000

I want to work with people I like and who's company I enjoy; it's not all about executing the task with maximum efficiency. I can replace you with a solid robot worker before I can find another awesome human.

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "4 things to know about the new sunscreen ingredient the FDA approved"

andrew_lettuce — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:08:01 +0000

This isn't realistic for something likeriding your bike where you get lots of sun on your face and limbs.

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Amazon CEO's Talks with U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models"

andrew_lettuce — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:01:36 +0000

Thoughts and prayers doesn't count as truly caring

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:41:25 +0000

My wife is a school librarian and really dislikes graphic novels, in part because they are so expensive they eat all of her meager budget. But she recognizes they can be the hook that catches a future reader. Not always, but sometimes she can get a kid to transition to full books from graphic novels, so they do have their place. They seem very useful with her significant ESL population.

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:37:33 +0000

Isn't this the problem though, books are no longer attractive with all the other options? How can we make books cool without pretending all this tech didn't exist?

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:35:24 +0000

I didn't read it that way, I thought the GP was listing it as one of the newer challenges to getting kids (and adults!) to read. IMO it doesn't prevent you from loving to read, but it does make it harder.

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:31:47 +0000

That's coasting though, or at best flow. Neither state makes you better. The entire point of making something easy is to be able to build on it.

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:30:02 +0000

Shifting to a position below where it previously was? I don't get your point... Is there's a new bar? What would you say the new expectation is that doesn't build on previous core skills?

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "How to Build the Future: Demis Hassabis [video]"

andrew_lettuce — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:37:05 +0000

how about Güey?

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Cursor Camp"

andrew_lettuce — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:32:05 +0000

Never Let common sense and trust do the job when another policy in the employee handbook can do the job!

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "The Classic American Diner"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:15:45 +0000

Fried chicken, liver and onions, biscuits and gravy - the breakfast options are my jam, but not really the other entrees. You can order dessert regardless though!

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:05:39 +0000

I want a doctor who was a strong student with diverse experiences, lots of soft skills and can handle the entire psychological spectrum of being a doctor, not the doctor who was solely the best at exams.

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

andrew_lettuce — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:02:25 +0000

Because everybody has the same gamified, inflated high grades

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

andrew_lettuce — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:15:48 +0000

Is suspect most farmers would prefer the diy add-on version of these than the single manufacturer integrated one. A modern smartphone and stay of I/o sensors send like it could do pretty much the entire job

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

andrew_lettuce — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:13:49 +0000

The beauty here is even beyond experimentation the tech will change repeatedly over the life of the equipment, and you can cheaply adapt to that. There is very little advantage to the modern tractors, beyond luxuries and the finish of a self contained package. Farmers rarely ime prioritize either of these

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

andrew_lettuce — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:09:41 +0000

My grandpa was a high school principal to support his love of farming, not because he wasn't dedicated, but because they wanted to survive

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "5NF and Database Design"

andrew_lettuce — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:16:43 +0000

Typically it's better to take normalized data and denormalize for your use case vs. not normalize in the first place. Really depends on your needs

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job"

andrew_lettuce — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:54:34 +0000

The idea that AI makes adaptation and maintenance easier for non domain experts seems a stretch at best. All we've seen to date is it makes building shallow copies quicker for more people, and helps experts go faster. Neither of these applies to the majority of bootstrapping vertical domains

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "FFmpeg 8.1"

andrew_lettuce — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:36:32 +0000

Because ffmpeg is built on the Unix chained utility philosophy I find ai is also good at building scripts the use it as well

New comment by andrew_lettuce in "FFmpeg 8.1"

andrew_lettuce — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:33:06 +0000

Yep. Which is a great architecture IMO. Simple, performant and flexible: choose 3