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New comment by awesomeMilou in "Layoff Thinking"

awesomeMilou — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:30:29 +0000

I don't know, maybe it's the absolute fucking _insane_ social inequality that is present around the globe and in the world.

Also isn't Jerry Seinfeld a billionaire? Completely detached from reality.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Layoff Thinking"

awesomeMilou — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:25:44 +0000

Honestly, even assuming a bias, I doubt it's attractiveness. What's usually cited with hiring older employees is the additional social cost, as well as time off work (because they often have families to support and are more settled).

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning"

awesomeMilou — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:33:09 +0000

this was more about the person being narrow minded on a website that brands itself for the out-of-the-box thinkers.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren't?"

awesomeMilou — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:31:04 +0000

> It’s like Marc Andressen bloviating about how AI will replace everyone except him.

It's honestly insane that they think this.

They really don't understand that they're building something they cannot possibly control, if it turns out to be what they're envisioning.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren't?"

awesomeMilou — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:13:01 +0000

I'm a software engineer and _I_ don't understand the aesthetic value of code. I'm interested in architecture and maintainability but I couldn't give a rats ass on how some section of code looks like, so long as it conforms to a style guide and is maintainable.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren't?"

awesomeMilou — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:11:40 +0000

What I don't get is that there should now be focus on the actual engineering part of software development. I have arguments with people about code quality, styling, how "structured" some work is, when in reality, in an engineering discipline we should focus on whether we can improve the software by functional or non functional metrics.

Like what about performance optimization or security analysis? Shouldn't AI be the CAD of coding tools? Idk.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning"

awesomeMilou — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:21:28 +0000

Then if they succeed, I guess you're going to see a different process for the first time in your life.

On a website where we frequently talk about disruptive business models, this whole attitude kinda stinks.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming"

awesomeMilou — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:41:18 +0000

Jesus we fucking KNOW already

New comment by awesomeMilou in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

awesomeMilou — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:32:36 +0000

I just want to reply, a few days after the fact: What you describe would be illegal in my country. Save for me insulting your basic human dignity, i.e. if I were to call you subhuman or something like that (which I'm not, this is an example), what you're describing would be assault and you'd be arrested.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content"

awesomeMilou — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:29:29 +0000

Because the party has told you so, Winston!

New comment by awesomeMilou in "$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor"

awesomeMilou — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:18:52 +0000

I like to put down peoples achievements to cope too sometimes, though usually not by insulting their code. This kid is likely only able to do what they're doing because their Mom and Dad can afford to buy them the tools (mainly a 3D printer and lots of powertools and other stuff) to live out their hobby like this. I didn't have that as a teen.

But fuck me dude, even with that, he built a manpad in his garage. Like even if his code is ass, that requires drive!

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock"

awesomeMilou — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:26:01 +0000

How would you model your business like this? Like what tools / literature can you recommend?

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Palantir CEO Makes Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power"

awesomeMilou — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:31:01 +0000

The last time fascists rose to power in the west, they were heavily pandering to the working class as well.

I'd take statements originating from their political camp as largely calculated.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Tested: How Many Times Can a DVD±RW Be Rewritten? Methodology and Results"

awesomeMilou — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:39:35 +0000

Won't the epoxy run out at some point?

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Where things stand with the Department of War"

awesomeMilou — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:59:36 +0000

But they are?

And it's a fallacy to assume that critical thinking is something that you're born with. In addition to the media landscape being completely ingrained into society. I can't really escape recommender engines anymore when consuming media.

If your exposure to media is curated since you were born, how are you going to tell if you're being deceived? It's pretty much the allegory of the cave.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

awesomeMilou — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:19:44 +0000

No verbal comment, be it a comment or an actual insult or otherwise, justifies violence and crossing the body threshold. In what world do you live?

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Fed's Cook says AI triggering big changes, sees possible unemployment rise"

awesomeMilou — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:30:13 +0000

What bloodbath lmao, most of the "professional class" in the US isn't unionized.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Ukranian controls Home Assistant over LoRa radio when their power grid goes down"

awesomeMilou — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:20:34 +0000

You send the LoRa packages over a separate modem, no? The ESP is just for bluetooth connectivity.

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Lean 4: How the theorem prover works and why it's the new competitive edge in AI"

awesomeMilou — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:38 +0000

I'm curious since I'm not a mathematician: What do you mean by "stuck for a couple of weeks"? I am trying to practice more advanced math and have stumbled over lean and such but I can't imagine you just sit around for weeks to ponder over a problem, right? What do you do all this time?

New comment by awesomeMilou in "Sam Altman (OpenAI) and Dario Amodei (Anthropic) Refuse to Hold Hands"

awesomeMilou — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:49:05 +0000

Isn't that exactly the kind of personality that PG attempts to attract with his exponential growth monopoly BS?