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New comment by ballsac in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ballsac — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:48:16 +0000

wait, who's being closed-minded?

New comment by ballsac in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ballsac — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:23:25 +0000

Ok, are they cancelled yet?

New comment by ballsac in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ballsac — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:22:31 +0000

Bingo.

New comment by ballsac in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ballsac — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:21:13 +0000

> A challenge with this kind of study is that coding agents (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex) only started working really well in

2026? 5? 4? 3?

Heard this one way too many times.

New comment by ballsac in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ballsac — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:18:19 +0000

> we're going to decline to renew some software subscriptions

Yeah, sure you are. Report back when it happens.

New comment by ballsac in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ballsac — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:15:24 +0000

Well… what

New comment by ballsac in "Agentic coding notes"

ballsac — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:40:38 +0000

You think humans consuming the Galápagos Islands is something worth aspiring to?

New comment by ballsac in "Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass"

ballsac — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:36:36 +0000

Exactly. Everyone who posts here regularly believes themselves to be “not evil”. Working for Google, Facebook, burning resources to produce ai slop, etc.

Not me of course. I’m making the world a better place by introducing ai into your Facebook feed.

New comment by ballsac in "U.S. health spending on pace to hit $6T"

ballsac — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:57:29 +0000

> IMO, there's an interesting opportunity for AI to make healthcare deflationary.

How many times have I heard this, about how many techs. But this time for real?

Health spending in the us is too tied up with the country’s economy for it to ever be reduced. Same goes for housing. The cost of both of these will continue to increase. As long as the investor class is satisfied, this is all that matters.

New comment by ballsac in "America has lost its war with Iran"

ballsac — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:53:57 +0000

Nuance has nothing to do with it. If you start a war and you don’t win, then you lose.