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New comment by bouncing_bolete in "Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology"

bouncing_bolete — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:54:50 +0000

Used to be. Zelenskyy was basically hand picked by the US

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology"

bouncing_bolete — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:49:00 +0000

Humor me

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior"

bouncing_bolete — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:07:17 +0000

Issue is that other corps play by the same rules. If those corps are willing to stoop to immoral means and not get punished for it (they don't), the upstanding players are going to get outcompeted

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior"

bouncing_bolete — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:04:13 +0000

This is such an odd point of view. If I were in the business of nuclear energy, I would: 1. Want there to be quality rules that keep me free from lawsuits were things outside my control to go wrong 2. Want others to follow the rules too so the whole industry doesn't get shut down when an incident on the other side of the planet kills 1000s

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers"

bouncing_bolete — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:35:20 +0000

> it'll take care of itself over time

At least until it doesn't. If this spacex venture succeeds because it got propped up by index funds, then that's a decent indicator that more will follow.

It stands to reason that active investing will be more valuable as a result

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "GTA 6 Developers Unionize"

bouncing_bolete — Fri, 29 May 2026 22:11:02 +0000

Imo it's fine to glorify the 65+ hour grind a founder takes on. The issue is trying to apply that logic to normal employees. The calculation of time v payoff is worlds different

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

bouncing_bolete — Thu, 28 May 2026 00:49:13 +0000

I agree that intelligent people often get railroaded into a certain kind of life, but I think the prognosis is still a little off. It's clear in the US that owning a successful company has some of the highest outcomes possible in society (if financial freedom is the goal).

People who don't have those types of things in mind can only be so smart in my book.

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "Language Models Need Sleep"

bouncing_bolete — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:53:41 +0000

Dehumanization, assuming this wasn't sarcasm

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike"

bouncing_bolete — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:59:26 +0000

Bothsides-ism is such a plague. While I don't agree with everything you said, I feel like the pandemic response doesn't get enough credit. Everyone hated how the Biden admin responded in the moment, but looking back the US really came out ahead compared to almost everyone else

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "AI made coding more enjoyable"

bouncing_bolete — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:39:00 +0000

For me, it has been the journey. I love being able to say "do this" and just magically have it done, then looking over the result and saying, "well not exactly like that, I actually want it to be a little more like this." I am slowly vibe-iterating over what I hope is a solid platform, and it's been a lot of fun

New comment by bouncing_bolete in "Tesla Recalls Almost 13,000 EVs over Risk of Battery Power Loss"

bouncing_bolete — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:15:47 +0000

Interesting timing on this considering the earnings call coming up