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New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Live: Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

d0gsg0w00f — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:55:29 +0000

They're not getting off at the moon, it's just a fly by.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

d0gsg0w00f — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:17:01 +0000

I have yet to see it in this thread, but the WSJ reported that the "crime" they "extradited" him for is running a drug cartel and dumping tons of cocaine into the US.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams"

d0gsg0w00f — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:35:50 +0000

The answer to everything in life is always "somewhere in the middle".

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Brown/MIT shooting suspect found dead, officials say"

d0gsg0w00f — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:45:26 +0000

Half of life is collective "give a damn". If you see 1000 FBI agents, read 47 headlines, and hear a dozen gas station conversations then you start to tune in. That's when the tips start coming in, as everyone wants to be part of the big "thing".

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair"

d0gsg0w00f — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:11:13 +0000

I think people wouldn't have wanted to work with me or listen to my opinions. I don't think the CEO would care, but down at my level, what the CEO thinks doesn't matter. It's all about peers and adjacent teams.

And I never voice any political opinions at work because I don't want to say anything my peers would perceive as "abhorrent".

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair"

d0gsg0w00f — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:30:01 +0000

But it's already like this. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have survived in tech if people knew I was a conservative. I've always felt like I would be punished if people knew.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

d0gsg0w00f — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 03:53:06 +0000

I think the "gotchas" were a side effect of his true mission. If you look at all the gotcha clips for Charlie Kirk and others like Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson, they're not created by the official accounts, it's mostly leech accounts that grab the "best of" clips for their own click-bait benefit.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure the creators aren't sad that they have these followers but I don't think they go out looking for this.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Kenvue stock drops on report RFK Jr will link autism to Tylenol during pregnancy"

d0gsg0w00f — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:38:47 +0000

Honestly, it's probably just good practice for being a parent. The first thing you learn is that pain is your new normal. You just get used to it.

It's kind of freeing, in a way. Lets you see your own pain from the outside like it's happening to someone else. Takes the power away.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs?"

d0gsg0w00f — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:58:50 +0000

I used to have a close Ismaili friend and saw some of the inner workings of the community. They're extremely tight knit due to historical persecution (similar to Judaism). They are very well connected and are always secretly funding schools and factories for communities in need all over the world. The charity and service are never boasted about outside the religious circle to keep eyes off of them. However, they do a fair amount of boasting internally just because they are very proud of their community.

Much respect for Ismailis.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed"

d0gsg0w00f — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:38:02 +0000

Of course others were first to the technology, but you can't argue with Tesla being first to get EVs in the hands of everyday consumers. That's the market part of "first to market".

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed"

d0gsg0w00f — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:35:48 +0000

Exactly my point

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Grok Code Fast 1"

d0gsg0w00f — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:14:24 +0000

Where does OpenAI and Anthropic get their water?

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed"

d0gsg0w00f — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:38:14 +0000

But they were first to market. That's 90% of the work. There's a huge gap between "perfect unrealized idea" and "shit you can actually buy". Hate the man all you want, he'll go down in history as the Edison of electric vehicles, even though others will undoubtedly surpass the initial public offering technologically.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Pixel 10 Phones"

d0gsg0w00f — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:20:48 +0000

I'm right there with you. I work in tech, but I don't want to fuss with tech when I'm off the clock. Like, it all annoys me and just feels like work.

When my router breaks I just buy a new one. When my laptop gives me the first sign of trouble I just buy a new one.

I see people fussing with unlocking their phones to pay for lunch and I am totally bewildered. Why is it so hard to pull a card out of your pocket? I have a rule "no new chargers" when buying stuff. If it comes with some proprietary charger I make a half-assed attempt to keep up with it but I just throw it in the trash after about 6 months and buy something with a cord.

Maybe I'm an old man, but maybe that means I know now that life is too short to spend my Saturday morning messing with HomeAssistant.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "How to make websites that will require lots of your time and energy"

d0gsg0w00f — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:25:14 +0000

Are you saying that because you have to touch it all the time, you're sure it's up to date?

I suppose that's one way to look at it.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "Air Force unit suspends use of Sig Sauer pistol after shooting death of airman"

d0gsg0w00f — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:01:07 +0000

You must mean 2021 Tundras. 2022 and up are twin turbo V6 only.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality"

d0gsg0w00f — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:28:17 +0000

Yes, but that's creating products primarily for capitalist markets. So the same demand drivers exist, even if it's being produced in a semi-socialist country.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

d0gsg0w00f — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:48:03 +0000

No telling what contraceptives have contributed.

We didn't really use contraceptives and we had three "oopses". Those three oopses are pretty awesome.

Nothing like a kid to help you get your head out of your ass. Probably why people report feeling happier, because you can't think about the stupid stuff you used to worry about.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

d0gsg0w00f — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:37:18 +0000

But people's anecdotes are part of their life experience. I trust my personal life experience over anything I read, and if I trust a person, I value theirs over anything I read too.

That's just how humans are.

New comment by d0gsg0w00f in "The New Skill in AI Is Not Prompting, It's Context Engineering"

d0gsg0w00f — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:49:24 +0000

Yes, the other day I was telling a colleague that we all need our own personal context to feed into every model we interact with. You could carry it around on a thumb drive or something.