Hacker News: desolate_muffin

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?"

desolate_muffin — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:27:32 +0000

My partner works there as an engineer. The org they work in had loads of people transferred to the "AAI" org doing data labelling. I find it almost unbelievable as well, but it is true.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Apple WWDC 2026"

desolate_muffin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:25:43 +0000

The presence of an alternative launcher does not prevent spotlight background tasks from running

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Apple WWDC 2026"

desolate_muffin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:22:59 +0000

As opposed to the AI-free operating system, Android?

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale"

desolate_muffin — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:01:56 +0000

Not really how it works anymore. Everyone just gets 4 year RSU grants with an even vesting schedule and no lockout period, and it has been that way for a long time now. I've never really heard of anyone at Meta getting options (maybe possible for execs?).

That said, with enough stock growth, the stacking RSU grants can still enter into "never having to work again" territory depending on your role/level and how many grants you've been able to stack.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale"

desolate_muffin — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:58:04 +0000

ok so no evidence, just racist innuendo

New comment by desolate_muffin in "'Project Hail Mary' Crosses $300M in Sales to Become Amazon/MGM's Highest-Gross"

desolate_muffin — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:07:35 +0000

I read the book on release and loved it. The main themes and plot points are present in the movie, though it's overall a bit less nerdy and a bit more comical than the book. I think it is easily one of the best, most enjoyable sci-fi movies released this decade.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Google closes deal to acquire Wiz"

desolate_muffin — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:01:11 +0000

I don't know, but it makes me uncomfortable

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Prism"

desolate_muffin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:21:32 +0000

I for one hope not to live in a world where academic journals fall out of favor and are replaced by vibe-coded papers by citizen scientists with inflated egos from one too many “you’re absolutely right!” Claude responses.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues"

desolate_muffin — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:25:07 +0000

I am not sure. I think we're talking about the one where Trump illegally and unilaterally ignored the sale or de-list deadline passed in said bipartisan bill so he could figure out which Trump loyalists would be taking over. I'm glad they finally got it sorted out a little over a year after the January 19, 2025 deadline in the bill.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright"

desolate_muffin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:44:44 +0000

Thank you for your service

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Tesla influencers tried coast-to-coast self-driving, hit debris before 60 miles"

desolate_muffin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:23:14 +0000

I noticed that, too. They seemed to tense up and notice it with enough time to spare to manually intervene and either slam on the brakes or swerve to avoid it.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says"

desolate_muffin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 23:09:59 +0000

Well for starters, maybe my new grad SWE buddy with 2 YOE will finally find a job after being laid off for nearly a year.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers"

desolate_muffin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:43:12 +0000

If you use YouTube this much, just get YT Premium maybe? It comes with YT Music, which seems like 70% as good as Spotify to me.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers"

desolate_muffin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:35:53 +0000

Do you actually own AirPods or just assume that's the case? Nobody I know has really had to replace their AirPods unless they lose them, forget them in a pocket and wash them, or decide to upgrade after a few years (myself included). Certainly there are some people on the edges who replace them more often for whatever reason, but you might consider the possibility that they sell well because many people (myself again included) believe they are a pretty damn good product.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers"

desolate_muffin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:28:51 +0000

Might want to see a doctor about that

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens"

desolate_muffin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 21:39:26 +0000

I don't think wages are suppressed because immigrant tech workers make less money. Instead, It seems like the effect of the dramatically increased supply of workers would dominate, effectively lowering wages; i.e., you can pay less money for a job the more workers there are to take the job.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "US High school students' scores fall in reading and math"

desolate_muffin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:32:42 +0000

Why think when your phone or the AI can do it for you? I imagine there are a few people in this forum who might have some thoughts about that.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "You don't want to hire "the best engineers""

desolate_muffin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:24:23 +0000

Well and actually building the thing well enough for them to become/remain customers.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "You don't want to hire "the best engineers""

desolate_muffin — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:29:11 +0000

I think also it's the reality in most engineering roles that you will often have to pivot to new technologies, help out on unfamiliar projects using different technologies (e.g., work on the front-end for a bit when you're a backend engineer), etc. Some engineers aren't comfortable with this and it shows. This is how I understood the original comment, anyway.

New comment by desolate_muffin in "Go is still not good"

desolate_muffin — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:39:59 +0000

I don't write Go, but reading this, it feels like you don't actually need functional scoping at all. In Java, I would simply write:

try (SomeResource foo = SomeResource.open()) { method(foo); }

public void method() { try(...) { // all business logic wrapped in try-with-resources } }

To me it seems like lexical scoping can accomplish nearly everything functional scoping can, just without any surprising behavior.