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New comment by kungfuscious in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

kungfuscious — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:22:33 +0000

A lot of these recommendations seem prudent. I especially like the idea of POSSE for using social media without actually using it (every time you open a site to post is an opportunity to be ensnared). Completely stripping the browser from your smartphone is a bit extreme and excessive for me, but doesn't invalidate the other reccomendations.

New comment by kungfuscious in "Scaling long-running autonomous coding"

kungfuscious — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:37:00 +0000

You raise a good point, which is that autonomous coding needs to be benchmarked on designs/challenges where the exact thing being built isn't part of the model's training set.

New comment by kungfuscious in "Everything Easy is Hard Again (2018)"

kungfuscious — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:10:30 +0000

Writing human-language and programming indeed have a lot of skill transfer. They're both writing after all. But most importantly it's the ability to clearly communicate ideas and organize thoughts.

New comment by kungfuscious in "My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable"

kungfuscious — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:17:59 +0000

Finally, thanks to your comment, I understand the whiteboard interview. I couldn't for the life of me understand how hiring for software engineers was conducted in such a ridiculous manner (i.e. not anything like the job you are going to do), but like someone else said on here, it's a dance that proves your proficiency to learn technical concepts.

New comment by kungfuscious in "Kubernetes Failure Stories"

kungfuscious — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:25:47 +0000

Imagine k8s but all the core features you need to run MMO-level apps are the equivalent of simple Unity Engine functions like Instantiate(gameObject). I want. Maybe I help create?

New comment by kungfuscious in "A Lifetime of Systems Thinking"

kungfuscious — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:09:28 +0000

The listserver at the bottom of the article (k-12sd@sysdyn.mit.edu) doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have the correct address, or is it an MIT only thing?