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New comment by muskyFelon in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

muskyFelon — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:34:18 +0000

Its a luxury that affluent people have to limit these things. When you're at your limit after a long day of work and still have stuff to do at home the kid gets the phone, iPad, or whatever while parents do the needed to run the household. Wonder why obesity is such a problem for poorer families. Convenience.

Yes, tech companies are liable for pushing this technology that they know to be addictive.

There is no apologist revisionist history for billionaires that are actively making the world a worse place. People act like Jobs was some kind of hero. Dude was a snake. Made some damn good products, but you don't achieve that level of wealth by being a kind person.

New comment by muskyFelon in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"

muskyFelon — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:07:46 +0000

Regulate and fine social media and adtech companies until its no longer economically feasible to generate the massive profits and stock valuations that is prompting this garbage.

New comment by muskyFelon in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"

muskyFelon — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:02:34 +0000

Ha, I think the great crimes and wrongs title goes to Angular. I became a front-end guy specifically to avoid all the OOP verbosity. I'm just trying to call some APIs and render some data on a web page. I don't need layers of abstraction to do that.

Anyways, is there a "just use vue" effort like there is with postgres :)

New comment by muskyFelon in "Mark Zuckerberg testifies at landmark social media addiction trial"

muskyFelon — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:51:37 +0000

Sucks to be Zuck. Poor guy could have bowed out a decade or two ago and be doing all sorts of cool stuff. Might have one less yacht, but that's not what really brings him happiness. No, just that Meta's stock goes up.

New comment by muskyFelon in "James Watson has died"

muskyFelon — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:47:34 +0000

Its not always included. I think they added it to highlight how old he was.97 years is quite the accomplishment, so I don't interpret it as disrespectful.

New comment by muskyFelon in "OpenAI's H1 2025: $4.3B in income, $13.5B in loss"

muskyFelon — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:12:44 +0000

Bad news on the Moore's Law front.

https://cap.csail.mit.edu/death-moores-law-what-it-means-and...

New comment by muskyFelon in "Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps"

muskyFelon — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:05:44 +0000

I wouldn't say he's one of the best CEOs. He's been "successful" by - selling an unhealthy addictive product - burying research on its mental health impact on children - engaging in anticompetitive behavior

Oh yeah, add stealing the original idea for facebook from the Winklevoss twins. I'll take being a loser if that's what it takes.

New comment by muskyFelon in "Show HN: 47jobs – A Fiverr/Upwork for AI Agents"

muskyFelon — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:08:06 +0000

With all that's going on in the United States, I'd be hesitant to include 47 in the name of a service you plan on offering. I was expecting this to be some MAGA job board or something, not AI Fiverr.

New comment by muskyFelon in "OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart"

muskyFelon — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:59:39 +0000

It also seems like a lot of these layoffs due to AI are just regular layoffs.

Let's reduce headcount and spin it as AI disruption! That way we dont have to acknowledge we overhired during covid AND our stock price will go to the moon as they say.

New comment by muskyFelon in ""I met a founder who writes 10k lines of code a day thanks to AI""

muskyFelon — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:30:41 +0000

It's really sad to see what big tech has become these days. At least some folks are ready to stop drinking the kool-aid.

New comment by muskyFelon in "The great displacement is already well underway?"

muskyFelon — Tue, 13 May 2025 23:47:14 +0000

Not to be rude, but unless your portfolio site is nothing short of spectacular you shouldn't include one. In all likelihood, its doing you more harm than good.

Keep your head up. These are interesting times. Things will get back to normal at some point.