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New comment by oilkillsbirds in "I wanna live an NPC life"

oilkillsbirds — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:07:03 +0000

"Don't give a fuck" - Ignore your feelings. Ignore your thoughts. Ignore others. Exist in some detached unalive state divorced from the human condition. Because it's easier. Oh and the monks did it. It's also easier to die, that's the end of that path of thought.

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "I wanna live an NPC life"

oilkillsbirds — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:53:14 +0000

This is pure escapism. Numbing yourself to the burden of being. Likely from a stress tolerance so shallow and under-developed that the slightest inconvenience or expectation feels like a crisis.

The truth is that after the brief initial relief of excusing yourself from being anything at all, you'll end up in a deep depression. It's a naive and immature fantasy.

Remove all electronics from your life, they are a constant nervous system stimulator that has prevented you from truly relaxing into a state of repair. Then introduce responsibilities into your life, start small. We are wired to be needed, wanted, useful, accountable, social. You're just stressed out.

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "Z2 – Lithographically fabricated IC in a garage fab"

oilkillsbirds — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:56:03 +0000

Look at RATE of growth (GDP, employment, safety, etc.) since immigration started getting bad in places like the UK - compare it's growth directly to the UK, or even the entire EU

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "Z2 – Lithographically fabricated IC in a garage fab"

oilkillsbirds — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:16:37 +0000

It's basically an objective fact at this point that excessive immigration is really, really bad, just look at all the politicians flipping sides on the issue. Look at the stats on European countries with the highest immigration rates vs those with the lowest (e.g. Poland)

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "Nvidia won, we all lost"

oilkillsbirds — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:43:15 +0000

And no I don’t work for nvidia. I’ve just been in the industry long enough to watch the immense contribution nvidia has made to every. single. field. The work of their researchers is astounding, it’s clear to anyone that’s honestly worked in this field long enough. It’s insane to hate on them.

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "Nvidia won, we all lost"

oilkillsbirds — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:39:01 +0000

Nobody’s going to read this, but this article and sentiment is utter anti-corporate bullshit, and the vastly congruent responses show that none of you have watched the historical development of GPGPU, or do any serious work on GPUs, or keep up with the open work of nvidia researchers.

The spoiled gamer mentality is getting old for those of us that actually work daily in GPGPU across industries, develop with RTX kit, do AI research, etc.

Yes they’ve had some marketing and technical flubs as any giant publically traded company will have, but their balance of research-driven development alongside corporate profit necessities is unmatched.

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "What enabled us to create AI is the thing it has the power to erase"

oilkillsbirds — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:53:26 +0000

I have a solid understanding of AI, and it will destroy the value of most human work, creative and non-creative. The power to do exactly what your job is with the push of a button, for free, in seconds. If it's not already here, it's coming.

Ubiquity kills the value of anything.

Anything short of an actual boycott on AI produced work/art will result in this.

New comment by oilkillsbirds in "Fun with C++26 reflection: Keyword Arguments"

oilkillsbirds — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:41:57 +0000

Poor, poor C++... cries in C