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New comment by pixelatedindex in "Anthropic CEO reportedly worried new hires only care about money"

pixelatedindex — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:57:39 +0000

If only I could pay my bills with thumbs up emojis. I can even double my offering from one to two!

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Anthropic CEO reportedly worried new hires only care about money"

pixelatedindex — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:05:53 +0000

Aren't they (where they = tech CEOs, at least) all?

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Can you reverse engineer an ASIC?"

pixelatedindex — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:41:46 +0000

“oscyloscops” is a way better spelling I gotta say.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI"

pixelatedindex — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:01:36 +0000

> You're obliged to maximize their earnings.

Sometimes I think it’s time to give shareholder supremacy a rest. If they don’t like what they own, they can sell it. But this is probably also why I’m not on a board of directors.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "What it means for an API to be RESTful"

pixelatedindex — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:06:40 +0000

The word comment can be both a verb and a noun though. Are we pedantic enough yet? (:

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Why a $154B CEO just endorsed stripping most Americans of voting rights"

pixelatedindex — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:32:01 +0000

What? How do you marry a state?

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Why a $154B CEO just endorsed stripping most Americans of voting rights"

pixelatedindex — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:29:27 +0000

I certainly get to say what is and isn’t acceptable for me. I also don’t get to say what is and isn’t acceptable for others. Don’t understand why your tone is so accusatory.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Most Americans say "not in my backyard" to AI data centers"

pixelatedindex — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:11:12 +0000

A lot of the big companies are massively allergic to building infrastructure, even when they get government grants to do it. Look at how badly the broadband rollout was bungled. Shot their own foot at this point.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor"

pixelatedindex — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:06:38 +0000

I’m a little confused by the fees. In their pricing page (https://opennode.com/pricing) it says:

You request $100, the customer pays 0.00152 BTC, and then you get $99.

But 0.00152 BTC is almost $100? If I’m a business why would I pay $100 in BTC fees for a $100 transaction?

What is this solving? I’ll never understand crypto.

Edit: nvm I’m dumdum. Will get coffee. Thanks to everyone who replied.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "AMD to invest up to $5B in Anthropic"

pixelatedindex — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:58:38 +0000

The ouroboros circle seems infinitesimally closer to completion

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Most Americans say "not in my backyard" to AI data centers"

pixelatedindex — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:57:34 +0000

America is so massive, these trillion dollar companies can surely build these out in the boonies with very few people around?

ETA: I would rather no data centers be built, but my point is if we have to, let’s minimize the number of people who are affected. Offer to move them if need be.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future"

pixelatedindex — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:47:23 +0000

Not at my workplace, the highest as far as I know is two levels below the CEO, usually a VP of some kind.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "New US homeownership measure puts people first"

pixelatedindex — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:58:28 +0000

Can’t really spy / collect data if they’re expensive

New comment by pixelatedindex in "UPI: Anatomy of a Payment Transaction"

pixelatedindex — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:59:51 +0000

Haha I appreciate your offer for checking but this was like a decade ago. I figured the teenagers working that shop had no idea! And agreed on being the dinosaur :)

New comment by pixelatedindex in "UPI: Anatomy of a Payment Transaction"

pixelatedindex — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:58:23 +0000

Funny story… I was on a trip to Europe (Poland) using my US credit card that didn’t have tap to pay or chip and pin (I believe it was swipe only) and the store literally did not have a way to accept payment and I had no cash on hand.

They were nice enough and gave the pastry for free because they tried everything to charge the card but it didn’t work. They were embarrassed about the whole thing and were just like… please leave.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "UPI: Anatomy of a Payment Transaction"

pixelatedindex — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:03:12 +0000

It’s extremely good, at least in terms of user experience and how practical it is. Adoption is massive and at small chai shops it makes transactions a breeze, allowing businesses to serve more volume. The downside is making it incredibly frustrating for foreigners to pay using this as it’s tied to your government ID that your bank has authorized.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

pixelatedindex — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:30:56 +0000

> And there was a lot of billboards in front of these manufacturers' shops. And when they uncovered, we could see through the window a lot of Bolivian people like sleeping and working at the same place. They earn money, just enough for food. So it is a big social problem that was uncovered, and the city was shocked by these news.

Wow it’s like when I move some pieces of wood or other items near my shed outdoors and I see a bunch of activity that I never knew existed.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "If you're a button, you have one job"

pixelatedindex — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:04:20 +0000

> I suppose trillion-dollar companies aren’t as willing to take risks.

Which to me makes no sense, surely you have some budget for risks if you are a 1T company? I suppose their risks are more moonshots to some degree like the Apple Car but nevertheless, I do miss the old presentations.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Studio Canal Movies purchased on PlayStation Store removed without refund"

pixelatedindex — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:53:36 +0000

Presumably at the time of sale they had rights to it. They lost it later, but should have at least had secured rights to people who bought the damn thing.

New comment by pixelatedindex in "Studio Canal Movies purchased on PlayStation Store removed without refund"

pixelatedindex — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:51:57 +0000

Steam is probably the best example of how you can be a middleman and a store. I’ve never felt wronged by them unlike Sony and Discovery.