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New comment by prasadjoglekar in "AI models ran real businesses: They sent $12,431 in fake invoices, lost $3,200"

prasadjoglekar — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:16:44 +0000

To be fair - no one is suggesting the gunslinger shouldn't go to jail or worse. It's using that crime as an excuse to take other people's guns away.

In this example, the equivalent would be everyone gets their AI models banned vs. putting the perpetrator of this fraud in jail.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws"

prasadjoglekar — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:12:54 +0000

Good thing that Chevron is no longer the law of the land right? So courts can review the law without regard to what the EPA says.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "AI financial advice is surprisingly good, especially if you ask right questions"

prasadjoglekar — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:49:49 +0000

For enough income, maxing out 401K is the one way to reduce taxes and keep your money.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Which streaming service was that on again?"

prasadjoglekar — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:44:46 +0000

We need an updated version of this:

https://i.imgur.com/GxzeV.jpg

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Airbus Takes Flight from AWS"

prasadjoglekar — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:48:25 +0000

A symptom of the larger problem to want to divest and outsource everything not considered a "core competence". Hence the outsourcing of everything from housekeeping to IT

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

prasadjoglekar — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:21:51 +0000

Also, get off my lawn.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "We Got This Wrong. and We Are Fixing It"

prasadjoglekar — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:32:16 +0000

ToS missteps notwithstanding, it's a bit more than your data surfaced back to you. You share your data and in return you get to share in other people's data. Fairly common community data.

Whether it's what HubSpot customers want, opt in/opt out are valid criticisms.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "[dead]"

prasadjoglekar — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:47:30 +0000

In fairness, all of these firings are at public universities. The 1A applies at a much higher bar than a corporation.

The shoe was on the other foot when conservative professors were being fired or disciplined for expressing - say "anti trans" viewpoints publicly. The outcomes were largely the same.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Virginia bans sale of geolocation data"

prasadjoglekar — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:11:03 +0000

The biggest issue is that enforcement and litigation is limited to the VA AG. You and I as wronged citizens can't go sue.

That's corny capitalism. A sibling post that talked about 1750 ft or whatever is just noise.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "The Doom Justifies the Valuation"

prasadjoglekar — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:53:33 +0000

Setting up for the eventual bailout. Remember - "we can't let banks fail or it'll be a depression"?

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

prasadjoglekar — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:27:41 +0000

It's a mixed bag at best. The product has had numerous features pushed, but in the US, the navigation feature is objectively worse than 5+ years ago. Too much spoonfeeding of directions to ensure the app is kept on. But the app won't actually tell you the freeway number and direction - which the driver can see on the dozen signs on the road.

Or, the incessant "police activity" shit from Waze. That creates all kinds of rear ending hazards as morons try to slow down.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Fox to buy Roku"

prasadjoglekar — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:36:57 +0000

No different than a tech platform expanding into content. Like YouTube, Amazon and Apple. I understand your complaint, but those two worlds are intertwined beyond redemption now.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing"

prasadjoglekar — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:03:12 +0000

All the more reason to let states and local governments do more. Rather than a unitary congress or executive that only 1/2 the people (+/-) like.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic"

prasadjoglekar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:55:43 +0000

Yes. Plenty is correct. Fidelity let's you buy SpaceX at IPO with only $2K in the bank.

And there are other reasons to be cautious. Many passive funds don't license the SP500 and instead mirror it with their own synthetic index. They are not bound to respect this decision.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

prasadjoglekar — Fri, 22 May 2026 21:44:36 +0000

Social security and Medicare are also payroll "taxes" in that they're not optional and are automatically deducted.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Meta deletes popular 1M follower account after Kuwaiti request"

prasadjoglekar — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:32:51 +0000

Au contraire, enacting such a law is akin to forcing FB to support certain speech. That itself is unconstitutional and any such legislation would be struck down.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Joby kicks off NYC electric air taxi demos with historic JFK flight"

prasadjoglekar — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:44:28 +0000

NYC unions are not your average worker. In my north of NYC town the labor rate for a union worker is 3x that of non union..and state laws mandate govt projects must pay that rate.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket"

prasadjoglekar — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:50:14 +0000

Very much dependent on age, rest and general conditioning. I went from sea level to 14K at Pikes peak in 1 day and it was quite uncomfortable. I managed, but folks who lived in Denver with lower physical fitness levels than me, did better.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation"

prasadjoglekar — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:49:17 +0000

$100B isn't a startup. And if there's a $100B deal, you better believe the cash is there. Case in point - Netflix/Paramount wanting to buy WB. Or the $44B that Musk had to raise to buy out Twitter shareholders.

New comment by prasadjoglekar in "Attractive students no longer receive better results as classes moved online"

prasadjoglekar — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:40:30 +0000

Take it to it's logical conclusion. Free universal choice of schools rather than being tethered to your home address.