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New comment by proee in "How to Earn a Billion Dollars"

proee — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:37:09 +0000

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Not all companies are growing because they are making their customers happy. Some are fully exploiting their customer, users, environment, etc.

This mindset is what makes capitalism very ugly, and im not sure how one backs off the throttle a bit to grow responsibly?

New comment by proee in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

proee — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:44:25 +0000

The traditional sit down in a lecture hall, listen to professor speak, then come in for a pen and paper test, is outdated for this era of technology. What's the point of physically bringing +300 students into a room for a passive listening experience?

The future of education is rapid back and forth between the student and the teacher. You could image a future where a student sits down all day with an AI system that trains the student, and it won't let them pass until it's confident you know the material. This will happen at different rates for different people, but this is expected.

An ideal education would be getting those skills discs uploaded to you in the Matrix, but unfortunately it will take a bit longer to master them as we don't have full brain-system interfaces (yet).

New comment by proee in "Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot"

proee — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:07:08 +0000

My problem with this knot, is going from step 2 to 3, I get a bit of slippage from the orginal starter knot (step 1). For my running shoes, getting the tightness just right is critical, so not sure how to dial this in?

New comment by proee in "Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive"

proee — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:58:29 +0000

Definitely some Toyota Prius vibes. They certainly should take some design risks, but not in the direction of an everyday commuter. I can only image the amount of patting on the backs the Ive team gave each other. Good job guys, on to the next project.

New comment by proee in "Ferrari Luce"

proee — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:45:06 +0000

said nobody

New comment by proee in "Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs"

proee — Sun, 24 May 2026 19:59:49 +0000

Memory manufactures sit on a war chest of IP. So even if someone has excess fab capacity and wants to get into memory manufacturing, they will have to fight an uphill battle of about a zillion patents.

Most memory companies have backroom deals to exchange tit-for-tat patent violations against each other.

Not sure how a new memory manufacture comes into being without getting sunk from licensing costs?

New comment by proee in "The Silver Swan"

proee — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:57:54 +0000

Swans do occasionally eat small fish.

New comment by proee in "We've made the world too complicated"

proee — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:52:08 +0000

I think the key is to find the right work/life balance to maintain a fulfilling life. For the work portion of your life, you should find problems that interest you and people that you enjoy working with. For your life balance, you should connect with nature in way that resonates with you, be it hiking or growing food, or exploring new places. And of course, in your life balance you should have relationships that can bring witness to your life's journey and help you along the way.

New comment by proee in "I hate soldering"

proee — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:53:32 +0000

Soldering is fun, especially if you designed the circuit and the pcb yourself. It's like putting together your own frankenstein, with a huge amount of anticipation toward when you finally get to give it power. Just be sure to get the polarity right on those electrolytic caps ;-)

New comment by proee in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

proee — Fri, 08 May 2026 13:55:32 +0000

why not release them all at once?

New comment by proee in "I want to live like Costco people"

proee — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:02:22 +0000

I find the quality of Costco food is lacking, especially things like Chips, which are usually quite stale. The overall experience is also off-putting, compared to a place like Whole Foods, that generally get me excited about cooking.

New comment by proee in "CARA 2.0 – “I Built a Better Robot Dog”"

proee — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:27:01 +0000

I'm sure he could contact a supplier that would change the windings for the same price if he went into production mode. So doing this for his prototype doesn't seem unreasonable. He's under a massive time crunch per his school semester to get this project out the door.

New comment by proee in "Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027"

proee — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:33:22 +0000

Smartwatches should also be on the list. My Apple Watch 8 is at 76% maximum capacity. Apparently it costs $99 to have Apple replace the battery, which is probably not worth it.

New comment by proee in "Men who stare at walls"

proee — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:26:23 +0000

When I was a kid, I would often sit on my bed and stare at the wall. My Dad would walk by my room and ask if everything was ok. I would always say "yeah", since I was literally just thinking.

It's a great feeling to just stare at a wall and think.

My first thought is usually, "If I could think about anything right now, what would it be?" And this frees my mind up to think about what I want to think about.

New comment by proee in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

proee — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:17:24 +0000

When Vibrams were first popular, I took to training with them on my runs. People told me to "take it easy" or you might get injured. I thought what's the worst that can happen? Well let me tell you. About a month into wearing them, I was doing a hard run and the trail had a section of concrete. My foot felt a sudden sharp pain and "snap!" I broke my 3rd metatarsal bone in my foot. Took a month or so to heal, and I decided to stop using the Vibrams.

New comment by proee in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

proee — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:59:46 +0000

This could be "fixed" right now by a software update that limits the maximum charge level to 80% of capacity. However, this comes at the cost of how many minutes of runtime your phone can operate.

So manufactures might just responds to this by making your phone heavier with a bigger battery that is being under utilized.

New comment by proee in "I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months"

proee — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:15:31 +0000

How long did it take to get shipped to you, from click -> doorstep?

New comment by proee in "Filing the Corners Off MacBooks"

proee — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:03:17 +0000

The Apple Watch Ultra also has an aggressively sharp screen edge. It's kept me from upgrading from my current watch (Model 8). But maybe I would get use to it?

New comment by proee in "EFF is leaving X"

proee — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:14:32 +0000

Leading out with "The numbers aren't working out" is a bit disingenuous. If they were "working out", would you continue to stay? If the answer is "no", then just remove the numbers talking point in your justification altogether.

New comment by proee in "12k Tons of Dumped Orange Peel Grew into a Landscape Nobody Expected (2017)"

proee — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:21:23 +0000

One risk here is that a giant pile of biomass could allow nefarious critters to grow disproportionately. For example, in Alaska, they had giant brush piles that ended up fueling beetle infestations across the state.