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New comment by slackfan in "If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?"

slackfan — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:10:35 +0000

LLMs are an amplifier. Most software engineers/architects/developers are bad and always have been. We have amplified the bad, and so we have the modern world.

New comment by slackfan in "US House of Representatives takes step to make daylight saving time permanent"

slackfan — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:59:25 +0000

This is fine, provided we add the extra necessary time zone.

New comment by slackfan in "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"

slackfan — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:18:16 +0000

I can tell, doesn't mean I can react usually.

Adapting is doable, but after years of rhythm games, yeah, no.

New comment by slackfan in "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"

slackfan — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:25:44 +0000

I can tell down to about a 3ms difference in lag. Actually even down to 1ms, it's not all its cracked up to be, lemme tell you.

New comment by slackfan in "Dostoyevsky isn't difficult"

slackfan — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:50:50 +0000

I have not, but you can verify for yourself - https://github.com/nika-skybytska/fa/tree/master/books has a copy of Komogorov/Fomin's text that's well known vs Introductory Real Analysis in his translation available on the Internet Archive. A cursory glance at the respective TOCs shows that there is reordering.

First couple of chapters match up, then it diverges heavily.

New comment by slackfan in "Dostoyevsky isn't difficult"

slackfan — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:10:58 +0000

Garnett (and editions of) are (quelle suprise) just fine.

New comment by slackfan in "Dostoyevsky isn't difficult"

slackfan — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:13:14 +0000

The Pevear and Volohonsky "translations" are an affront to english prose, russian literature, and the craft of translation in general. A heavily quantized LLM with an aneurism would provide the reader with a better translation than that trash.

(I used to be a professional translator for the relevant languages, so I have opinions™)

New comment by slackfan in "Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants"

slackfan — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:09:28 +0000

Excellent.

New comment by slackfan in "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies"

slackfan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:55:52 +0000

Or maybe I honestly believe that all millionaires should be socially responsible, regardless of their political views.

New comment by slackfan in "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies"

slackfan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:19:52 +0000

Drop by his residence and ask, why not.

New comment by slackfan in "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies"

slackfan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:19:28 +0000

He's a multimillionaire and I am not.

New comment by slackfan in "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies"

slackfan — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:35:35 +0000

The public should own half of everything that Senator Sanders owns as well.

New comment by slackfan in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

slackfan — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:38:10 +0000

No tax base rate is ever adjusted for inflation. What planet are you from?

New comment by slackfan in "New York passes pied-a-terre tax"

slackfan — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:23:32 +0000

Just like the federal income tax was only targeted at the top 5% of the population when implemented.

Inflation is cumulative.

New comment by slackfan in "New York Passes Tax on the Ultra-Wealthy"

slackfan — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:13:36 +0000

What they also have described is a dacha.

New comment by slackfan in "AI is too expensive"

slackfan — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:51:23 +0000

> If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month...

This blog is too expensive too.

New comment by slackfan in "Actually, democracy dies in H.R."

slackfan — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:52:14 +0000

We've said this for years, but were shouted down (by the HR class).

New comment by slackfan in "Anthropic forms $200M partnership with the Gates Foundation"

slackfan — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:10 +0000

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New comment by slackfan in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

slackfan — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:35:20 +0000

Banksy is very much regime art.

New comment by slackfan in "Linux 7.0 Broke PostgreSQL: The Preemption Regression Explained"

slackfan — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:16:30 +0000

Code quality does not care about your feelings.