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New comment by smokedetector1 in "What does the Riemann zeta function have to do with the distribution of primes?"

smokedetector1 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:30:01 +0000

I don’t automatically hate someone because someone calls them despicable

New comment by smokedetector1 in "What does the Riemann zeta function have to do with the distribution of primes?"

smokedetector1 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:41:48 +0000

Why does it matter to you so much that OC is unambiguous?

New comment by smokedetector1 in "What does the Riemann zeta function have to do with the distribution of primes?"

smokedetector1 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:09:19 +0000

Genuine question: are you on the spectrum? I find this reaction strange

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Those Who Wear Red"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:50:09 +0000

this is really hard. nice!

New comment by smokedetector1 in "What does the Riemann zeta function have to do with the distribution of primes?"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:54:18 +0000

Why does this shorthand upset you?

New comment by smokedetector1 in "What does the Riemann zeta function have to do with the distribution of primes?"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:25:50 +0000

Would you prefer OC was more specific, ie “the author turned out to be a racist”, or do you have an issue with calling someone like this despicable?

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign"

smokedetector1 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:36:12 +0000

Identical treatment of all people in all situations for all laws does not exist and should not exist.

Children have different labor restrictions than adults.

Police have different gun access than civilians.

Businesses pay a different set of taxes than individuals.

And allowing businesses to do camera surveillance when you enter their property is in no way the same as allowing everyone to videotape each other at all times covertly and without consent. I really can't understand what process of reasoning could even get you there, besides "equal rights absolutism," which makes no sense.

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign"

smokedetector1 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:39:53 +0000

I believe NYC cops should be able to have guns. I dont want guns to be widely accessible in NYC.

I’m comfortable with armed security at an airport. I’m less comfortable at a supermarket.

absolute rules only hold in math. in life, almost everything is a matter of degree and of details. that doesnt make it hypocrisy

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Guerrilla London bus ads mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses campaign"

smokedetector1 — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:21:58 +0000

you genuinely dont see a difference between

(1) a single or handful of security-angled cameras controlled by a local business for security purposes

(2) any individual possibly recording you at eye level at any second without you knowing, and having the ability to use and manipulate that footage and upload it to the internet

New comment by smokedetector1 in "What does "playing politics" mean for software engineers?"

smokedetector1 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:22:09 +0000

During my first role at , I believe I accidentally made an enemy of a couple of directors due to ill-timed interpersonal awkwardness and unwillingness to suck up. What can I say - I thought tech was about meritocracy and cutting the BS. I was laid off in the next round despite doing good work. I learned my lesson and now I’m (I think) well-liked.

New comment by smokedetector1 in "I Tested 885 Duolingo Chess Puzzles. 24% Do Not Make Sense"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:24:58 +0000

Its pretty clearly AI written but human curated (hopefully). To me it didnt read like unadulterated slop

New comment by smokedetector1 in "I Tested 885 Duolingo Chess Puzzles. 24% Do Not Make Sense"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:05:37 +0000

High quality, charming article. The Hikaru defeat mentions made me chuckle. One possibility I think you’ve omitted is that they slopped the puzzles pretty hard

New comment by smokedetector1 in "The One-Step Trap (In AI Research)"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:05:00 +0000

The fallacy is that f(t+N) can be obtained by iterating f(t+1) N times. This is the “step”

New comment by smokedetector1 in "The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party"

smokedetector1 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:15:42 +0000

You don’t consider supporting “remigration”, aka forced expulsion of non-white-skinned people, to be actively malicious? What if he was physically going door to door and assaulting immigrants? Would that also be out of scope for you?

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Why current LLM costs are not sustainable"

smokedetector1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:58:29 +0000

this argument assumes that capex and training costs will go down over time. but theyll have to keep up with one another and stay on top of latest knowledge so Im not sure if thats true

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:03:22 +0000

i dont think the blog is proposing a long-term criteria. the ugliness is funny and worth noting now because its currently happening and a great symbol of them pushing plainly horrible stuff down our throats

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:47:54 +0000

no, they’re not

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:29:16 +0000

i know what it means. you’re projecting something completely inappropriate, i’m guessing from your own life, onto the blogs criticism.

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:28:13 +0000

it is spiritually the same even if its not exactly the same

New comment by smokedetector1 in "Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too"

smokedetector1 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:27:10 +0000

zuck is trying to push bad, ugly glasses to profit at the expense of causing nefarious social impact. the blog is mocking the ugliness of the glasses. it represents how out of touch zuck is. i’m not sure how you got to “four eyes” from there