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New comment by tenzing in "Have I Been Pwned 2.0"

tenzing — Tue, 20 May 2025 10:04:52 +0000

That's fine for you personally, and it may sound all good from a logical, theoretical, or academic perspective, however I personally know of people who have lost their license due to multiple fines and "demerit points" (NZ) resulting in that consequence.

The fines, and loss of license hurt them personally, professionally, and financially, but didn't change their behavior outside of the very short term.

In NZ we have people that are in and out of prison due to burglaries, robberies, etc... but the penalties don't change their longer term behavior.

There's a deeper problem, and penalties are important, but not the entire fix.

New comment by tenzing in "Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks"

tenzing — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:13:45 +0000

I have a similar viewpoint; over a decade ago, I had a nuisance tendon issue and went to a specialist who recommended surgery.

The surgery had a risk of serious, life-long consequence if it went wrong. He said that if I can live with the tendon issue, we can delay surgery indefinitely... so we delayed.

A month later, I stopped doing a certain workout at the gym, which resolved the issue within days. No need for surgery at all.

I do think that some specialists can be so focused on their speciality (i.e. surgery) that they don't think outside of that paradigm (try a different workout at the gym), and it's up to the patient to effectively shop around to get the best advice.

New comment by tenzing in "The demise of software engineers due to AI is greatly exaggerated"

tenzing — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:02:12 +0000

Exactly this. In their current state, ChatGPT (and Claude, etc) are a great boost for people who already have good foundational knowledge.

They'll probably speed up learning in general, but are no replacement for an in-depth understanding.

New comment by tenzing in "We only learnt of our son's online life after he died at 20"

tenzing — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:36:11 +0000

I still remember playing Anarchy Online in the mid 2000s and teaming up for a few hours with a guy who'd broken his back a month or so prior. He talked about how he got so much happiness from the social interaction and a sense of helping people (he was much higher level than me) within the game when he was otherwise bedridden.