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New comment by zzgo in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

zzgo — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:35:33 +0000

If you think the No Kings movement is preventing a unified front against the war, you haven't been paying attention to the political discourse in the US since the rise of the Tea Party 15+ years ago.

New comment by zzgo in "A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta"

zzgo — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:16:20 +0000

> cut to 2026 and suddenly its like we just collectively decided software quality doesn't matter

I saw the sea change in 2008 when quality process got replaced with velocity and testing tasks. I've watched everything from Experian and health record data leaks to Windows 11 since that change. Software quality hasn't mattered for a long time.

New comment by zzgo in "What are the best coping mechanisms for AI Fatalism?"

zzgo — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:55:01 +0000

> The key leaders of the AI labs struggle openly with the morality of what they are building

Can you provide examples of this? As far as I can tell, they have long pushed past any moral quandaries and are speeding towards implementing their visions while pushing off any problems of societal upheaval onto our politicians.

New comment by zzgo in "I'm a developer for a major food delivery app"

zzgo — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:38:07 +0000

The California AG in particular wouldn't pass up any opportunity to get his name and accomplishments in the press. I get a weekly newsletter from him extolling his recent successes.

New comment by zzgo in "I'm a developer for a major food delivery app"

zzgo — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:36:32 +0000

Upvoted for speaking your truth.

New comment by zzgo in "I'm a developer for a major food delivery app"

zzgo — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:35:03 +0000

I got banned from /r/LateStageCapitalism for stating that we shouldn't be ripping on people for having a Coexist bumper sticker. OP getting their post rejected there doesn't surprise me in the least.

New comment by zzgo in "I'm a developer for a major food delivery app"

zzgo — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:29:51 +0000

I used to write tests for a cryptocurrency trading platform. I regularly talked to the auditors, as they were the ones who made sure that the crypto we transferred into external wallets made it back into internal wallets after the test.

I wouldn't say that I knew a bunch of accounting practices from talking to them, but I _did_ learn that the CTO and director of QA both lied to me during my interview. Sure, we made _some_ money from the spread as claimed in my interview, but in truth, the bulk of our money came from loaning our customer deposits to 3 Arrows Capital. I knew we were fucked _months_ before the company suddenly went under.

New comment by zzgo in "I'm a developer for a major food delivery app"

zzgo — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:23:11 +0000

The comments didn't load, you gotta archive old.reddit.com in order to get 50 comments archived.

New comment by zzgo in "Questions engineers should ask future employers in interviews"

zzgo — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:04:04 +0000

What's the right way to ask, "is my manager or supervisor taking Adderall?" I need a manager that can listen for two minutes, not one that's on a drug that compels them to speak in ten minute long stream of consciousness rants.

New comment by zzgo in "America's betting craze has spread to its news networks"

zzgo — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:57:41 +0000

The advantage of betting on a horse is that the next race is in 10 minutes. You buy a call on the price of MSFT, for example, and you're going to be waiting a while before you can place another bet.

And there are notoriously betting groups around the world that have made fortunes off of betting on horse racing. I'd bet that they feel superior to people betting on commodities and productive assets when they could be betting on horses.

New comment by zzgo in "America's betting craze has spread to its news networks"

zzgo — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:52:37 +0000

So, how could one manipulate differences of opinion in order to turn a profit on a site like Kalshi?

New comment by zzgo in "America's betting craze has spread to its news networks"

zzgo — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:50:00 +0000

> IDK if the left is as tied up in it as the right

Democrats dominate the legislature in California, and they are deep in the pocket of Indian gaming.

New comment by zzgo in "Ex-FTC chair Lina Khan joins Mamdani's transition team"

zzgo — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:14:18 +0000

Concern trolls will ask who's going to pay for the free buses, and wonder if they'll be overrun by the homeless or other vilified residents of New York.

New comment by zzgo in "'Do not trust your eyes': AI generates surge in expense fraud"

zzgo — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:43:40 +0000

I think it has something to do with using a 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 DNS server. I'm using my ISP's DNS server and it's loading fine for me.

New comment by zzgo in "Addiction Markets"

zzgo — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 11:09:00 +0000

> Gambling is a real addiction.

> Gambling is not inherently addictive.

What do you reckon makes gambling go from not inherently addictive to a real addiction?

New comment by zzgo in "Replacement.ai"

zzgo — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:30:37 +0000

> This is what government is for

In my home country, the people building the robots and job destroying AI have captured all three branches of government, and have been saying for over 40 years that they'd like to shrink government down to a size that they could drown it in a bathtub. The government can't be relied upon to do more than move its military into our cities to violently stifle dissent.

New comment by zzgo in "Microsoft only lets you opt out of AI photo scanning 3x a year"

zzgo — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:47:17 +0000

> They'd probably do it happily even without a warrant

I'm old enough to remember when companies were tripping over themselves after 9/11 trying to give the government anything they could to help them keep an eye on Americans. They eventually learned to monetize this, and now we have the surveillance economy.

New comment by zzgo in "U.S. Lost 32,000 Private-Sector Jobs in September, Says Payroll Processor"

zzgo — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:08:58 +0000

> There are no entry-level jobs, because "entry level" now requires years of experience

This was my experience leaving college in the dot-com bust 25 years ago, and I heard it was similar for graduates around 2008-2012.

New comment by zzgo in "ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair"

zzgo — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 23:40:19 +0000

Bill Maher rather famously lost his job on ABC 20+ years ago related to his comments about the 9/11 hijackers. I don't think conservatives cancelling people in the media for speech they don't like is anything new within the last 5 years.

New comment by zzgo in "Adafruit Fruit Jam – An RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh"

zzgo — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 02:17:27 +0000

Mini PC seemed to be the term that was being settled on, though I do see mini computer used where I'd expect to see nano computer as well. This is the first time I've seen anyone in tech use the term mini computer instead of nano, however.

Perhaps they're not teaching the under 40s what a mini computer is.