freetinker

4 日前議論

And so begins the enshittification.

I hope my comment ages like unpasteurized milk on a hot summer day, but I’m afraid it will age like an sp3 hybridized allotrope of carbon.

freetinker

先月議論

Heartbreaking. Sorry for your loss.

freetinker

2 か月前議論

We’ve known about this for a while I feel from dimples on a golf ball.

freetinker

6 か月前議論

You’re self-questioning and self-reflective. Totally not worried for you or by you. Keep it up.

freetinker

6 か月前議論

To paraphrase Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to prioritize something when his salary depends upon his not prioritizing it.”

freetinker

9 か月前議論

Waymo solved San Francisco. Non-trivial, imo. Is London more complex?

freetinker

9 か月前議論

This is an evolved view. Let’s put achievements on currency, not humans. Of course, this is no panacea - “achievement” is ambiguous enough to be open to interpretation, and therefore political capture. But it’s a step forward.

freetinker

10 か月前議論

Apple Vision Pro.

freetinker

10 か月前議論

Emails are optimized for COA record-keeping, not efficient communication.

freetinker

10 か月前議論

PR budgets exist to _prevent_ exactly this sort of response.

freetinker

10 か月前議論

This is an astute point. I’m a mid-40s mech engineer in the Bay Area. HN is my tribe, by and large. I’ve been bombarded with perspectives that ADHD medication is the answer. (Not officially diagnosed, but I’m confident I meet the criteria and very likely “afflicted.”)

The brain is complex—adapted, or maladapted, for different tasks. My working hypothesis: mine is maladapted to the behaviors currently rewarded in corporate America. And I know I’m not Feynman.

So here I am, stuck in a bi-modal world (or maybe just worldview). This piece hits hard.

freetinker

11 か月前議論

The comma makes it more human-readable. What separator would you suggest?

freetinker

12 か月前議論

This is a largely correct, but incomplete take imo. Cultures are neither “good” nor “bad”. Some are better than others at optimizing different outcomes. Of course, culture A might be objectively better or worse for you vs culture B - depending on what you value or prefer optimizing.

freetinker

12 か月前議論

This, 100%. Look East (assuming a Western reference point) for copious evidence that supports this POV. Education is a means to an end, and the only way out of abject poverty (personal experience).

Studying the classics and poetry (arguably components of a well-rounded “liberal” education) is a privileged viewpoint. Hell, I wanted to study theoretical physics. But that would be like studying poetry. Engineering just seemed more practical. Now I earn more than a tenured professor of physics at a top university. Q.E.D.

freetinker

昨年議論

This.

freetinker

昨年議論

More gullible fodder to influence via handheld screens.

freetinker

昨年議論

Could you share a little bit about your journey - how you got started, your motivations? (I’m trying to teach myself programming/development, hence the curiosity.)

freetinker

昨年議論

An elegant solution to this problem would be to enforce a very low speed limit entering the turn.

“Sharp turn ahead, reduce speed to 5 km/h”

freetinker

昨年議論

True problem solvers. They solved a political problem, but created a real one. Certainly not engineering ethos torch-bearers.

However, they did meet spec. I’d fire leadership first.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair

freetinker

昨年議論

Terrible. Interaction loop is too slow. Not ergonomic.

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