JohnBrookz

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by JohnBrookz 3mo ago
It’s a different type of hell.
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by JohnBrookz 4mo ago
Only mistral could re rerelease deepseeks model and do a worse job.
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by JohnBrookz 7mo ago
This shouldn’t be news. I grew up in Texas and most of my high school’s top 8% were cheating to stay ahead. Older siblings handed down tests and kids snuck into classes to steal exams. At my university most kids I knew cheated. Having done
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Not surprised. Every relationship in America is transactional. Work is cut throat especially at stacked ranking companies. This country is basically a social Darwinian hellhole. Friendships here seem try and extract the most value from othe
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
It’s very unlikely you’re using custom encryption. You only need to submit this if you are.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Empire maintenance is hard. USAID was a form of soft power that prevented the necessary use of blunt force. Given the rhetoric against China, the consolidation of power and rise of nationalistic fervor. I suppose we’re just a few years from
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Historically you pretty much have to wait for the institutions to over extend itself before an opportunity arises for means reversion. Fascism can never be satisfied with the status quo- it must take actions for actions sake. The enemy is a
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Not true lol. I used to work at JPMC and got a 20% bump switching to a much much less sexy industry writing software.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
This is pure cope. Brand loyalty will do nothing against the Chinese car companies. American car companies relied heavily on tariffs and import limits to compete with Japanese car companies. The Chinese don’t have a gun to their heads so we
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Why not do something you care about? I started a company recently making apps for comic book collectors and it’s been more fulfilling than anything else I’ve done.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
The article was pretty clear and cohesive on its messaging. I’m not sure what you’re confused about.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
The decline continues but steeper. Market instability
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
I think what’s weird is the formatting isn’t even something I can control for. In the past few MRs my tech lead asked me to apply changes he made which when compared has zero difference .
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Ask HN: How do I keep up with work?
13 points by JohnBrookz 2y ago|18 comments
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
That’s the perfect time to go on strike.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Yeah this ignorant. The root of Americas problem isn’t the government, it isn’t the billionaires, it’s the people, the culture. Billionaires don’t fund themselves, politicians don’t vote for themselves. The average adult has the literacy s
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
If you’re in the major Texas cities you know there’s really only one.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
I have no idea what they were talking about. For all I know they could have been talking about soccer.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
This happened at intel and was very noticeable even back in 2010. Indians hires other Indians. At every company I’ve been at if you were not Indian you were not invited to the conversation. Sitting in meetings where you were excluded from 3
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
I’m an engineer at a grocery chain that essentially has a monopoly in most of Texas. The chain has a good and well earned reputation for the public but it definitely uses underhanded monopolistic tactics to maintain dominance. As it’s grown
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
1. An economy driven by physical commodities like oil are susceptible to corruption and stagnation. 2. Norways dependence on oil has prevented it from doing anything meaningful economically or technologically.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Bambu labs got me into 3d printing. It’s the most seamless and simple 3d printer and functions as basically an appliance. Huge leap for 3d printing and I suspect we’re closer than ever to making jt affordable and easy.
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Ask HN: Should I put my startup on my resume?
14 points by JohnBrookz 2y ago|21 comments
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
It’s amazing how rapidly Asia has developed the last few decades whilst the west has stagnated. Living in the west feels like I’m trapped in time. The future is too scary and uncertain for us. What happened to optimism?
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
I was a non technical founder idealist. Then my friends told me I lacked the skills to be a business and a technical founder. It was honest and useful. I dropped out of nursing school, went to business school and taught myself how to write
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Here’s a paradoxical take. If you build an AI you want it to be super intelligent and take power away from humanity. Why would you want humans to have power over something more intelligent and powerful than us, that’s called a weapon.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Ironic. The product I’m building relies on Haiku. It’s brilliant, cheap and fast. Their models are very capable and much more accessible to small companies.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
Without crypto we wouldn’t have regulation that protect normal people from magical internet money.
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
It’s hard. I think people get sucked into the matrix. I had a friend who was a really interesting person. Had well thought out beliefs and we used to talk about philosophy, politics and science. Eventually she got a high paying, high stress
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by JohnBrookz 2y ago
I think this would apply to most people but really it’s just how capitalism works. I think for some people the value of starting is business is having control of who you surround yourself with. I want to work with ambitious, smart and kind

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