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by callc 5mo ago
I am, in general, hoping AV will reduce road deaths in the future. The last hurdle is regulatory. We can’t let AV manufacturers use “there’s no driver” as a way to escape responsibility, externalizing the harms AC cause onto society. The qu
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by callc 5mo ago
This argument falls apart since there is no real freedom of choice, and the importance of smartphones in our lives. People are becoming more aware that they don’t want a corporation in control over this essential near ubiquitous technology.
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by callc 8mo ago
Location: USA Central Time (no sponsorship needed) Remote: Yes, I prefer remote. Willing to relocate: Depends on specifics. Technologies: TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, Bash, Java, C, C++, docker, k8s, Qemu, NoSQL Résu
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by callc 8mo ago
You can say the same thing as we invented the atomic bomb. Cool science and engineering, no doubt. Not paying any attention to societal effects is not cool. Plus, presenting things as inevitabilities is just plain confidently trying to pred
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by callc 8mo ago
Wow this is a bad take and a half. Apply the argument to abusing drugs now, and see how this argument throws all nuance out the window.
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by callc 8mo ago
Sounds like you are extremely valuable in the product you built. In your experience it’s not just the manager direct report relationship that’s adversarial, it’s you against the whole company for the mismatched value they place in you. You
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by callc 8mo ago
Recently I’ve been thinking about the text form of communication, and how it plays with our psychology. In no particular order here’s what I think: 1. Text is a very compressed / low information method of communication. 2. Text inheren
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by callc 8mo ago
Yes. Infinite low cost intelligence labor to replace those pesky humans! Really reminds me of the economics of slavery. Best way for line to go up is the ultimate suppression and subjugation of labor! Hypothetically can lead to society free
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by callc 8mo ago
“I built a car from scratch” … “Nobody said it has brakes.” Taken at face value, everyone assumes when you say statement #1 that you are not speaking like a lawyer.
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by callc 8mo ago
There’s no point in looking into the logic or consistency of Donald’s words. Just record his actions. Persecute him to the fullest extent of the law. Ignore everything he says. He’s a broken person, the dictionary definition of a bully, and
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by callc 8mo ago
I’m dealing with similar issues. It’s reasonable to come up with team rules like: - “if the reviewer finds more than 5 issues the PR shall be rejected immediately for the submitter to rework” - “if the reviewer needs to take more than 8 hou
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by callc 8mo ago
Proposal to not tarnish the good name of actual engineers: slopgineers. Maybe LLemgineers? Slopgrammers?
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by callc 8mo ago
Welcome to HN, thanks for sharing. That’s a very sad story, I hope you aren’t traumatized still. A reasonable framework does exist. Since the claim is “we made a web browser from scratch” the framework is: 1. Does it actually f*** work? 2.
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by callc 8mo ago
I’m happy that this shows that hard work, understanding your codebase, having performant software, having actually working software, rigorously measuring and proving proof of results still matters. There’s a huge difference between using LL
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by callc 8mo ago
“Lying is just the reality of the world” is a cop-out Don’t give them, or anyone, a free pass for bad behavior.
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by callc 8mo ago
I wish. In reality, a large enough group of people on the internet starts to turn sour. Especially with anonymity. Especially without a specific purpose like a book club. Especially without moderation. Small groups where you know everyone i
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by callc 8mo ago
Thank you!
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by callc 8mo ago
https://calvinlc.com/
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by callc 8mo ago
I really wish there was more transparency. We can’t see flagged posts without a direct link. How about a flagged section? What about a feature to challenge the flag? What about a justification for the flag? Do flagged posts need to be appro
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by callc 8mo ago
It goes back before Donald was in charge of the Trump real estate business. It started with a really really shitty father who desired a “killer” business instinct in his children (read: cruelty) above all else. Reading some of Mary Trump’s
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by callc 8mo ago
It might be childish, but I think the “act like an adult” (or not) is a good way to frame the bad behavior that’s been so present lately. It encapsulates so much of how I want to describe things. Selfish behavior - this adult is just a chil
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by callc 8mo ago
I came here to say something similar. Ever since I found out about alt + left click drag anywhere in window to move, and alt + right click drag practically anywhere on any side to resize, anything else feels user-hostile. I rarely use windo
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by callc 8mo ago
It’s an easy deflection. Dismiss any opinions because you’re using it wrong or not the latest. Good for anything >= 1 month old. Use other nonsense fear inducing argument in the mean time, continue gathering gobs of VC money, get your ba
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by callc 8mo ago
I have hope that the newer generations don’t align with “big bad guvmit”, and there’s been enough negative experiences (direct and indirect) with healthcare that people will vote for alternatives. Also, I am saddened by the shared anxiety o
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by callc 8mo ago
Ah yes, the teeneager point of view of “why is everyone trying to ruin my life!” Adults that didn’t grow up.
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by callc 8mo ago
Cell phones are fine. It’s their locked-down non-open nature and Apple, Google, Samsung that make cell phones not general computing devices. I really hope we can convince enough people to care about general computing.
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by callc 8mo ago
I agree in theory. In practice people who are automated out of jobs are not taken care of by society in the transition period where they learn how to do a new job. Once having a job is not intimately tied to basic survival needs then people
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by callc 8mo ago
We all have skin in the game when how it’s sold is “automated intelligence so that we can fire all our knowledge workers” Might be good in some timelines. In our current timeline this will just mean even more extreme concentration of wealth
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by callc 8mo ago
Murder is still murder. Whether it’s done in person or through a screen. IANAL.. I know current US computer crime laws are extremely broad and ill-defined. Curious to hear opinion from someone who actually knows some law.
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by callc 8mo ago
You’d be surprised in the variety in how people eat food. I know some people that roll a pizza slice (from crust to center) to eat it. Blasphemous, and inspiring.

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