mobattah

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by mobattah 5mo ago
Contrary to sentiment in this thread, I am seeing positive effects of designers and PMs using AI. Skilled designers can now own how their components look and feel with guardrails.
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by mobattah 5mo ago
This is premature caution/fear.
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by mobattah 5mo ago
Exactly. We’ll see the cost of AI continue to drop. I was saying this for years about Tesla’s FSD - they finally had to give in and drop the price to stay competitive.
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by mobattah 7mo ago
These started in a tiny Wisconsin town called Hudson, where I grew up. The only time we’d ever be front page on HN :)
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by mobattah 7mo ago
My software development skillset has improved. I’m learning and stress testing new patterns that would have taken far longer pre-AI. I’m also working in new domains and tech stacks that would have taken me much longer to get up to speed on.
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by mobattah 7mo ago
“Cryptic” exit posts are basically noise. If we are going to evaluate vendors, it should be on observable behavior and track record: model capability on your workloads, reliability, security posture, pricing, and support. Any major lab will
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by mobattah 1y ago
Cultural obituaries are often premature, and the one for literacy is no exception. A nascent contrary impulse is emerging: readers deliberately turning to long-form works as a form of intellectual resistance. I’ve been working through Norma
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by mobattah 2y ago
There are several strategies companies can employ. One common approach is to raise an extension or bridge round. Many startups are adopting this method, with estimates indicating that approximately 40% of current funding rounds fall into th
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by mobattah 6y ago
I paid $4,200 for it in San Diego, California. Maybe it can be cheaper elsewhere. Side effects = NOTHING. Seriously. The operation is legitimately nothing, super duper quick. You walk into a room and in less than fifteen minutes you walk ou
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by mobattah 6y ago
There's something called SMILE if you're interested in surgery. I recently had it done.
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by mobattah 6y ago
I clicked your link and clicked on a couple tabs even but did not find data on what most people have liquid or illiquid. Can you point me to it? $100k sounds like a lot but....I live in San Diego. All in, it costs about $4,200/month p
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by mobattah 6y ago
I wish there was i3wm for Mac OS. Would make my life so much better.
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by mobattah 6y ago
I am always terrified of losing my job. It's a fear I've had even though I've been a top performer the entire five years I've been professionally working. Maybe it's because I grew up poor or because I think things
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by mobattah 6y ago
In any creative work, output is dynamic. If you're working in an assembly line or checkout at the grocery store, your productivity isn't as variable. Assuming customers/inputs are always lined up, you'll process a simila
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by mobattah 6y ago
>Meanwhile when someone is poor they are expected to have zero failures in judgment and the poor generally have better judgment but when they do have a lapse the effects are catastrophic You are 100% right. And to respond to the other co
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by mobattah 6y ago
> Some had very impressive careers, but when you realize that first opportunity was only because of a parental connection, suddenly it seems a bit hollow. The first opportunity is always the toughest. Also grew up around wealthy people,
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by mobattah 6y ago
Yep, we agree!
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by mobattah 6y ago
I think you can have your experience while understanding the massive disparity. I am the same as you. Purely self-made. Handed nothing. Here's a situation I saw which changed my view from yours to the person you're replying to: My
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by mobattah 6y ago
Wow, I hope to never work with you. You value things that should not be valued in tech. We care about competence, not credentials. I've interviewed dozens of engineers. Never once looked at their education or gave it any weight. I asse
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by mobattah 6y ago
You are being trolled. The other user does not believe in their arguments. They are just saying it to waste your time.
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by mobattah 6y ago
Under the Donald Trump administration, the US receded from its position of total global hegemony. This backtrack has massively hurt the United States.
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by mobattah 6y ago
How has Apple not fixed this? Looks super easy.
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by mobattah 6y ago
Good job! Kinda funny!
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by mobattah 6y ago
Brendan, I attended a talk you gave at AWS Re:Invent 2019. You need some serious, serious help. No company should ever be speaking to you like that. You should be showing companies the door, not the other way around. Early on in my career I
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by mobattah 7y ago
Why would that make European valuations lower? I don't understand the implication. Why would more transparency depress the value of a company?
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by mobattah 7y ago
That was my thought process as well. If these guys can't seem to make a decent living off their own applications, that's not a good sign.
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by mobattah 7y ago
Yep. I already do this. Saw it was trending on LinkedIn. There's a LifeHacker article explaining how to use Trello (Kanban) + GTD. I do that for my life tasks. I look at the board most mornings, it helps keep me on track with life admi
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by mobattah 7y ago
Try Google Photos.
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by mobattah 7y ago
Ironically, Google Photos does this on iPhone.