reeredfdfdf

5 ms·

1.
by reeredfdfdf 8d ago
Perhaps, but at least there is material and financial support to Ukraine. I doubt AfD would continue it, or provide it for other EU member states if attacked.
2.
by reeredfdfdf 8d ago
I'm worried of what European defense will look like if some day France, Germany and UK are all ruled by populist parties with historical ties / understanding attitude towards to Russia & skepticism towards NATO and EU. Not goo
3.
by reeredfdfdf 13d ago
When AI can replace most SWEs, it can cost-effectively build systems that can replace most other white-collar workers as well. It's mainly skills involving physical work that cannot be replaced without major advances in robotics. Anyth
4.
by reeredfdfdf 13d ago
I've felt the same for a while now. On my free time I have completely stopped building projects where the main motivation is professional learning. I now only build stuff I want or am genuinely interested in, and utilize AI in the proc
5.
by reeredfdfdf 13d ago
I would love such a future. I would be perfectly content focusing on my hobbies and playing video games rest of my life. Perhaps the UBI would be sufficient even for a little bit of travel.
6.
by reeredfdfdf 15d ago
As somebody else said already, you care too much. It's not your fault things are progressing slowly. As the stoic quote says, you have only power over your mind, not outside events, like how qualified the dev team or management is. I g
7.
by reeredfdfdf 21d ago
Higher-end Thinkpads are pretty nice in terms of build quality. Trackpads and screens are worse, but they will physically last just as long.
8.
by reeredfdfdf 22d ago
EU is rich, insulation problem can be handled, especially if we build enough green energy to bring down electricity prices, which makes even poorly insulated houses livable. I live in a Nordic country, and people have survived here for sinc
9.
by reeredfdfdf 22d ago
Banning Russian gas is the right thing to do, and good for long-term energy independence & prices.
10.
by reeredfdfdf 2mo ago
I had a similar experience when I was young. Bought a vape and some Cannabis, which probably had really high THC concentration as it tends to have nowadays. Took a bit, didn't feel anything, then took a bit more, and boom, a panic atta
11.
by reeredfdfdf 3mo ago
Nordic style social democracy works quite well though. Communism sucks, but too much unregulated Capitalism isn't great either, as we can see in USA and many other countries that suffer from extreme inequality.
12.
by reeredfdfdf 4mo ago
I can't see much creativity and innovation in Russia. They sell oil and natural resources & use the money (whatever is not stolen by oligarchs) to fund an unnecessary war which they are losing. If anything, Russia is a prime exampl
13.
by reeredfdfdf 4mo ago
Probably we can blame higher hygiene standards, or some other environmental factor for it. Forests haven't changed much in past decades. Here in Finland I've never been affected by any kind of tree pollen at all, but somehow timot
14.
by reeredfdfdf 4mo ago
The problem I have is that I find generic code reviews really, really boring. With agents I write less code but read more code that I didn't write myself, which makes the job more boring than it was. I would rather let AI do the code r
15.
by reeredfdfdf 4mo ago
"I think the big AI companies are trying to transform into the next Microsoft. Completely capture both enterprise and consumers." That is going to be a failing strategy though. Whatever OpenAI or Anthropic implement, Microsoft and
16.
by reeredfdfdf 5mo ago
Still those technological issues do happen, and in those situations it's good to have a human pilot in control. See for example Qantas Flight 72 - the autopilot thought aircraft was stalling, and sent the plane into a dive. It could ha
17.
by reeredfdfdf 5mo ago
"Without ability to manufacture missiles, Iran would be unable coerce people to buy into it's Hormuz transit toll system, and the strait would reopen." You don't need missiles to keep Hormuz closed. Cheap drones, naval m
18.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
Cuba can barely keep electricity on amid fuel shortages and ancient infrastructure. They are in no position to fight a war, and don't really have a strong ideological force like IRGC in Iran. The ruling elites are way more likely to ma
19.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
I guess that's how it is in America. If you are lucky enough to live in the Nordics, you pay far, far less, sometimes nothing at all. I don't think anywhere near 3000 a month for 3 kids is normal in most of other EU either. So, ov
20.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
I agree. Whenever I've tried jumping into NodeJS world, I quickly get overwhelmed by the lack of obvious "right" solutions to common problems. There's no way to know which of the dozens of ORM's, auth libraries or w
21.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
I believe in this case regulation would work just fine. My old Macbook Pro from 2012 was just as solid and high quality as the newest models, but much more repairable. It's possible to create repairable devices without compromising muc
22.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
US car culture has been dead for a long time, at least internationally. People like big American cars made in 50s - 70s for their looks, but since then all I can think of are oversized pickups, Nascar and Tesla which is getting eaten alive
23.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
Just cross the border to Sweden or Finland, and the share of EV's of all new cars drop from around 90 to something like 30-35%. The EV transition is going to take a while longer in most EU countries. Of course something to note is the
24.
by reeredfdfdf 6mo ago
Don't you have private healthcare in the UK too, if you aren't satisfied with the NHS? IMO universal healthcare is awesome as the final safety-net that provides critical care, no matter your financial or employment situation. Yet
25.
by reeredfdfdf 7mo ago
But where will office workers displaced by AI leave? Industrialization brought demand for factory work (and later grew service sector), but I can't see what new opportunities AI is creating. There are only so many service people AI bil
26.
by reeredfdfdf 7mo ago
Most likely these clothes will be just dumped to poorer parts of Africa and Asia, where they're finally sold for peanuts, or in worst case dumped into a landfill. That's what already happens for a lot of used clothes that people g
27.
by reeredfdfdf 7mo ago
It's much cheaper to drink at home when you're unemployed though. I live in a country with seriously rising unemployment rate (highest in EU), and bars/night clubs are going bankrupt left and right here.
28.
by reeredfdfdf 7mo ago
Demand for all those services (with possible exception of essential medical care) will shrink if big portion of white collar workers end up unemployed. Without a job people simply won't have much extra money to spend on them.
29.
by reeredfdfdf 7mo ago
Yea, I've ran bunch of office PC's with nearly 20 year old components 24/7 without any stability issues (acting space heaters doing CPU intensive tasks in winter). No need to replace a quality PSU until you start having issue
30.
by reeredfdfdf 8mo ago
Syria was an absolute hell under Assad for dissidents, can't blame America for that. Iraq and Libya maybe, though Saddam and Gaddafi weren't exactly great leaders to their people either. Anyway, IMO the thing about Iran is that it

More ›