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by strangattractor 5d ago
You could say similar things about older BMWs. People leave notes on my 2004 Honda CR-V asking if I want to sell. A Honda civic I put on Craigslist took less than hour to sell. Repairability of any used car is becoming increasing problemati
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by strangattractor 5d ago
No sane poor person would buy a used Mercedes. Parts and repair would cost more than the car. The only people that would think a $1000 Mercedes is worth it would be rich.
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by strangattractor 5d ago
def self_improve_more(): if self_improved(): self_improve_more() else: see_tony_robins_and_buy_tapes()
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by strangattractor 6d ago
Post WWII built SV - it has always been the case.
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by strangattractor 6d ago
Sometimes I would ask stakeholders about some idea or nifty feature we were considering implementing. The answer was usually positive and enthusiastic. I'd then ask if they would use it and how it would help them. Silence.... Being unt
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by strangattractor 20d ago
When I originally started in this business it was truly exciting. VC's where the only place to go to fund truly unique companies and products that were highly risky. Disruption was often a byproduct not a goal. The goal now - collect a
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by strangattractor 22d ago
There are so many VC's and so much money today the demand for "Founders" is high. One way to increase supply is to manufacture what you need - much like Korean K-Pop bands. Band members start in a Bootcamp. They learn to danc
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by strangattractor 1mo ago
Use of Claude for coding increases the number of commits, merges and pushes. Add in difficulty in getting RAM, Disk Storage and Servers. A dash of high energy prices, data center angst and tariffs. A pinch of diverting resources to all thin
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by strangattractor 3mo ago
Data centers are the next Dark Fiber from 2000. After VCs and private Equity fund them there will not be sufficient demand because AI will inevitably not entirely live up to all the hype. The fire sale will eventually begin. Then Google, M$
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by strangattractor 3mo ago
Humans are a bunch of hairless monkeys that have evolved to scam each other rather than hunt and gather food from Nature.
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by strangattractor 3mo ago
Right on. This only works if you compare it to another extremely aggressively valued company.
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by strangattractor 3mo ago
If you replaced one CEO that was making 300 times the average salary of an employee - that is equivalent to firing 300 employees. You can have your AI and Reduction in Force without losing all those pesky people with institutional knowledge
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by strangattractor 3mo ago
If you don't want to abide by the conditions of a gift - don't accept it.
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by strangattractor 3mo ago
%80 of CEOs are Meh. %10 of the CEOs add value to the company. %10 of the CEOs are actually detrimental. The %80 will always try and do what they think the top %10 CEOs do because of FOMO. The bottom %10 will do it because they know their d
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by strangattractor 4mo ago
Those changes should be taken as a harbinger. Smells a lot like 1999 when a company producing cat turds could get a listing.
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by strangattractor 4mo ago
In what way did it work well for cops? From what I've seen it goes both ways with bodycam footage. The cops often have to put up with seriously dangerous stupid people and cops on power trips are video'd abusing people. Not that I
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by strangattractor 5mo ago
I love the ideas and motivations underpinning Github's creation. For a long time Github was the best instantiation of those ideals. Maybe not so much anymore. Transitions are always the most difficult but they often result in new persp
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by strangattractor 5mo ago
Even odder. I asked: Are you sure? Yes, confirmed directly from Anthropic's website. Claude Code is included in the Pro plan, described as perfect for short coding sprints in small codebases with access to both Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.7.
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by strangattractor 5mo ago
I got down voted by 4 people just for pointing that out. lol
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by strangattractor 5mo ago
If spending caps made them more money they'd find a way;)
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by strangattractor 5mo ago
Yes - I was given a syllogism that was logically correct but the Truthyness of the premises where wrong or misleading in the real world. All pilots need a medical exam to have a license. John is a pilot. John has had a medical exam. Pilots
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Definitely meme stonk territory. IMO Elon is good for making the big bets on things with no competition that don't currently exist. The day to day grind of growing a company and maneuvering all the twist and turns of competition not so
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Don't disagree that public transportation is necessary however one size does not fit all people. There are elderly people that have difficulty navigating public spaces for many reasons. Having a car drive up to your home or pick you up
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
I think self driving cars are important for a couple of reasons: 1. Demographics - Aging population needs transportation. God knows we certainly don't need really old people driving themselves. We got a taste of the future in West Por
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Interoperability is what made the Web possible. Not sure I buy that it will save it without a fundamental change in people's behavior. Image you are a 1960s household and RCA tries to sell you a TV to only watch ABC and Zenith has a TV
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Agreed - another tool in the old tool pouch. I find it fascinating in that it provides insight into the role of language in intelligence. Certainly not AGI but makes ELIZA seem neolithic;) I am amazed at the incredible things it can do - on
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Salary does not need to be on the budget because it is the same whether you work 40hrs per week or 80.
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Does anybody know his investors? I'd like an intro:)
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
One size never fits all. I am old enough to remember what a game changer Spreadsheets (VisiCalc) where. They made the personal computer into a SwissArmy knife for many people that could not justify investing large sums of money into softwar
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by strangattractor 6mo ago
Just goes to show I'm a poor judge of what is written by AI.

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