strict9

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by strict9 4mo ago
My experience in a large US city is surprisingly the opposite. The toy stores I visit are doing great. I suspect this is is because a large portion of their business is for birthday parties. I assumed many or most were gone because of Amazo
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by strict9 5mo ago
https://archive.is/A9Gn0
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Wait Out AI's Super-Spending False Start(bloomberg.com)
6 points by strict9 5mo ago|1 comments
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by strict9 5mo ago
It is true commercial versions are slightly more expensive. But this is the tradeoff of buying something more durable and meant to be used continuously. But it's not true that they are difficult to buy. For my two examples: Commercial
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by strict9 5mo ago
This is an interesting and more apt way to frame smart features. One way I've found to avoid objects that come alive is to buy the commercial version. - TVs aimed at commercial hospitality businesses let you avoid a lot of the bloatwar
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by strict9 6mo ago
I've been using ack for a very long time, maybe 15 years. It's like grep but faster and easier to use. I still use it all the time, even in the era of Claude. https://beyondgrep.com/
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I hate customer-service chatbots: Consumer-AI relationship off to rocky start(cnbc.com)
2 points by strict9 6mo ago|0 comments
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by strict9 6mo ago
It appears personal devices were also impacted by this via Microsoft Intune. That app is presented to employees as a way to get their email/slack on their personal device without giving IT systems access to it. IT systems around the co
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Iranian Hacktivists Strike Medical Device Maker Stryker and Wiped Systems(zetter-zeroday.com)
54 points by strict9 6mo ago|2 comments
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Private Equity Debt Left a Leading VPN Open to Chinese Hackers(financialpost.com)
1 points by strict9 7mo ago|0 comments
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AWS outages caused by AI coding bot blunder, report claims(tomshardware.com)
4 points by strict9 7mo ago|0 comments
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by strict9 8mo ago
As I have heard from mid level managers and C suite types across a few dev jobs. Staff are the largest expense and the technology department is the largest cost center. I disagree because Sales couldn't exist with a product but that&#x
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Target's dev server offline after hackers claim to steal source code(bleepingcomputer.com)
15 points by strict9 8mo ago|1 comments
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by strict9 9mo ago
>Primarily because web search these days is so shitty but that’s besides the point. Obviously there are a lot of reasons for this. But I think one of the most important reasons is that there is so few organic interesting content destin
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by strict9 9mo ago
Almost all tech CEOs think we want an AI button on every window, every app, every dialog. Always there no matter what to make workers more productive or need fewer workers or whatever. The reality is that even the most ardent supporters of
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by strict9 9mo ago
Stack Overflow should have been a strong connection for developers who started building software prior to 2022. A niche place to find the solution for something getting in your way. Instead, my own experience and every anecdote I've ev
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Apple Pushes iPhone Users Still on iOS 18 to Upgrade to iOS 26(macrumors.com)
14 points by strict9 10mo ago|4 comments
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by strict9 10mo ago
And all of these outages happening not long after most of them dismissed a large amount of experienced staff while moving jobs offshore to save in labor costs.
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by strict9 10mo ago
Most or all of these lost significant institutional knowledge through layoff after layoff and jobs moved to lower cost countries. Maybe a coincidence or maybe not.
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by strict9 11mo ago
>It basically needs to replace its present Balmer with a Satya. You had me all the wya until this line.
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by strict9 11mo ago
Interesting insight. High interest rates keep new startups low. Well, not counting AI startups I guess. And the lack of new (non-AI) startups allows bloated incumbents to get by without innovating or offering new products. Quality destroyin
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Public Montessori programs strengthen learning outcomes at lower costs: study(phys.org)
374 points by strict9 11mo ago|243 comments
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by strict9 11mo ago
In the past large developments would win over local government support with promises of jobs and investment in the local economy. Now the only promises are a strained grid, higher energy bills and loud noise. It doesn't help that AI ha
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by strict9 11mo ago
I agree with this message and happy to see it. But I think the more important point is the increasing number of layoffs linked in the article [1]. These layoffs are mostly ignored here and everywhere else. Jobs are getting offshored and out
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Why Are H-1B Visas Suddenly a Big Deal? One Reason: Tech Jobs Disappeared(nytimes.com)
5 points by strict9 1y ago|3 comments
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by strict9 1y ago
Every time one of Zitron's posts come up I think of bitcoin or algorithmic social media feeds. Like those things, I understand people have strong opinions on whether or not it's good or bad for society. But what's the endgame
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by strict9 1y ago
Tech employers are saying it's efficiencies gained in AI that led to layoffs for the past few years. Yet they have increased headcount in engineering offices in other countries at the same time. This is also happening at small and mids
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by strict9 1y ago
Necessary step before making a move into hardware. An object you have to remember to use quickly gets forgotten in favor of your phone. But a device that reaches out to you reminds you to hook back in.
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Layoffs and H-1Bs: Texas Instruments' Billion-Dollar Balancing Act(dallasexpress.com)
4 points by strict9 1y ago|0 comments
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Optus says fatal triple-zero outage was caused by 'human error'(9news.com.au)
2 points by strict9 1y ago|0 comments

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