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BelovedAntipop

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About BelovedAntipop

I code for a living and listen to jazz, metal, and synthwave on the job. I might actually be a Maine Coon cat posting from a MEWNIX installation. I don't need you to know more about me than that.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48472805

    Too bad they weren't disbarred for their AI-dependent shenanigans.

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    Comment #48472713

    It's not just Thiel and Musk misreading classic sf/f. It's most of you. How many you have actually read Mary Shelley closely enough to realize that Victor Frankenstein was the vill…

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    Comment #48472641

    As an independent contractor, I job hop regularly and use the expiration of every contract as an opportunity to demand a better deal for myself. I don't give a damn about "promotio…

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    Comment #48472548

    I had a cat named Molly who would flip switches.

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    Comment #48472528

    At risk of sounding like a typical HN pedant: you already had the words you needed. There was no need to use the word "content", or is the max size on the title textbox so small th…

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    Comment #48457724

    I don't consume content. If somebody calls themselves a content creator, I write them off as being unworthy of my time. If a writer doesn't believe in themselves enough to call the…

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    Comment #48366453

    Why does the law even permit him to do this?

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    Comment #48365275

    If you prefer to avoid Substack because they still host neo-Nazi Richard Spencer, you should avoid seeingthesystem.com as well because it's hosted on Substack.

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    Comment #48365242

    Thanks for the correction, but I'm going to leave my original post alone even if I could still edit it. I've no more use for Ronny Chieng's ideas as to what I should do with my lif…

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    Comment #48351130

    [flagged]

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    Comment #48351110

    I'm not a boomer, but I've got my tiny violin. What I want to know is what this guy did to be tasked with writing for Fortune about the effects Boomers have on the economy. That ha…

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    Comment #48351026

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. This is the closest we're likely to get to justice for Near being driven to suicide by these assholes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_(pro…

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    Comment #48350971

    tl;dr: *non serviam* Had I been part of Harvard's class of 2026, I'd boo Conan O'Brien on principle. He just stuck his head into Hume's Guillotine, trying to derive an ought from t…

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    Comment #48350438

    > My clients don't send spam. I can understand this being your viewpoint. Nevertheless, I disagree with you. I use Fastmail instead of Gmail or Outlook, but as far as I'm concerned…

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    Comment #48335650

    It's almost as if some lawmakers are the worst kind of cynics; they know the price of everything and the value of nothing. But this is a democracy, and as H. L. Mencken put it: > “…

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    Comment #48335509

    I would settle for everybody in tech reading Mary Shelley and realizing that Victor Frankenstein was the real monster. It won't even cost you money; the OG of science fiction has b…

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    Comment #48335202

    And I don't blame them. If I subjected myself to that nonsense I'd start getting more misanthropic, too. Hell, I figured out years ago that if my primary form of engagement on a pl…

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    Comment #48335193

    My leverage is in not depending on "AI", and in possessing the experience, judgment, and discernment no LLM can emulate. That, and my willingness to maintain complete confidentiali…

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    Comment #48330114

    > At the same time, companies are desperate for high-leverage hires. ClickUp, let go 22% of their workers, and introduced new $1M salary bands to attract agentic-native humans. I'm…

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    Comment #48330070

    Given that my playlists are hand-curated from MP3s I rip from CDs or buy via Bandcamp, I'd love to see AI slop even try to come for my playlists. This only a problem if you depend …

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    Comment #48330027

    > I merely think about something and would you look at that, a new post / video / comment / blog / article / etc. about what I’m thinking about, but trying to ragebait me for atten…