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150k sounds like a LOT… what’s your use case for the app? It seems for any particular problem/comexity there is an estimate of how many LoC is needed (written by humans, good codin…

The problem is equating profitability with what societies want and don’t want. Morality exists outside of the business world (and it should inside as well). Further, it is a societ…

Installing. The ability to install software on your own device should be independent of any marketplace.

s/sideload/install/g Sideloading implies a subversive action, which we should not be primed to think.

The beautiful thing is a society deeming universal (gasp!) access to mail to be important. The ugly part is profit driven mindset, and a “you live in an unprofitable area to mail t…

Do you have any reason to back up your claims? See the guidelines “Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to …

Legality != morality

Please write nicer comments. Everyone has their own problems and their own feelings. Their socioeconomic conditions do not invalidate them.

Temporarily at a place with 10-15 mbps. 150 MB is around 1 minute. I grew up on 30 mbps. >= 100 is all I need nowadays. But 10 mbps and websites and downloads really start to take …

Because laws are (mostly) a reflection of what society wants. People are growingly concerned with both the car manu and Apple/Google control over their car and related extra softwa…

Why make fun of freedom? Have some dignity. We all deserve the right to fully own our general compute devices.

cough cough hey EU you hearing this shit?

Maybe more like “Learn how to replace an AC filter by yourself instead of calling an AC repair company” I just installed PopOS on a laptop recently, and… it just worked. There’s an…

Shameless plug: you might be interested in https://calvinlc.com/p/2026/02/11/everything-is-a-div.html I need to learn more about web accessibility, but if you completely ignore it …

Do you mind if I vibecode a fresh vehicle control software for your car? Don’t worry, it’ll just be in a different language.

As a fan of cool rocks and gems, and putting aside price and societal influences, diamonds are cool! Especially compared to hard plastic “costume jewelry” (which I think you’re ref…

Ah yes, we must force these obstinate engineers to the right path! Only after getting everyone to see the light will they understand and thank us for boundless productivity!! /s Pe…

I am, in general, hoping AV will reduce road deaths in the future. The last hurdle is regulatory. We can’t let AV manufacturers use “there’s no driver” as a way to escape responsib…

This argument falls apart since there is no real freedom of choice, and the importance of smartphones in our lives. People are becoming more aware that they don’t want a corporatio…

Location: USA Central Time (no sponsorship needed) Remote: Yes, I prefer remote. Willing to relocate: Depends on specifics. Technologies: TypeScript, Go, Python, Rust, Bash, Java, …

You can say the same thing as we invented the atomic bomb. Cool science and engineering, no doubt. Not paying any attention to societal effects is not cool. Plus, presenting things…

Wow this is a bad take and a half. Apply the argument to abusing drugs now, and see how this argument throws all nuance out the window.

Sounds like you are extremely valuable in the product you built. In your experience it’s not just the manager direct report relationship that’s adversarial, it’s you against the wh…

Recently I’ve been thinking about the text form of communication, and how it plays with our psychology. In no particular order here’s what I think: 1. Text is a very compressed / l…

Yes. Infinite low cost intelligence labor to replace those pesky humans! Really reminds me of the economics of slavery. Best way for line to go up is the ultimate suppression and s…