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lewdev

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About lewdev

Software engineer. twitter: lewdev

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48128147

    If insurance companies are for profit then they are incentivized to deny coverage. This fucking sucks.

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    Comment #47771652

    "regulate guns" does not equate to "gun free."

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    Comment #47533647

    Is it fair to say that they can just compete in the men's division?

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    Comment #47359778

    There was a case where someone's finger prints matched someone who was later found to have an alibi and not be there. So even finger prints are unreliable.

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    Comment #47359763

    How was she saved by her bank records when they already arrested her like she was proven to have done it? How little evidence do cops need to go arrest a woman 1,200 miles away and…

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    Comment #47342790

    Yup, that's why stock prices increase in value when companies announce massive layoffs because they know their operating costs got much lower. And software engineers and IT staff a…

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    Comment #47342060

    This tweet succinctly encompasses my thoughts on AI coding: "thank god programming is solved, I hated writing code... anyway, off to issue statements to a computer in a way it can …

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    Comment #46532429

    > It will make very little difference in the end. I feel like there will be a difference between a handful of large corporations owning a majority of properties vs thousands of den…

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    Comment #43873735

    Regardless of the pay, I just can't imagine people really being excited to drive all day alone. I hate driving and I do it as little as possible. People like to be around other peo…

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    Comment #43873649

    This reminds me of how ATMs created more banking jobs because people started to use the bank more along with ATMs. ATMs handled the simple transactions and tellers dealt with the m…

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    Comment #42996569

    AI is causing the unemployment or big tech is still downsizing after the influx of hiring done during and after the pandemic?

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    Comment #42979044

    It's okay when large corporations download cars. But when you do it, you'll be in trouble.

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    Comment #42690082

    People who use AI to make music don't like making music.

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    Comment #42392163

    He lead a mob of his audience to threaten families that just had a child in their family murdered based on lies. There's no price on how horrible that is. Argue all you want, it we…

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    Comment #42198618

    Project Linda looks pretty cool and relatively practical since it lets you keep everything in one device. I have a PC, laptop, and mobile phone. This might bring it my devices to t…

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    Comment #41825150

    I can imagine that training only leads to bearing fruit in other companies if the junior/intern decides to leave.

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    Comment #41712994

    What blogging platform did you use? That's an amazing story! I feel motivated to start blogging myself.

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    Comment #41572934

    It's 100% a scheme to do mass layoffs without having to pay severance. WFH is so awesome and everybody loves it. Take that away and you know people will leave on their own.

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    Comment #41477827

    Can you use any kind of water? Or filtered and treated special water? The article says that we can use the "most abundant substance on earth", which would be the case if we can use…

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    Comment #41355560

    This article is capitalizing on the Crowdstrike incident. It was costly but a mistake. As a software engineer, I just know that's all it is. I don't think there is a upward trend o…

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    Comment #41355508

    I think it's because he pretended to care. > Altman pulled from science fiction stories, he told the journalists he’s not trying to achieve immortality, but rather wants to “give p…

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    Comment #41014024

    Remember when Apple sued Samsung for copying basic UI designs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electron...

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    Comment #40895241

    The first company I joined had all of these amazing core values and talked about how each employee must exemplify these things. I totally ate it up and noted times that demonstrate…

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    Comment #40551688

    Should I? I tip out of guilt and conforming to social norms. I don't want to look like an asshole too. I'm getting annoyed by these apps that don't give 15% as an option. They put …

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    Comment #40208628

    The way I see AI programming assistants is that it would help juniors be a bit more productive, but senior developers can do with out the assistant. I've used Cody and Copilot and …