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nunez

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About nunez

More about me: https://carlosnunez.me

My old HN accounts: { carlosnunez, mrcrassic }

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #49224304

    As the kids say, "it ain't that deep bro." Before, we got paid well to do what we loved, and we were sought out for our ability to code. Now, the "fun" has been automated...by our …

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    Comment #49224013

    They have an insane amount of compute at their disposal.

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    Comment #49216012

    Imagine Oracle suing themselves due to licensed use violations; can't have that!!!

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    Comment #49211565

    > The BLS said employment contracted the most in “local government education,” which declined by 50,000 roles, likely reflecting teachers during summer break. This is not entirely …

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    Comment #49206303

    I'd much rather see badly written text that someone invested time into instead of perfectly written and infinitely soulless AI slop

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    Comment #49206245

    Because if you criticize the LLMs, you get headbutted into the Dante's Inferno that is the current job market

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    Comment #49206199

    > The friction was not an obstacle to developing taste. The friction was _the curriculum._ Prescient. I really have no idea how future software engineers will know how to write sof…

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    Comment #49203546

    Hell yeah; so glad this exists. I love the Magic Keyboard but hate the lack of clack. Can't wait til this drops; thank you for making it!!!

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    Comment #49201060

    Slight disagree, as many will heat their pan too high and burn the steak before it cooks through. Or maybe that was just me when I first learned how to cook steak the right way. ("…

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    Comment #49200932

    You'll start to taste the difference once you get that one really-well-made pourover at a place that _lives_ for the love of coffee. There are some coffee beans that have crazy tas…

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    Comment #49197415

    The service area is definitely fashionable! Nonetheless, I do wish that Waymo added Plano to their service area. Between Legacy West, Frisco/Stonebriar, Old Town Plano, Garland and…

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    Comment #49192197

    All of this also applies to public transit (whose systems usually have excellent ADA compliance).

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    Comment #49191782

    Nice post, but this reads as the Google of yesterday and the OpenAI of some near-distant future.

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    Comment #49178716

    And get to your destination in two hours instead of 20 mins

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    Comment #49178688

    My extremely social not-tech nerd wife that hardly uses FSD in her car got HOOKED on Waymo after the first ride. Same with my parents.

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    Comment #49178577

    I believe JPL and INL were their launch customers for gov.

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    Comment #49177530

    I agree with you, but the car is embedded deep into the American DNA, mostly because it perfectly feeds into the dream of single family homeownership. I've come to the conclusion t…

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    Comment #49177475

    I'm happy that Waymo's finally lighting up Dallas, but they need to expand its service area quickly for it to be useful there, IMO. Austin, Houston and San Antonio are hub and spok…

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    Comment #49161856

    congress still hasn't approved the name change

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    Comment #49156847

    Everyone learns differently. Retyping was extremely helpful for me. The key, for me, was to look up what I didn't understand.

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    Comment #49156806

    > or are in denial that employers will be ok with lower levels of productivity. More like sweeping the dust under the rug for later. The initial productivity boost is massive but a…

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    Comment #49156780

    > As I manually type every single line of LLM generated code into my editor, I build up a mental model of how it works and fits into my existing codebase. If I don't understand an …

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    Comment #49141381

    Which stocks to pick The answer is almost always index funds

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    Comment #49141358

    That's why you hedge with Bogleheads three headed fund. Bonds are strong when the indexes are weak according to them

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    Comment #49141314

    > AI consistently advised people to save during their working years, draw down savings in retirement, invest heavily in diversified stock funds, and reduce stock exposure after age…