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pelotron

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About pelotron

embedded software developer

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49259728

    What if we build our whole economy on that belief?

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    Comment #49169353

    Unable to open archive - copyright detected. [Delete File] [Notify Authorities]

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    Comment #49086425

    I have plenty of things to hide from Google which is the primary reason I use it.

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    Comment #48981526

    Back in the day the city installed a new streetlight that blinded anyone sitting on the front porch of my grandparents' house, which they liked to do in the evening. So Granddad go…

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    Comment #48836645

    No one's made a MechaHitler joke yet?

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    Comment #48823875

    I can't believe a developer would make a mistake like this. That's just unreal.

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    Comment #48687339

    "AI promises to change the world for the better" - so far it's clear the world will be better for a few people. A promise that it will be better for everyone reads like "trust me, …

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    Comment #48634756

    A question for the ages. indie games community has joined the chat

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    Comment #48585678

    Just give her a little of the ole "works on my machine."

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    Comment #48445907

    Why not ask an LLM to summarize it for you if you don't have the patience to sit with some prose for a bit.

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    Comment #48416153

    I love how "post scarcity world" is tossed around as if the earth has infinite natural resources.

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    Comment #48375876

    My question exactly. So far it seems like they are either incompetent or nihilistic, both of which exclude them from my trust.

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    Comment #48313995

    Now we're talking.

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    Comment #48313957

    No, yes, and yes.

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    Comment #48309663

    Or this is finally their chance to be the smart guy who was in on the ground floor.

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    Comment #48299030

    At the end of the day it comes down to how much money your principles are worth. People are commenting about dentists and doctors being bought out. Those strike me as the kind of p…

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    Comment #48298873

    I think the skepticism was the sincerity they were looking for.

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    Comment #48294560

    "Long-time pillar of the community pediatrician unveils true self by selling practice to Devil"

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    Comment #48294441

    I think it's totally appropriate to hold it against them if they knowingly sell out to scumbags. Society used to look down on selling out. We wrote songs about it. But in 2026 it i…

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    Comment #48140909

    I think there are details being left out. But several people in the comments indicate that there is a Toyota app that provides various features. I bet the app implements some propr…

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    Comment #48123538

    Then all you have to do is magically convince the owners of the magic robot to give all their products away for free.

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    Comment #48122936

    We shouldn't be surprised people have a negative view of AI when Altman et al. have stated on stage that the goal is to replace everyone.

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    Comment #48122723

    My embedded systems company has a very strict code quality standard that requires every single patch to be reviewed. This can be very time consuming especially when reviewing the d…

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    Comment #48041902

    Then they build new stadiums that are physically larger but have fewer seats.

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    Comment #47876025

    Could have had so many easy W's and just didn't.