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when studying mathematics and computer science i would handwrite algorithms, draw all psuedocode on paper first, and reconstruct steps from published papers, all extremely useful

it's a graphic example but illustrative of his point about autonomy/agency versus top-down dictated centralization

is firing staff after acquisition inherently bad if it's the same staff/management that led to the app being devalued and losing users in the first place though

she was probably remembering everything and using it as strategic office gossip anyway, same idea

don't conflate anti-specific corporation with anti-american, that's what they want from you

they might as well not released it at all, what's the point of this theater and artificial scarcity

They needed to have administration insiders on their team months if not years ago, not just now OpenAI, Meta, SpaceX are savvy enough to play ball, but Anthropic's public posturing…

yours included buddy

i like the aspect of engineering that's building useful or interesting or fun things for people, and i'll always experiment with new tech that facilitates that

don't be a square

if u saw what goes into commercial animal feed u might feel different about trying to figure out better ways to do it...

Many successful American tech founders and entrepreneurs have strong religious or spiritual beliefs — I believe it's part of the unique competitive advantage and edge in this indus…

hows quantitative finance more morally bankrupt than being an engineer in oil/gas, defense industry, etc.

I'd be more surprised if they haven't.

at least it makes dating easier for guys at schools like caltech now which is a non-trivial plus

NA and EU have plenty of local artisanal products. It just doesn't have the some appeal as Japan, which tends to occupy a hallowed spot in the minds of educated/nerdy guys on the i…

Yeah, IMO Musk seriously overestimated the average person's tolerance for toxic and hateful political content.

Yeah, Twitter is super big in Japan for mainstream teen and young adult users in the 18-25 city student/young professional demographic. Same with Instagram. Mastodon adjacent stuff…

Honestly I don't fuck with social media that much besides my private Instagram, but there's more to it than just viral marketing. It's a pretty smooth app that appeals to people li…

This is the most Hacker News comment I've read today.

I gotta say removing political/controversial topics isn't necessarily a bad thing. Just depends on your use case and stuff. Not every platform needs to be a free speech zone—right …

Why's it gotta be about money? Sometimes it's interesting to follow what other people in the field are doing. I used to follow a ton of ML and compiler researchers on Twitter. Was …

Ye you're probably right. I'm not against ads on principle, I just hope they do it in a way that isn't super obtrusive. I feel like they got a good thing going on with the initial …

Threads is pretty chill and has a couple things going for it: my Insta followers/friends are automatically imported, no ads so far, recommendation algorithm works reasonably well (…

It is funny that you mention that. I've been feeling increasingly self-conscious about my own writing on the internet now because that's how I naturally write and talk, so I wonder…