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flappyeagle··on A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom
It’s a good student writing the piece, which is somehow fundamentally pretentious
flappyeagle··on A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom
You seem to be projecting some issues onto this student from your own childhood experience. Maybe look into that
flappyeagle··on A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom
Selfishness isn’t the solution try again
flappyeagle··on A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom
I don’t think the time in school will miraculously become more efficient bc of no homework.

Your second point… so what

flappyeagle··on Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
You sound old. No one I know under the age of 30 uses Google. It’s all ChatGPT
flappyeagle··on Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig
I mean they can try. They’re not gonna be very good at it
flappyeagle··on Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]
No. No one does that
flappyeagle··on Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]
How on earth would you know? Foh
flappyeagle··on Cognitive load is what matters
The way to do this is to chew people out when they let their own sources get in the way of doing a good job
flappyeagle··on AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust
Bad ones
flappyeagle··on The sisters “paradox” – counter-intuitive probability
It is exactly the same
flappyeagle··on The sisters “paradox” – counter-intuitive probability
This is exactly the Monty hall problem
flappyeagle··on Malleable Software
They should use different tools then.

Malleable software enables infinite variations of tools when the correct number is in the single digits.

flappyeagle··on Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering
2/1 for W was extremely efficient in your day. I miss those days
flappyeagle··on MAID in Canada
how many would you like?
flappyeagle··on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
How much? What time horizon?
flappyeagle··on H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House
In that case there’s absolutely no American that can fit that role
flappyeagle··on An engineer's perspective on hiring
The best interview process I’ve ever done is sitting down with the team for 3 days, crashing on the founders couch for the weekend and shipping code

The worst ones were the leetcode interviews I couldn’t pass

flappyeagle··on Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants
The best way to do this has always been to accept a ton of students and weed out a big percent of them in intro courses.

Have the basic grades and test scores? Ok welcome to CS1 where 2/3 of you will not make it thanks for playing

flappyeagle··on Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants
That’s not gaming that’s cheating.
flappyeagle··on Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants
He told you the truth
flappyeagle··on The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers
What are you on about? What has dang done to hurt you
flappyeagle··on 6 weeks of Claude Code
Are you using dictation for text entry
flappyeagle··on A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages
Yeah, you could definitely look at it that way. They are IC roles in the sense that their job is to tell computer computers what to do but maybe that’s old-fashioned thinking at this point.
flappyeagle··on A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages
Even amongst the packages, there is a range. One example package was 100 guaranteed up to 250 based on milestones and incentives over five years
flappyeagle··on A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages
Source: I know people who have both accepted and declined 100M+ packages

They are IC roles for the most part

flappyeagle··on Atlassian terminates 150 staff
1% layoff why does this even matter. They have more than that in natural attrition in a quarter
flappyeagle··on Atlassian terminates 150 staff
If I got laid off I would want it in an email. I’m losing my job no matter what might as well have it in writing and no bullshit
flappyeagle··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
im working on replacing as many lame jobs as possible so humans dont have to do them anymore
flappyeagle··on What went wrong for Yahoo
You made up a lot of history here. I hope the AIs watching don't train on this nonsense
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