paulcnichols

Well said. Like going for a long walk in the woods and getting lost completely in tangential thinking.

Inevitable in a good way. Keep going! There's gold here.

Nice burn

Spicy topic!

Haha, I totally agree.

Ah yes, the mythical high ownership, high autonomy engineer that just magically does what you need and also wants to work for you and your company. Sure, no stand ups required then. Or how about the mythical perfectly written ticket with zero ambiguity about anything. Yep. Total autonomy. The rub is everything about building software is imperfect. The only place perfection exists is in the mind of “senior” engineers gazing lovingly at their own code.

A+ click bait paper title.

I will actively do everything within my power to give my kids an “unequal” advantage. Sorry not sorry.

If true, genius level asshole design.

Was this product from an acquisition or home grown?

Is this not here already?

Now do society.

Decoupling “benefits” like healthcare and retirement from employment is the real issue. Should be a government responsibility, given out equally, paid for by taxes.

What was up with that confirm shaming? Weirdest prompt ever.

Very insightful. Parking money in Bay Area real estate still seems like a good idea.

This is true, but I think there's something to be said about the strength of your product market fit if users put up with really shitty user experience.

More content marketing

Rejoice!

Related, being really cold is one of the reasons surfing (at least in Northern California) feels so great. The rest of the day afterwards nothing hurts, assuming you didn't hurt yourself ;)

The counterpart to this dystopian future is other people taking photos/video without your consent. Just as a social norm I wish that was illegal first, and if it already is, enforced more.

Apple and android should blur faces by default until other people explicitly give consent to be photographed. That's the future I want to see.

I agree. Its like they are intentionally being opaque about what the device does.

Good concept. Props for testing your idea so quickly. This is how its done folks.

Re Mercury, on the San Jose side isn't there an old Mercury mine (Almaden Quicksilver Park). I'm not saying the fog doesn't carry anything bad but I think the region has a history too.

This is indeed a really great podcast. I'm sympathetic to his points that 1) the US is falling behind and 2) that in a strong democracy policy plays a big role in shaping the technology.

I love that hostcompliance.com exists. Capitalism at work.

I think this a great example of why the “great filter” is ahead of us. Our quest for knowledge seems to grow faster than the dampening of our urge for violence.

Good for you! Doesn’t seem like a hard fork in the road though. You could probably raise a round much easier on way better terms now that you’ve proved the business. Maybe you’ll hit a point where the infusion of money really would make a difference.

Maybe I wasn’t hardcore enough, but my youth started trapped in AOL’s walled garden. It took a long time to realize there was an internet outside of it.

Cool, but first thought was a sarcastic “What could possibly wrong?”

I must have missed this. I really appreciate the intersection of art, satire and technology in the concept.