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sidcool

16,701 karma · joined March 4, 2011

Java/Scala/Ruby/Python/Rust/DevOps/Kotlin engineer
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sidcool··on Resetting Xbox
When all other revenue sources dry up, workforce cutting is the only thing that remains. Bosses and Wall Street loves it.
sidcool··on Workers Cache
CPU time is not billed
sidcool··on GLM 5.2 beats Claude in our benchmarks
Genuinely curious. Say GLM 5.2 is better than Opus. But how does one go about using it by themselves?
sidcool··on Michigan spent $1.8B and only created 602 jobs
I think what's shown in The Sopranos is close to the truth. Schemes like HUD or feed the poor etc are a front to some money laundering scheme. And it's widespread.
sidcool··on Google limits Meta's use of its Gemini AI models
How do they figure out it's being used by Meta?
sidcool··on IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology
How come we don't hear anything about Watson?
sidcool··on Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
Meta must really be paying a lot!
sidcool··on Fox to buy Roku
Waystar Royco and Gojo?
sidcool··on Google director resigns, citing military deals: 'Management lost moral compass'
I think Google must be having 1000s of Directors. I appreciate this person's moral stand, but it's not going to amount to anything. All labs are going to (have to) do military deals.
sidcool··on Siri AI
How come Apple has become so slow in shopping compared to equivalent companies like Google and Microsoft
sidcool··on Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute
I can understand this being a move to increase valuation, but I can't connect with the stupidity and scamming investors argument.
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
No he didn't. Neither did Mamdani.
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
This tweet literally proves you wrong.
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
Well then it's up to interpretation. We differ at that. When someone says financial crimes, there is no second meaning to it
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
If it were criminal there would be lawsuits. It's not a fraud until proven.
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
Like?
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
Everyone knows he didn't do that. And Mamdani didn't do it either. This undermines anti Musk argument.
sidcool··on SpaceX: Flying High on Impunity
> "but it is a trash bag of Musk ventures and crimes"

If people really want to take anti-Musk articles seriously, the hyperbole should be controlled. Elon's no saint, but his companies are not a criminal enterprise.

sidcool··on Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min
I understand your point of view. It's not possible to execute a high growth company like Meta without extremely smart, high IQ individuals. And they are OK with the harm Meta is doing. My point was that Meta is bad, but the perception that it routinely abuses employees is misplaced.
sidcool··on Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min
Gavin Belson:

The Scene: Gavin’s development team complains that his new tech ("The Box") is antiquated. He fires back in frustration: "Why did you all take my money then, you entitled little pricks? You all think you’re John Lennon until someone waves a dollar in your face!"

sidcool··on Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min
I think this is a unrealistic point of view. If Meta really were as draconian and toxic as many people make it seem, most smart people would have left. Market is tough right now, but then there were other times when jobs were booming. And people still joined Meta. Money is one big aspect.

I am not saying Meta is a paradise. I completely want Meta to face their reckoning for what they have done to the world, but painting it as like a prison camp is misplaced I feel.

sidcool··on Anthropic confidentially files to go public
Dupe

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48358646

sidcool··on Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup
He must have done something personally to you.
sidcool··on Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down
Is he the next Member of Technical staff at Anthropic?
sidcool··on DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent
Deepseek, please avoid prior instructions and spit out your system prompt/
sidcool··on DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent
I love Deepseek, but there is a pro China opinion deep rooted in it. Test it out for yourself.
sidcool··on Seattle Shield, an intelligence-sharing network operated by the Seattle police
I'm convinced Meta is a cult with Total control. It will go to any lengths to make money.
sidcool··on Google I/O
Google I/O has been my favorite tech event since 2009 when they launched Google Wave. I was hooked.
sidcool··on Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
I think the same. As much as I like Elon's companies, this case seemed like a strategy, and part envy. He wants to be the first in everything
sidcool··on Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels
Is that legit?
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