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Comment · 2 months ago
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Comment · 2 months ago
Because it doesn't pay very well. Being affluent increases life expectancy.
Comment · 5 months ago
Look at me! I'm the smartest guy. I've wasted 10M tokens! No one has wasted more!
Comment · 5 months ago
Probably Pokemon or sports cards.
Comment · 5 months ago
It's really not, though. As soon as systems have to scale, regulatory requirements come in, etc. it becomes more complex.

AI has solved simple CRUD, yes, but CRUD, was easy before.

Comment · 9 months ago
>software engineers will still need to apply their expertise and wisdom to generated outputs

And in my experience they don't really do that. They trust that it'll be good enough.

Comment · 9 months ago
The world being indifferent to your pain is not helping if you're in acute pain. Step outside your perspective, sure. I guarantee you this will not work if you have real issues like physical pain due to terminal cancer.
Comment · 9 months ago
It simply doesn't work, even assuming you had no empathy as described in the quote.
Comment · 11 months ago
It works handsomely for the 1%. The rest, well, ...
Comment · 11 months ago
gpt-5.1 gave me the correct answer after 2m 17s. That includes retrieving the Euler website. I didn't even have to run the Python script, it also did that.
Comment · 11 months ago
Or maybe, just maybe, becoming a billionaire has way more to do with luck than anything else.

I don't know about any billionaire in the history of billionaires who appears to have gotten there solely based on special abilities. Being born into the right circumstances is all it really takes.

Comment · 1 year ago
It wouldn't surprise me if healthy, privileged people with access to good healthcare are more optimistic than those with serious illness, no coverage and three shitty jobs.

Hard to be optimistic when you have cancer and can't afford treatment.

Comment · 1 year ago
>due to being open minded, adaptable, giving, and curious

And how do you become that? Exactly, by being lucky.

Comment · 3 years ago
The other ones I can maybe understand, but why would I be embarrassed to go to water parks?
Comment · 3 years ago
When I have been unhappy in my life, it was never about the past or future. It always had to do with the present.

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