oldandboring

I used Claude to build an entire runbook for how to build my Linux desktop up from scratch to its current state, including all my installed software, configs, hacks, workarounds, etc. Then I used it to migrate from one laptop to another in an afternoon. Now it keeps itself up to date.

I have been saying exactly this for decades, except that I have no optimism that such regulation will ever happen.

I am [undiagnosed] high-functioning ASD Level 1, I have high "intelligence" and very strong pattern recognition but slow "processing speed". As a result I am quickly overwhelmed by having too much information presented at once; when presented with lots of "threads" my brain tries to follow them all at once and just melts down.

As a result, Claude's default behavior (as a coding agent) is basically engineered to slow me down. Skills like this definitely help, to the extent that the agent respects them as context grows.

I have been this owner AND this employee, at different times in my career. As the employee, it's as you describe -- having goals described to the team without actual tasks being assigned to individual employees/teams is a recipe for things not getting done. As the owner (especially with a small team) nothing is more aggravating than having employees who sit around waiting to be told exactly what to do, with no real concern for how the company provides value for its customers; employees who think they're underpaid no matter how much they make and therefore do the bare minimum unless they're getting a bonus/raise/promotion.

I dunno, my mechanic says he's recently had late-model Kias and Hyundais come into his shop needing full engine rebuilds after like 50k miles.

> maize

Which, in turn, originated in Mexico and didn't make its way to Europe until the 1500s.

That might have been the case at one point, but I just bought a Framework 13 Pro with Ubuntu preinstalled.

I want to be straight with you here

This is the whole problem, and there are two things worth noting here.

> Public shaming and rejection are probably the best way to teach people

Sigh

Well, sort of. Technically speaking, S-Corps by definition pay no federal income tax since they're pass-through entities. If the sole shareholder of an S-Corp was an ESOP, the income is passing through to it. The ESOP has beneficiaries (the employees) whose shares sit in a trust. Income to the ESOP isn't taxed at the moment of filing, it's deferred: when the beneficiaries take distributions according to their shares, they pay ordinary income tax in that year.

You are a lone voice of reason in these comments, presumably because you checks notes read the article.

I will add that voting blocs do shift. In fact, in the last two US presidential elections, retirees actually broke for the Democrat. That could have something to do with Trump or be an actual trend.

Additionally, these rich people do pay a lot of tax, they just do it through different parts of the tax code and at a lower overall rate (by avoiding social security and Medicare taxes by way of earning through long-term capital gains). On the other hand they also own more real estate than you (probably) in desirable locations and pay a lot of property tax they can't avoid.

All that notwithstanding I sense that the root of this discussion that this guy's getting excoriated for, was exploring how to short-circuit the phenomenon wherein older people, voting at higher rates (and holding office long into their old age), secure for themselves preferential benefits at the expense of struggling younger generations. The thread took off in a strange way from there, but... I guess I like where it was trying to go at the outset.

Every day HN receives submissions like this, albeit usually as "show HN" posts, but not always. One could argue it's literally what HN is here for.