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Comment · 1 day ago
Can they forcibly reverse the transaction so that Binance gets their money back?
Comment · 1 day ago
Decentralized is a great concept but it’s 99.9% rug pulls and you can’t get any safety unless you centralize. As an investor there is no way to protect yourself because the rug pulls are several orders of magnitude more sophisticated than most people’s understanding.
Comment · 3 days ago
My theory is energy drinks which contain taurine that actually promotes cancer growth.
Comment · 3 days ago
Deaths from opioids over the last 10+ years has really affected the life expectancy in the US. But no doubt that Japanese lifestyle is much better than the American lifestyle overall, especially at the older ages.
Comment · 3 days ago
I would have loved to get the decrease in weight, but I bought my Macbook Pro 128 GB in March and the equivalent is now 50% more expensive, from 5000 to 7500. The memory price skyrocketing is so bad but I don't know if it will ever get better or if these prices are the best we will ever see again.
Comment · 4 days ago
Nah, I'm a great programmer that is flexible and open-minded to change.
Comment · 4 days ago
I've beem saying this: there's nothing sacred about human-written code, and 75% of all code written is much much worse than AI slop.

I have no problems with AI-written code and I've been a working programmer since the 90s. I don't even code review it as a matter of principle. I firmly believe that code itself has quickly reached an asymptomic value of $0, and if there are any bugs then just ask the AI to fix it.

Comment · 4 days ago
I have a coworker who is possibly 1000 times more productive. He went from working on 1 or 2 side projects on his own pre-AI to working on 10-15 side projects at the same time, each incredibly complex and finishing them in a week. He build Android apps for controlling drones, then to 3D-rendering, then to making games, to creating various types of compilers, to creating entire AI run-times for phones. This is on top of running out of work to do so he's been doing side projects at work. He rewrote an entire team's product in a week and made it faster with less lines of code. Then he created his own language, made an AI music generator, an AI thing that compresses KV cache, multiple MCP servers for products, and then a global MCP-type server that incorporates a while slew of internal services kind of like a one-stop shop, and it has gained traction within our company.

It's insane and almost comical the level of productivity he has achieved with AI.

Comment · 4 days ago
What about OpenAI allowed ETH to be determined to be false that couldn't be done by humans? Was there something in particular that OpenAI's AI did that help bridge the gap to a solution?
Comment · 5 days ago
After decades of just dumping it on the market, despite knowing that it's essentially a non-renewable resource, we finally designate it a critical material. Talk about closing the barn door after the helium has escaped.
Comment · 5 days ago
Thank you, was there another article that went out that detailed this? I couldn't find anything specific myself.
Comment · 5 days ago
I did read the entire article. I was wondering if further information was released or if employees on this post had further details.
Comment · 5 days ago
What are the terms of the severance? Last time didn't they offer accelerated vesting, etc?
Comment · 5 days ago
When they offer a package YOU ALWAYS TAKE IT. It means that layoffs are coming.

My friend's company offered a voluntary severance package to a bunch of employees. She was talking to one of her employees and she knew that he was going to get laid off if he didn't take the package but was unable to advise him. I think the voluntary severance was 2 years medical, 2 years of vesting, many months of pay, etc. But he decided not to take the offer and was laid off for a much worse package a few months later.

ALWAYS TAKE THE VOLUNTARY SEVERANCE.

Comment · 5 days ago
Below the Root was a fantastic game, I somehow stumbled upon that 40+ years ago on my PC and played it not understanding what the rules were. Now I’m going to have to look for it as abandonware.

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