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I practically spat my coffee out at this comment, it is so wildly unrealistic.

And "should"... what?

> But to what end?

It is just kind of fun to poke at something like this.

> Demonstrating terrible math skills and a fundamental misunderstanding of the economics at play?

I don't give a shit about the $500, nor would I ever attempt actually hacking something that wasn't explicitly a game (like this).

> The difference is we know not to.

Borrrrinnnggggg

Aren't worth what? The tax? Or the vice being legal in the first place?

What, are you expecting them to just work for good vibes?

Objectively untrue, unfortunately.

"Just use AI" is definitely not the solve for the problems Github faces.

The prospect of cleanup duty has never stopped anyone at war. Fields of landmines maiming children for decades, unexploded ordinance in cities, etc etc.

Near earth orbit will be a field of debris until gravity takes over.

I was on team dynamic for a long time and have moved to team static.

For any long-lived code base, dynamic piles up invisible problems over time.

It's great for short-lived throwaway stuff, but as soon as you know you'll be maintaining a large code base for a long time, the "easier" part of dynamic actually becomes harder than just spelling stuff out.

It's obviously a trade-off and not everyone agrees, but that's my personal experience having run large eng teams for both types.

Anyone finish burning the files yet?

I tried... but it looked like it would take awhile...

Why unjust? Who promised you that the way software is made will stay static?

Our software industry has specialized, for decades, in "rug pulling" / changing / "disrupting" other industries on a massive scale.

I find it pretty ironic when engineers make these statements in that context.

That was a great read, very interesting!

Direct quote from Peter Thiel:

> I no longer believe freedom and democracy are compatible

My dad was Woz's RA in the Berkeley dorms. He often tells this story:

One night, dad was on duty, probably smoking pot with his student residents.

The phones all stop working.

So dad goes down to the maintenance closet, opens it up... and sure enough, there's Woz digging around the building's phone wiring. Woz immediately says "I'll fix it, I'll fix it!!".

He was down there installing one of those phreaking devices for free long-distance phone calls for everyone in the dorms.

My dad let him do his thing.

Pretty hilarious write up and interesting frontier research project. I love it.

Same situation over here. Multiple family members only know chatgpt / think that chatgpt knows them and have never heard of the competitors.