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Comment · 17 days ago
First of all, I don't agree with "doesn’t easily scale without linear costs" either. Also you're just repeating your claims without explaining them..

HOW are AWS and Uber commodity? What commodity are they?

In what possible way could customers not be willing to pay what they're charged? Both companies saw billions in profits last year – is that paid unwillingly? Are they extorting their customers? If they're both commodities why wouldn't the customers just purchase from a different provider?

Comment · 18 days ago
The only portion any of those companies fit is that they're capital intensive, which is surely true of any large web-based company. Can you explain how you think all of them DO fit that profile?
Comment · 2 months ago
> I'm guessing many (most?) people commuting to Manhattan aren't in the category of minimum wage workers.

Do you think there are no minimum wage workers in Manhattan? Or do you think someone making minimum wage could afford to live in Manhattan?

Comment · 3 months ago
"In 2026, if you are not delegating this kind of engineering overhead to AI, you are burning money. And, more importantly, you are burning your life."

Give me a break.

Also, based on your LinkedIn you aren't an engineer at all?

Comment · 4 months ago
Tungsten will certainly isolate better than other softer metals. The entire product is centred around embedding vibrations into a physical object. The material that is used to transfer or isolate those vibrations is important especially at signal levels used in lathe cutting.
Comment · 5 months ago
It isn't like saying any of those things because they are referring to recording media and not to a pipe dream invented by tech bros to attract investors so that their deeply-in-the-red company can stay afloat a little while longer. AI can't create anything.
Comment · 5 months ago
I have a cassette copy of Microsoft Advanced Basic for the SOL-20 that I got in a box of "junk" (junk in quotes because it included a very rare early copy of Zork for the Apple II that paid for the box about 40x over) at an estate sale years ago. Need to figure out if I can get it to load in this somehow.
Comment · 5 months ago
> Figma and Spotify have some of the best web apps out there as well, so that's all good too!

The Spotify web app is still much more limited than the desktop app.

> Did you know that Adobe ported Photoshop etc to web, with all the AI bells and whistles and the web apps perform incredibly well?

Perfect if all you need out of Photoshop is the AI portion, I guess.

> As a side note, it is no surprise that Adobe's suite of creative apps [...] now work incredibly well on the web across all operating systems

They literally don't.

> Quickshare (the Airdrop alternative) ACTUALLY WORKS

Saying this like Airdrop isn't one of Apple's most bulletproof "just works" features ever

Comment · 5 months ago
Lol yeah I'm sure drilling out a bunch of rivets would be much better than "adhesives and prying"
Comment · 6 months ago
Adding more holes to a surface isn't going to make it more waterproof
Comment · 6 months ago
It also sounds extremely counterproductive to try and sabotage your competition by.. driving your customers away? I have no love for these companies but it's a silly conclusion to jump to.
Comment · 6 months ago
Sony uses a particularly narrow lens mount. A wider aperture would be easier with Canon RF or Nikon Z mounts (Nikon Z having the widest throat diameter and the shortest flange distance among full frame cameras).
Comment · 6 months ago
> I see young people frustrated when their cars get broken into or when they get robbed and criminals are not held accountable

Yes people of all ages tend to be unhappy when crime happens to them. Not sure where you live but lowering taxes and government oversight is actually a bad way to improve taxpayer funded and government run law enforcement agencies. None of this has anything to do with AI though and young people can be angry about multiple things.

Comment · 7 months ago
I don't think you're going to have many good conversations if you go around interrupting people trying to read in peace, regardless of where you do it. What a bizarre sentiment.

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