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That is completely absurd. Of course they have control over the AI agents they wrote, and run on hardware they own.

The personification of LLMs is just a thinly disguised advertisement. "Look how good our product is, it's doing all this stuff on its own".

I agree with the author that coding is objectively "difficult" but this is something I am good at, while dealing with people, changing requirements, bureaucracy, and maintaining work relationships I find challenging. I always say coding is the easy part of the job (for me).

The author's main thesis, that coding is hard, conflates what an individual finds easy or hard, with what is easy or hard for an average person.

I don't understand your logic, it seems like victim blaming. Using the internet and pointing out that targeted advertising has a negative effect on society is not "having it both ways".

Also, HN is by definition algorithmic content and social media, in your mind what do you think it is?

Rituals and beliefs are not the same as "worship with religious conviction".

I ritually shower every day and I have beliefs like, when water comes out of the faucet it will fall to the floor because of gravity. That is wildly different than worshipping the water or the shower.

I suspect you have a very strange definition of the word worship.

The article says that every train between 9pm and 5am has a uniformed police officer on board.

Does this also apply to Mexican's wanting to get a TN as well, I've heard the process is slightly different?

The fees are significantly lower in Europe, the rewards/kick backs given to card holders are also less.

The front page test is a policy I've seen, ie: if this was on the front page of the newspaper (or hacker news) would it be positive or negative?

Mexico isn't the USA's largest trade partner, it isn't even the largest one in NAFTA.

That is an obviously incorrect assumption, it is possible to de-anonomize most data sets about and there is reason to believe this one is no different. Health data by it's nature is very personal and specific.

I'm confused by your reply. Did you reply to the wrong comment?

Sanctioned persons are not the same as politically exposed persons. You are still allowed to do business with PEPs.

> Are lobbyists in control of congress?

Effectively, Yes.

> Who passes bills?

Technically the elected officials, but the bills themselves are usually written by lobbyists.

Pressure from campaign donors, either directly or through lobbyists, or through "party" channels influence votes.