zbyte64

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems -2 points 2 weeks ago

Y'all are desperate to relive the glory days of WW2 when it was clear who the baddies were. I get it, Americans do the same.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Conscription has always violated human rights but there are certainly better words like "conquer". And let's not pretend Russia isn't also conscripting men (though certainly not those in their 50s).

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If you make Roman/Nazi salute than your opinion is not worth considering. Either you're doing it because you approve of an ideology that will always fail, or you lack the contextual awareness to form an insightful opinion.

Edit: judging from your comment history, if you posted an image for yourself doing the salute I would say the latter. But we all know you're too ashamed/scared to share an image of yourself doing that "gesture"

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 20 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Where do you think the Nazis got the salutes from? And for that matter, where do you think we got the word fascism from?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ehh, it is not that our dopamine receptors are fried. We are all wired to seek out information. But most of what we get is starving us for actual useful information so we have to wade through an endless sea of slop. The "instant gratification" is largely us not wanting to deal with the bullshit and get straight to what is useful.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago

Anecdotal: traveling to the smoky mountains and rented some bicycles. Owner said rentals are down 30% compared to this time last year.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't bother with this guy, @ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works has done some mental gymnastics to justify starving the Palestinian population. So it really isn't surprising they would want to vote for the most ghoulish option.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When requirements are "Whatever" then by all means use the "Whatever" machine: https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/

And then look for a better gig because such an environment is going to be toxic to your skill set. The more exacting the shop, the better they pay.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Literally the opposite experience when I helped material scientists with their R&D. Breaking in production would mean people who get paid 2x more than me are suddenly unable to do their job. But then again, our requirements made sense because we would literally look at a manual process to automate with the engineers. What you describe sounds like hell to me. There are greener pastures.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

The stock market makes no sense to me.

That's because "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Maybe it is because I started out in QA, but I have to strongly disagree. You should assume the code doesn't work until proven otherwise, AI or not. Then when it doesn't work I find it is easier to debug you own code than someone else's and that includes AI.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why would you ever yell at an employee unless you're bad at managing people? And you think you can manage an LLM better because it doesn't complain when you're obviously wrong?

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