Anybody measure employees pressured by KPIs for a baseline?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Readit NewsFrieren commented on Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs arxiv.org/abs/2512.20798... · Posted by u/tiny-automates
Frieren commented on TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe nytimes.com/2026/02/06/bu... · Posted by u/thm
People are way too comfortable banning things these days. This is where the term 'nanny state' comes from. A subset of the population doesn't have self control? Ban it everyone. Even if it's a wildly popular form of entertainment with millions of creators sharing their lives, who cares we know better.
> People are way too comfortable banning things these days. This is where the term 'nanny state' comes from. A subset of the population doesn't have self control? Ban it everyone. Even if it's a wildly popular form of entertainment with millions of creators sharing their lives, who cares we know better.
Europe wants to ban algorithmic recommendation. You attack a straw-man: banning all the content from creators. If you have any valid argument you should bring them to the discussion instead of creating imaginary enemies.
Banning harmful design patterns is a must to protect citizens even if it ruffles the feathers of those profiting from their addiction.
Frieren commented on Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload windowscentral.com/micros... · Posted by u/jsheard
Good, maybe Microsoft will start investing to solve real problems and develop better products.
Microsoft have been de-investing in its own companies to put more money into AI. Yes, they have made cuts on highly profitable business to burn money on AI. I hope that they reverse before they fire everyone that was able to build useful software.
Frieren commented on LLMs are a 400-year-long confidence trick tomrenner.com/posts/400-y... · Posted by u/Growtika
I disagree with the "confidence trick" framing completely. My belief in this tech isn't based on marketing hype or someone telling me it's good – it's based on cold reality of what I'm shipping daily. The productivity gains I'm seeing right now are unprecedented. Even a year ago this wouldn't have been possible, it really feels like an inflection point.
I'm seeing legitimate 10x gains because I'm not writing code anymore – I'm thinking about code and reading code. The AI facilitates both. For context: I'm maintaining a well-structured enterprise codebase (100k+ lines Django). The reality is my input is still critically valuable. My insights guide the LLM, my code review is the guardrail. The AI doesn't replace the engineer, it amplifies the intent.
Using Claude Code Opus 4.5 right now and it's insane. I love it. It's like being a writer after Gutenberg invented the printing press rather than the monk copying books by hand before it.
> The productivity gains I'm seeing right now are unprecedented.
How long have you been in the industry?
This does not seem a revolution compared with database standardization, abandonment of assembly for most coding, introduction of game engines, etc.
I see a lot of hype for LLMs from people that do not have the experience to compare them to anything else.
Frieren commented on Covid-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain news.griffith.edu.au/2025... · Posted by u/amichail
> Our study identified altered signal intensity, abnormal tissue microstructure, and imbalanced neurochemicals in long COVID and COVID-19 recovered healthy controls.
So, it seems that it has long lasting effects on everybody. The main difference is how severe are that effects.
> Structural MRI studies have also identified alterations in brain morphology among COVID-RHC, including reductions in grey matter volume, thickness and global brain volume when compared with healthy controls
That is scary.
> Furthermore, long-term follow-up studies are crucial to determine whether the identified brain changes are progressive, stable or dynamic over time.
This is interesting, thou. Is it permanent, it gets worse or better? That makes a big difference and it may also justify further studies and actions.
Dead Comment
The comments here make you think about whether this is an issue or not. But, regardless, I wish that Amazon execs were literally shackled to their data centers. If they move to avoid taxation, like when Bezos moved to Florida, at least they would have to drag those data centers with them. If there truly are pollution issues, at least they can share that with their new neighbors. Bezos certainly seems to care about fitness, so if anyone can drag a data center that is shackled to his neck, it would be Bezos.
Accountability and responsibility is necessary for any society to function. When corporations get all the profit while they externalize all the cost the result is a dystopia.
The rich should be forced to suffer the consequences of their actions, otherwise they have no incentive to respect the health or even life of the rest of citizens.
Frieren commented on The Math of Why You Can't Focus at Work justoffbyone.com/posts/ma... · Posted by u/0x79de
When I started working, more than 25 years ago, we had one team meeting per week (1 hour), very few other meetings. Cellphones were getting mainstream and people had these funny ringtones, but since communications were expensive, phones were not ringing often. The office phone was ringing even more seldomly. We had no ticketing system. Managers just trusted you for doing your work. When going to someone else desk we would start with "may I disturb you?", and the answer may have been "give me five minutes". We had like 2-3 emails a day. It turns out someone had the radio in the office. That was in Belgium and the radio was in Flemish. This was not a big deal since I do not understand Flemish. Despite being rather cramped, I remember this office as quiet. It was not a large open-space though.
I cannot remember the turning point. Of course "agile" did a lot of damage, then ticketing systems, the illusion that developers are swap-able, and now constant notification stream.
> When I started working, more than 25 years ago, we had one team meeting per week (1 hour), very few other meetings.
When I worked 25 years ago, I had the same experience. But software was way simpler than today. The scale and complexity of current software requires a level of organization and communication that was not needed with simpler needs.
Most software run on a PC with probably no internet connection. Updating the software required to send discs by mail. Everything was slower, and probably more robust. Maybe banking was closer to what we have now, but it was still slower and there were way less transactions.
In contrast, my last 3 jobs required backend services available 24/7 to serve millions of users worldwide. We had many data providers, and we provided services to dozens of big corporations. We had teams dedicated to just integrate to all the partners, wallets, data providers, etc.
Increased complexity requires more communication and more meetings, and more time dedicated to synch all that development. If anyone wants old-style ways of working, with more time coding and less meetings I would recommend to go to small companies with limited reach. Their problems are going to be easier managed by a few developers that can focus on creating new things instead of getting up to date with all the complexity that a big corporation requires.
I am not familiar with the legal system in Sweden, but it seems odd that it would be a police report instead of a lawsuit.
Fraud is a crime. When a crime is committed citizens inform the police to investigate.
If someone punches you in the street or steals your wallet will you file a lawsuit or call the police? Maybe in America is different, but the normal thing to do is to go to the police. Fraud is not different, the police will investigate.
This should be just the begging as Social Media companies will not be able to just declare themselves over the law on fraud claims.
Related:
- "Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law " https://www.politico.eu/article/social-media-giants-meta-tik...
- "Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show" https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortu...