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MR4D commented on Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/speckx
adamors · 3 months ago
No, let's not ignore the context, since DOGE is the definition of Theseus' department: regular staffers were replaced by Musk acolytes with various criminal and/or unethical backgrounds, have completely opaque tasks and are vacuuming up data for Musk or for a foreign state (maybe both) https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-...

> Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained.

MR4D · 3 months ago
I said ignore the "partisan crap", not context. But if you want to make it political, be my guest.
MR4D commented on Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/speckx
Retric · 3 months ago
The stated goals are irrelevant when they don’t match what’s actually happening.
MR4D · 3 months ago
And what is happening? Are they stealing your tax info? Are they stealing your identify?

Go ahead - give me actual details of what is happening with a government official accessing your data that they have a legal right to access?

MR4D commented on Supreme Court Gives Doge Access to Social Security Data   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/speckx
MR4D · 3 months ago
For those who want to read the Executive Order that changed the name, you can find it here:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-29/pdf/2025-0...

At the top of Page 2 is this instruction:

Agency Heads shall take all necessary steps, in coordination with the USDS Administrator and to the maximum extent consistent with law, to ensure USDS has full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, software systems, and IT systems. USDS shall adhere to rigorous data protection standards.

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MR4D commented on My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth   gatesnotes.com/home/home-... · Posted by u/nrvn
kevinventullo · 4 months ago
“Donating” to the IRS is an imperfect solution that scales to all billionaires. If he’s only solving for his individual wealth, he can fine tune it to more specific causes.
MR4D · 4 months ago
But think of all the people who will die before he donates it all. Thats why he’s being inconsistent.
MR4D commented on My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth   gatesnotes.com/home/home-... · Posted by u/nrvn
MR4D · 4 months ago
As a guy who on numerous occasions has been in favor of raising taxes on the wealthy, why doesn’t he just write a huge check to the IRS and be done with it?

At least that would make him consistent.

MR4D commented on How three years at McKinsey shaped my second startup   blog.zactownsend.com/know... · Posted by u/zt
MR4D · 4 months ago
Lots of people are misreading this post.

The key phrase is LIFE Insurance, not HEALTH Insurance!

They are vastly different markets.

You don’t deny claims for life insurance as companies would do for health insurance. It’s a very different set of circumstances to have to deny life insurance.

MR4D commented on Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview   developers.googleblog.com... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
sirstoke · 4 months ago
I’ve been thinking about the SWE employment conundrum in a post-LLM world for a while now, and since my livelihood (and that of my loved ones’) depends on it, I’m obviously biased. Still, I would like to understand where my logic is flawed, if it is. (I.e I’m trying to argue in good faith here)

Isn’t software engineering a lot more than just writing code? And I mean like, A LOT more?

Informing product roadmaps, balancing tradeoffs, understanding relationships between teams, prioritizing between separate tasks, pushing back on tech debt, responding to incidents, it’s a feature and not a bug, …

I’m not saying LLMs will never be able to do this (who knows?), but I’m pretty sure SWEs won’t be the only role affected (or even the most affected) if it comes to this point.

Where am I wrong?

MR4D · 4 months ago
I think an analogy that is helpful is that of a woodworker. Automation just allowed them to do more things at in less time.

Power saws really reduced time, lathes even more so. Power drills changed drilling immensely, and even nail guns are used on roofing project s because manual is way too slow.

All the jobs still exist, but their tools are way more capable.

MR4D commented on OpenAI reaches agreement to buy Windsurf for $3B   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/swyx
MR4D · 4 months ago
Here’s the crazy thing. All MSFT has to do is build in connections to every AI provider for VS Code and they win.

Embrace & Extend will never die.

u/MR4D

KarmaCake day6163November 18, 2015View Original