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Mtinie commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian

throwmeaway222 · 7 hours ago

https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/opinion/dems-nix-45-woke-words...

Mtinie · 5 hours ago

Thank you for sharing.

Would you agree that Third Way’s positions and suggestions should be weighted differently than official federal government stances and actions?

Mtinie commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian

xg15 · 7 hours ago

> otherwise they assume the entire PCB consists of copper, aluminum, and steel, and charge a 100% tariff on the whole product.

This seems like it could also lead to absurd situations. If a device contained both, would customs pretend it was simultaneously 100% made out of copper and 100% made out of steel and apply both tariffs?

Mtinie · 7 hours ago

> This seems like it could also lead to absurd situations. If a device contained both, would customs pretend it was simultaneously 100% made out of copper and 100% made out of steel and apply both tariffs?

Yes, because it benefits the “here’s how much extra revenue our copper tariffs generate in 2025” sound bites for the Administration to tout (even if they are fabricated numbers based on nonsensical assumptions.)

Mtinie commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian

philipallstar · 7 hours ago

Haven't people been saying this for a decade now? The democrats purity tests make this test for copper look like child's play.

Mtinie · 7 hours ago

I’m genuinely interested in which “purity tests” you are referring to. I’m all for bi-partisan ridicule if it’s warranted.

Mtinie commented on Dangerous advice for software engineers seangoedecke.com/dangerou... · Posted by u/gxhao

potato3732842 · 13 hours ago

On the other hand, there's the people who make a big song and dance ritual over putting their eye and ear pro on just to impact off one bolt that'll be maybe a couple clacks of the hammer. It's not realistic to do that for every single transient noise or tap on something, the safety is just performative at that point.

I have no problem letting those people and behaviors be ridiculed.

Mtinie · 11 hours ago

If I'm not directly impacted by someones' use of PPE, then that's their business even if I think it is an overreaction or performative. I've injured myself while doing "simple" operations before when a bolt or screw unexpectedly failed, so it may not be as performative as it appears.

On the other hand, if I'm working with someone in a professional capacity and they are delaying our work because they are acting in an anxious manner about safety, then I'll take time to talk through why I see their actions as counter-productive and then we can discuss how to be safe and efficient.

Mtinie commented on Dangerous advice for software engineers seangoedecke.com/dangerou... · Posted by u/gxhao

gwd · 13 hours ago

A couple of years ago we bought a 50-year-old-house and gutted it. We had professionals do the stuff that required expertise or a lot of time / skills (electricians, plumbers, plasterers, etc), and did most other things ourselves.

At some point I'd come in to do something within my remit while the electricians were here. I'd put in earplugs to do some masonry drilling, because I've only got one set of ears and I'd like to be able to hear things when I'm 80. One of the electrician's assistants, probably in his late 20's commented on it, something like, "Got your ear condoms on, huh?" I'm at a stage in my life where I don't really care about that sort of thing, so just blew it off.

A few months later, that same guy came in to do the final wiring on something. He'd lost the end of his thumb -- had an accident with some tool or other and cut it off.

It's hard for me not to think that his attitude toward earplugs and his accident were related. Nobody deserves to be maimed for life, but we live in a universe which can be pretty unforgiving.

Mtinie · 13 hours ago

Quite possibly.

In my experience, the people who make unsolicited comments about others’ risk mitigations have incorrectly learned that safety precautions indicate weakness or inexperience, when experience teaches the opposite.

Seasoned professionals know that tools and environments don’t care about your skill level. A tool will injure anyone who doesn’t respect its inherent dangers.

The mockery typically comes from those who’ve either been lucky so far or selectively absorbed workplace cultures that prioritize appearing tough over staying whole.

Mtinie commented on AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents agents.md/... · Posted by u/ghuntley

vFunct · 7 days ago

> We're in a transition phase today where agents need special guidance to understand a codebase that go beyond what humans need. Before long, I don't think they will.

This isn't guaranteed. Just like we will never have fully self-driving cars, we likely won't have fully human quality coders.

Right now AI coders are going to be another tool in the tool bucket.

Mtinie · 7 days ago

> Just like we will never have fully self-driving cars, we likely won't have fully human quality coders.

“Never is a long time...and none of us lives to see its length.” Elizabeth Yates, A Place for Peter (Mountain Born, #3)

“Never is an awfully long time.” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Mtinie commented on AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents agents.md/... · Posted by u/ghuntley

ameliaquining · 7 days ago

If there were already a universal convention on where to put that stuff, then probably the agents would have just looked there. But there's not, so it was necessary to invent one.

Mtinie · 7 days ago

Common sense takes time to sink in.

Mtinie commented on Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead? josefprusa.com/articles/o... · Posted by u/rcarmo

f1shy · 11 days ago

Was really so (specifically “lethal”? Do you have sources?

I know trade secret was much more important. Also the spirit of patents is to allow development by making all public.

But do they?! I’m tired of trying to extract useful information off patents, they are empty of content and full of BS is laywer language. Real important details are kept secret, as long as possible.

The current system is de facto not working properly. I’m not saying is the worst, or I have better ideas, but is clear that the system is being heavily abused in all corners.

Mtinie · 11 days ago

It could be lethal if a guild member attempted to share secrets or sell methods to a competitive guild. An example:

"In 1754 the State Inquisitors of Venice learned that a worker at Daniele Miotti's factory had fled abroad with a copy of his master's books. Fearing that he would divulge secrets—especially in Bohemia, where there were important glass factories—they ordered his death."

Source: Zecchin, P., (2025) “Una condanna a morte di dubbia utilità: Sarebbe stato molto grave, per i vetrai muranesi, se il seicentesco ricettario Miotti fosse caduto nelle mani dei Boemi?”, Journal of Glass Studies 66: 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/jgs.6939

Just how widespread it was for violent and lethal actions to be carried out in pursuit of maintaining guild secrecy, the evidence is murky.

Mtinie commented on Illinois limits the use of AI in therapy and psychotherapy washingtonpost.com/nation... · Posted by u/reaperducer

awesomeusername · 13 days ago

I'm probably in the minority here, but for me it's a foregone conclusion that it will become a better therapist, doctor, architect, etc.

Instead of the rich getting access to the best professionals, it will level the playing field. The average low level lawyer, doctor, etc are not great. How nice if everyone got top level help.

Mtinie · 13 days ago

I agree with you that the possibility of egalitarian care for low costs is becoming very likely.

I’m cynical enough to recognize the price will just go up even if the service overhead is pennies on the dollar.

Mtinie commented on Try and ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/t... · Posted by u/treetalker

lazyasciiart · 16 days ago

Plenty of people enjoy Duolingo. And I wouldn’t say it’s a dead end any more than simple picture books or a total beginners class. Will it turn you into a fluent speaker? No, so what.

Mtinie · 16 days ago

> No, so what.

Because it promotes itself as a platform to learn fluency. That’s why it’s important to recognize its limitations.