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SaltyBackendGuy commented on Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters   ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d... · Posted by u/merksittich
twodave · 19 hours ago
Used Grok for the first time, in a Tesla, and for that purpose it actually made a lot of sense. It’s very well-integrated into the car’s systems and communication style while driving tends to be very tweet-esque. I think this is the niche they should lean into more (live assistant, e.g. Jarvis type stuff) and leave the more agentic niche to folks like Anthropic. Maybe even delegate more difficult or background tasks to those sorts of models. As a verbal interface I found it pretty pleasant.
SaltyBackendGuy · 18 hours ago
I am honestly a bit disappointed it couldn't do basic things, like play X on Spotify. To be fair, I accidentally activated Grok for holding the voice command button too long (which is another UX issue - i.e. 2 voice command interfaces).
SaltyBackendGuy commented on MacBook Neo   apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/dm
Matl · 10 days ago
SaltyBackendGuy · 10 days ago
I might be a dinosaur but I just can't stand laptops that have touch screen...
SaltyBackendGuy commented on Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston   apple.com/newsroom/2026/0... · Posted by u/haunter
ryandrake · 18 days ago
> Something about having the whole supply chain in one place

I can't find the source but I thought I read somewhere that the major manufacturing cities in China are all geographically laid out like giant assembly lines. The companies that process the raw materials are located mostly inland, then the companies that form those raw materials into metal and plastic stock are next door, and then the companies that take that stock and make components are next door to them, and the companies that input those components and output subassemblies are next door to them, and so on all the way down to the harbor where the companies that produce finished products output directly onto the loading docks where the ships await.

The US can't even zone a residential neighborhood without lawyers and special interests jamming things up for decades through endless impact studies and litigation. How is it going to compete with a country that can lay out entire cities, organizing the value chain geographically towards the ocean?

SaltyBackendGuy · 18 days ago
This reminds me of a great freakonomics podcast that talked about China being run by engineers and America being run by lawyers.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/china-is-run-by-engineers-a...

SaltyBackendGuy commented on Capital One to acquire Brex for $5.15B   reuters.com/legal/transac... · Posted by u/personjerry
whalesalad · 2 months ago
Years ago I took a chance on hiring an engineer fresh out of a software bootcamp. Turned out to be one of the best engineers I have ever worked with - so much tenacity and thirst for learning new things. They went on to join Brex when the company was just starting out. What an awesome exit!
SaltyBackendGuy · 2 months ago
Hopefully they had the confidence/insight to negotiate properly. I went through BN$ exit (was employee 19) early in my career and unfortunately, only select people at the top got retirement money. The most frustrating part was the Big Co. execs that came in much later, did literally nothing, and got a massive payday. Lesson learned though...
SaltyBackendGuy commented on ‘ELITE’: The Palantir app ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid   werd.io/elite-the-palanti... · Posted by u/sdoering
SaltyBackendGuy · 2 months ago
> Trump has been the only one that the corporations couldn't buy

Hasn't he accepted donations from many mega corporations? My assumption is that a corporation wont donate money, without the expectation of ROI.

SaltyBackendGuy commented on A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory   papers.ssrn.com/sol3/pape... · Posted by u/7777777phil
bob1029 · 2 months ago
I think a basic overview of game theory should also discuss Pareto optimality to some extent. You can have 100% of participants operating in a locally-ideal way while still creating problems in aggregate.
SaltyBackendGuy · 2 months ago
Tragedy of the commons / bounded rationality for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

SaltyBackendGuy commented on Why is the Gmail app 700 MB?   akr.am/blog/posts/why-is-... · Posted by u/thefilmore
suprfsat · 2 months ago
Meet was discontinued; its functionality was merged into Duo and the resulting app renamed to Meet.
SaltyBackendGuy · 2 months ago
Meet still works on Pixel phones as a solution/parity for FaceTime. I wonder if it's bundled in the web build or they're the same build under the hood.
SaltyBackendGuy commented on Claude in Chrome   claude.com/chrome... · Posted by u/ianrahman
blubber · 3 months ago
Two AI agents fighting couldn't end up in an infinite loop?
SaltyBackendGuy · 3 months ago
More billable hours.
SaltyBackendGuy commented on Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files   alexschapiro.com/security... · Posted by u/bearsyankees
chii · 3 months ago
> suss out how competent people and the organisation are.

how does one do this, without first having the job and being embedded in there? From the outside, it's near impossible to see these details imho.

SaltyBackendGuy · 3 months ago
Something I've found useful is just reaching out to past employees. Usually folks that don't work there anymore will be more transparent. Only challenge is getting someone to respond to you, but you'd be surprised how many folks will talk if you don't come off like you're trying to sell them something or a bot.
SaltyBackendGuy commented on Rockstar employee shares account of the company's union-busting efforts   gtaforums.com/topic/10041... · Posted by u/mrzool
samiwami · 4 months ago
There is nothing forcing developers to release on steam, they can sell directly through a website. It’s not Valve’s fault no other competitor has gotten close to the quality of Steam. Epic Games could have made a dent, but they decided to try to bribe customers instead of making a functioning store.
SaltyBackendGuy · 4 months ago
This made me laugh. I tried Epic because I got a free game that I was interested in, but could only play it on the Epic Game store. After a week, I was no longer able to login no matter what I tried. So anecdotally, your statement tracks with my experience.

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