LOL! As if human-generated news content is any more honest or accurate...
Readit Newsbill_joy_fanboy commented on A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content niemanlab.org/2026/02/a-n... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
bill_joy_fanboy commented on Disaster planning for regular folks (2015) lcamtuf.coredump.cx/prep/... · Posted by u/AlphaWeaver
They are proud people who want to defend their country.
In this day an age, if you are a Western man defending a Western country's leading power structure, you are a fool.
The idea of being drafted to defend my country that sells me out at every opportunity is laughable.
bill_joy_fanboy commented on The recurring dream of replacing developers caimito.net/en/blog/2025/... · Posted by u/glimshe
> What a nihilistic perspective and empty life.
Equally nihilistic are owners, managers, and leaders who think they will replace developers with LLMs.
Why care about, support, defend, or help such people? Why would I do that?
bill_joy_fanboy commented on The recurring dream of replacing developers caimito.net/en/blog/2025/... · Posted by u/glimshe
And you do this honestly, by negotiating reduced hours for the same pay or by negotiating piecework rather than time-based pay. Right?
Like any shrewd businessman, I negotiate to receive the highest price possible for the minimum cost on my end. This is how business is done.
bill_joy_fanboy commented on The recurring dream of replacing developers caimito.net/en/blog/2025/... · Posted by u/glimshe
Don't take it personal. All business want to reduce costs. As long as people cost money, they'll want to reduce people.
Which is why quiet quitting is the logical thing.
Managers and business owners shouldn't take it personally that I do as little as possible and minimize the amount of labor I provide for the money I receive.
Hey, it's just business.
bill_joy_fanboy commented on The College Backlash Is a Mirage theatlantic.com/ideas/202... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
The whole college backlash thing - I mean, I'm sure there are many people who want to change how colleges and universities operate for sure, but is there really an alternative especially for white collar, middle class+ folks? Sure a small percent can start a business, and yes, some people will naturally be part of the trades, but I 'haven't actually heard anyone propose an alternative, and zero of my family members including the very conservative ones seem to be taking the idea of not going to college seriously.
From the article:
“Oftentimes, people say that not everybody should go to college, and that these two-year programs, these trade schools, are really good,” Strohl said. “Ask them where they’re sending their kids.”
We're in this moment where I think everyone wants to talk about burning everything down, but at least for now, the real losers are the people who buy too much into it without a solid alternative plan. Entrepeneurs may do well, but they were never the ones to listen to the median perspective on how to approach life.
I've noticed the same thing with regards to actually attending college. People still go; they just complain about it more.
The only change is that there is a much more cynical feeling about the experience. School spirit is out. People see it as "a ripoff I must endure to get a decent job and be taken seriously."
I graduated years ago. When my college (major state uni) called asking for a donation, I laughed the guy off the phone. The idea of "school spirit" seems like a joke to me, as it does for many students these days.
The new cope is to see if you can't do it as cheaply as possible, lop off a year, get scholarships, do a bunch of AP courses prior, etc.
Basically, a lot of students see the process as a box to check as if they were standing in line at the DMV to get their diploma.
If a discovery is good, someone else will want to steal the credit for it. That would apply to discoveries made by men or women. I highly doubt that there is any proof of a sexist conspiracy to steal the limelight from women specifically.
STEM is mostly dominated by men, so there is both more men to make discoveries and more men to swoop in and steal credit for a discovery.
There is cancer in your body every single day. Your immune system handles it just fine. There is an explicit difference between cancer that needs treating and cancer that should be ignored because it's a waste of time and resources to treat. You're not a doctor, you're not qualified to tell the difference, you're not trained on cancers, you're not even in the medical field. The monopoly is held for exactly this reason.
We already have an extreme shortage of available healthcare workers. We don't need to stress them further because 20% of the population suddenly decides they need 80 elective surgeries to remove things that would've gone away or stayed benign on their own.
> You're not a doctor, you're not qualified to tell the difference, you're not trained on cancers, you're not even in the medical field. The monopoly is held for exactly this reason.
The idea that a position of authority means ~anything~ anymore is completely ridiculous.
What did the medical field do to earn such credibility with you? Any intelligent person should have developed a high degree of skepticism regarding the operations of the medical field as of 2025.
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bill_joy_fanboy commented on How long can it take to become a US citizen? usafacts.org/articles/how... · Posted by u/speckx
This is the constitutional equivalent of being a flat earther.
Sick burn. Now, do you have any ~good~ arguments that prove me wrong?