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binary_slinger commented on Search PPP Loans by Zip Code ppploanmap.com/... · Posted by u/zarie

Many sole proprietorships registered and individuals in my area have these loans. I suspect this was a major contributor to inflation.

For example, a neighbor who owns several franchised restaurants received a few million in PPP loans. But during COVID he also bought a Cirrus Vision Jet. Very suspicious.

The PPP loan program is a borrower self-certified program. Meaning the gov't did absolutely nothing to ensure funds actually went to payroll.

binary_slinger commented on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE wired.com/story/elon-musk... · Posted by u/medler

an_guy · a year ago

Wheres the evidence of them not being brilliant? Just because they have fewer github projects, they are not talented?

Also please point to the last federal employee in IT sector who were highlighted for their "Talent and Brilliance".

binary_slinger · a year ago

If you have some evidence of their brilliance you can post it now.

binary_slinger commented on The 22-Year-Old Who Unlocked the Secrets of Ancient Rome thefp.com/p/luke-farritor... · Posted by u/dsr12

binary_slinger · a year ago

There’s a good reason this is being posted now.

Your astroturfing should have begun months ago.

binary_slinger commented on Ask HN: Why is air traffic control radio comms so poor? · Posted by u/mvdtnz

binary_slinger · a year ago

> 2. More importantly, the pilots and ATC folks speak excessively quickly and do not enunciate at all.

Multiple aircraft’s one frequency. Need to speak short to allow other potentially higher priority calls. Also take a moment to read: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/fs_html/...

Of course in practice there are deviation's from the phraseology.

I do agree the DC ATC audio is very poor. Not all ATC communication is that poor. And often it is quite clear especially once you get use to how radio calls are made.

binary_slinger commented on My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it devblogs.microsoft.com/ol... · Posted by u/mastazi

binary_slinger · a year ago

A bug right now on Windows 11 is if you use a USB switch too fast on windows it breaks USB. Disconnecting the switch or reconnecting the devices to the host doesn’t fix it. Only a hard reboot of Windows will bring the USB stack back online.

binary_slinger commented on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE wired.com/story/elon-musk... · Posted by u/medler

niceice · a year ago

Average age of engineers and scientists in the Manhattan Project was 25.

Our current gerontocracy is ahistorical.

Perhaps one reason startups work so well is they are one of the few places that still let young people exert agency.

The average age of NASA’s mission control team during the Apollo era was 27— they put humans on the moon. Young people bring a force of curiosity and creativity that can disrupt the status quo. If we’re serious about cutting waste in gov spending, let’s not turn away new minds.

The guys featured in this gross and irresponsible hit piece by Wired, by all accounts, are brilliant engineers. Top 1%.

- one decoded the Herculaneum Papyrii at the age of 20, winning the Vesuvius Challenge

- another built a startup funded by OpenAI

- one interned at SpaceX and got a Thiel Fellowship

- another was a top engineer at a major AI firm

This is who they are bullying and putting a target on. The best of us nerds. https://x.com/anothercohen/status/1886480470185001025

binary_slinger · a year ago

> The guys featured in this gross and irresponsible hit piece by Wired, by all accounts, are brilliant engineers. Top 1%.

Wheres the evidence of their brilliance? A few projects in GitHub isn’t impressive.

Seriously if they’re brilliant this is the perfect PR opportunity to highlight the highly talented people making a difference. But instead we have secrecy.

I suspect the real reason for these choices is they needed people who are young and naive, will not ask too many questions, easy to manipulate, and coerced to work long for little pay.