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lan321 commented on ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use biometricupdate.com/20260... · Posted by u/WaitWaitWha

hsbauauvhabzb · 6 days ago

@anoym - There isn’t something inherently bad about working for law enforcement or national security agencies as long as what you’re doing cannot be used now or in the future unethically. But too be honest I think this is a ‘don’t hate the player’ type things, if palantir didn’t exist, another company would take its place - privacy legislation is the only thing that prevents it, not relying on ethics of the masses.

lan321 · 6 days ago

> legislation is the only thing that prevents it

I strongly agree. There's even the argument to be made that if no legislation exists, even if you're anti X, you might get incentivized to build a company for X just so it's not a fan of X at the helm of the top company for X.

Blaming it on the employees is pointless. It's the law that should dictate what's allowed and what isn't and if the lawmaking or enforcement isn't working you probably want some "good" people in those companies.

lan321 commented on ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions asml.com/en/news/press-re... · Posted by u/dep_b

culi · 14 days ago

ASML just set revenue records and its stock is surging due to the Q4 results

lan321 · 14 days ago

This is entirely unrelated to ASML, but:

This reminds me of a company I worked for recently, that, at the yearly meeting talking about the financial situation were all depressed as if we were broke since the profit (and revenue) was slightly less than last year, which was significantly higher than any other year in history with the year prior also being a record. This was essentially when the interest rates jumped after covid and businesses had to adapt so I'm sure it would have been another record if the economy in general wasn't doing worse that year.

Of course, they want to keep people from asking for raises and bonuses, but I found it very weird to see them act worried with the profit/revenue graphs at a crazy peak still.

lan321 commented on Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars newsroom.porsche.com/en/2... · Posted by u/m463

AdamN · 22 days ago

Also Porsche SUVs regularly rank at the top of luxury SUV reviews. I've never driven one but the consensus is that they're great - it's not just badge engineering.

lan321 · 22 days ago

The Cayenne has no right to be as fast as it is. The stupid thing will powerslide out of corners at 120 kmh and fly at hot hatch speeds through twisty cobblestone roads. The brakes were also wonderful and surprisingly cheap for the size. Didn't have air suspension so it rode like a fast car though.

lan321 commented on Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars newsroom.porsche.com/en/2... · Posted by u/m463

tonyedgecombe · 22 days ago

It feels like engine sound has become more important to these people since EV's entered the market. I'm sure it was there before but not to the same extent.

lan321 · 22 days ago

It became more of a selling point as regulation came for it. OPF, stricter modification control, etc. Prior it didn't matter as much since it was always decent and you could do whatever you want to it. Now, a pops and bangs tune with a straight pipe will get your car impounded in most countries the first time a cop sees/hears you.

lan321 commented on Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars newsroom.porsche.com/en/2... · Posted by u/m463

Jarwain · 22 days ago

If China could sell it's cars here, it would spur American automakers to innovate, no? Government protectionism causes complacency

lan321 · 22 days ago

It's a balance. If a country is investing severely in a specific industry you can either tax them out of your swamp, counter invest in your industry or, realistically, do a mix.

It'd be difficult to compete with companies receiving large gov assistance without gov assistance and I find taxing them slightly safer than making it rain on specific people/companies.

lan321 commented on No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams ablg.io/blog/no-managemen... · Posted by u/tonioab

Y-bar · a month ago

I want to hazard a guess that a motivational manager is just like a well-oiled cog in a machine. You essentially never notice them as having influence over your motivation and only pay attention to the squeaky and rattling and faulty ones.

lan321 · a month ago

The best one I had in that regard was just a nice dude who I wanted to help as much as I could since he'd help me when needed. I don't think any other way would really work in the current landscape. Whenever a manager talks about our grand product and the clients dying to get a taste of our artisinal code stew, even they can't take themselves entirely seriously. The only thing that seems to help is just being liked so your team wants to make your life easier. (outside of money/benefits/promotions and maybe short term gaslighting)

lan321 commented on Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy news.cornell.edu/stories/... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

blell · a month ago

This is the kind of thing that looks good on paper but then breaks down when you try it.

If you are seriously comparing the attractiveness of “legumes” (what legume and recipe is that?) with the attractiveness of Doritos I don’t know what to tell you.

If you cook something that is nearly as attractive as ultra processed foods, the price skyrockets.

lan321 · a month ago

Grandparent:

> Processed foods are much cheaper per calorie than "healthy" options.

Attractive is a separate topic. Regardless of budget, for many people a chocolate cake will always be the most attractive food, regardless of cost. Doesn't mean we should have people living on chocolate cake diets.

lan321 commented on How well do you know C++ auto type deduction? volatileint.dev/posts/aut... · Posted by u/volatileint

xnorswap · 2 months ago

The guidelines I follow for C# has "use var where it's obvious, but explicitly type when not".

So for example I'd write:

  var x = new List<Foo>();

Because writing:

  List<Foo> x = new List<Foo>();

Feels very redundant

Whereas I'd write:

  List<Foo> x = FooBarService.GetMyThings();

Because it's not obvious what the type is otherwise ( Some IDEs will overlay hint the type there though ).

Although with newer language features you can also write:

  List<Foo> x = new();

Which is even better.

lan321 · 2 months ago

I usually prefer

    List<Foo> x = new();

since it gives me better alignment and since it's not confused with dynamic.

Nowadays I only use

    var x = new List<Foo>();

in non-merged code as a ghetto TODO if I'm considering base types/interface.

lan321 commented on South Korea – A cautionary tale for the rest of humanity worksinprogress.co/issue/... · Posted by u/barry-cotter

croes · 2 months ago

You decreased productivity of the elder, as a society we are getting more and more productive. We create more and more billionaires.

Productivity isn’t our problem, distribution is.

lan321 · 2 months ago

I see these as separate issues.

On a macro scale you want to see country wide economic statistic numbers go up, regardless of who the money gets to in the end. When your population's age isn't evenly distributed it causes spikes in productivity and costs associated with the elderly which makes the metrics go down. Combined with short term politics that are not incentivized to prepare for it, but rather to play hot potato with it, it makes for interesting situations. If, in the worst case, the country is functioning paycheck to paycheck, you have every member of the workforce supporting multiple elderly and children via taxes, since their taxes were already spent on X or stolen long ago during the productivity boom.

lan321 commented on Deprecate like you mean it entropicthoughts.com/depr... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

ryandrake · 2 months ago

It's absolutely a choice. All software can progress while preserving backward compatibility for existing users. It's not always easy, but it's never impossible.

lan321 · 2 months ago

Not always without a performance cost which is a no go in projects with very expensive hardware (ahem Cisco).

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