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make_it_sure commented on Ask HN: Why there are no actual studies that show AI is more productive?    · Posted by u/make_it_sure
aragilar · 5 days ago
How do you know you're more productive? Humans are excellent at fooling themselves, and absent a metric (or multiple metrics) by which you can measure your productivity, you can't be sure you're actually being more productive.
make_it_sure · 5 days ago
I'm very very sure. Based on my last 15 years of coding experience I can assist fairly accurate how much a task takes. With AI I can finish the task 2x-4x faster (this includes testing, edge case handling etc).
make_it_sure commented on Layoffs at Block   twitter.com/jack/status/2... · Posted by u/mlex
mempko · 14 days ago
Excuse me for making some pretty sharp statements. Twitter is objectively a worse product now. Musk is a deeply uncreative person who doesn't seem to actually like people and attracts people to him that are the same way. This shows in his truly uninspired products. Tesla is way behind the Chinese now. xAI is a copy cat. SpaceX seems to be taking old Soviet ideas. Musk I go on?
make_it_sure · 13 days ago
your argument becomes equals to 0 once you involve your personal feelings
make_it_sure commented on Layoffs at Block   twitter.com/jack/status/2... · Posted by u/mlex
agnishom · 14 days ago
> i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now.

Sounds like a false dichotomy. The third option is that he could have kept them around. It would be financially feasible given that "our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving.".

make_it_sure · 13 days ago
it's a business, why he should keep people if company doesn't need them? A business is not a charity
make_it_sure commented on Layoffs at Block   twitter.com/jack/status/2... · Posted by u/mlex
d--b · 14 days ago
Owning it doesn’t make it less of a shit move.

Canning people when you do well is just a way to milk the cow that others raised for you. Plus it shows a blatant lack of imagination and foresight.

I just hope the remaining employees realize they’re in an ejectable seat and stop working for people like that. It’s only a matter of time the founders sell to Bending Spoons for a final paycheck and everyone else is out.

make_it_sure · 13 days ago
a company's purpoe is profits not being a socialist scheme to support people
make_it_sure commented on VTT Test Donut Lab Battery Reaches 80% Charge in Under 10 Minutes [pdf]   pub-fee113bb711e441db5c35... · Posted by u/sagyam
xienze · 18 days ago
Fairly important bit here at the end:

> This project included independent charging performance tests on the energy storage devices supplied by the customer, which the customer identified as solid-state battery cells.

> which the customer identified as solid-state battery cells.

make_it_sure · 18 days ago
why?
make_it_sure commented on Ask HN: Is HN becoming more toxic?    · Posted by u/make_it_sure
k310 · 19 days ago
Your post is toxic in itself.

"similar to" and "pushing to" are weasel words.

I skim EVERYTHING. And in light of this, anything fishy is easy for me to just ignore.

HN has strong moderation. I only use two sites daily, both of which are heavily moderated. If something is really offensive, I trust the mods to deal with it appropriately.

make_it_sure · 19 days ago
moderation acts only on bad worded posts, but not the meaning of them
make_it_sure commented on Ask HN: Is HN becoming more toxic?    · Posted by u/make_it_sure
chistev · 19 days ago
I don't know if it is. I just know people down vote you if they disagree with you without trying to explain why you're wrong or shouldn't have said what you said.

But that has always been the case.

make_it_sure · 19 days ago
That's normal, but I'm referring to toxic behaviour like insults and extreme views.

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KarmaCake day106November 17, 2021View Original