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presentation commented on How AI Is Changing Bookkeeping   ledgeriq.ai/blog/MJTgHE8J... · Posted by u/JohnnyRebel
wrs · 9 hours ago
This and other data analysis front ends could be a fantastic application for LLMs + tool use.

It’s also a market where getting the wrong answer could result in huge liability, so at this point you’re really rolling the dice that you’re a great LLM whisperer. (There’s no such thing as an LLM engineer, at least not yet.)

presentation · 8 hours ago
Yeah, I’m biased since my startup is a very non-AI payroll app, but trusting my finances to an LLM sounds frightening and the money saved is not much since just hiring an accountant whose neck is on the line to get it right just isn’t that expensive.
presentation commented on U.S. Emissions Rise 4.2%, China's Fall 2.7%   theenergymix.com/u-s-emis... · Posted by u/triceratops
Workaccount2 · 13 hours ago
China is doing this for energy independence. Their fossil fuel supply chain is critically vulnerable. They don't care about the climate, but will happily play the optics.
presentation · 11 hours ago
China actually has quite a bit of public debate and discontent around air quality at a minimum. They definitely care in that they don’t want to piss off the populace.
presentation commented on Next.js is infuriating   blog.meca.sh/3lxoty3shjc2... · Posted by u/Bogdanp
bestest · a day ago
Since you're here — I'll just pipe in.

Here in this article, the author, failing to comprehend the domain differences, is applying the same approach to call a function everywhere. Of course it won't work.

The fallacy of nextjs is attempting to blend function domains that are inherently different. Stop doing that and you will be fine. Documentation won't work, it will be just more confusing. Blending edge and ssr and node and client-side into one is a mess, and the attempt to achieve that only results in layers upon layers of redundant framework complexity.

presentation · 21 hours ago
Sounds like you wouldn’t be a fan of React Server Components in general then since blending domains is its whole point.
presentation commented on Next.js is infuriating   blog.meca.sh/3lxoty3shjc2... · Posted by u/Bogdanp
mhitza · a day ago
Don't you find it problematic, as a framework that's 8 years old to already have reached version 15.x? Assuming they follow semantic versioning and those are 15 different backwards incompatible upgrades?
presentation · 21 hours ago
Don’t think it’s semver.
presentation commented on India's billion-dollar e-waste empire   restofworld.org/2025/indi... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar
cobbzilla · a day ago
You’re surprised by NIMBYism?? It’s everywhere. Find a county where both developers and the populace are welcoming a new factory or other industrial facility — hard to find! Look at housing policy in certain big cities and where rents are skyrocketing while housing unit creation stagnates.
presentation · a day ago
Developers would love to develop factories, they’re not the NIMBYs in this equation
presentation commented on The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch   positiveblue.substack.com... · Posted by u/positiveblue
Loughla · 5 days ago
Set aside that there's a pretty big difference between AI scraping and illegal drug usage.

If the person using illegal drugs is on no way harming anyone but themselves and not being a nuisance, then yeah, I can get behind that. Put whatever you want in your body, just don't let it negatively impact anyone around you. Seems reasonable?

presentation · 4 days ago
I think this is actually a good example despite how stark the differences are - both the nuisance AI scrapers and the drug addicts have negative externalities that while possible for them to self regulate, they are for whatever reasons proving unable to do so, and therefore cause other people to have a bad time.

Other commenters saying the usual “drugs are freedom” type opinions, but now having lived in China and Japan where drugs are dealt with very strictly (and basically don’t have a drug problem today), I can see the other side of the argument where in fact places feeling dirty and dangerous because of drugs - even if you think of addicts sympathetically as victims who need help - makes everyone else less free to live the lifestyle they would like to have.

More freedom for one group (whether to ruin their own lives for a high; or to train their AI models) can mean less freedom for others (whether to not feel safe walking in public streets; or to publish their little blog in the public internet).

presentation commented on Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line   yamanot.es/... · Posted by u/zdw
aa-jv · 6 days ago
Lived in Asagaya for a year .. this sure brought back memories. I'd often walk to Koenji for the nightlife .. what a wonderful neighborhood. I remember the beautiful moments in summer when the school jingle played out over the region - that was another example of Japanese appreciation for aesthetics that I've carried with me all my life.

Sad to see the recent development of Asagaya, though. Some classic old Japanese dwellings, now gone ..

presentation · 6 days ago
To be fair, most homes are replaced everywhere in Japan, since houses themselves are depreciating assets with all the earthquakes and everything. It is how things go here.
presentation commented on Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line   yamanot.es/... · Posted by u/zdw
presentation · 6 days ago
They changed the melodies for a lot of the stations recently, I’ve noticed.
presentation commented on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City   cnbc.com/2025/08/22/waymo... · Posted by u/achristmascarl
groggo · 11 days ago
Definitely true in practice, but I don't think we want discretion. What I mean though is as a deterrent, you can either have a "fair" fine that's enforced 100% of the time, or 2x the "fair" amount with 50% enforcement, etc. When it's 100x the "fair" amount with 1% enforcement, and you see everyone else not being enforced, it feels unfair.
presentation · 11 days ago
Traffic rules do require some discretion though - if eg you don’t allow crossing a double yellow line but a car is broken down blocking the lane, does that mean that the road is now effectively unusable until that car is towed? Lots of examples.

But I’m with you on more enforcement. I’m totally fine with automated traffic cameras and it was working great when I was in China - suddenly seemingly overnight everyone stopped speeding on the highways when I was in Shanghai, as your chances of getting a ticket were super high.

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