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seu commented on Astrological CPU Scheduler   github.com/zampierilucas/... · Posted by u/fratellobigio
kubafu · 10 days ago
"Because we can" at its best.
seu · 10 days ago
Yes! With "best" (to me) meaning for fun, entertainment, and without harming anyone. :)
seu commented on Spacecurve: A space-filling curve playground   corte.si/posts/spacecurve... · Posted by u/cortesi
seu · 14 days ago
Reminds me of an unfinished game I did long time ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTtX8CavRTk It also had a 3D mode. Unfortunately it was too difficult to understand what was going on and most play testers were just confused, instead of having fun. :)
seu commented on Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal   iranintl.com/en/202601255... · Posted by u/mhb
SilverElfin · 17 days ago
What happened to Trump threatening to invade? This is the one situation that intervention is called for.
seu · 17 days ago
No situation justifies external interference, especially not by the US, which has done more than its fair share of invading and then just making things worse for everyone, like in Afghanistan and Iraq.
seu commented on We put Claude Code in Rollercoaster Tycoon   labs.ramp.com/rct... · Posted by u/iamwil
seu · a month ago
> also completely unfazed by the premise that it has been 'hacked into' a late-90's computer game. This was surprising, but fits with Claude's playful personality and flexible disposition.

When I read things like this, I wonder if it's just me not understanding this brave new world, or half of AI developers are delusional and really believe that they are dealing with a sentient being.

seu commented on On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]   web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaw... · Posted by u/barishnamazov
seu · a month ago
I studied computer science and worked in and around software for a good 20+ years. Then I slowly started realizing how apolitical almost everyone around me in software was. I was fortunate to have had other influences and interests beyond CS, but it seemed like others didn't think much about society or politics, beyond how "great" everything could be made with tech. I started gravitating out of the software bubble. First, I decided not to work for any company that is directly responsible for things like fossil fuel or finances. Then, away from anything that had to do with incentivizing irresponsible consumption. After a while I realized that it was extremely hard to find any job doing software that was not detrimental in general to the people or the planet. It's sad, but most people don't think about the global consequences of their jobs, or don't want to think much about it. These days I only work in tech-related projects when it's about supporting social organizations get their (digital) shit together, moving to open source alternatives or understanding how to deal with things like LLM/AIs. It is ethically almost impossible for me to work again for 99% of software companies.
seu commented on On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]   web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaw... · Posted by u/barishnamazov
tomaytotomato · a month ago
I think its a pessimistic outlook and I agree with the sentiment, but then I switch back to objectively how humanity has been historically and how far we have come, I can't stop thinking, "wow".

Being in my 30s I remember Y2K, OZone layer diminishing and a rogue comet coming to wipe out humanity, but it didn't. This is survivor bias just like the examples in the lecture around wildfires and Covid are surely survivor bias too.

My wife does not like when I solve problems instead of just acknowledge the problem and say "that's a shame/sad/terrible", but I can't help it, we as engineers are wired to do solve problems, not just acknowledge them.

Think of the Dog poo dilemma - most people will just point and say, "terrible someone has let their dog poo there". Then proceed to carry on with their day. My engineer brain says lets pick up the poo and then look at solutions to stop it happening again.

So when a crises happens I know there are lots of smarter men and women in my field and other areas, who won't just get sad about an issue and instead will start working their brains on the problem.

The apocalypse is delayed, permanently.

seu · a month ago
> then I switch back to objectively And that's one of the issues: there's no "objective" way to look at reality. What to you looks objective, to me seems optimistic, in the way that the author denounces as not helping.
seu commented on SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation   sparkfun.com/official-res... · Posted by u/yaleman
vegadw · a month ago
I'm still trying to put all the pieces together, but https://digipres.club/@discatte/115588660312186707 sure paints Adafruit as the bad party here, though I'm open to information which shows otherwise to understand better.
seu · a month ago
People seem to throw the words "doxxing" and "harassing" very lightly these days, if you ask me, although I'll give that nobody in this whole mess seems to be capable of calm or even non-violent communication.
seu commented on Reflections on AI at the End of 2025   antirez.com/news/157... · Posted by u/danielfalbo
seu · 2 months ago
> And I've vibe coded entire ephemeral apps just to find a single bug because why not - code is suddenly free, ephemeral, malleable, discardable after single use. Vibe coding will terraform software and alter job descriptions.

I'm not super up-to-date on all that's happening in AI-land, but in this quote I can find something that most techno-enthusiast seem to have decided to ignore: no, code is not free. There are immense resources (energy, water, materials) that go into these data centers in order to produce this "free" code. And the material consequences are terribly damaging to thousands of people. With the further construction of data centers to feed this free video coding style, we're further destroying parts of the world. Well done, AGI loverboys.

seu commented on Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry   bloodinthemachine.com/p/i... · Posted by u/thm
seu · 2 months ago
Can we please stop saying "AI is doing this", "AI is doing that", and instead point out at the companies and individuals that are shoveling AI down our throats as the ones that are decimating industries or destroying jobs, almost exclusively for their own economical benefit?

Framing it as "AI" only leads to ignoring the responsibility of those who are making those decisions. It's exactly the same argument behind justifying things as "market forces": it allows everything and makes nobody responsible for it.

seu commented on Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now   dosaygo-studio.github.io/... · Posted by u/keepamovin
seu · 2 months ago
I have to admit that this is the first time I found something made by an AI ... funny.

u/seu

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