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”I can’t make this api work for my client. I have deleted all the files in the (reference) server source code, and replaced it with a python version”

Repeatedly, too. Had to make the server reference sources read-only as I got tired of having to copy them over repeatedly


Haha yeah. I once asked it to make a field in an API response nullable, and to gracefully handle cases where that might be an issue (it was really easy, I was just lazy and could have done it myself, but I thought it was the perfect task for my AI idiot intern to handle). Sure, it said. Then it was bored of the task and just deleted the field altogether.

Gets more reactions that way

Gambling seems like a rational choice, when all the ”traditional” rational choices just lead into a mountain of student debt, not being able to afford a home, and general failure to launch

Summed up very nicely in https://oldcoinbad.com/p/long-degeneracy


How could it possibly be the rational choice if the ev doing so is so ridiculously negative?

Having student debt doesn't justify throwing away the rest of your residual income


What's the ev for going to college once you factor in graduation rates?

People that get two or three years of college debt and no diploma have a big hole to fill and a small shovel.

Anyway, I think ev isn't the right tool to model gambling behavior; dollar utility isn't linear. It's more about a small spending for a large potential. But then you get into repeated small wagers and such.


College graduates make over $1 million in their lifetime compared to high school graduates.

> Anyway, I think ev isn't the right tool to model gambling behavior; dollar utility isn't linear.

You're right. The more money you have, the less utility it gives you, which makes gambling for a windfall an even worse decision. Worse still if you include taxes.


I always thought those numbers were dubious because you are mostly comparing people who are capable of getting a degree with those who aren’t.

What about college dropouts?

> What's the ev for going to college once you factor in graduation rates?

Very positive (IRR ~9%). It's been studied extensively: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/core/bitstrea...


If I borrow a lot of money to start a business and then don't start the business I would also be in the hole. So, don't do that?

you can always go back and finish later...that's what I'm doing.

My school expires credits after 7 years.

-If I don’t gamble, I’ll live my whole life as a poor serf

-If I gamble and lose, the same wage cuck life awaits me

-If I gamble and win, I may actually ascend and have the kind of life I aspire to


Seeing gambling as rational choice is spectacular fail of logic. It is an emptional choice of action.

Was "emptional" intentional, or a typo? Apparently it's a real word.

> From emption + -al Adjective (obsolete, rare) Capable of being purchased


I also did a double take on this one! New word discovery. Sharing the same root as e.g. 'Emporium' I would assume.

It's fully automatable. The secret ingredient is fraud.

Even if the prospective investors smell a rat, they might decide that it's likely that a greater fool will arrive on the scene later - justifying investing in a known scam

Every layer of the organization tells a more rosy version of the truth up the chain of command. The programmer might tell the PM that they're running Apache software with the serials filed off, but by the time that filters up the chain to the CEO / Board, the product is "fully proprietary and 100% built in-house"

The very first Apollo attempt killed three astronauts. We would need something different now because the cold-war-crazy days are behind us, and we don't push ahead with missions that might end up in casualties.

We do push ahead with missions that might end up in casualties. It's just a matter of risk tolerance.

It's impossible to say a space flight mission has 0% chance of casualty. It might be impossible to say that for virtually any activity involving humans.


That also means sending every user a copy of the model that you spend billions training. The current model (running the models at the vendor side) makes it much easier to protect that investment

I would not trust my life to a government software project (See Phoenix Payroll for a typical case)


How do I get an as blocker onto the iPhone default browser?


I have used 1Blocker for years and it has worked great. There are many others all using the same principle. It also allows me to have a custom rule to disable JS entirely on some sites.



There’s lots in the App Store.


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