1. fraaancis Nov 6, 2025 parent

   Maybe, but they also have bets placed that hydrogen fuel cells are the future, which doesn't seem very realistic either. Unrealistic in a different direction.
2. fraaancis Sep 16, 2025 parent

   I've definitely seen this in the chat interface. It loses entire methods and segments of source, and it absolutely crawls during generation. To the point where I just tell it to give me the changes and where to put them.
3. fraaancis Feb 26, 2025 parent

   It's too bad the AI can't just do the sewing.
4. fraaancis Feb 25, 2025 parent

   This is exactly the app I would've wanted when I was still trying to lose weight by tracking calories, really great idea. I paid for a calorie-tracking app that couldn't do this, I think it was MyFitnessPal, and know several people currently paying for the same type of thing.
5. fraaancis Feb 5, 2025 parent

   I kept at mathacademy for about 6-8 months and completed Foundations 1, which was mostly a review of things I'd forgotten. Once I got to Foundations 2 and started regularly failing quizzes, I had to let it go. In my opinion, the pedagogy of "learn this one method to deal with this one problem type, we'll teach you why it works later" is great for young learners and their sponge-like memory, but I'm well into middle age and my memory is shot. I failed quizzes because I forgot the rote method for the solutions, even though I mechanically understood the method and had completed several problems just like it. Taking copious notes might have helped, but there are only so many hours in the day and flipping through notes during timed quizzes is tough. Not saying don't try it, definitely do (especially if your memory's still sharp), but if you start failing, don't be too hard on yourself.
6. fraaancis Jan 29, 2025 parent

   Now that I think about it, I never once got a job from a cold application. It was always on either an employee recommendation or having met a family member.
7. fraaancis Jan 29, 2025 parent

   Second this. Getting rich is orthogonal to general intelligence, and much more aligned to how you estimate and handle risk.
8. fraaancis Jan 17, 2024 parent

       In a comment on another Rust-related post, the author noted that, "rust definitely skews younger than average. i don't have statistics on hand, but almost all people i know working on the project are younger than 35, and a surprising number are 17-25."  
       I've messed with Rust a bit and I like it.  I like the ideas and lack of compromise.  But good ideas and a lack of compromises are what you get from youth,  along with the arrogance of style choices that make things harder to understand.  Will Rust stick around once these folks have bigger responsibilities?

9. fraaancis Jan 5, 2024 parent

   I've known some corporate recruiters personally and I thought I'd heard most of the hiring horror stories. I have _never_ heard of this, and now I'm wondering how prevalent it is.
10. fraaancis Nov 23, 2023 parent

    Converting all matter in the universe to compute.
11. fraaancis Nov 18, 2023 parent

    Public transit is hot garbage in 99% of cities in the US. Bus routes represent a shuttle for moving the poor, elderly, and infirm between various public assistance offices. It won't go away, but it's unlikely to ever be more than that.
12. fraaancis May 12, 2023 parent

    Yeah, it is. The only glaring issue I see is that Yaccarino will definitely have to compromise by kicking some of the more radical people off the platform to get the high-dollar accounts advertising on Twitter again, which will draw fire from what is now the most visible user base. Or at the very least, reducing the "freedom of reach" I've seen Elon refer to. Otherwise, she seems to be a decent hire, catering to a lot of groups.
13. fraaancis Oct 21, 2022 parent

    This hole was plugged more than a year ago as they no longer use the ESP32 as a base.
14. fraaancis Oct 16, 2022 parent

    "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.
15. fraaancis Oct 16, 2022 parent

    * > I believe the key to success here will be "Cold Sales" *

    100% correct.

    1. Get a demo ready that you can show on a laptop. Focus on features.

    2. Smile and dial. Set a meeting with the business owner or manager to show the demo.

    3. Listen. The things they say (mostly objections) will guide your product development.

    4. Accept rejection. You will get meetings from 10% of your calls. You will make sales on 2% of your meetings if the customer even needs the product.

    Reading is a good way to forestall the heartache of actual sales, but that's it. Everything you need to know you'll learn in meetings.

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