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breathen··on Waymo car vandalized and lit on fire in San Francisco
I mean it's an unprotected corporate asset in a city where the median employee only makes 1/3rd the revenue they bring in, it's not difficult to think of an excuse.
breathen··on Waymo car vandalized and lit on fire in San Francisco
> This (driverless tech) is amazing for what it can do to help people that are old/poor and live in places with no public transport

The ability to type this on an investment forum with a straight face indicates you have a bright future in our industry

breathen··on 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
What exactly do consider to be "legacy" (I presume as a pejorative) about books? At first blush they remain the most advanced type of narrative money can buy.
breathen··on How iTunes Is Changing on PC
I still don't see the distinction—you presumably bought the music somewhere. It can't just be the marketing you're complaining about because piracy is just as viable now as it was then.
breathen··on American VC Firms Investing Billions into PRC Companies Fueling the CCP Military
I've spent my whole life forced to invest in the US military. I'm just trying to diversify!
breathen··on Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software (2013)
You probably also won't get that via learning a language via flashcards, either. That seems like an inherently different problem to solve than "memorizing a language".
breathen··on Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software (2013)
I personally use Kagi, but "google" is really just short-hand for searching a specific resource (like, say, docs.python.org).

I suppose if you're googling an open-ended error with little context it's probably rougher now, but I don't see how you could possibly prepare for answering questions about arbitrary errors with no context via flashcards.

breathen··on How iTunes Is Changing on PC
> Twenty years ago, iTunes’ emphasis was on collecting, experiencing, and enjoying an art form.

This was (and is) also a blatant form of consumerism. I honestly don't see any difference in the negative effects on this outside of going through apple rather than my local FYE.

breathen··on Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy
Being "pro-data-privacy" as a browser vendor seems like an inherently contradiction in terms. It's like apple feigning interest in protecting consumers when they run their own ad network.
breathen··on Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software (2013)
This seems like a case of comparing apples and oranges. Human language processing is largely based on sounds and requires extensive immersion to even be able to differentiate sounds, syllables, words, tone, etc. That is—you need a lot of training to even figure out what to look up (ignoring the tech-assisted technology that is still extremely rough in my experience).

There's no parallel to programming languages even in the slightest. Especially once you recognize patterns across syntaxes, the immediate value of understanding any one programming language plummets to near zero. Exceptions might be:

- SQL, just a singularly useful syntax to internalize. Probably also goes for datalog if you use that.

- Bash

Actually, that's all I can think of.

breathen··on TSMC to build second Japan chip factory
> Our analysis of multiple surveys indicates that as much as 91 percent of U.S. manufacturers have reshored some production in 2022

I'm not touching the rest, but this seems like an obvious fig leaf for largely failing to bring production home.

breathen··on Thirteen Ways of Looking at Art
> Flowers appeared ~130 mya while mammals appeared ~225 mya, so this cannot be coded in our "reptilian brain."

Why not?

breathen··on Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software (2013)
Why not just google it? Seems like a better use of both time and brain space. Reminds me of Socrates complaining about how the kids these days write everything down and don't bother memorizing anything.
breathen··on A conspiracy to kill IE6 (2019)
...sort of...