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mikert89··on USDB: Scaling Storage for Next-Generation Recommender Systems at ByteDance
an ai agent, not a human, its an llm
mikert89··on USDB: Scaling Storage for Next-Generation Recommender Systems at ByteDance
The future of recommenders is just an agent paging through your data and trying picking the best next options
mikert89··on Median net worth of U.S. households under 35 fell 23% from 2022 to 2025 (real)
yeah and i stand by what i said, big tech isnt hiring undergrads with american degress, or american undergrads. whichever you want to spin it
mikert89··on Net worth for people aged 30–33 in the U.S.
but when this occurs within the context of a deliberate shutting them out of the labor market, it is certainly directly affecting who reproduces.
mikert89··on Median net worth of U.S. households under 35 fell 23% from 2022 to 2025 (real)
its a really straightforward phrase, why are you arguing semantics?
mikert89··on Net worth for people aged 30–33 in the U.S.
i believe that to some degree we are witnessing genocide
mikert89··on Net worth for people aged 30–33 in the U.S.
when people cannot make a good enough income to have children when young, and only manage to squeeze out one at 35. you have to wonder what exactly the word for that is?
mikert89··on Net worth for people aged 30–33 in the U.S.
the workers dont even really have american undergrad degrees
mikert89··on Jobless tech workers are being left out of San Francisco's AI boom
Clearly a lot of people benefit from this situation, which is why you can’t speak about it publicly
mikert89··on Jobless tech workers are being left out of San Francisco's AI boom
It’s so weird how this is getting downvoted. It’s obviously true for anyone with two eyes
mikert89··on HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN
the recommendation system is so sad, its stealing good content from all of us. they just churn the same click back crap
mikert89··on HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN
Wait a second, forget the content, is the html/tech behind this actually more pleasant to use than googles hyperoptimized youtube website?
mikert89··on The oldest ice disappears and the Stone Age emerges from it
Hyperborea
mikert89··on AI isn't replacing SREs, it's deskilling them
I work on a major distributed system at a faang. We are currently in the process of letting ai be the first responder on all incidents
mikert89··on The Agent SDK
Why would anyone use this over the Anthropic sdk
mikert89··on Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies?
Thats what they are doing, except with a unified model, not a seperate app for each one
mikert89··on Claude Duet
These will be what replaces employees. One day you update the model from opus 5.5 to x.5, and it can just do a full job.
mikert89··on The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines
yeah very weird what happened to him, sad
mikert89··on 90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks
no i think there are alot of people inside companies that are essentially playing telephone. they are communicating, writing documents and emails, "working". but really they actually produce nothing
mikert89··on 90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks
The big secret is most people actually arent producing actual useful output. And so there is nothing to automate... they dont actually do anything.
mikert89··on Open-source Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications
im willing to bet its easier to generate a new office than it is to fix libreoffice
mikert89··on ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)
its a catch all for people whos brains didnt develop correctly, people who are a genius, and boys
mikert89··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
amazon is far worse than microsoft
mikert89··on As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'
the value from bankers comes from relationships, sales, and their weight in doing a good IPO. its not about hours worked
mikert89··on As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'
you want me to post their name?
mikert89··on MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta
I still think regular people, and markets, have not caught onto the implications of superintelligence. Its happening, and the tech oligarchs have seen it behind closed doors
mikert89··on As A.I. makes law firms more efficient, clients ask: 'Where's my discount?'
Spoke with a banker at a well known investment bank in NYC last week. They told the law firm they want the fees cut in half or they walk. This is to a top 5 law firm. Lawyers are trying to charge the same prices, when both sides know they are working half the hours. This is even at the most premium top end, where an engagement bill can run up to 30 million.
mikert89··on OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
these models are trash
mikert89··on OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
just go use the models on a creative endeavor
mikert89··on OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
you probably aren’t using the models to their full capacity if you don’t notice the difference
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