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- Comment on Why do pot or other drug dealers "lace" their drugs knowing full well it will pretty much kill their customer base and rep? Is this not like a retail store telling customers everyday FUCK YOU and hope 4 days ago:
sure it does
the aberration is self correcting
short term fluctuations are expected, just not predicable
- Comment on The internet seems to despise both the role of "Parents" and "Children"... 1 week ago:
seems pretty simple to me
- Comment on Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over 1 week ago:
imagine instead of ai it was your compiler
we all know they can have weird quirks but imagine the fail rates were like we are experiencing with current ai
would people keep these tools in their work flow?
if big business wasn’t so hard on to cut labor the answer would be a hard no
- Comment on Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over 1 week ago:
except using your metaphor, everyone using the hammer has the same problems
there have been multiple big fuck ups now
- Comment on Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over 1 week ago:
everyone using ai says some variation of this
acting like they do proper code review on this ai gen code but we’ve had so many examples of how people well before ai carried massive tech debt and cut corners so I have zero faith
much less the numerous examples of slop laden bugs making it to live with major companies in the us
ai just amplifies and obfuscates the problem
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
lol
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
i imagine you being this obtuse is a byproduct of being so far up your own ass
as to why take a no interest loan when i can buy outright, look up time value money
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
yea i’ma gonna take my actual research over some vague logic and feels even if i agree in principle, vaguely hand waving about bad deals while eating interest for the same otherwise price is lol
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
yea truth, i am not trusting of american car quality
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
where is this world of perfect information you have about car prices?
far as i know i paid under regional prices on the average before even the no interest
but if you have a source i’ll take it
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
if you’re having to get another mechanic to look at it, i’d probably not come back
already said fuck you to honda ever again for this kinda behavior
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
it can be as simple as selling at cost / relatively small loss keeping you in an ecosystem for future knock on profits
not as common in cars but plenty of examples in retail
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
they’re definitely making less margin
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
who said the car was free?
you’re just not paying interest
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 4 weeks ago:
0 percent interest auto loans are a thing
- Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud 1 month ago:
it could distort the signal or add noise
- Comment on Web browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups – Smoking on a Bike 2 months ago:
waterfox exists
and ublock origin works (time lag to fight new methods permitting)
honestly in stream ads are the current real hurdle
- Comment on Never meet your heroes 2 months ago:
so death to smoochie screen play?
- Comment on I have an idea ☝️ 2 months ago:
immegration