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Web developer born in the last millennia. CTO @openup.org.za. South Africa š
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This meme?
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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That looks like a good rub
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Cave submarine vibes. Someone is going to call someone a space pedo any second now.
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And itās true for many of us.
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Itās what CSPAN was made for šæ
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Youād think but the Aryan blue eyed blonde 6 foot 4 uber mensch superior race was led by a balding brown eyed 5 ft 9 brunette so I wouldnāt look to internal consistency with that lot.
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Tenth pardon is on the House. Terms and conditions apply. Not redeemable if you donāt goose step. Winners know when to stop.
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What
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Actual
Fuck
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Oh I agree but that is not what Musk told Trump why computers are bad for voting; āIt's too many transactions taking place too quicklyā. Thatās bullshit, misdirection, nonsense.
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The guy who wants X to handle payments and backs cryptocurrency (DOGE) doesnāt think computers can handle the transaction volume of national elections. Trump either misunderstood, lied, or Musk was stoned, or lied. Or all of the above.
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They started evil though, the stolen data and the energy needed, and the people who did it.
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Oh man I remember trying to follow along with his code for speeding up Doom, what was visible etc. Way beyond me though.
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That's a decent one š
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Well said about more than cars: Key problem is the hubris of trying to reduce the world's complexity in a computer model, at the cost of those not buying the models
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No, heās too busy gutting health and education.
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The original point was about engineer led tech firms vs MBA led ones. Iām not sure it was all that rosy with the former.
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Dang, sure, but Gates destroyed other software companies, awful business predator from the get go, didnāt need MBAs to be ruthless.
Jobs overrode Wozniak from the start.
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Which tech company was run by a āgoodā programmer?
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Damned right š
Fans have had the same debates in football (soccer), tennis, cricket, etc. Sport changes and lives on.
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Not scrape all my code for genAI.
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Thatās awful. Nobody should want this to happen.
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Because you TOTALLY asked for thisā¦ and MapQuest has NOTHING better to doā¦
Weāve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com
Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) š
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Everyone is interesting you just have to listen.
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When we mocked him for going bald he got plugs, when we mocked his weird chest on that boat he got work done, when we mock him for being a dickā¦ I wonder.
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Always separate the whites.
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Did you forget to ban chicken masking?
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Weāve had the same debate in cricket for over a decade now. Just part of the game and we still have umpires and players and fans.
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Hasnāt ruined cricket.
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Same energy as the quantum computing, AGI, SMR, FSD, and fusion people; keep giving us billions weāre just a few years away from it, honest this time!
No intention of doing anything of the sort but that second holiday home wonāt buy itself.
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Warm regards
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A template for you:
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That man has no balls to worry about.
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As in A Cautionary Tale?
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And the same attitude towards Females as James Bond.
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I thought Meta VR was Zuckās baby? The MBAs would have spent the billions onā¦enhanced profiling for ad delivery.
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Itās a balance, Iāve learned. Apolitical, or avoidance of politics, is as unhealthy as being overly political. We donāt code in a vacuum.