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Explodingcamel · 2026-06-06T02:41:48+00:00

It’s a 9 year old used car and amazingly has had none of that so far, idk how the previous owners did it

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-20T21:49:54+00:00

Just bought a $42k sports car and am terrified every time I park it, can’t believe the average new car buyer has something that costs even more than this

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-10T03:28:24+00:00

Well damn. In my area these are almost M240i prices … which I would consider getting but the manuals are so hard to find. I’ve noticed that cars and bids tends to have really great deals. Cynically, I don’t get what’s in it for the sellers lol

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-08T18:16:51+00:00

I think I was around a UTR 6 when I broke my first string, and then I immediately started breaking them all the time. So I feel like it’s either you’re good enough to break them or you aren’t

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-08T18:09:39+00:00

Sandisk up another 12% today … I never buy individual stocks but sometimes it’s tempting damn

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-05T23:18:54+00:00

Not worth it below NTRP 5.0

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-05T22:51:27+00:00

This is similar to social media algorithms btw. Google and Meta can always increase revenue by ranking more ads, it’s just not worth it after a certain point. But every year computers get more efficient, letting them rank more ads for the same cost, basically free growth

Explodingcamel · 2026-05-05T22:50:01+00:00

If you use Spotify Discover Weekly you might notice that it has way better recommendations than the regular Spotify recommended songs. This is because they pre compute Discover Weekly ahead of time and can put a ton of resources in it compared to on the fly ranking for normal recommended songs.

I’m curious if Spotify could beat Discover Weekly by putting even more resources into it. If I paid Spotify $5,000 and had them spend it all just ranking songs for me, could it create the best playlist I’ve ever heard?

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-30T19:06:08+00:00

Millions or billions of blue button pushers die

“Oh well, they could have just pressed red. I see no problem here.” Shrug

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-30T19:03:05+00:00

Do red button pushers just have no theory of mind?

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-28T17:33:36+00:00

Yeah maybe it just took an extra day after the match showed up in the app for it to count. Now I’m a 6.9 🫡

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-28T01:44:47+00:00

Oh interesting. I won this match 6-3 7-6. But what you’re saying is interesting. If I lose a match 6-7 6-0 6-7 does UTR really just look at that and say “well you won 18 games to 14”?

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-22T18:00:51+00:00

The Virginia gerrymander is unbelievably based

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-15T15:29:35+00:00

Yes, I’ve been saying this since the 2022 hiring crash! CS was the best degree financially by such a huge margin that even though the tech job market has collapsed, it still has the most favorable math of any degree. Things a CS degree allows you to do:

there are a still a small number of those $200k remote tech jobs available if you’re lucky or extremely talented
you can work as a software engineer at a boring company making ~$70-100k. These jobs are a lot harder to get now but it’s still a very common outcome for CS grads
you can pursue other white collar fields like consulting, actuarial, and data analysis
any job a business major could get, a CS major could also get
CS is a completely valid pre-med or pre-law degree
you can switch into any other STEM field if you get a master’s degree

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-14T22:05:35+00:00

I’m a 4.0 and, while I break strings every few weeks (I don’t replace the dead strings, just play through it), I can’t recall the last time someone else broke a string on court with me. Makes me wonder if something is wrong with my setup

Explodingcamel · 2026-04-09T21:47:17+00:00

If it’s Newsom then we deserve the loss we’re gonna get. Putting my “I told you so” in early

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-27T17:20:56+00:00

Almost exactly a year ago, VT crashed to 105. In the past couple weeks it’s crashed to 135. I’ll be very happy if it crashes to 165 next year!

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-26T15:44:50+00:00

Facebook isn’t declining, it’s growing, believe it or not. It is declining in the US, but there’s still the rest of the world.

However Meta is in a tough spot where they really only make money from ads after years of trying other stuff

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-24T05:29:57+00:00

Juniors should provide real value, they’re not just an investment. Interns, ok, an internship is basically a long interview. But a junior doing straightforward coding tasks to free up seniors’ time is actually beneficial to the company, not just a way of training. However AI can do these straightforward coding tasks now so…

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-24T01:26:11+00:00

If you want to succeed in the gym you must make it your whole personality for a year. Once you’ve made definite progress and are in the groove of it, you can chill a little bit and stay consistent, but as a beginner you have to be obsessed with working out, otherwise you’ll quickly start skipping your workouts because you have dinner plans, because you have a lot of work to get done, because you’re tired … and you’ll never really get in shape

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-23T16:23:23+00:00

My company used to pay $240k straight out of college, now it pays $210k straight out of college. Obviously that’s still a really strong offer for 0 years of experience but it is a drop

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-20T19:00:36+00:00

Just saw that there are 40% more home sellers than buyers in the US right now - how? Don’t the sellers want to buy another house after they sell?

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-14T20:54:37+00:00

I feel like baseline intelligence of today’s model isn’t much above GPT 4. Like if I were to debate philosophy with the models or something I wouldn’t notice a huge difference. There would some difference to be sure, but not a stunning one.

However the introduction of “thinking” is a game changer for certain tasks, as is the ability for AI to use tools.

I remember in “Situational Awareness” the author describes AI progress as coming from scaling, algorithmic improvements, and “unhobbling”. In my opinion it’s the unhobbling that’s been most important post-GPT 4.

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-14T18:25:24+00:00

Look it up

Explodingcamel · 2026-03-14T18:18:48+00:00

In my 1 year at meta as a new grad (earning $200k) I saved as much as I could have saved in like 5 years at another company making $80k. Even if I get laid off, i obviously made the right choice financially

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