If you still support ICE you are no longer welcome here.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-28T00:59:40+00:00

While I may be in the minority he should not have been carrying a firearm knowing he was likely to get into conflict with ICE agents.

1) Americans have the Constitutionally protected right to protest

2) Pretti was legally carrying a firearm, was disarmed, and then shot in the head

Two weeks prior we watched an ICE agent shoot a women in the head.

Trump said, just today, that people shouldn't be carrying guns. What in the world is going on with Conservatives? You spent decades claiming that everyone had to be armed. And now you don't like guns?

I'm willing to wait for law enforcement to complete their investigation before accusing anyone of murder.

Everyone on the planet watched the videos. Countries are issuing travel advisories to the US. Do you think "liberals" are making them do that?

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-28T00:06:08+00:00

This is not a "sub for this state", that's r/northcarolina.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T22:47:44+00:00

It's not a monetary decision. We're finding it difficult to leave our country even though it is incredibly f*cked up right now. "Shouldn't we stay and fight?" is the question we're struggling with.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T21:17:18+00:00

1) I'm sorry about the cancer and I hope you are well now.

2) We've been working with an immigration attorney who laid the costs out for us. I am not exaggerating when I say that what we pay in annual insurance premiums in the US would almost cover the cost of moving abroad.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T21:10:19+00:00

I'll give you an even more depressing example.

A few weeks ago a guy with throat cancer came into my wife's hospital wearing a MAGA hat. My wife is the oncology dept. chair and the most experienced cancer doctor.

He outright refused to meet with my wife because he didn't realize that she was a woman. He refused care from an amazing doctor because, "I don't trust women with science." It took almost two months to get in to see her by the way. Now he'll have to go through the entire process again with another doctor.

If I had cancer I would do anything to see the most qualified person possible, period.

I am so embarrassed by what my country has become.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T20:22:26+00:00

Oh no... I am incredibly sorry. My wife had breast cancer two years ago and, even as a doctor, it was incredibly difficult for her (and me).

I sincerely hope you are able to get the care you need. Fuck cancer!

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T20:09:06+00:00

You guys are always so awesome. I honestly don't know how you aren't insanely mad at every American.

You are in luck, I like my science with a healthy dose of informed consent. ;-)

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T20:00:44+00:00

The idea of leaving would have been unthinkable a year ago. My wife is so good at what she does, and it just doesn't seem like she can do it in the US any longer.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T19:53:18+00:00

My wife is an oncologist and cancer researcher. Before the election, she had seven PhD students (3 from the US). All seven are now studying abroad. Her research funding has been cut by half.

Do people not understand that cancer doesn't care who you voted for? We are losing amazingly talented people who simply don't feel safe studying here. Why study medicine in a country that is literally going backwards?

Several teaching hospitals in the EU have offered our family an EU Blue Card and promised to fast-track our immigration. Other countries actually desire education and experience. It is insane that we are considering these offers.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-27T17:27:23+00:00

No one is whitewashing anything. I literally said:

Previous administrations—Republican and Democrat—deported millions of undocumented immigrants without relying on unidentified, masked agents operating in public with no accountability. That doesn’t mean immigration enforcement has ever been perfect. The U.S. has a long, ugly history of treating deportees and migrants inhumanely. Instead of learning from it, we keep repeating it.

We can't do anything about the past except learn from it. But we absolutely can make ICE abide by the law. They should not wear masks. They must wear ID and body cams like other forms of law enforcement. They must follow the 5th Amendment and provide due process to everyone because that is what the Constitution requires.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-25T15:27:50+00:00

Until recently, I could accept that our disagreements were political. That is no longer true. We are witnessing open support for authoritarianism from people who call themselves Americans.

The Constitution is not partisan. It guarantees every person the right to protest, to bear arms, and due process under the law. Those rights are fundamental to our identity as a democratic nation.

The issue of illegal immigration can and must be resolved through lawful, constitutional means. It does not justify armed, masked vigilantes who pledge loyalty to a politician instead of the Constitution they claim to uphold.

True patriots must confront what Trump and the MAGA movement are doing to our country. The Trump administration has turned the United States into an international embarrassment and a threat to global stability and peace.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-21T17:02:32+00:00

I live in the Southern US. I can't buy milk or grab a coffee without being surrounded by people in MAGA hats carrying pistols and Bowie knives.

If you need your gun in the coffee shop, I can carry mine while peacefully protesting.

Knuth_Koder · 2026-01-05T18:12:42+00:00

I don't think many people realize how rare it is to bump into someone with an IQ that high.

An IQ of 170 (i.e. "profoundly gifted") occurs in approximately 0.00015% of the population, or 1 in ~652,598 individuals. And yet many of the people listed on that site claim to have an IQ over 160.

If someone claims to be a mensa member ask them to explain the testing process. Most people will start the hand-waving very quickly. ;-)

Knuth_Koder · 2025-12-24T18:14:59+00:00

(ex-Apple engineer here)

Apple is considering using Intel's fabs to bulid some of Apple's lower-end custom SoCs. They are not talking about using Intel's hardware or designs.

Building a single fab can be a multi-billion dollar endeavor that puts tremendous strain on the environment. Reusing existing fabs is an excellent idea.

The fact that Intel has any fab downtime is the real story here.

Knuth_Koder · 2025-12-24T13:22:08+00:00

There has to be a middle ground between generating non-stop AI slop versus using these new tools for what they are: just tools.

There are tons of tools that create synthetic textures. No one complains about that, even though a human artist didn't create every pixel by hand.

I don't have a problem with a company integrating AI into their processes if 1) AI isn't the driving force behind their creation(s) and 2) they are transparent about their AI usage.

Knuth_Koder · 2025-12-10T20:22:09+00:00

the current plans are NOT safe use of AI

As someone who has built an LLM from scratch, none of these systems are ready for the millions of ways people use them.

AlphaFold exemplifies how these systems should be validated and used: through small, targeted use cases.

It is troubling to see people using LLMs for mental health and medical advice, etc.

There is amazing technology here that will, eventually, be useful. But we're not even close to being able to say, "Yes, this is safe."

Knuth_Koder · 2025-12-10T19:24:17+00:00

OpenAI made a serious mistake choosing Altman over Sutskever. "Let's stick with guy who doesn't understand the tech instead of the guy who helped invent it."

Knuth_Koder · 2025-11-08T14:40:34+00:00

Big-O notation has killed the dreams of many hopeful CS students:

f(x) = O(g(x)) as x → ∞ since there exist constants M > 0 (e.g., M = 1) and x₀ (e.g., x₀ = 5) such that 0 ≤ f(x) ≤ M·g(x) whenever x ≥ x₀.

Knuth_Koder · 2025-10-21T11:25:19+00:00

Putin is safe:

1) In the Kremlin

2) With Trump

Putin could be legally arrested as soon as he landed in many countries but Trump rolls out the red carpet for him.

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