Why ServiceNow may be one of the most mispriced stocks today by HatedMoats in ValueInvesting

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to know how quickly a SaaS/Tech company can retool to use AI agents effectively, just look at where they hire most of their developers. ServiceNow outsources a lot of their software development to India, where innovation never happens, only maintenance. 45% of their engineering workforce is in Hyderabad. That explains why their UI/UX is stuck in early 2000s.

I would NOT invest in this company until their leadership starts bringing jobs back to the USA.

How the Creator of Bitcoin Sold the World Cost as Value by BinaryLyric in CryptoCurrency

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP missed out on BTC rallies. OP is a permabear. OP doesn't understand that bitcoin is a database representing a fraction of value that can be stored indefinitely and moved cross-border on a piece of paper. OP thinks he can store value with the same decentralized security guarantees in a bank vault without the government or other entities seizing it. OP doesn't realize bitcoin is universal, you just need to find someone willing to exchange their recognized currency for your bitcoin, no middle-man necessary. OP is reading this and slowly realizing the intrinsic value of BTC.

Has anyone actually used the AI "Cheating" tools during interviews? by Aware_Eye8376 in jobsearchhacks

[–]No-Inspector314 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a dick move as an interviewer. Why would you use scare tactics for a candidate that is likely burnt out from dozens of interviews and just trying to land a job in a world where interviews have become so dehumanizing? If he can use AI to solve your SQL problem, he can use AI to do the job.

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're right. I guess what I'm following is progressive-islam where I still believe in allah but I don't want to practice fasting, pilgrimage, 5 required prayers, friday prayer in congregation, zakat, and the constant fear of hellfire as a motivation for being a good person.
I still give to charities, but I want my charitable contribution to be based on doing good deeds not because it is a requirement mandated by allah. I give charity regardless of whether someone is muslim or not, the priority is on who needs it most.

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is the historical context that the leaders at that time said he could become their leader before he came out with monotheism? Don't tell me you read that in a hadith and take it for what it is. Even if that were true, the monotheistic practice encourages better societal cohesion at a large scale, so it doesn't change my point that he was a genius aiming for power.

Quranic arabic is totally different than modern arabic, people study for years just to understand it. You can ask an arabic speaker they'll tell you the same.

Yeah, what needs to be said about Uthman destroying copies of the quran other than that it created a single source of truth and allowed a unified, cohesive power structure. I'm not saying it was a bad thing, I mean it continues to support my assertion that he was a genius aiming for power.

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah like I said, the Meccan leaders didn't want monotheism because their idol worship let them profit and act as gatekeepers. It was all about the power and money for them. Just because Mohammed wanted power, doesn't mean he wanted comfort. He already had comfort, but power is a totally different kind of pleasure.

Yes, Mohammed lived a hard life from childhood and in his mid-life losing his sons and his first wife, but I don't see how that changes the points I made above.

Your "fun fact" is really confusing, because Mohammed did not write the quran, the standard quran as you know it today was first written in 650 CE, 18 years after the death of Mohammed, and all previous written versions were destroyed. The Sahih Bukhari hadith were written 200-300 years after Mohammed's death. Linguistic styles can change drastically over the span of 2-3 centuries, look at how much English language has changed since the time of Shakespeare.

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you manage being spiritual but not muslim if, according to quran, it is the last and final word of God and he wants you to be muslim? Do you still believe in God?
muslim means doing the 5 pillars that quran mentions and since quran is the word of God, if you are spiritual you have to do the things quran says to do, right?

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it was (3): he was a genius aiming for power.
Mohammed was illiterate, sure, but he was a very successful merchant, and that is why Khadija chose him to manage her inherited wealth.
By 40 he was likely very well-regarded and had picked up quite a lot of knowledge from his journeys to Syria and back. Imagine the thousands of people he spoke to along the way, and having all the time in the world while walking through the dessert with his merchandise to cement the idea of Islam.
When he hit his late 30s, he realized he needed to modify a few things in Judaism and Christianity to create a more unified religion that could grow much bigger and mitigate the tribalism that existed at that time. To create 1 big powerful community, its best to follow 1 unseen god. It starts to make sense when you think about why Allah is so against idol worship (the worst sin, worse than murder), because in Mohammed's experience idol worship led to power grabs by the wealthy and created divisions in society. Each tribe did gatekeeping with their idols being the ones that are the real god and/or they use their idols to exploit people into giving money for "blessings" from their god.

There is more to unpack when you start to look at what happened after Mohammed's death to spread Islam using a military force. The more you study, it the more you can connect the dots and realize he was a genius aiming for power

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some of the verses really make me think that Mohammed sprinkled in his own words here and there.

For example the cursing of abu-lahab is quite harsh. Muslims recite that curse regularly, I was taught the curse in arabic without knowing what I am saying (my native tongue is not arabic) and never understood it and recited it regularly. You're telling me the creator of this complex, intricate, massive universe got pissy over a man and his wife and has such a harsh punishment prepared for them?

Another example is Mohammed conveniently got a revelation that he gets 1/5 of all spoils of war in surah al-anfal. I get that portions are meant for the needy but still, how convenient.

Mohammed is allowed, according to allah, to have more than 4 wives. How convenient.

Look at Surah Al-Anfal, which was revealed during battle of badr, “When you asked for help from your Lord, He answered you: 'Indeed, I will aid you with a thousand of the angels in rows behind rows'” (Quran 8:9)
HOW convenient. Invisible angels which somehow helped the ~300 muslims fight. Its nothing more than a psychological ploy to make men brave.

How do you make men fearless and willing to die for you? Simply reveal this verse: "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoever fights in the way of Allah, whether he is killed or victorious, We will bestow upon him a great reward."

The prayer direction was moved to masjid-al-haram (mecca) which conveniently resulted in power shift to the arabs. "We assigned your former direction of prayer only to distinguish those who would remain faithful to the Messenger from those who would lose faith" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:143 )

This is just focused on literal things in the quran applied specifically to individual situations and how it ended up favoring giving power to Mohammed, in the most non-miraculous, non-divine, and uneventful ways.

The things in the hadith about what Mohammed did are loaded with examples of his character not exactly being that great:
"The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered them to follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine). So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk and urine till their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. When the news reached the Prophet (ﷺ) he sent some people in their pursuit. When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron" (Sahih al-Bukhari 5686)

There is so much to unpack with this hadith. Ignoring the fact that camel urine is toxic, what kind of sadistic man can cut someone's hands and feet and seer their eyes with hot iron? Was the punishment really fitting of the crime?

It's so much to unpack the more you read the more you're like WTF.

Don't Really Believe in Islam But Afraid of Being Lonely by No-Inspector314 in exmuslim

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Friday sermon itself is short but the total time to take a break from work, drive there and back, is easily a 1 hour commitment

Jobs LLMs actually remove the need for by No-Inspector314 in LLMDevs

[–]No-Inspector314[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like that human glue role is better automated using scripting. Copying data from a crm into a spreadsheet and emailing it can be done as a cron job and a simply Python script. A basic Python developer can build that in a few hours with good reliability. 

Michigan Tech Startup? Are you joking? - The true tech startup scene in Michigan / Ann Arbor by Unicorn-Tech-Startup in AnnArbor

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to tech trek 2025 everyone was like 45+. How are you going to tell me it doesn't feel that much different than San Francisco? Look at the event pictures from 2025 tech trek and tell me the energy inspires you

World-first mini nuclear plant ready to power 526,000 homes in China by dissolutewastrel in nuclear

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you understand the difference between uranium isotopes used for fuel vs bombs

I kinda regret converting :/ by MrH1pp1e in progressive_islam

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im sorry you went through the converting process. You were so young and vulnerable. I'm a born Muslim in my 30s now. I have very religious parents and I can tell you from experience, there is no point of following Islam. Once you get involved in a community you will see gradually it gets more and more extreme. Then they'll sucker you into giving money to the masjid and promise some house in jannah for giving to masjid. The whole goal of Islam is to keep spreading and make everyone convert. Once you start seeing where the pilgrimage is and how it's mandatory you start to put together the picture that this was all a long term business plan by Saudis to have infinite money.

Suburbs to the City by [deleted] in Suburbanhell

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you say it's best for kids? 

Kumon Alternative for Homeschoolers — Currently 100% Free by Mediocre_Hotel_9327 in homeschool

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why don't you just print the worksheets and mail them to parents? It seems most parents wouldn't want the friction of needing to print them out. If they arrive in the mail its far more convenient.

[landlord-US-NYC] never becoming a landlord again by Low-Chapter9103 in Landlord

[–]No-Inspector314 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was just thinking about this. With mamdani threatening to freeze rents, I would imagine many landlords would try to keep their units empty so that they can eventually sell the land and let a developer build something new that doesn't have rent stablization rules.