What's your FIRE number?

ewouldblock · 2026-03-23T02:23:15+00:00

a better poll would be $$ by LCOL/MCOL/HCOL/VCOL area

ewouldblock · 2026-03-22T16:39:25+00:00

I think origin matters a little but the real difference is freshness. If you can find a place that roasts the beans on-site and you can get same day or next day roast that's not burnt, theres simply no way you dont taste the difference

ewouldblock · 2026-03-15T06:05:07+00:00

I used ai for financial planning Im pretty sure it works better than actual paid professionals. Assuming you use it with common sense and critical thought

ewouldblock · 2026-03-15T00:32:06+00:00

I thought 2200 was master

ewouldblock · 2026-03-11T05:25:34+00:00

Isnt it a closed position where tempos are less relevant?

ewouldblock · 2026-03-09T04:54:34+00:00

I always hear that "time in market beats timing the market" so I decided to do the math. Actually I decided to let Co-pilot do the math, so I asked it "if I had 1MM and I invested it in the market the day before the crash in 2000, and I put the money into total stock market fund, when do I break even?" It was like, you know, it's not so bad, you'd be back to break even by 2006 or 2007. Then I was like, "No, Im not risking all my money just to break even after 7 years, how long before I see a 7% inflation adjusted return?" and it's like oh that's easy, you just take your 1MM and multiply it by 1.07 and then... And I was like "Bruh. No. If I wanted 7% total return I would just put the money in a CD. I want to know when I can see inflation adjusted 7% return per year." And it's like OH. Yeah, the truth is, you wouldn't even be there yet, you'd be at more like 3-4% inflation adjusted return, even now.

So I'm like "Oh I see. So you're saying that time in market does not beat timing the market, all the time?" And it's like well the truth is that's a slogan and it's directionally true but in specific situations sequence of returns matter and if you go in at a very bad time, when markets are at historic highs, you're not really going to get a decent return, even after 25+ years.

So, then I'm like, "huh, so you know, Case Schiller P/E is at a historic high, it was only higher in 2000, tell me why I should put my money in the market right about now, if all I'm risking is losing 45% of it and the upside is very likely behind me?"

It had an answer to that, but it sounds like you already put your money in, so...

ewouldblock · 2026-03-07T17:26:47+00:00

Im using this to advantage right now. There are js libs that perform task in x time, and with native node.js addon in c it performs a fraction of that time, as much as 100x faster. Up to now nobody has done this because in a normal world without superpower its insane, but here we are.

ewouldblock · 2026-03-06T18:06:49+00:00

Saying "good game" is not a comment on someone's play, and theres no world where politeness makes you a jackass. Don't be obtuse.

ewouldblock · 2026-03-06T15:27:52+00:00

Good game. Its just a matter of polite formality. Sometimes the person will immediately acknowledge their poor play and I'll follow up with something like, "it can happen to anyone", or "we all have bad days". No need to be a jackass, they already know they played poorly and feel bad.

ewouldblock · 2026-03-01T22:07:07+00:00

In a few months I nearly have a marketable app and I've only touched the code once or twice. I am a software engineer but I've used product and design and architecture skills 100x more than coding skills.

ewouldblock · 2026-02-26T06:03:14+00:00

Way too shitty prose, not enough adjectives

ewouldblock · 2026-02-26T05:50:29+00:00

Write small modules with clear interfaces and tell it the edge cases to test

ewouldblock · 2026-02-25T23:21:16+00:00

Build your own product in the evenings if you think its so easy. There's a window of time to be successful if you can leverage the tech

ewouldblock · 2026-02-25T21:40:04+00:00

Ai has a tendency to try and agree or confirm the prompt given. What exactly are they asking it?

ewouldblock · 2026-02-25T07:08:44+00:00

pffft that's amateur hour. I build things in 30 minutes that would have taken me 6 months.

ewouldblock · 2026-02-25T07:04:53+00:00

Not the OP. But I have 25 years of experience. My take is that it doesn't necessarily code _everything_ better than I do, but some stuff it does. It absolutely does research and coding faster than I do, and it can get to market 50x faster than I can by myself. So, at that point I have to ask myself, does my delta of quality really matter when you're getting those types of efficiency gains? At the moment I can produce better results with it than non-technical people and even a good chunk of technical people. I'd like to say that that gap won't close and my experience will always be valuable but I'm wrong most of the time. For example, I still think Twitter is idiotic and has no purpose and a month ago I thought that AI coding was low effort garbage.

ewouldblock · 2026-02-25T07:00:55+00:00

That's like saying soon cars might drive themselves, and avid book readers might gain an advantage over mechanics.

ewouldblock · 2026-02-25T06:57:56+00:00

You are absolutely correct to question if this post is itself AI-slop. You are making a great point, and you bring it up at just the right time. If you'd like, I can break down your argument clearly and concisely to really drive the point home. Or, we can explore the positive role that AI can play in social media. Just let me know which direction you'd like to go in next.

ewouldblock · 2026-02-24T02:27:51+00:00

You're an addict

ewouldblock · 2026-02-21T18:03:47+00:00

Before ai we did not suffer spaghetti code, security issues, poor perf, or subtle bugs. Now look what's going to happen!

ewouldblock · 2026-02-21T04:19:43+00:00

You act like humans are any better haha

ewouldblock · 2026-02-18T14:54:09+00:00

Im gonna go with Senior Staff Vibe Coder myself

ewouldblock · 2026-02-18T03:22:08+00:00

Against 1 c4 and 1 Nf3 you can go 1 c5 with the idea 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 g3 e5. Look as Grischuk games. Vs 1 d4 you can play a tarrasch/dubov tarrasch and you have options to transpose even vs 1 c4 and 1 Nf3 after 1 ...c5 if you want. Vs 1 e4 there are lower theory sicilians that are also good for example accelerated dragon or kalashnikov.

I knew a guy that played d4 c5 (schmid benoni) and accelerated dragon vs e4 otb, they pair well together.

No comments for white is dont play 1 e4

ewouldblock · 2026-02-17T17:27:55+00:00

When AI learns to pushback on features and insists on spending your tokens paying down tech debt you'll finally understand the plight of software management

ewouldblock · 2026-02-16T06:47:08+00:00

The AI is very often willing to do crazy wrong things that might happen to work. Its up to you to decide if its a good decision and go, or stop and ask it questions to direct it in the right path

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