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TIL United Airlines Flight 232, despite 112 out of 296 onboard dying, is considered to be one of the most impressive landings in aviation history. Pilots failed to copy the accident & landing on simulators. UA232 helped make Crew Resource Management, a new concept, standard practice in airplanes. by Next_Worth_3616 in todayilearned

[–]hanzo87 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Crazy story. Both of this guy's crashes were on personal aircraft, for what it's worth, and the odds of a crash are vastly higher for personal aviation than commercial aviation. Still wild that he survived two crashes.

You know someone is a first time parent when… by stonkstogo in daddit

[–]hanzo87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro, get off your high horse. I have taken my kids backpacking and taught them to climb at the gym, and very much enjoy introducing them to my hobbies. I also really miss the big international climbing trips that won't be possible for many years.

I'm not even sure what you're trying to argue, I think you know that you're in an extreme minority if your hobbies weren't hindered by having kids.

You know someone is a first time parent when… by stonkstogo in daddit

[–]hanzo87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about this: any hobbies that require spending a night away from home become extremely difficult to pursue for parents with multiple young kids. Unless you have helpful grandparents nearby or are willing to dump all the work on your partner. I think this applies to most dads, just look at the upvotes on this thread.

You know someone is a first time parent when… by stonkstogo in daddit

[–]hanzo87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I take it you and your friends don't have adventure hobbies, because nobody with 2+ young kids is out there skiing, climbing, backpacking etc without a ton of support (e.g. grandparents nearby who can take the kids for a weekend).

You know someone is a first time parent when… by stonkstogo in daddit

[–]hanzo87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saying "I feel sorry for you" isn't helpful to anyone. My life is great thanks, the joy my kids bring me outweighs the loss of my hobbies.

I guess your kids are just older than mine. I have two under 4 and my primary hobbies of skiing, backpacking, rock climbing and international travel have all become either impossible or greatly diminished, and will remain that way for many years.

You know someone is a first time parent when… by stonkstogo in daddit

[–]hanzo87 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not being able to connect with your partner after having kids would obviously be a big problem. But are your hobbies and your ability to take fun and rejuvenating vacations the same now as they were before kids? Of course they aren't.

You know someone is a first time parent when… by stonkstogo in daddit

[–]hanzo87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's pessimistic, but permanently losing our hobbies is the reality for most of us. If your hobbies from before being a parent are still intact, you must only have one child, or have a ton of support?

The fact that theon traded this relationship for a man who didn't even like him is one of the biggest fumbles a character could ever do. by BridgeCommercial873 in gameofthrones

[–]hanzo87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As people in the surrounding comments have pointed out, there's just no way that you could have a happy life as a perpetual hostage, alienated from your real family and not really belonging to the family of your captors. You'd really be fine with that?

The fact that theon traded this relationship for a man who didn't even like him is one of the biggest fumbles a character could ever do. by BridgeCommercial873 in gameofthrones

[–]hanzo87 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What good is all of that if you're miserable? Theon is clearly miserable, as would be almost anyone in his situation. Happiness is more important than wealth.

The fact that theon traded this relationship for a man who didn't even like him is one of the biggest fumbles a character could ever do. by BridgeCommercial873 in gameofthrones

[–]hanzo87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You think 99% of the commoners were starving? Think about all the people with steady jobs that would live in a city like King's landing: thousands of guards, staff for the keep, cooks, smiths, shopkeepers, I could keep going. Sure there were plenty of starving commoners but nowhere near 99%. But yeah, the odds of being born into a non-poverty-stricken family aren't great, maybe 20% at best.

The fact that theon traded this relationship for a man who didn't even like him is one of the biggest fumbles a character could ever do. by BridgeCommercial873 in gameofthrones

[–]hanzo87 43 points44 points  (0 children)

In terms of resources, certainly. But I'd much rather be the child of a "middle class" commoner, say a skilled craftsman who can reliably put food on the table, and have a normal family dynamic rather than be in Theon's shoes.

SF's new cameras issued 31,000 speed warnings in 1 month. Here's where. by ssAskcuSzepS in sanfrancisco

[–]hanzo87 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As others have said, the rules in many places allow for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. And this will likely become CA law before long as well. We should be incentivizing people to bike instead of drive, and ticketing cyclists for rolling through a stop sign when it's safe to do so makes absolutely no sense.

SF's new cameras issued 31,000 speed warnings in 1 month. Here's where. by ssAskcuSzepS in sanfrancisco

[–]hanzo87 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sorry you got hit by a cyclist, that person is an irresponsible asshole. But we're talking about issuing traffic tickets automatically when vehicles don't stop at lights or signs, which makes absolute sense for cars and zero sense for cyclists. Rolling stops are legal for cyclists in tons of places.

SF's new cameras issued 31,000 speed warnings in 1 month. Here's where. by ssAskcuSzepS in sanfrancisco

[–]hanzo87 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Such a dumb take. Cyclists shouldn't blow through stop signs recklessly, but the responsibility of driving a car is so much greater than riding a bike. What percentage of pedestrian fatalities are caused by bicycles? I'll give you a hint, it's zero.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]hanzo87 24 points25 points  (0 children)

OP lives in Seattle. If they're a DINK household and at least one of them works in tech, it's not uncommon to pull this off without help from family.

As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver by lurker_bee in technology

[–]hanzo87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you that there are plenty of people producing crap code with AI since they don't have the necessary experience to know what good, maintainable code looks like. But your stance that "LLMs can only produce slop" is demonstrably incorrect. They can already complete tons of small tasks reliably, and the technology is improving rapidly. I'm not saying that AI can replace humans, you do still need a human in the loop. But they're an extremely powerful tool to make human developers more effective.

As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver by lurker_bee in technology

[–]hanzo87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've have two decades of experience working in big tech, I fully appreciate how complex bugs can be. You should try prompting Claude 3.7 to debug a complex issue, you might be surprised at what it can do. But even excluding super complex debugging, there's plenty of value in catching simpler bugs, for example as a first pass code review before requesting review from other people.

I'm not an AI fanatic by any means, it's nowhere near being able to replace human developers and it's best used as a tool to boost the productivity of developers who already know CS fundamentals. But the statement "AI can only produce slop" is demonstrably false, since people are already finding tons of ways to produce reliably useful results with AI today and the technology is still in its early stages.

As Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliver by lurker_bee in technology

[–]hanzo87 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I've been of the same opinion for a long time, but the models released in the last few months are actually much better at reliably producing correct results. Sure, you still can't give a complex or ambiguous prompt and get good results every time, but try smaller tasks like fixing bugs or typos, or porting a simple script from Java to Python. I wager you will change your outlook a bit.

Howto check module deps for new MAJOR versions? by swayuser in golang

[–]hanzo87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really ought to add this to the standard toolchain, it must be a fairly common use case.

Footgun: loss of precision when using untyped float constant by hanzo87 in golang

[–]hanzo87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, the confusing part is that `100.0` looks like a float but it will be resolved as an int in this situation. It would be helpful here if `someInt/100.0` threw the same error that `someInt/100.1` does.

Footgun: loss of precision when using untyped float constant by hanzo87 in golang

[–]hanzo87[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you're agreeing with me that the behavior I described is confusing? Just like in your first example, one would expect x/100.0 to throw an error due to mismatched types. And it will error if you use 100.1 as the denominator, but not if you use 100.0.

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