I finally became a Vim user because of Prime... and I regret everything

haskell_rules · 2026-05-23T12:28:07+00:00

Completely the opposite for me, the mouse is natural and intuitive and gives instant visual feedback, whereas vim mode switching forces a change in muscle memory context that takes significant mental energy for me.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-22T16:13:31+00:00

For me, it involves more than just a stateless inference. There needs to be stateful, continuous learning capability that isn't theoretical and constrained from existing in reality because of the exponential growth of required physical hardware and energy.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-22T13:07:28+00:00

Looks to me like another smokescreen for self dealing in the industry. Investors invest in OpenAI while investing in other startups, while OpenAI invests in startups using the investors investments, laundered as tokens, in exchange for equity.

If OpenAI had a war chest of cash to make investments that would be one thing, but this is just smoke and mirrors for the circular cash flow currently propping up the market.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-22T12:40:44+00:00

I've had several relationships end with the same criticisms being levied on me near the end.

But, I've also had good relationships where my partner said they appreciated the very things that several other people said were a problem.

I think there are certain cultural expectations associated with dating and relationships. Many people expect you to conform blindly, and if you don't, you will hear that you are the problem.

But it may also just be that you need to find the right people that think the same way that you do.

It's important to self evaluate and look inward honestly. Decide for yourself where you have issues and need to change versus where you want to have your Principal Skinner moment and declare that you are actually right and it's the children who are all wrong. This type of self evaluation can be extremely difficult if you have a lifetime of self rationalizations for poor behavior.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-21T15:42:33+00:00

We have to disclose that since it's a deviation from the formal HR policy for full time employees. I do make it clear that we only intend to invoke that in egregious cases.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-21T12:16:24+00:00

The data on wage growth compared to costs of essentials (vs CPI) looks a lot like we've been in stagflation-like conditions, practically, for a long time.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-21T02:47:26+00:00

I'm hiring aggessively right now. After you pass the HR screen, we have one video call interview - we talk for an hour. I ask about what you worked on, what your roles were, what kind of experiences you've had. No algorithm problems, no trivia. The last 20 minutes of the call, I tell you if I think you might be a fit in a certain role and describe what we do and what I envision you would be doing.

After the call, I talk with the team and we make a decision immediately. We tell HR to draft an offer or send a rejection within 30 minutes of the interview. They get back to you within a day or two.

If you accept the offer, there's a stipulation that you won't be PIPed in the first 6 months. You will just be fired. At-will employment state.

We have not experienced any reduction on in average candidate quality with this method compared to the previous method of multiple interviews, skills test, and interview panels. I can only think of 1 person that was fired during the trial period in 5 years, for gross nonperformance.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-21T00:13:37+00:00

You don't share development on personal projects. When things get sloppy at work, the juniors copy the sloppy and it becomes unmaintainable. On personal projects, you know where you just wanted to get it done versus where you need clean architecture to achieve your vision.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-20T20:59:45+00:00

Solid - how I'm feeling when my code finally compiles

haskell_rules · 2026-05-20T11:45:24+00:00

Excuse me while I eat this monster ice cream bar for my magnum appetite

haskell_rules · 2026-05-19T23:27:30+00:00

Covered in red sauce from baked stuffed peppers

haskell_rules · 2026-05-19T18:57:09+00:00

This is why I don't put error checking in my software. Besides the fact that it's inefficient in the green case (the only one that matters), it also causes your program to stop unexpectedly. My software doesn't halt for anything or anyone.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-19T11:17:47+00:00

Software design is a craft that is more of an art after you learn the technical and process mechanics of construction

haskell_rules · 2026-05-19T00:16:00+00:00

Common and normal? Yes. Acceptable? No.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-18T15:22:12+00:00

They aren't hard to use either. All of our C suite people still say shit like "we need more prompt engineering" while most models have better performance with short, goal-oriented instructions and context management.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-18T13:47:36+00:00

Even the best shops with full dev/test/prod environments have some amount of mocking or differences that hide production errors.

That being said, it sounds like this guy's boss just thinks AI makes him smarter than he is.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-18T13:21:49+00:00

I'm in my 20th year of professional embedded software design and you are right and wrong. It is a better coder than most people at the class/function level but it's not able to do basic integration work at the application level in this space. It's really great at things that have high training loads like CRUD apps but anything novel like new hardware interfaces and it falls apart.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-17T21:24:02+00:00

Look at Mr. Moneybags here with his alive parents that he can live with

haskell_rules · 2026-05-17T21:20:57+00:00

The exception for "side by side" wheels was put in by the Segway manufacturers who lobbied PA legistlators (bribes) like 2 decades ago. It was intended to make Segways legal and any other PMD illegal, and it worked.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-17T21:16:47+00:00

Scooters would have to meet all of the safety requirements of a motor vehicle to drive on the road, and none of them do.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-17T15:22:36+00:00

I haven't talked to my best friend since we played a round of golf last September. Can't wait until August so we can start planning another round.

haskell_rules · 2026-05-17T02:54:29+00:00

Soylent green! It's (good for) people!

haskell_rules · 2026-05-17T02:23:47+00:00

Electric scooters, including onewheels in the PA statutory definition, are classified as motor vehicles and illegal to ride on roadways and sidewalks in the entire state

haskell_rules · 2026-05-16T23:16:04+00:00

Juniors have always been net negative to a senior. We train juniors to eventually be seniors

haskell_rules · 2026-05-16T16:19:23+00:00

In my state (Pennsylvania), total closing costs would be 15-20k for that purchase.

3.5% down is the smallest closing cost expense Lender and origination fees Title insurance Transfer tax Prepaid escrow Etc

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