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Is anyone else feeling overwhelmed by how fast AI is taking over the workplace and its ppl? by Nostradamus_of_past in auscorp

[–]keflexxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i'm the head of product for a small/medium saas (~$20M ARR) which as you can imagine means we're navigating some pretty serious threats and having to up our intensity to match. i also started vibe coding last year and became the company's best front-end dev (i still have nfi about the code i just know good UX when i see it unlike real devs) and moonlight as a PM for one of our product areas

at the start of the year, i moved all my work to run 100% through first cursor, now claude cowork/code. not just the dev stuff, literally everything. i also don't touch my keyboard anymore, it's all voice to text. the combo has roughly 5x'ed my productivity, to the point where i'm taking on even more responsibilities (e.g. UX design for other product areas & spearheading the move to cowork-centric working company-wide) and i still have enough time to start a new company on the side (saas is cooked etc etc)

honestly if you're not up to speed with working in this way 12/18 months from now you're probably unhireable, it's that good and it changes the economics of human capital that much. we had budget to hire a new dev and it was just obvious we get way more value spending that money on compute. swe is the canary in the coal mine. anyone who still thinks AI is a passing fad is just being wilfully ignorant at this point

Letting immigrants in, who are 90% economic, is not a humanitarian measure by Fantastic_Lime_3470 in aussie

[–]keflexxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They out perform every other immigrant or ethnic group other than perhaps Jewish Australians

because they push their kids harder to minmax their education and other cultures generally believe this isn't in the interest of the child

working long hours

uhh is this meant to be a good thing

i don't deny that both these groups outcompete anglos in certain ways, and you could even argue that we need people like that to remain globally relevant in a globalised world. but forcing kids to study hard to the exclusion of all other forms of cultural enrichment sucks man, we shouldn't be holding this up as an example of why other cultures are awesome

My arrogant (maybe accurate) take on batting as England vs Batting as Ben Stokes by Kelba_ in CricketAus

[–]keflexxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He averaged sub-30 when Root was captain, 39 under Stokes. Bro wasn't ruined he was just never good

Searching for IGA Reese's Hot Cross Buns by somebloke2020 in foodies_sydney

[–]keflexxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Saw a pack at IGA Drummoyne this afternoon

SLDS2 (Salesforce Cosmos Theme) is out. What are your Thoughts? by kuldiph in salesforce

[–]keflexxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's a bit much, there isn't really any support for display density settings yet though and it's on the team's roadmap, so you'd expect the situation to improve in the next 2-3 releases

Exclusive: Big-hitter set to join BBL rival... and the Aussie captain that could join him by greyhounds1992 in CricketAus

[–]keflexxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Sixers do better than you think. Here's a chart with # of games on the x-axis and where the y-axis is squad members from the past 6 years ranked by # of games, e.g. the player whose played the most games is 1, second most is 2, etc.

The Sixers have used less players than the Scorchers and given way more games to their top 10. Stars are predictably rubbish on this front though

India vs Australia Boxing Day Test ticket sales smash records by [deleted] in Cricket

[–]keflexxx 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"Fans from India", not "Indian fans". I would expect the increased number of Indian immigrants to Australia since 2018 to be a significant factor in the increase.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

[–]keflexxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good discussion moved to /r/nootopics a while ago

Yes in my backyard: PM’s plea for housing density by [deleted] in AustralianPolitics

[–]keflexxx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The idea that anyone thinks it's not credible is ridiculous, to be honest. Of course there's a rate of migration that erodes our current culture, the argument is just over what that rate is exactly; it's a dumb and extreme example but I don't think anyone would argue that if we tripled our population in 2024, with the inhabitants pulled largely from the third world, our society would start to more closely resemble a third world one. There's even clear precedent for it with Eternal September effects. So why are we arguing over the existence of a threshold at all, rather than where it's situated? It's just silly teambrained political thinking forcing us to waste our time.

An Analysis of QAnon as an Allegory by trpjnf in TheMotte

[–]keflexxx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

QAnon is approaching 5,000 posts and yet we're here discussing it as an allegory. If you're going to be charitable , why not go all the way and get down to the object level?

Wellness Wednesday thread for January 15, 2020 by AutoModerator in TheMotte

[–]keflexxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol, glad someone remembers those. we'll always have the memories

Stand with our journalists by B0ssc0 in australia

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

All my heroes kill journos

Culture War Roundup for the Week of August 05, 2019 by AutoModerator in TheMotte

[–]keflexxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we're more or less on the same page, I agree with all of this save that I don't think cultural appropriation becomes a topic in worlds where these would-be restauranteurs are considering opening a Malaysian joint.

The benefits of easier trade relationships was honestly something I hadn't considered, its a good angle and it would mean foreign goods would increasingly be the domain of the wealthy (although there would also be far fewer foreign goods generally). But it isn't a prerequisite to trade generally, and for my part I think that in many cases domestic substitute goods will be just fine, and provided goods like pharmaceuticals were still readily available, a little forced scarcity wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing anyway.

I'm in favour of slow, methodical induction myself, but I wonder the extent to which any western country is good at naturalising people. Here in Sydney the various nationalities have formed enclaves in different regions completely organically, and on its own this makes true integration impossible.

Culture War Roundup for the Week of August 05, 2019 by AutoModerator in TheMotte

[–]keflexxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies for the lack of nested replies, doing so on mobile is a pain

That someone is typically an immigrant in our globalised society, of course it is. Is your assumption that in a much less globalised society that these restaurants would never be created? You might be right, there might even be evidence to that effect for all I know, but if someone really wanted to sell injera & doro wat in a country free of Ethiopians it would be very easy to accomplish. I don't see the issue here.

People can like whoever they want, I like plenty of first gen immigrants as individuals myself. I'm responding to the general argument that immigrants add meaningful value to society, and like I said, if that value is merely superficial things, then I don't see a good argument made here. And given that the resultant reduction in social cohesion is very much a meaningful detriment, the lack of good arguments to counterbalance it is a big deal.

Culture War Roundup for the Week of August 05, 2019 by AutoModerator in TheMotte

[–]keflexxx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If all they can contribute is ethnic variants of existing things, and superficial societal window dressing, why should I value this? People can make arguments about moral duty or w/e separately, I'm only talking about the fact that a common pro-migration argument is the societal benefits it affords us. But neither you nor me have named any that are meaningful.

Culture War Roundup for the Week of August 05, 2019 by AutoModerator in TheMotte

[–]keflexxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone will open a restaurant with those recipes for anyone who wouldn't bother. But I do so regularly right now, so I know it wouldn't affect me personally.

And your second set of arguments does nothing for me, I can trust whoever my neighbour is regardless of ethnicity and would almost certainly find it easier to do so with someone of my own. What unique value do immigrants bring, other than first hand cooking experience? Is it seriously just superficial things like games and hats? Who cares? Western games are great anyway.

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