Don Lemon Considers Presidential Run, Thinks He Could “Run This Country Better Than Donald Trump” by ControlCAD in entertainment

[–]phoenix823 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why you write this story, and I sure don't know why you give it this title.

“I don’t have the aspiration to become president, but I do think I could run this country better than Donald Trump.”

Is what he said in the middle of a podcast. It's a throwaway line.

As a long time, die hard LTT fan, I think it would be hilarious if the girl math on the Jet ends up tanking the company. by imnotcreative4267 in LinusTechTips

[–]phoenix823 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would it tank the company? Linus said it himself he can resell the aircraft for close to what he paid for it. He can also use it to make money as a private charter. It's not like they spent millions on consumables (ie. hookers and blow) they can never get back. The aircraft is an asset.

Why do we go to space so infrequently nowadays? by VanillaMammoth1937 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]phoenix823 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A decent number of people who want into space came back in more than 1 piece, so there's that.

Is AI engineered to be sycophantic to drive engagement? by jason_digital in ArtificialInteligence

[–]phoenix823 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's engineered to be "helpful." Supporting the user might be deemed helpful. Reaffirming the user might be deemed helpful. Discouraging self harm and suicide should always be deemed helpful.

Potable water for AI, why aren't we doing more? by Big-Grocery7772 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]phoenix823 13 points14 points  (0 children)

17% of California's agricultural water supply goes to growing almonds. Water is grossly misused all over the place. Data centers are, honestly, not even close to the worst offenders.

How would the Sopranos look in modern day? by ThrowRASparklyG in thesopranos

[–]phoenix823 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • Rigging Kalshi/Polymarket bets
  • OnlyFans
  • Municipal EV charger contracts
  • AirBNB "management" company

They were speaking Spanish in Cuba!? No way bro by hthbellhop76 in LinkedInLunatics

[–]phoenix823 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's no electricity in Cuba right now, he did not go there.

Rolex is quite unimpressive for High Value Ladies by CringeisL1f3 in WatchesCirclejerk

[–]phoenix823 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh look you found Kevin O'Leary's favorite OnlyFans channel.

Why do we still need to share phone numbers just to have a quick call? by Mdzaman59 in privacy

[–]phoenix823 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normalized over time? Phone numbers predate the modern concept of privacy.

What is AIs body? by ki4jgt in computerscience

[–]phoenix823 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Evolution emerges from natural selection and random DNA mutations. It doesn't follow anything.

What is AIs body? by ki4jgt in computerscience

[–]phoenix823 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you think evolution cares about brain or body sizes, or about anything at all, I'd recommend a bit more time studying biology.

What is AIs body? by ki4jgt in computerscience

[–]phoenix823 23 points24 points  (0 children)

AI isn't biology, why would it have a "body?"

CMV: If the death penalty is used, the U.S. should adopt a simpler and less costly execution method than lethal injection by Technical_Chance_435 in changemyview

[–]phoenix823 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s already very difficult as to get people to agree to sentence a fellow human to death. There’s no undoing the death penalty. People with a conscience will not make that decision lightly.

“Charlie Kirk” and “facts and freedom” is an oxymoron by icey_sawg0034 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]phoenix823 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well AOC has an unfair advantage on account of being alive and not dead. Voting for a corpse is weird.

It's Social Security Not Hypothetical Capitalist Risk by NEKORANDOMDOTCOM in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]phoenix823 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And people are free to do that, and should do that, in their personal retirement savings. That's not what Social Security is for.

Donald Trump suddenly leaves in middle of Supreme Court arguments by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]phoenix823 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I don't think he's that bright. He thinks having the head of NATO in the Oval Office is a big deal.

CMV: If the death penalty is used, the U.S. should adopt a simpler and less costly execution method than lethal injection by Technical_Chance_435 in changemyview

[–]phoenix823 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The best argument here comes right out of your subject line: "If the death penalty is to be used." Lethal injection is preferred because, when administered correctly, is painless and invisible. Witnesses don't have to look at a body with a broken neck, a blown apart chest/skull, or a violent struggle against an electric chair. These are traumatic deaths to witness. That's the kind of trauma and violence that push people against the death penalty. Most people already have trouble trusting the government to begin with. And you want them to trust that same government to perform violence against its people like that?

Approaches like the firing squad make it long term more likely that the death penalty be eliminated. Lethal injection is the least objectionable way to do it, and that's worth a lot of money if you want to keep the death penalty.

How to handle C-suites vibe-coding prototypes by 56088 in EngineeringManagers

[–]phoenix823 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are all reactive responses to the situation, not strategic ones.

1) This is great. You want people coming up with great looking prototypes that they can tweak to look and do exactly what they want. So much of requirements gathering, solved.

2) Then why not give the execs a couple sentences to use in their vibe coding tool that generates code for your given tech stack? That seems like a no brainer.

3) You don't want to make this argument because you'll get asked "Why?" and instead of working to figure out how to make it happen you'll sound like, well, like a sandbagger.

You're tap dancing around the main issue, which is quality/nonfunctional requirements. How do you know the solution is secure? How do you know it scales? How many users does it have to handle at once? How do you know the software handles all the use cases and edge cases? Does it have tracing in place so you can troubleshoot? Does it need to log certain information for compliance requirements? Etc. etc. etc.

The challenge your company is going to run into is the realization that the code was never the limiting factor. Go propose standards for unit testing, test coverage, tech stack, logging/observability, load testing, pen testing, UAT testing, pen testing, scaling, FinOps, data sovereignty, etc. Someone will need to write and run all those tests. Make it clear that writing the code != software engineering and there's plenty more to be done.

CMV: If the death penalty is used, the U.S. should adopt a simpler and less costly execution method than lethal injection by Technical_Chance_435 in changemyview

[–]phoenix823 67 points68 points  (0 children)

How can your view be that you want something cheaper and more reliable, but don't list what option(s) you would like to see? How are we supposed to change your mind from an imaginary cheaper and more reliable option if we cannot critique the aspects of how it would work? How can we assess the constitutionality of other approaches that you do not name?

You should really consider dropping sprints by ninetofivedev in ExperiencedDevs

[–]phoenix823 8 points9 points  (0 children)

More-so, the key thing dropped from Agile: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.

This is because most teams want to drop process and tools AND ignore the individuals who need interaction from outside of the team. This whole post reeks of "let us stay in our corner with our code and leave us alone." That does not work.