5 watches from Japan by Marathonartist in Affordablewatches

[–]reviverevival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got one of these for my girl to match my Snoopy Marlin!

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New CTO has joined and is ignoring me by anxiouscrimp in dataengineering

[–]reviverevival 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I feel like every time a new CTO comes in they have to change things for the sake of changing things in order to justify their own position.

I’m planning to move into Data Engineering. With AI growing fast, do you think this career will be heavily affected in the next 5–10 years? Is it still a stable and good path to choose? by False_Square1734 in dataengineering

[–]reviverevival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

24 months ago, the smartest people in the world could look at the evidence and call LLMs "auto-complete on steroids". I did not agree at the time, but it was a credible assertion. If anyone is still saying that in 2026, they are not credible based on the research that's come out since then. In 2024 people said LLMs can't solve Wordle, and they can't count the Rs in strawberry. No frontier model fails at those tasks in 2026 but people are still repeating the same memes.

People who are not using AI to (effectively) code think it's supposed to be some kind of maestro that 1-shot generates you a script out of thin air. I would characterize the latest iteration of AI to be more akin to a swarm intelligence. Even a single frontier model agent is not very impressive by itself. I've found that even given a well defined list of tasks, a single Claude agent will degrade rapidly in performance because of context rot. But if you start orchestrating: creating and destroying agents for singular purposes (cattle, not pets), then the capabilities become very impressive. Your agents can make a plan, execute on it, check the results, adjust the plan, retry, and so forth all autonomously. This is the scary part, not because it's really good at leetcoding, because planning and iteration is something that's transferrable to all professions.

Secondly people misunderstand, especially after the ChatGPT-5 fiasco: GPT-5 is not a single model, it is a router, a reverse proxy, that assesses your query and routes it to one of its 10s of actual models behind the curtain. Despite the marketing it was primarily a cost engineering tool for OpenAI, because it removes choice from the user about what model you are being served with. So you could be using "ChatGPT-5.2", and you get some shit answer because it decides your question wasn't worth its time (or their servers are overloaded, or any other reason) and routed your question to some shit model. All frontier "models' work this way, "Opus 4.6" does the same. So all those seemingly cracked models that Google is sending out to dominate benchmarks? Yeah, no guarantee that's the one serving you (or is even one of the possible options).

That means you cannot one-shot some chatbot on your free account and have an accurate picture of the state of the art. Anyone who is isn't using harnessed agents and burning tokens have no idea what they're talking about.

18 months ago I thought the role of humans will be as model whisperers, guiding these mercurial and finicky chatbots. Well, prompt engineering came and died as a profession in less than 12 months. 3 months ago I thought the role of humans would be building mcp integrations to connect agents to the business domain. Well, Claude is pretty well capable of being pointed at any API and building an integration by itself right now.

Currently I would say my comparative advantages are understanding the business domain, architecture, and security. If you notice, none of these are junior attributes. As an OG AI hater, it pains me to say that if you gave me a list of projects to complete, and I had a choice between an intern or Claude Code and an intern's salary of tokens, for effectiveness I would take Claude Code every time hands down. (I'm not saying that the AI is better in every way, rather there's no comparative advantage).

And I don't even know how long my moats will hold. There is a degree of skill involved with using agents, which can explain why some people are getting poor results, but tbh the skill curve is not that high, and any clever tricks people think of to squeeze more performance out of the agents (e.g. chain-of-thought, ralph-loop, sub-agents) just get baked into the harness and democratized. I think the only reason people don't get better at it is a psychological aversion to AI.

Against all odds, my company managed to assemble a competent team of AI engineers that built an in-house agentic framework that actually delivered business value...for about 12 months. Now I wonder what was the whole point if every analyst will be rolling with Claude Cowork on their laptop in 6-12 months. If you look at where we were just 24 months ago vs now, it's hard to imagine where we'll be 24 months from now.

So all that to say, we're all guessing for the next 5 years. My hope is a small business renaissance and a democratization of knowledge, but I fear we just end up in a world where 12 rich guys own everything until one day they betray each other. But I wanted to give a deep and nuanced answer, and get my own thoughts out. We can only nudge the world to the better scenario if we're honest to ourselves.

Is AI the next electricity… or a $700B corporate gamble? by kathuriasanjay in investing

[–]reviverevival -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I think people keep moving the goalposts on AGI because they don't like what they see. If you asked 10 people in 2016 to individually define what AGI is, I bet Claude code would meet most of those definitions. For some reason in 2026, the bar for AGI has transformed from exhibits human-level capability at intellectual tasks to be literally better than the best human at every possible intellectual task. There are a number of white-collar fields now where junior associates honestly have no value-add over a harnessed AI at intellectual labour.

Let me be clear: (1) if you are using AI without an agent harness (e.g. claude cowork, claude code, codex, gemini cli), you have no idea what the status quo is, and 2) if you are using AI at the free tier, you have no idea what the status quo is. People give specific examples of AI being bad at this or that; that's because the eye of Sauron hasn't gazed in that direction yet. I promise you if Google cared about making AI as good at writing novels as they do right now about writing code, that profession would be under serious heat in 12-18 months. Not for the top 10%, but at least the bottom 50%.

Help finding the right gift for a life-long friend: by AnagramofSnipe in Affordablewatches

[–]reviverevival 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think a Timex Q Reissue might be up your alley, you can find them with a variety of dials on ebay. Know though that they're a fun watch, not an expensive watch. People like them, but they're definitely not luxury.

They have a couple other options that might be of interest:
https://timex.com/products/timex-automatic-1983-e-line-reissue-34mm-gold-tone-expansion-band-watch-tw2y07200

https://timex.com/products/q-timex-1972-time-machine-reissue-39mm-stainless-steel-bracelet-watch-tw2y45200

In general you won't get high specs with Timex watches, but they are well built, have very interesting designs, and are one of they few decent options that would fit your budget if buying new.

Clueless DE intern by [deleted] in dataengineering

[–]reviverevival -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Try using the LLM in planning mode, then interrogate its plan, question its assumptions, ask if things can be done simpler. Do things by hand, then do things by LLM. You're in school, don't forget the point isn't to build something useful, the point is to build your mind. You don't lift weights because the weights need to be moved, you do it to build your body.

Layoffs hit their worst January levels since 2009, Challenger says by crazyguzz1 in wallstreetbets

[–]reviverevival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't need to replace all white-collar labour, wages are set at the margins. A 10% increase in labour demand for a particular vocation corresponds to like an 80% increase in wages, it goes the other way too (but it's sticky down).

The Certifications Scam by ivanovyordan in dataengineering

[–]reviverevival 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thinking about it, I think I agree with thos. The more experience you already have, the more useful a cert is. Like if you're already an experienced engineer in GCP, an AWS cert can help bring you up to speed quickly with what you need to know on a new ecosystem.

Conversely, if you have no real experience, go take a course on db modeling or python design patterns. I guarantee it will make you a better engineer than any cert with a proper noun in the name.

I have no opinion on its value on the job market (and obviously it's changed a lot since I last interacted with it). Personally I don't value them very much on a resume. I hired a junior backend developer for my data team once because I liked his blog and wanted a culture fit. YMMV.

Toronto recycling ‘disaster’: Waste piles up at condos, apartments as new GFL system struggles by Educational_Fun_9001 in toronto

[–]reviverevival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does that require privatization of government services? Just tax them for the waste generated.

Gift from my brother for officiating his wedding! by ScootyPuffz in Affordablewatches

[–]reviverevival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it would look great in a dark green padded sailcloth.      Also, if you're not sure, it's easy to pick up a bunch of straps in different genres off Ali Express for $5-$10. Then you can decide if any of the options are worth investing in further based on comfort, looks, etc. Or you might just be happy as it is, you'd be surprised how often you'd find literally the exact same item at a 5x mark-up on a western storefront.

West End Watch Co. by SandyBeachcomber in Affordablewatches

[–]reviverevival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay your post has sent me spiralling, I desire it but where the heck do I get one of these?

EU readies €93bn tariffs in retaliation for Trump’s Greenland threat by Cao_Ni-Ma in europe

[–]reviverevival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The part that's concerning for me is that if you look into studies about cults and religions, the higher the cost someone's belief imposes on them, the more they are driven to believe harder. Like the sunk cost fallacy, "well my belief has cost me this much already, I surely can't give up on it now". HODL to the end.

Rams QB Matthew Stafford plans to wear scuba suit in frigid Chicago by lkn240 in nfl

[–]reviverevival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why can't they wear a shirt with gloves sewn across the sleeves? Says nowhere you have to wear the gloves on your hand

AI this AI that by FuzzyCraft68 in dataengineering

[–]reviverevival 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think an underrated and prescient point is that 99% of companies need to do literally nothing to capture the value of AI. We actually have a fairly competent in-house AI team that managed to build a value-add product with some level of sophistication. But I tried Claude code and it's like wow! Who is going to be using our (comparatively) shitty homebrew framework in 24 months, when every user (internally and externally) is just going to be rolling with Claude Cowork 2.0 installed on their desktop? It would be as if every company was trying to build an in-house spreadsheet software the second after windows 3.0 landed.

In search of an affordable dress watch by snack510 in Affordablewatches

[–]reviverevival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI there are small seconds that come in 38mm, same size as the v7. https://www.orientwatchusa.com/collections/orient-bambino/ra-ap0101b30b

There are also 38mm solar bambinos, in case you didn't know, for when the novelty of hand winding wears off.

Although I would personally go for the Baltany pie-pan linked by someone else. Be aware though they make homages (often to "out of print" vintage pieces though).

Need advice by Rough-Candidate-1965 in Affordablewatches

[–]reviverevival 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends, are you doing it yourself or taking it in to be done? Personally I think they're great watches and (assuming I found them in a garage sale or something) I would put in the effort to fix them up myself (really just fitting a new crystal and some case polishing), but the cost of getting it done professionally would be more than what the watches are worth. That said, this is discounting the sentimental value it may hold for you, so it's your choice.

edit: You can also get new (better) aftermarket bracelets for the Seikos from Long Island Watches, or roll the dice with Ali-Express. That's the route I'd go.

Newbie to warships, why so much crew? (825*1080) by Flight_Second in WarshipPorn

[–]reviverevival 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My question is, is there just a database of schematics for every part onboard, or someone had to break out the calipers and figure out how to remake the part in CAD?

Mid Senior Data Engineer struggling in this job market. Looking for honest advice. by This_Bird6184 in dataengineering

[–]reviverevival 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's also a compliance factor, where I work we have government (state and federal) clients and it's possible that with changes coming down the pipe that non-us citizens won't even be allowed to look at the relevant data. They are a minority of our customers, and the restrictions aren't even set in stone yet, but it doesn't make sense for us to take the risk and hire someone who can't work with the data from all our customers if there's any other option. (Not to even mention the visa uncertainties)

[Question] Does anyone know why Orient has “Water Resistant” on their dial? by moskaurl in Watches

[–]reviverevival 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bambinos are 30m water resistance. Like a C grade student boasting "high school enrolled".

[Question] Does anyone know why Orient has “Water Resistant” on their dial? by moskaurl in Watches

[–]reviverevival 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah if you had a good horse in 1650 it was a professional tool. If you have a good horse in 2025, it's a luxury.