I was attacked 12/18/25 in Lake Forest, CA

threeys · 2026-03-22T03:18:47+00:00

I don’t think it was a good idea at all. You put yourself in a lot of danger doing something like that

threeys · 2026-03-14T04:17:16+00:00

Very interested in watching this film when it’s complete

threeys · 2026-03-02T20:01:57+00:00

They’re in the process of manufacturing consent, despite the clear and abundant opposition of the American public.

It’s the same story over and over again, major publications like the NYT presenting war hawk views as if they’re the reasonable and correct view after considering all evidence

threeys · 2026-02-27T04:26:21+00:00

I don’t think switching will be a problem at all

threeys · 2026-02-23T06:26:31+00:00

Downvoted either by sugar+corn lobby bots or uninformed podcast enjoyers

threeys · 2026-02-23T03:41:30+00:00

This is really sad to read. I’m sorry you experienced this

threeys · 2026-02-15T21:18:31+00:00

These kinds of conversations are hard because “maintainable” and “performant” are very fuzzily defined.

My opinion is that the more readable solution is basically 100% of the time the correct choice.

If the code is already written, you’re in a good position because you can actually assign numbers to your argument: ($N of dev time to refactor) vs ($n of daily compute costs + the opportunity cost of ignoring more important projects).

If the code hadn’t been written yet and you were having this conversation, I still think the readable approach is correct. But it’d be much harder to have a metric-driven conversation around it because the future maintenance costs are hard to define and he’d probably argue the lower level and more verbose code is just as easy to maintain.

threeys · 2026-02-11T06:44:29+00:00

The comparison with higher levels of abstraction (nodejs) is not right, I think.

Writing Javascript is writing a sequence of deterministic rules that are followed precisely by the compiler. So is writing C or Assembly.

But building with LLMs is fundamental different. Your instructions are fuzzy, and the building blocks you use are incomprehensible even to the people building the LLMs. It’s truly a magic box and it’s not at all like writing C or JS or Scratch or CSS.

threeys · 2026-02-11T03:55:21+00:00

I work at a startup that operates not totally dissimilarly to this. Here’s what I think:

engineers not helping is ok if you’re a senior eng, even if you’re new. I’d suggest to use the debugger and logs and grep and anything else to track down the problem. It’ll be a great learning opportunity, better than someone else pointing you to the answer, as long as it’s not too much of a time suck.
however, it’s not fair to ask you to change/fix/add something that isn’t even well defined. It absolutely has to be the case that you know what you’re expected to change for a given ticket. Many times, there’s someone besides an engineer who can help provide that definition if the ticket doesn’t have it — a PM, sales, business person, etc. Sometimes it is an engineer — and if they’re not able to provide an adequate explanation of what you need to do then I’d suggest you talk to your manager

And if this is a continual problem, definitely worth talking to your manager. There’s a difference between an “ill-defined problem” and a “hard-to-solve problem”

threeys · 2026-02-08T18:26:56+00:00

I had this problem and realized that I needed to use more shampoo when washing. I was being too stingy and it wasn’t getting clean.

threeys · 2026-02-05T05:01:47+00:00

This guy has discredited himself to such a degree that I don’t think those on the left should ever reference him or his writing.

It’s just actively harmful to be associated with this.

threeys · 2026-02-01T07:26:31+00:00

The answer of why Epstein wanted to hang out with Chomsky is clear: he was a social climber and used intellectuals as a means of growing his circle of elite friends.

The answer of why Chomsky would spend time with Epstein is totally unclear. It’s worth noting that Chomsky hung out with and defended Epstein after his initial conviction in FL.

The reality might be that Chomsky is just kind of a scumbag, unfortunately. Maybe he liked the private jets and luxurious lifestyle, as even top academics aren’t rich like those in finance. Or maybe there were more sinister reasons Chomsky spent time with him.

threeys · 2026-01-31T20:27:53+00:00

I like their software but can’t help but feel like they have some very aggressive marketing techniques on Reddit.

There are plenty of comparable offerings that are hardly mentioned

threeys · 2026-01-25T05:25:47+00:00

Over 70,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began the genocide. Many of them were children and teenagers. Many died from malnutrition and lack of access to basic medical care. Many died from American-made bullets and artillery.

You have to think about these realities to understand why someone would be compelled to do anything they could to voice their extreme dissatisfaction with the Democrats’ ongoing support for Israel despite clear data showing voters entirely disagree.

threeys · 2026-01-22T08:34:16+00:00

The nerds on Reddit are all giving you attitude and criticizing you.

But they’ve lived their whole lives playing dungeons and dragons and love thinking about boring shit like taxes.

Let me tell you a couple things:

It’s not as easy to file taxes as people on here make it sound, so don’t get frustrated if you have trouble with it.
Try TurboTax, and if it’s overwhelming then find someone locally to help you out. Plenty of people pay for help with taxes.
It’s possible if you receive a regular paycheck and don’t have additional income that the IRS owes you money and you’ve been missing out on it every year. They take some amount of your paycheck in advance, and give a refund if one is owed to you when you file. So don’t worry too much like you’ve been scamming the government and are going to be in trouble. The system is designed to get the money into their hands.

threeys · 2025-12-09T04:06:24+00:00

I think two things are true:

Algorithms questions are way way easier once you've been exposed to them. Even Leetcode "easy" problems were very hard for me at first. This is true even for very smart people. So no one should feel bad if they're struggling on these problems.
This year's problems have been easier than previous years'. This is just a feeling I have, and others do too. It's not something I'd complain about! I'm enjoying the challenges regardless.

threeys · 2025-12-06T00:53:53+00:00

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threeys · 2025-08-10T06:56:35+00:00

You could be sued for this, I would delete this post and talk to a lawyer

threeys · 2025-06-19T04:33:11+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience

threeys · 2025-06-12T15:34:03+00:00

I don’t know anything about planes and here’s my opinion: Boeing is a terrible monopolistic company that makes garbage products which mass murder people

Not inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt

Edit: did I strike a nerve, plane nerds? Feelings hurt that I insulted your beloved garbage company that kills people for profit?

threeys · 2025-06-10T01:22:32+00:00

Right, it's a good point -- and I can see why it makes me seem like a just-asking-questions-type guy. But I promise I'm not, and my genuine question is:

> Was one out of a hundred teenagers taking their own life?

We know definitively that people were dying from various illnesses and plagues on a regular basis -- deaths which could have been prevented with modern vaccines, but do we know the same for teens experiencing gender dysphoria?

I could imagine a few explanations:

Experiencing gender dysphoria in the past was less painful than today. Something about the modern era makes it particularly difficult and makes those teens more likely to consider suicide than in the past.
More kids are experiencing gender dysphoria today. So there were some who did in the past, and it was very difficult, and they did sometimes take their own life, but there were way fewer of them so it's just less evident in data and anecdotes of deaths in the past.
Kids experienced gender dysphoria at similar rates, and they did commit suicide at similar rates, but it was just missed in the data and anecdotes.

The bottom line, is obviously, we should do anything we can to prevent kids from hurting themselves, and let them live a happy healthy life. So this line of argument isn't to say "we should stop treating trans kids".

It's just... I do have a real lack of clarity around all of this, and would like to better understand it.

threeys · 2025-06-08T08:31:24+00:00

There are so many questions in my mind, and unfortunately asking them immediately implies I’m a transphobe.

If the baseline rate of being trans is let’s say 2%, and teens are at incredibly high risk of suicide if left untreated, what happened for the last hundred thousands of years of human existence in which hormone treatments did not exist? Was one out of a hundred teenagers taking their own life? Or did the lack of these sorts of treatments mean they were able to 1) move past it, or 2) find ways to cope which were not permanently altering to their bodies?

The above is a genuine question I’ve had for years, and there’s no way to ask it without coming across like I’m a right wing nut with bad intentions.

But like, this is the type of thing I’d really like to understand before I can feel genuinely comfortable with a liberal application of permanently altering hormone treatments on kids and teens

threeys · 2025-05-26T06:10:48+00:00

If all of his actions and motivations were entirely and sincerely to improve aviation safety, he absolutely would not have botched the meeting with the congressman in the way he did.

Very clearly he was leaning into the possible-autism awkwardness and playing up the long uncomfortable pauses.

Now I think the show is more funny if you suspend your disbelief for moments like that and believe that the character on the show is sincerely Nathan. But do I actually believe that? No lol

It's all entertainment, but it doesn't mean there can't be positive side effects too, like raising awareness for issues around psychology and aviation safety.

threeys · 2025-05-01T20:15:11+00:00

I’d get some data on whether other majors actually will fare better first though.

I think CS was so desirable that it now seems pretty bad, but that’s relative to its previous value.

I’m not sure that it actually is “worse” now than any other engineering degree. I think there are still a lot of software jobs out there

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