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  • Amazon confirms new AI-related layoffs focused on tech giant's own AI division

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  • Agreed, fuck em both. Unfortunately, though, the oligarchs aren't going to be the ones hurting from this.

  • Nothing Works and Everyone Is Euphoric

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  • Yeah, I've already seen how it's affected SDEs first hand (since I am unfortunately in the same industry). They generally don't know how to maintain or create code anymore. Management told them to not use their brain and instead use the slop generator, and now that skill has atrophied.

    A silver lining is that some preliminary research shows that after a few weeks to months of not relying on the slop generators, skills can come back with a little effort. I hope the bubble pops and everyone is forced to relearn the skills they lost.

    Also, to your point, the article claims models are getting better. A better way to frame this is that models are getting more expensive. LLM giants, at least the US-based ones, have been giving the appearance of improving models by using more resources, which one of the primary reasons they had to move to a pay-per-token system for the latest models. They aren't all that much better for how expensive they are to operate and use.

  • Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report

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  • Or, SpaceX dropping below IPO price woke up the braindead morons to reality and they're now selling off anything attached to Musk.

  • Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report

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  • Other US companies are actually competing with them for market share now, too. It certainly isn't helping Tesla sell.

    Also, Teslas are starting to get the reputation they deserve: overpriced shitbox vehicles that have horrible build quality because Musk has stripped anything good out of them for profit.

  • How do you manage to keep working on a project once the "honeymoon phase" wears off?

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  • Along with what others have said about not telling anyone, I tend to do my hobby projects in a sort of cycle. My brain is probably broken, but I struggle to focus on just one for a super long time and that's the way I deal with it. For a week or two, I'll focus on one project before moving on to the next unfinished project. For things that aren't urgent, this works well. For urgent projects.. well, not so much.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • I don't smoke with people who like ads shoved down their throats. It's a personal thing.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • Did I say you did so on this account?

    Your long reply and bullshit about "bellyaching" isn't helping me think otherwise.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • I'm very aware that you don't consider it an ad, but it's an ad in my eyes. It's literally a call to action to recruit people to improve their paid application in order to extract money from users in the future.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • The question isn't "did OP act in good faith".

    I do consider it an ad to recruit people to do beta testing for a paid product. I don't want to see ads in my feed. If I wanted that, I'd go to reddit. Maybe they should post there instead, where ads are overwhelming and users don't give a shit about being advertised to constantly.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • Every comment you make makes me more and more convinced that you've created a throwaway account to advertise your own paid products here.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • I'm aware, and don't think that ads to provide free labor for a paid product belong here. That's been my entire argument the entire time.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • Yes, but all of your comments seem to miss the fact that this post is talking about paid software. Which is what the OP you're talking about and defending did. You also said "they aren't charging you", which might be true for now, but they will make money off of beta tester's free labor.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • Lmao, the OP you're talking about literally said that "It's a paid closed source app". Why are you not mentioning that little tidbid?

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • That's not the question that was asked.

    The question is if brand new accounts should be able to shill their PAID closed source products without otherwise contributing to the community. They should not be able to do so.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • This OP's contribution to the community was trying to extract free labor for a soon to be paid product.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • It's not trolling at all

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • They did think about that, apparently you did not. Did you not see that they specifically said "brand new" accounts? Or are you talking about the most recent OP that posted an ad to beta test closed source software?

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • Apparently, some of us are okay making 100% concessions and not giving a shit at all.

  • [META] Are paid for, closed source projects, being advertised on this community, appropriate?

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  • This logic is not great. I'd rather have something mostly open source (where I can check what blobs it's actually using) rather than something completely closed where I have no idea what's under the hood. It's not about concessions, it's about being able to tell what the hell software is actually doing.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Amazon misses 4Q profit estimates despite better-than expected growth in cloud computing business

    apnews.com /article/amazon-earnings-fourth-quarter-f4cfda9dd8ee6e2cdfcfcd90265cf0bb
  • Space @mander.xyz
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    Improving astronaut fitness for deep space missions

    phys.org /news/2026-01-astronaut-deep-space-missions.html
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    Building the world's first open-source quantum computer

    phys.org /news/2026-01-world-source-quantum.html
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    Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution as Trump pressures 2 GOP senators to flip

    apnews.com /article/trump-venezuela-senate-war-powers-2350b162d116090759a7428c4b915eea
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    US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country

    apnews.com /article/venezuela-us-explosions-caracas-ca712a67aaefc30b1831f5bf0b50665e
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    Colorado governor accuses Trump of playing 'political games' after disaster request denials

    apnews.com /article/colorado-disaster-declarations-polis-trump-c6d873d38d9892a47a63d9c151e80883
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    Top Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files as Democrats cry foul

    apnews.com /article/blanche-epstein-trump-justice-department-files-democrats-85450de690a7e17ebe208f30db49b68e
  • Leopards Ate My Face @lemmy.world
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    These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

    apnews.com /article/poll-government-priorities-health-care-costs-trump-9426742bd09273ec9b67c7321dae8a02
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    These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

    apnews.com /article/poll-government-priorities-health-care-costs-trump-9426742bd09273ec9b67c7321dae8a02
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    At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

    apnews.com /article/release-epstein-files-justice-department-trump-9290fcaad1cb6fcb1cbc1befabc01994
  • United States | News & Politics @midwest.social
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    Damage from record flooding in Washington state is profound, with more on the way, governor says

    apnews.com /article/pacific-northwest-levee-floods-washington-5a5d085e96e98d24c96a889b4d7d8e6c
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    Evacuations ordered in 3 south Seattle suburbs after levee fails after week of heavy rain

    apnews.com /article/pacific-northwest-levee-floods-washington-446e4f8f027550db1afee2a214450de8
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    SmartTube's signature has been compromised, possible injected malicious library found by some users

    github.com /yuliskov/SmartTube/releases/tag/notification
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Former US Sen. Doug Jones announces run for Alabama governor

    apnews.com /article/doug-jones-alabama-governor-4826ee822848e1c6d4e98ad652de7c10
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    US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list'

    apnews.com /article/ukraine-peace-plan-security-confernece-halifax-senators-6041a181cbe0de6498e1043d9a982f4b
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Rights ‘undone’: North Idaho city repeals ban on discrimination

    www.seattletimes.com /nation-world/rights-undone-north-idaho-city-repeals-ban-on-discrimination/
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    WA resident dies from bird flu variant never before seen in humans

    www.seattletimes.com /seattle-news/health/wa-resident-dies-from-bird-flu-variant-never-before-seen-in-humans/
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    Federal prosecutors say Bondi’s comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

    apnews.com /article/mangione-bondi-unitedhealthcare-killing-death-penalty-849024a79b87c3158119d7119ddce517
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    Trump steps up attacks on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, says network should 'get the bum off the air'

    apnews.com /article/trump-abc-jimmy-kimmel-mary-bruce-fa73b610c66dec5b1b947164d59bf2c6
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    New York Democratic Rep. Nydia Velázquez says she won't run for reelection in 2026

    apnews.com /article/nydia-velazquez-congress-new-york-retirement-reelection-1f06b2a22ac252a7fdbda0af41d438f9