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astonex

441 karmajoined 13 tahun yang lalu
Software Engineer in the UK, previously South Korea

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astonex
·7 hari yang lalu·discuss
And with that 37k a day, or 185k per 5-day work-week, what exactly has he achieved?

I don't see any actual output coming from these AI tools, despite how many are saying it's greatly increased their productivity. Where are all the new businesses and tools? I only see more shovels being sold.
astonex
·29 hari yang lalu·discuss
Not sure what the difference is between this and any regular P2P network?
astonex
·30 hari yang lalu·discuss
Ever experienced being the founding engineer and getting 0.5-2.5%? The amount of work done by the founding engineer for the amount of equity they usually get, there is definitely an unfair exchange here. I'd say the founding engineer is 99% of the time better off finding a non-technical co-founder and building something for 50% each.
astonex
·9 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Anecdotally, on my few visits to the US (NY and Colorado), the driving I saw was absolutely atrocious compared to Europe. People were swerving and failing to stay in their lanes on Interstates, everyone was speeding well above the limit (everyone speeds on Motorways, but it seems it's taken to another level in the US). Then you have turn right on red meaning drivers just don't care and turn regardless. Then you have everyone driving massive fucking trucks where you can't see anything from inside.

It seemed every morning I got up and turned on the hotel TV, there was another news about some crash on the Interstate that morning
astonex
·9 bulan yang lalu·discuss
It's about making the right choices for society as a whole
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
It's been mentioned that you will be able to get a physical card with a chip in it for those who want it
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
>Can anyone really point me out the real problem about the immigrants?

This minimises the problem. The UK voters have consistently voted for reduced immigration, with polls showing the preferred number to be somewhere between 0-100,000. Those elected have consistently ignored them which has raised tensions.

In the last few years, the UK had around 1 million people net per year. 1 million people is bigger than most cities in the UK for comparison, so imagine a new city of people, every single year. The infrastructure could not, or did not keep up and has contributed to worse living standards through overly-subscribed national services, increased living costs, etc.

>for example the lack of funding of the NHS or the hyper funding of other initiatives such as war in Ukraine.

The NHS is already the single biggest expenditure of the UK's taxes. I remember it being more than 25% of the total budget. How much should be spent on the NHS? 50%? 90%?

The cost of defending democracy and freedom from a tyrannical Russia is also barely a drop in the bucket, while having huge meaning for many. Only 2% of the budget for the entire Armed forces, let alone just some support for Ukraine, compared to the 25+% on NHS. It's nothing.
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
>It is really a distopean future in US and UK right now.

This ignores the fact that most of Europe and Asia already have national IDs
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Orwell was born in India. You should learn a little about him before saying everything is Orwellian
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
>You can't get a NI number without proving who you are

That's not true either. You're sent your NI number just before 16 years old without providing anything.

Also, an NI number is just a number. There is no photo. How can you look at it and say it belongs to the person presenting it? And no you can't look up a passport or something in another system based on the NI number, because those other IDs aren't mandatory so the person might not have them.

The only way to really ID someone is to have mandatory photo ID, whether that be digital or not.
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
You don't currently have any National ID. You have forms of ID, which others might not have, but none are national mandatory ID that every citizen and resident has. As such many benefits in streamlining and simplifying processes cannot be achieved when everyone has a UID as such. Imagine making a system where you used various ID formats, and you couldn't guarantee anyone had one in particular, and some people had none.

Your NI card literally says it's not identification. A NI number is not linked to a passport as it's not mandatory to have a passport, so that would not work for many people. It is just a number used for tax accounting.
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
This is not true. You can work without a NI number, you will just be given an emergency tax code. A NI number is not ID, it is a reporting number.

Your card literally says, "THIS IS NOT IDENTIFICATION"
astonex
·10 bulan yang lalu·discuss
A Brit can pass a RTW check without a drivers license or a passport - a paper birth certificate is also acceptable (and paper can be lost, damaged, forged), as neither a drivers license or a passport a mandatory. Getting those can be expensive for some people while this ID is free.

A NI number is not ID, it's a reporting number.

Lastly, a national ID is a tried and tested scheme in many, many countries and brings a lot of positives. The only "negatives" are slippery slope make-believe scenarios not based in reality.

https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
You might be interested in The Trade Desk and their Sellers and Publishers 500. It focuses on only quality content and quality ads. https://www.thetradedesk.com/resources/what-is-sellers-publi...
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
After having lived in a country for a while that doesn't change its clocks, coming back to a country that still does has emphasised how annoying and archaic changing the clocks is. It also doesn't help that countries don't even change clocks on the same date.

We need to just stop it. After the first year everyone will forget it was even a thing.
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
The President of the European Commission?
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
Are you sure your water was fully boiling? Not just little bubbles at the bottom of the pan, but the top is properly rumbling
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
Sometimes they do but it doesn't really make a difference
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
Slightly easier in the UK/EU as we don't have to keep our eggs in the fridge.

Bring a pot of water to boiling, then once boiling put eggs in for 6.5 minutes, then put in cold water.

Will give me perfect eggs every time that look like the first image
astonex
·tahun lalu·discuss
Yep, since Garry took over YC has fallen off drastically in my opinion