IMO a lot of the tech bro/low level DOGE stuff is basically in good faith, like if you look at what the gumroad guy wrote about it - www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...
Former DOGE engineer says he was 'surprised' by 'how efficient' the government is
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
IMO a lot of the tech bro/low level DOGE stuff is basically in good faith, like if you look at what the gumroad guy wrote about it - www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...
There’s a whole website about it (because it’s poorly defined)! I would start here - staffeng.com/guides/staff...
Staff archetypes
Most career ladders define a single, uniform set of expectations for Staff engineers operating within the company. Everyone benefits from clear role expectations, but career ladders are a tool that ap...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There’s a whole website about it (because it’s poorly defined)! I would start here - staffeng.com/guides/staff...
The other thing is I don’t want a big propane or diesel tank at my house. I guess I could hook up to natural gas but then we’re depending on the infrastructure again
July 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The other thing is I don’t want a big propane or diesel tank at my house. I guess I could hook up to natural gas but then we’re depending on the infrastructure again
I’ve been considering this but my main hesitancy is that I don’t know how much maintenance/upkeep a generator needs.
July 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’ve been considering this but my main hesitancy is that I don’t know how much maintenance/upkeep a generator needs.
Generator seems better for backup (unless you have solar/tou rates). Maybe better from a carbon pov too unless you get a ton of blackouts.
July 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Generator seems better for backup (unless you have solar/tou rates). Maybe better from a carbon pov too unless you get a ton of blackouts.
Last week I tried to get Claude code to write me some buggy code so I could demo some debugging tools. Basically didn’t work at all, mostly wrote correct code and told me there were bugs
June 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Last week I tried to get Claude code to write me some buggy code so I could demo some debugging tools. Basically didn’t work at all, mostly wrote correct code and told me there were bugs
Wow, that’s genuinely shocking. I also graduated in 2014 but 1) I was looking for tech jobs and 2) ended up going to grad school instead so I guess I hadn’t realized!
June 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wow, that’s genuinely shocking. I also graduated in 2014 but 1) I was looking for tech jobs and 2) ended up going to grad school instead so I guess I hadn’t realized!
Mamdani graduated college in 2014 (same as me), the economy had recovered from 2008 by then
June 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Mamdani graduated college in 2014 (same as me), the economy had recovered from 2008 by then
I biked past that the other day, its not much bigger than my urban arrow in any dimension
June 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I biked past that the other day, its not much bigger than my urban arrow in any dimension
I go by Bella’s in South Medford all the time and I keep meaning to go. I hear it’s good! www.facebook.com/share/1AhMTs...
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June 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I go by Bella’s in South Medford all the time and I keep meaning to go. I hear it’s good! www.facebook.com/share/1AhMTs...
My point is that high healthcare costs are not really driven by insurance, it’s because doctors and hospitals are expensive and Americans get a lot of healthcare. Even if you eliminated all the insurance overhead, healthcare costs would only go down a little bit.
June 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My point is that high healthcare costs are not really driven by insurance, it’s because doctors and hospitals are expensive and Americans get a lot of healthcare. Even if you eliminated all the insurance overhead, healthcare costs would only go down a little bit.
It was part of the affordable care act, but its provisions (like much of the ACA, e.g. the prohibition of preexisting condition denials) apply to all insurance plans.
The last 15% goes mostly towards operational costs (usually 1-3% is profit)
The last 15% goes mostly towards operational costs (usually 1-3% is profit)
June 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It was part of the affordable care act, but its provisions (like much of the ACA, e.g. the prohibition of preexisting condition denials) apply to all insurance plans.
The last 15% goes mostly towards operational costs (usually 1-3% is profit)
The last 15% goes mostly towards operational costs (usually 1-3% is profit)
Health insurance companies are also for the most part publicly traded so you can look up their SEC disclosure forms (10-K) to see where their money goes
June 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Health insurance companies are also for the most part publicly traded so you can look up their SEC disclosure forms (10-K) to see where their money goes
State and federal governments, see www.cms.gov/marketplace/... for details
Medical Loss Ratio | CMS
Many insurance companies spend a substantial portion of consumers’ premium dollars on administrative costs and profits, including executive salaries, overhead, and marketing.
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June 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
State and federal governments, see www.cms.gov/marketplace/... for details
The remainder mostly goes towards operating costs, profits are usually just a couple percent.
June 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The remainder mostly goes towards operating costs, profits are usually just a couple percent.
Health insurance companies have to pay out (for healthcare) at least 85% of the premiums they collect. If they don’t they have to write rebate checks to their customers. It’s part of the ACA.
June 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Health insurance companies have to pay out (for healthcare) at least 85% of the premiums they collect. If they don’t they have to write rebate checks to their customers. It’s part of the ACA.
us-east-1 was using 1 gigawatt in 2018, this doesn’t seem way out of proportion to me
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
us-east-1 was using 1 gigawatt in 2018, this doesn’t seem way out of proportion to me
It’s crazy to me that they are so motivated to destroy the system that made them this rich!
April 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s crazy to me that they are so motivated to destroy the system that made them this rich!
It’s also good for random pop-history level research - I was curious about dog ownership in the 1920s and it came up with this pretty detailed/interesting and well sourced explanation chatgpt.com/share/680d4b...
ChatGPT - Dogs in Somerville 1930
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April 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s also good for random pop-history level research - I was curious about dog ownership in the 1920s and it came up with this pretty detailed/interesting and well sourced explanation chatgpt.com/share/680d4b...
You need to review its output! You need to understand what it’s good/bad at! In that way it’s like any tool.
April 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You need to review its output! You need to understand what it’s good/bad at! In that way it’s like any tool.
I use AI for most tasks at my (software development) job and spend probably 20-50% of my workday using Claude Code directly. I use it for writing new code, explaining parts of the code base, finding bugs, code review, etc.
April 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I use AI for most tasks at my (software development) job and spend probably 20-50% of my workday using Claude Code directly. I use it for writing new code, explaining parts of the code base, finding bugs, code review, etc.
There are only a small number of chipsets and every dock uses one of them. And thunderbolt ports are pretty complex.
April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There are only a small number of chipsets and every dock uses one of them. And thunderbolt ports are pretty complex.
It’s also obviously fun, 20% of the population is miserable and takes it out on anyone who’s having a good time
April 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It’s also obviously fun, 20% of the population is miserable and takes it out on anyone who’s having a good time