Richard Laughlin
@richardwlaughlin.com
Software Engineer & Researcher. Interested in automated translation of C/C++ to Rust, and taking Clang-based static analysis to a global scale 🌳✨
https://github.com/rcythr
https://github.com/rcythr
These people are just dumb and wrong. Don't they know that they are living better than a king 3000 years ago?
If we just keep saying how great everything is they'll stop worrying about losing their job and their shelter.
Why do they keep saying they suffer?
If we just keep saying how great everything is they'll stop worrying about losing their job and their shelter.
Why do they keep saying they suffer?
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
These people are just dumb and wrong. Don't they know that they are living better than a king 3000 years ago?
If we just keep saying how great everything is they'll stop worrying about losing their job and their shelter.
Why do they keep saying they suffer?
If we just keep saying how great everything is they'll stop worrying about losing their job and their shelter.
Why do they keep saying they suffer?
Voting for a candidate who does the opposite of what they said they would do is the Democratic primary voters fault.
In this Democratic party, we prefer candidates who adopt Republican positions directly and tell us that nothing better is possible.
This inspirational message is how we win!
In this Democratic party, we prefer candidates who adopt Republican positions directly and tell us that nothing better is possible.
This inspirational message is how we win!
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Voting for a candidate who does the opposite of what they said they would do is the Democratic primary voters fault.
In this Democratic party, we prefer candidates who adopt Republican positions directly and tell us that nothing better is possible.
This inspirational message is how we win!
In this Democratic party, we prefer candidates who adopt Republican positions directly and tell us that nothing better is possible.
This inspirational message is how we win!
Right, it was the left flank that blew 2024 and not the moderate wing of the party pushing their awful candidates on us again.
We wouldn't be fighting over payoffs for the insurance industry if the "Democrats" had not adopted Heritage Foundation healthcare policy to begin with.
We wouldn't be fighting over payoffs for the insurance industry if the "Democrats" had not adopted Heritage Foundation healthcare policy to begin with.
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Right, it was the left flank that blew 2024 and not the moderate wing of the party pushing their awful candidates on us again.
We wouldn't be fighting over payoffs for the insurance industry if the "Democrats" had not adopted Heritage Foundation healthcare policy to begin with.
We wouldn't be fighting over payoffs for the insurance industry if the "Democrats" had not adopted Heritage Foundation healthcare policy to begin with.
Agreed. The message needs to be delivered. It isn't relevant if they got permission from leadership to vote No to cover their ass.
We need Dem leadership to understand the cost of betrayal.
We need Dem leadership to understand the cost of betrayal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Agreed. The message needs to be delivered. It isn't relevant if they got permission from leadership to vote No to cover their ass.
We need Dem leadership to understand the cost of betrayal.
We need Dem leadership to understand the cost of betrayal.
What is the point of calling him?
If there was a way to recall a senator he wouldn't even be there right now. He has to be aware of this already.
I'll be there for the primary in 2028 to fill in any bubble that's not him. And then again in the general if that's what it takes.
If there was a way to recall a senator he wouldn't even be there right now. He has to be aware of this already.
I'll be there for the primary in 2028 to fill in any bubble that's not him. And then again in the general if that's what it takes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What is the point of calling him?
If there was a way to recall a senator he wouldn't even be there right now. He has to be aware of this already.
I'll be there for the primary in 2028 to fill in any bubble that's not him. And then again in the general if that's what it takes.
If there was a way to recall a senator he wouldn't even be there right now. He has to be aware of this already.
I'll be there for the primary in 2028 to fill in any bubble that's not him. And then again in the general if that's what it takes.
We'll show them the graphs and stats and tell them they're wrong about their own lives.
It's a winning political strategy, no doubt.
Hey! Where are you going? Come back! We were just about to cheer you up by explaining how much better off you are than a bronze age king!
It's a winning political strategy, no doubt.
Hey! Where are you going? Come back! We were just about to cheer you up by explaining how much better off you are than a bronze age king!
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We'll show them the graphs and stats and tell them they're wrong about their own lives.
It's a winning political strategy, no doubt.
Hey! Where are you going? Come back! We were just about to cheer you up by explaining how much better off you are than a bronze age king!
It's a winning political strategy, no doubt.
Hey! Where are you going? Come back! We were just about to cheer you up by explaining how much better off you are than a bronze age king!
You own this. Voting No won't work.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
You own this. Voting No won't work.
Using .zip or .mov at all is suspect. I suggest everyone map these TLDs to localhost because their only value is as a malicious domain.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Using .zip or .mov at all is suspect. I suggest everyone map these TLDs to localhost because their only value is as a malicious domain.
Please elaborate on how web applications are a bubble. I don't understand what you mean.
In my experience, most users gravitate to consumption devices like phones and ipads. Web removes all need to install or configure anything.
In my experience, most users gravitate to consumption devices like phones and ipads. Web removes all need to install or configure anything.
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please elaborate on how web applications are a bubble. I don't understand what you mean.
In my experience, most users gravitate to consumption devices like phones and ipads. Web removes all need to install or configure anything.
In my experience, most users gravitate to consumption devices like phones and ipads. Web removes all need to install or configure anything.
Desktop is a shrinking minority of computer usage, though. So arguing that windows is somehow necessary is just false unless you ignore servers and phones which are the majority of computers by wide margin.
I guess you can do it, but it seems dishonest.
I guess you can do it, but it seems dishonest.
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Desktop is a shrinking minority of computer usage, though. So arguing that windows is somehow necessary is just false unless you ignore servers and phones which are the majority of computers by wide margin.
I guess you can do it, but it seems dishonest.
I guess you can do it, but it seems dishonest.
Please read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_s...
It's ok if you like Windows, but Linux is "majority of computers" at this point.
It's ok if you like Windows, but Linux is "majority of computers" at this point.
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Please read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_s...
It's ok if you like Windows, but Linux is "majority of computers" at this point.
It's ok if you like Windows, but Linux is "majority of computers" at this point.
Can they generate video versions of popular image memes?
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Can they generate video versions of popular image memes?
In case anyone doubts the claim: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser tricked into buying fake items online
A study looking into agentic AI browsers has found that these emerging tools are vulnerable to both new and old schemes that could make them interact with malicious pages and prompts.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In case anyone doubts the claim: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
It automatically follows instructions it finds on the page to send your personal details to scammers without a single click required by you.
Innovation!
Innovation!
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It automatically follows instructions it finds on the page to send your personal details to scammers without a single click required by you.
Innovation!
Innovation!
I don't know how we do it, but we have got to help people understand how "AI" works. They're out here treating it like magic and having absolutely deranged ideas.
The answer is and always will be No.
The answer is and always will be No.
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I don't know how we do it, but we have got to help people understand how "AI" works. They're out here treating it like magic and having absolutely deranged ideas.
The answer is and always will be No.
The answer is and always will be No.
That's not right. The increase is 3.42 in F
The calculation Google did is showing what 1.9 C absolute temperature means in F. You have to subtract the equivalent of the starting point, which is 0 in C but 32 in F.
0 C -> 32 F
1.9 C -> 35.42 F
35.42 - 32 = 3.42
The calculation Google did is showing what 1.9 C absolute temperature means in F. You have to subtract the equivalent of the starting point, which is 0 in C but 32 in F.
0 C -> 32 F
1.9 C -> 35.42 F
35.42 - 32 = 3.42
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
That's not right. The increase is 3.42 in F
The calculation Google did is showing what 1.9 C absolute temperature means in F. You have to subtract the equivalent of the starting point, which is 0 in C but 32 in F.
0 C -> 32 F
1.9 C -> 35.42 F
35.42 - 32 = 3.42
The calculation Google did is showing what 1.9 C absolute temperature means in F. You have to subtract the equivalent of the starting point, which is 0 in C but 32 in F.
0 C -> 32 F
1.9 C -> 35.42 F
35.42 - 32 = 3.42
Yeah it's not a helpful chart other than to demonstrate that old investments worked out sometimes. The A100 shows that the new investments could go either way.
October 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yeah it's not a helpful chart other than to demonstrate that old investments worked out sometimes. The A100 shows that the new investments could go either way.
Margin is how much revenue the device has made divided by the cost.
The old devices have had enough use over their life to turn a profit, but the new ones are too new so they haven't turned a profit yet. Maybe they will in 2-3 years, but it's too early to tell.
The old devices have had enough use over their life to turn a profit, but the new ones are too new so they haven't turned a profit yet. Maybe they will in 2-3 years, but it's too early to tell.
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Margin is how much revenue the device has made divided by the cost.
The old devices have had enough use over their life to turn a profit, but the new ones are too new so they haven't turned a profit yet. Maybe they will in 2-3 years, but it's too early to tell.
The old devices have had enough use over their life to turn a profit, but the new ones are too new so they haven't turned a profit yet. Maybe they will in 2-3 years, but it's too early to tell.
Though the A100 should be a cautionary tale. Clearly you can cost so much up front that you never make back enough to get positive margin.
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Though the A100 should be a cautionary tale. Clearly you can cost so much up front that you never make back enough to get positive margin.
Presumably some of the costs baked into the margin are the fixed cost of buying the GPUs, right?
So over time the margin should increase as the fixed cost gets amortized over more uses of the hardware.
This would explain why the older chips are the only ones with positive margin.
So over time the margin should increase as the fixed cost gets amortized over more uses of the hardware.
This would explain why the older chips are the only ones with positive margin.
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Presumably some of the costs baked into the margin are the fixed cost of buying the GPUs, right?
So over time the margin should increase as the fixed cost gets amortized over more uses of the hardware.
This would explain why the older chips are the only ones with positive margin.
So over time the margin should increase as the fixed cost gets amortized over more uses of the hardware.
This would explain why the older chips are the only ones with positive margin.
Yes, I think so.
A coworker of mine hypothesized that LLMs will actually reduce cheating below pre-LLM levels because they'll force the use of these extreme measures to prevent cheating.
A coworker of mine hypothesized that LLMs will actually reduce cheating below pre-LLM levels because they'll force the use of these extreme measures to prevent cheating.
October 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Yes, I think so.
A coworker of mine hypothesized that LLMs will actually reduce cheating below pre-LLM levels because they'll force the use of these extreme measures to prevent cheating.
A coworker of mine hypothesized that LLMs will actually reduce cheating below pre-LLM levels because they'll force the use of these extreme measures to prevent cheating.
All earnings*. There's tons of exceptions in the tax code.
Looks like there's an exception for settlements related to physical injury, but not IP theft. I kind of thought there might be one for this too 🤷
Looks like there's an exception for settlements related to physical injury, but not IP theft. I kind of thought there might be one for this too 🤷
October 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
All earnings*. There's tons of exceptions in the tax code.
Looks like there's an exception for settlements related to physical injury, but not IP theft. I kind of thought there might be one for this too 🤷
Looks like there's an exception for settlements related to physical injury, but not IP theft. I kind of thought there might be one for this too 🤷
Do you have to pay taxes on it?
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Do you have to pay taxes on it?