ShittyBeatlesFCPres

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 24 days ago to Technology in Russia continues work on homegrown game console despite technology and scale issues

On non-complex stuff, I wish some of our shit was still built to last like shortage economy stuff was. It seems like planned obsolescence creeped from a handful of products to basically everything.

A lot of it is market forces and globalization — people just get the cheapest version off Amazon if they don’t know the brands — but even relatively expensive clothes, tools, charging cables, etc. break all the fucking time.

This isn’t a communist vs. capitalist rant so much as an old man one. Simple products were generally better quality in the past. The cars broke down more but the tools you needed to fix them lasted fucking generations. Jeans didn’t just rip like they do now. Even things like pocket knives lasted forever if you took basic care of them. You can still find quality products but it’s increasingly impossible in some product categories.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 27 days ago to Technology in Former head of NSA joins OpenAI board

They already have Larry Summers, the laziest has-been “economist” on Earth. Sam Altman is similarly a charismatic fraud who continuously fails up. I don’t know anything about Paul Nakasone but given his NSA connections, this might be the worst board in history.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 29 days ago to Technology in X is about to start hiding all likes

Elon Musk trying to be “edgy” and just coming off like the most divorced man on Earth is pretty funny. I’m still not using Vichy Twitter but it is funny watching a grown ass, 52 year-old man try to be an edgelord.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Petition | Meta has announced it will be abandoning CrowdTangle, its industry leading transparency tool, this August - in the middle of the biggest election year on record

It’s not just America having an election this year. India just had theirs and it’s the biggest election on Earth.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects

I did twice a week when I was management: once at the start of a sprint, once on the first Friday where we only identified blockers, and once the following Wednesday where we talked about what can ship and be ready for QA.

The goal was to have a release fully ready on Thursday so Friday could be for emergency bug fixes but most releases are fine. If everything is perfect, great! Everyone go have a three day weekend. If QA catches a bug or two, we fix it and then ship.

If a deadline is gonna slip, just tell me when you know. It’s not usually a big deal.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects

Personally, I was never great with agile projects. I get that it’s good for most and sort of used it when I was a CTO but as a solo developer, there are days when I’d rather eat a bowl of hair than write code and then some days, I’ll work all night because I got inspired to finish a whole feature.

I realize I’m probably an exception that maybe proves the rule but I loathed daily stand-ups. Most people probably need the structure. I was more of a “Give me a goal and a deadline and leave me alone, especially at 9am.” person. (Relatedly, I was also a terrible high school student and amazing at college. Give me a book and a paper to write and you’ll have your paper. If you have daily bullshit and participation points, I’ll do enough to pass but no more.)

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Zoom CEO Wants an AI Avatar to Do Your Job While You’re at the Beach

He clearly doesn’t understand how office politics works. If I’m taking a Zoom call at the beach, I want my camera on so I can flex on everyone in the office or home in their pajamas. I hope the CEO joins the call and sees me in my shades so I can get promoted to VP of Staying Light and Keeping it Tight.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Boeing Will Launch Starliner With Helium Leak

They must have some skills if they rose to the level of Boeing executive, right? They wouldn’t put a bunch of useless MBAs who don’t care about safety in charge of a critical aerospace company.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Boeing Will Launch Starliner With Helium Leak

They really should make the Boeing executives be the first astronauts on this mission.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Russia Says It's Assembled a Lithography Machine, Will Make 350nm Chips Soon

In fairness, that was a pretty solid era. It wasn’t peak tech but I’d be ok going back.

It was probably a mistake for society to advance beyond the era when computers weren’t super portable and phones were just “smartish.” Like that BlackBerry era where you could communicate and get news if you needed it but it was enough of a hassle that you usually just waited until you were at home or the office to get caught up.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers say

If that data is really worth $500 million, Ticketmaster probably “hacked” itself. One last score before the DOJ breaks them up.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue

Molecular gastronomy.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue

Maybe try the recipe before you talk shit, you scaredy cats.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in Self-Driving Tesla Nearly Hits Oncoming Train, Raises New Concern On Car's Safety

If self-driving A.I. models need a workforce to help identify trains, we could probably assemble an army of toddlers willing to be paid in cookies. My friend’s kid gets HYPE and yells “TRAIN!” when he sees one. He can also reliably identify cows. He calls most construction equipment “big truck” but that might be good enough. If a Tesla thinks a backhoe is a big truck, it’ll avoid it.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres , 1 month ago to Technology in California Resto Lets You Pay For Meal With Your Face: Payment Method May Be Available Nationwide Soon

I literally couldn’t login to IRS.gov this year because the facial recognition software powering login.gov kept failing. And I recently got a new driver’s license, renewed my Global Entry (whose facial recognition system does work), have a passport, etc.

I have no idea what picture of me the government or vendor running login.gov is trying to match me with but I’m pretty sure I didn’t change my face recently.