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  1. Comment on Hair loss open discussion in ~talk

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    Ah! @Akir mentioned the same and I think that's a very good point. I'll switch over after this batch is done thanks!

    Ah! @Akir mentioned the same and I think that's a very good point. I'll switch over after this batch is done thanks!

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  2. Comment on Hair loss open discussion in ~talk

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    I started topical minoxidil about a month and a half ago! No results yet. Be warned if you start you may start shedding hairs dramatically in the beginning- this is normal. Scary.. but normal....

    I started topical minoxidil about a month and a half ago! No results yet. Be warned if you start you may start shedding hairs dramatically in the beginning- this is normal. Scary.. but normal.

    Question for the group- I use the foam and I never feel like I'm quite spreading it properly. I've started spraying it, semi-randomly, directly onto my scalp until I resemble a cooling rack of meringues. I assume after rubbing it around im hitting all the spots well enough on average? Not sure if theres a better technique.

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  3. Comment on ‘House burping’ is a cold reality in Germany. Americans are warming to it. in ~life.home_improvement

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    I'm not sure why, but my brains first solution to this was the wonderful image of a guest yeeting themselves through a narrowly open window as someone slams it shut after the feet pass through....

    I'm not sure why, but my brains first solution to this was the wonderful image of a guest yeeting themselves through a narrowly open window as someone slams it shut after the feet pass through. Minimal air exchange while still allowing ingress/egress!

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  4. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    Good luck! I'm curious how are you broaching that quality culture question with them? And if you end up on a few interviews with answers I'd be curious what the vibes are like with regards to all...

    Good luck! I'm curious how are you broaching that quality culture question with them? And if you end up on a few interviews with answers I'd be curious what the vibes are like with regards to all this.

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  5. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    I agree this is the case for now but I worry for the future. Many apps dont have to be well coded to ship. I foresee a shift in leadership that will (knowingly or not) make the trade on fast, dirt...

    My experience is that most companies are desperate to hire seniors

    I agree this is the case for now but I worry for the future. Many apps dont have to be well coded to ship. I foresee a shift in leadership that will (knowingly or not) make the trade on fast, dirt cheap, vibe code solutions over a team of seniors doing it "right".

    I can ask Claude to "find me the place where X happens in the code" or even "trace the dated from this component all the way to the database and give me a summary".

    Theres still a healthy chunk of our codebase that is in an ancient framework and contains some 10k line megafiles I dont dare touch. Literally my favorite use for AI is setting it loose on those to answer my questions. One of the rare times I am truly happy for AI lol.

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  6. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    That was a great read thank you! I drift with you on how quickly you think the take-over will be with other fields, though. Professions that operate over gobs of text and whos end product is...

    That was a great read thank you! I drift with you on how quickly you think the take-over will be with other fields, though. Professions that operate over gobs of text and whos end product is again, gobs of text are just so, so ripe for AI takeover. I'm trying to think of some "basic" tasks between some fields, like a civil engineer needing to make some sense of a road network PDF or a plastics engineer reviewing some 3D modeled component for improvements - LLMs, multimodal or not, fail so very hard at these kinds of tasks. Compare that against a software engineer who can often one-shot copy-pasting in a ticket for a small feature into some agentic AI. Scary.

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  7. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    I think if I shared your passion for math I'd be making a pivot to machine learning. If you cant beat em, join em :)

    I think if I shared your passion for math I'd be making a pivot to machine learning. If you cant beat em, join em :)

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  8. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    I feel you buddy.. I wish I shared your optimism. The bubble will pop but I think we're stuck with AI indefinitely.

    I feel you buddy.. I wish I shared your optimism. The bubble will pop but I think we're stuck with AI indefinitely.

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  9. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    Maybe I'm in the minority, but technical management has drank the kool-aid and is pushing the use of AI very hard. They were obviously upset recently at not enough productivity gains and had all...

    Maybe I'm in the minority, but technical management has drank the kool-aid and is pushing the use of AI very hard. They were obviously upset recently at not enough productivity gains and had all engineers send in a writeup up on all the ways we use AI. Any pointing out of areas where AI struggles is seen as being "difficult" or "too negative". Mind you this is coming at a time when we've lost all our project managers and designers so all devs are taking on extra work (I wonder why we're not seeing productivity gains? 🤔)

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  10. Comment on Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI? in ~comp

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    Hah, I hadn't considered this! I've had thoughts of moving into consulting at some point if i want to start winding down the number of hours I work.

    And just imagine the consulting opportunities that’ll pop up as companies with vibecoded products need real engineers to come clean up their mess.

    Hah, I hadn't considered this! I've had thoughts of moving into consulting at some point if i want to start winding down the number of hours I work.

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  11. Any software engineers considering a career switch due to AI?

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    I've grown increasingly unsure about if I'll stay with this profession long term thanks to the AI "revolution". Not because I think I'll be replaced, I have an extremely wide set of skills thanks...

    I've grown increasingly unsure about if I'll stay with this profession long term thanks to the AI "revolution". Not because I think I'll be replaced, I have an extremely wide set of skills thanks to working over a decade in small startups so I think I'm safe for a long while to come.

    No, I've grown weary because an increasingly larger share of the code that we produce is expected to be ai generated and with it shorter timelines and I just plain don't like it. I think we reached a tipping point around Claude opus 4.5 where it really is capable and that's only going to continue to get better. But damnit I like coding, I enjoy the problem solving and I feel that's getting stripped away from me basically overnight. Also, as these models become more and more capable I think the number of companies vibe coding to a product with fields of junior level engineers is going to grow which is going to push down senior job opportunities and wages.

    So now I'm left wondering if it's time to start pointing towards a new career. I really love building stuff and solving problems so maybe I go back to school and switch to some other flavor of engineering? Idk. Curious where other's heads are at with this.

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  12. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (February 2026) in ~health.mental

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  13. Comment on Good News Everyone! - the coping with everything edition in ~talk

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    I grew up in California which has perpetually been in a drought for all of my adult life, a fact that's not missed in the local culture. But guess what? We're out of the drought, baby!

    I grew up in California which has perpetually been in a drought for all of my adult life, a fact that's not missed in the local culture. But guess what? We're out of the drought, baby!

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  14. Comment on Have you ever had an oddly specific dream come true? in ~talk

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    I have a theory that every feeling of deja vu is just real life events that happen to match up one to one with memories from dreams we can't quite access.

    I have a theory that every feeling of deja vu is just real life events that happen to match up one to one with memories from dreams we can't quite access.

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  15. Comment on Moving out soon. Think out loud with me regarding saving money vs. quality of life. in ~life

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    For me, the deciding factor would be the roommates. I'll lead with saying I'm a man who has only stayed with other men or their girlfriends so I can't speak to what your dynamic would be like....

    For me, the deciding factor would be the roommates. I'll lead with saying I'm a man who has only stayed with other men or their girlfriends so I can't speak to what your dynamic would be like.

    I've had a couple periods of time after living with parents where I ended up in a large shared house like that and it was honestly really great both times. I'm not the most social guy so having something always going on and kind of a built in group of friends was really cool and beneficial for me. Not to say it's always fun- having a mixed bag of people in one house means there's inevitably differences in what's acceptable in terms of cleanliness, drug use, politics, loudness, etc. This was never an insurmountable problem for me.

    I would set up a day to go over there and meet everyone and feel out the vibe. Do you think you'd get along with these people? This is probably the "tidied" version of the house, can you live how it looks? I would also quiz the friend on if there's been any issues between roommates, people not paying or doing their fair share, loud late parties, etc. If that all checks out I'm team budget option!

    Also, the $ difference is enough that if you stashed it away in some high yield savings or bonds each month and continue to grow your income you could be looking at getting into a starter home by the end of the decade. Don't give up on that dream!
    Edit: There's a ton of assumptions there so let me qualify a bit and say that will also depend a lot on your expectations, area, and income. Some math is required.

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  16. Comment on US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country in ~society

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    I just watched the press conference. Sounds like trump 'n' friends plan to run the country themselves for some undeterminable amount of time and are very blatant about plans to take oil for...

    I just watched the press conference. Sounds like trump 'n' friends plan to run the country themselves for some undeterminable amount of time and are very blatant about plans to take oil for themselves. I guess I appreciate the honesty? 😅 Hopefully this move back fires with all his xenophobic America First base but we'll have to wait and see.

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  17. Comment on Tablet suggestions? in ~tech

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    Hah, that's rich. Good luck in the search! It sounds like you're a casual user like me so anything not bottom of the line should be okay. If it were me, I'd be searching for: Used with no screen...
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    Hah, that's rich. Good luck in the search! It sounds like you're a casual user like me so anything not bottom of the line should be okay. If it were me, I'd be searching for:

    • Used with no screen cracks or scratches. It's getting a new case anyways, literally no difference in used vs new here imo.
    • Samsung. I like em a lot. The bloatware doesn't bother me much it can pretty much all be disabled. Go with pixel if this is a concern tho.
    • Confirm the keyboard situation, I think most all the Samsungs have it.
    • Throw out any that are anywhere close to end of life for updates, don't want to be buying an expensive near future brick. Heavy preference for ones still being produced.
    • Not the top of the line, not the bottom of the line.

    After I had 5 or so models I like in my price range I'd run them through Phone Arena which can do side by side comparisons and then just pick the one with the best combo of specs I like.

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  18. Comment on Tablet suggestions? in ~tech

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    This is interesting and clearly a lot of people agree with you but as someone who had owned both I hard disagree, I much prefer my Android tablet to the iPad in virtually every way. I think a...

    This is interesting and clearly a lot of people agree with you but as someone who had owned both I hard disagree, I much prefer my Android tablet to the iPad in virtually every way. I think a large part of this is that I haven't used apple products anywhere else so the Android device is just much more intuitive/obvious to me. I also find Apple too restrictive with things like browsers where you can't actually install anything other than what's essentially a skin over Safari.

    It's like 5 years old now but my tablet, Galaxy Tab S6, still runs and works great. I would recommend it (or whatever is the new one in that line of products).

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  19. Comment on Moving back to the US (after 7+ years living in Germany) in ~life

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    I always go for 20% because I don't want to have to do a lot of mental math but it's wrong to say 15% is a no-go. The majority of America tip 15% or less according to this pew research article.

    I always go for 20% because I don't want to have to do a lot of mental math but it's wrong to say 15% is a no-go. The majority of America tip 15% or less according to this pew research article.

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  20. Comment on Not-so-humble brag: What are you proud of that you don't normally get to talk about? in ~talk

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    That's cool! I never realized this was a thing anyone did outside academia or research institutes. If you're okay with sharing it I'd be curious to take a look.

    That's cool! I never realized this was a thing anyone did outside academia or research institutes. If you're okay with sharing it I'd be curious to take a look.

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