Honestly if it keeps the toddler occupied then I’m all for it

Best to also avoid people with LSP and debugger addiction.

Not sure about dumb but sometimes brute force is the way if the problem space is small

That sort of jump always looks both incredibly brave and foolish to me. I guess it’s necessary for startups though.

I’d think more would do a ramen bootstrap to test waters on both product fit and potential for monetization though

Don’t think it’ll replace the load bearing parts of IT infrastructure any time soon.

For specialized things that a specific user wants - already happening. Someone in a finance role showed me a demo this week that was reasonably sophisticated. SQL, multi user auth, integration with corporate finance software, parsing enormous excel files, dashboards, custom analytics, custom finance logic etc

In the past we’d have paid consulting devs millions for that now it’s a copilot license and a finance guy (that is reasonably tech savvy). Also cuts out the endless project planning meeting, stand ups, circling back, and scope discussions that you get when actual devs consult.

> largest cost center. I disagree because Sales couldn't exist with a product but that's a lost point.

Execs know it well enough. It’s true by definition for all cost center - only reason to have them is to support sales

Maybe that’ll still come once he gets his intel briefing from Fox & Friends

London’s first line predates tokyos by like 60 years and was literally the test ground for how to make underground’s

The challenge isn’t the technology but rather the environment you’re trying to retrofit

The real issue is lack of investment. The old lines with tiny trains not tall enough to stand in other than in the middle should have be rebuilt (much) larger long ago with enough space for AC and modern amenities, but the British never bothered because "it's fine, London is not that hot anyway."

So if I follow, you’re saying that because London’s underground is older than Tokyo’s, it somehow changes the physical environment of the tunnels or their surroundings such that installing the required technology is more difficult?

Please expand…

The way this is usually done is through a radiating wire that goes on the wall from station to station. This solution requires a lot of power. The stations in London are very small, leaving very little space for a transformer that can provide said power.

Because of that they rely on directional antennas that cover sections of the tunnel - but those need to be straight, otherwise another antenna is required to cover that corner. There is also very little head-room in the tube tunnels in London. You can see how things get more and more complicated as you dig deeper into the problem.

You’ve not been in London’s deep underground lines I take it? Some of the tunnels are so ancient and cramped that tall people can’t stand straight in most of the carriages. As the article says there just isn’t space to add equipment. Same reason they’re struggling to add air conditioning to older lines - no clearance

The recently built lines had 5G etc from the start. It’s not difficult when the environment isn’t constraining you. Even malls add indoor 5g these days

There is very limited clearance inside the tunnels, and a lot of electrical noise from existing systems.

The tunnels are particularly narrow and lived with iron rings. There's less space for adding equipment.

That's the standard excuse but it's the same on the Elizabeth line which was commissioned only a few years ago.

Just like Google at the beginning

Yeah definitely still the best.

Lately I’m seeing more comments though that interact with others like a LLM. Curt demands/instructions as in “show me a source” / “explain this aspect”. Makes me wonder about who the site is attracting

Given that there's very little benefits (that I'm aware off) of a "high score" HN account it does seem that there's little benefit for people to do karma farming.

I'm sure that there's still some people who try (and/or test their pet project) but it seems far less of an issue than on Reddit.

Astroturfing.