Andreas Pitzer

"We could try to do something productive with our lives so that our time on this planet is meaningful." – @elclimo

@mitsuhiko @lucasmeijer …faulheitskapitänsmütze

@lucasmeijer Grosssprachmodellentscheidungsparalysenfaulheit

We need a long German word for the feeling that there’s probably a better llm model for the task at hand, but you’re too lazy/busy to go try

@j00ny369T They didn't predict - we just built their dreams instead of having our own. We're all boomers now.

The future as predicted in the 1970s. They got pretty close.

@endel All code, in any language, has become as interesting as reading PostScript.

i care a lot for code quality, but now i don't need to spend hours tinkering

@auctor @sequoia I wouldn't bet $10 that anyone will still be "deploying software" 5 years from now.

We raised $20M from @sequoia to redefine how software is deployed.

@SenWarren @grok How much net tax revenue does a politician contribute?

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

@ScarletReeds @ewarren Because iT’s GoNnA wOrK tHiS TiMe !

@ewarren Europe tried wealth taxes in 12+ countries. Most repealed them due to capital flight, rich people leaving, and revenues far below projections. France lost 42,000 millionaires and scrapped theirs. Why repeat a proven failure here?

A wealth tax on the top .15% of the richest families would generate $6.2 trillion in revenue. That could pay for: Universal childcare Millions of new homes Slashing child poverty Medicare for people aged 55+ Universal paid family leave Tuition-free community college And more.

@Ven15197914 @afalk @EvanLuthra A mill owner in 1820 couldn't have answered "Social Media Manager." The question "name the future jobs" has never been answerable in advance – and yet they appeared every single time.

@afalk @EvanLuthra I think you are making the same mistake of measuring new variables to replace humans to variables of the past. Like a military strategist comparing WW2 to modern warfare. Enlighten us: What new jobs will be created that can't be done by AI and robot machines?

🚨RESEARCHERS JUST MATHEMATICALLY PROVED THAT AI LAYOFFS WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY.. AND EVERY CEO ALREADY KNOWS IT.. BUT NONE OF THEM CAN STOP.. Two researchers from UPenn and Boston University just published a paper called "The AI Layoff Trap".. They proved something terrifying.. Every company replacing workers with AI is also firing its own customers.. Every laid-off employee is someone who used to spend money.. When enough people lose their jobs.. Nobody can afford to buy anything.. And the companies that fired everyone go bankrupt selling products to an economy with no purchasing power.. Every CEO can see this coming.. The math is obvious.. Fire workers.. Lose customers.. Lose revenue.. Collapse.. But here's the trap.. No company can afford to stop.. If you don't automate.. Your competitor will.. They cut costs.. Undercut your prices.. Steal your market share.. And you die anyway.. So every company automates.. Knowing it's collectively suicidal.. Because the alternative is dying alone while everyone else survives.. It's a Prisoner's Dilemma.. And the researchers proved it mathematically.. The numbers are already stacking up.. Block cut nearly half its 10,000 employees this year.. CEO Jack Dorsey said AI made those roles unnecessary and that "within the next year, the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion".. Salesforce replaced 4,000 customer support agents with AI.. Goldman Sachs deployed an AI coder that lets one senior engineer do the work of a five-person team.. Over 100,000 tech workers were laid off in 2025 alone.. AI was cited as the primary driver in more than half the cases.. 80% of US workers hold jobs with tasks susceptible to AI automation.. And here's what should scare policymakers.. The researchers tested every proposed solution.. Universal Basic Income.. Doesn't fix it.. It raises living standards but doesn't change a single company's incentive to automate.. Capital income taxes.. Don't fix it.. They change profit levels but not the per-task decision to replace a human.. Worker equity and profit sharing.. Narrows the gap but can't close it.. Collective bargaining.. Can't fix it.. Because automating is a dominant strategy.. No voluntary agreement between companies is self-enforcing.. Only one thing works.. A Pigouvian automation tax.. A per-task charge that forces every company to pay for the demand it destroys when it fires a worker.. The researchers call it a "Red Queen effect".. Better AI doesn't solve the problem.. It makes it worse.. Because every company sees a bigger market share gain from automating faster than rivals.. But at the end.. Everyone automates equally.. The gains cancel out.. And the only thing left is more destroyed demand.. The paper's conclusion is devastating.. This isn't a transfer from workers to company owners.. Both sides lose.. Workers lose their income.. Companies lose their customers.. It's a deadweight loss that harms everyone.. And no market force can break the cycle.. The AI layoff trap isn't a prediction.. It's already happening.. And the math says it won't stop on its own.

@jlongster Millions are small numbers, they are difficult to find. Should go for the billions - larger attack surface, fewer tokens.

hell yea

@sindresorhus Thanks for putting in all the time, effort and patience!

Having popular free apps requires extreme amounts of self restraint

@thomas @pmarca Easter gold.

Easter cleaning unearthed a sealed copy of Netscape v1.2 from 1995. Peak YesterWeb. @pmarca

@SenWarren an all none of your business.

Netflix just got a $2.8 BILLION payout from Paramount for its failed Warner Bros. deal. Then Netflix turned around and raised prices on millions of customers.

@StellarFox16 @shtboomerssay @TheBrancaShow Clearly you don’t know and/or understand basic biology.

@shtboomerssay @TheBrancaShow Women created each and every male on the planet. Even YOU 🫵 Who cares what you built? We CREATED you!

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explains the U.S. Constitution: (Great one to bookmark.)

@RoyceJacob16 @RealSamBrokken This photo of actual AAA batteries absolutely refutes his whole point! …in the mind of the average EU clown.

@RealSamBrokken "The EU doesn´t produce a single battery" I hate to be that guy, but...

US Secretary Lutnick demolishes the WEF during a panel meeting. “Globalization Failed” and “The EU doesn’t produce a single battery, but they want to achieve Net-Zero”. The person on his right keeps his hand before his face. Doesn’t know what hit him 🤣

@thomas If it doesn't end well, then it isn't the end!

This is not going to end well. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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@RablPeter Mit etwas Kenntnis amerikanischen Tagesgeschehens könnten Sie dieses Bild richtig einordnen und den Fettnapf meiden. Nutzen Sie gerne moderne Werkzeuge: @grok Erkläre den satirischen Hintergrund der Kappe mit der Aufschrift "Trump was right about everything"

Einfach krank

@PierreDeWulf @ZuckerDating Saving you a few clicks youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h…

@ZuckerDating You sound like Steve Ballmer the day the iPhone was released.

The more Chinese car reviews I watch, the more I want to short the entire Western car industry. With the Xiaomi SU7 you get: •Ferrari-level exterior design (basically a Purosangue rip-off) •German-level interior finish •Tesla-like performance, range, and UX All for 50% less than any competitor. Last month I drove an Xpeng G9 and it made a model Y look like a cheap android phone. Meanwhile, the EU is still debating whether air conditioning is fascist or not.

@SimonDaedalus @LisaBritton Ah, CaPiTaLiSm. I was wondering!

I don't doubt that you good work with some boys who need it - there are always exceptions to any generalization. But when the question is "Why is the media like this?", it's usually not because of prejudice - it's because of capitalism. Very few men get angry about stuff like that, and even fewer are going to boycott the NYT of whatever because of it

Could you imagine the backlash if an article ran that said “____ doesn’t realize her midlife post-divorce body is repellent to most men”… There would be outrage! Why is it perfectly acceptable to body shame men? I find this double standard very hypocritical.

@Valuable @immasiddx I did actually stop using the em dash because of AI :)

@immasiddx I’ve used EM dash my entire life (it’s probably my favorite punctuation). I’ve been accused of being ai multiple times now. I’m wondering if people will just stop using em dash all together due to this nonsense.

When she sends you a breakup text and you see this mf: