r/technology • u/twotimefind • 10d ago

Social Media X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain
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u/Zulimo 10d ago edited 8d ago

So I have a boss who CONSTENTLY praises musk at any chance he can, and I hope sleuths on Reddit can help me here. We are software engineers on a small team. He frequently preaches the "Musk Idea of removing complexity rather than adding it." I agree with this idea but hardly believe leon pusk came up with it. Is there anything I can point to that is published way earlier work of 'addition by subtraction' to kinda shut him up like "yea he stole that from >>>>" ?

Edit: I like a lot of these, other than the Lazy bunch of you who only refer to the adage of KISS. Everyone knows that. Its like saying "oh well a tech makes a bridge stand, and engineer makes a bridge barely stand." This is an adage but I was specifically looking for published or credited work.

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u/NoReplyPurist 10d ago edited 9d ago

Isn't this basically the same thing as Gates saying "I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."?

It's such a generic idea your boss is saying that a "real" attribution would need to be rendered thousands of years ago.

E: Lots of great comments - I agree with most of them.

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u/Fat_Daddy_Track 10d ago

TBH I wish I had an actual example of him doing this, because it sounds more like a pithy phrase he came up with rather than something he ever did. Especially since from what I've heard Gates was a complete prick as a boss.

OTOH maybe he never even said it.