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dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Because I have got very used to using my own toilet whenever I need to.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

This is more than a fair response, and I apologize for using the term, because I really daydream about going on an extended backpacking trip with money in the bank, or living in a van and traveling around. Which is significantly different than the normal definition of homelessness.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

I am very jealous of you.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Bullshit. If the company stops renting office space to save money, or hires you to a team that lives far away, you are forced to work from home.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

I'm not sure if I actually believe in the intro/extro-vert dichotomy, so I normally try to stay away from the topic, but you have captured my gut feeling here.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Commutes can also be forced meditation, exercise, and exposure to sunlight and fresh air.

If you don't naturally prioritize those things, the impact of missing them will sneak up on you.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

I remember feeling exactly the same way. When I got offered a work from home job in august of 2014 it felt like a magic portal into a dream life I always wanted, and it was for the first 6 years.

Maybe it is my town, maybe it's me. But I just don't think it's healthy to wake up, walk down the stairs and sit in front of a computer for 8-15 hours every day, rinse and repeat. Maybe things would be different if I had the discipline to consistently shower, cook, exercise, go outside, spend time with friends, pursue my hobbies, and maintain my household.

dec0dedab0deon Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich (2023)

Ehh, I don't know if those examples really apply, even if they effectively have a similar outcome. Incentives for environmentally friendly tech are more about helping those industries get off the ground against entrenched incumbents that are harmful to everyone. The benefit of less exhaust in the air is immediately good for everyone.

Although I'm sure government and corporate greed was able to exploit those policies as much as it could.

dec0dedab0deon Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich (2023)

Next time start with this level of nuance. Flippantly arguing semantics about controversial issues is not the way.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Why would an insurer who denied all claims have any customers? I think you're missing the market competition aspect of the insurance business.

Most people do not get to choose their own insurance company, they just get whatever their job picks. Most big companies have directors and officers that personally benefit when a particular insurance company does well. The market is completely broken.

Insurance is an arbitrage leach at best, and extortion at worst. It provides no value to society.

Without insurance Market prices would drive down the cost of healthcare.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

The only tech job that had that balance was a network engineer at the headquaters of a global company in a skyscraper with 3 offices and a datacenter in walking distance. Most of the time I was sitting around writing code or configs, but at least once a week I would have to walk to a different floor or building to wire up a switch or rack a new DNS server or whatever. That bit of required physical activity and interaction with others was always a highlight.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Physical labor is bad for the knees, but good for the soul.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

You're farting with a walkman on.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

I would consider two people talking to each other in a waiting room or on a train very rude too. If they are loud enough that the people next to them or behind them can hear the words they are saying, then it is rude of them. Of course, this is relative to how noisy the place is overall.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

I have been in tech for the tech for over 20 years now, heck over 30 years as a hobbyist. I have lost almost all interest in it these days. It feels increasingly meaningless, and actively harmful.

I know it is my own fault for neglecting my health and relationships, but I can't help but feel this career makes the most important things more difficult.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

This dropped off the front page in the time I read it, I assume because of the controversial gate that favors upvotes to comments (which I am making worse by replying to others). It is a shame, because this really resonated with me.

I've been working in tech for over 20 years now in various roles, and this is the least I have cared about it. I used to want to get better, and was constantly excited about learning new things just for the sake of it. Now I daydream about being homeless. I look around at all the meaningless crap I have accumulated, and feel shame that I didn't use that money to retire early.

I am surprised that remote work didn't get a bigger mention in the article. In a few weeks I will have been working from home for 12 years, and I believe it is the cause of most of most of my angst. At first, the convivence was such a relief, but it has become a trap. The effort of the commute, forcing me to go out every day and talk to human beings face to face, even just little things like making sure I was showered and dressed every day, they all felt like a burden at the time but they were good for me and I didn't realize it. Not to mention that it makes my house feel like work, and I now I hate it here.

I will say as an anecdote counter to the AI examples given in the article. I have a young co-worker who is very excited about AI and is using it way more effectively than I am. Talking to him gives me hope for the future, the kids will be alright.

But to the point of the article: I have many friends my age that are making less than half of what I do working objectively harder jobs for way longer hours, but they all seem so much happier than I am.

dec0dedab0deon What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers

Surely android and ios surpass windows in usage. Though I would argue that none of them are popular.

dec0dedab0deon Amazonian civilization had estimated 3M people in 3% of forest area

It takes more than a few decades for things to regrow.

Have you ever seen a cleared lot that hasn’t been touched for a decade? We have a few near my house, and it is fascinating how wild they have gotten in such a short time.

Multiplied 10x and set in the rainforest, I would expect signs of humanity to be completely hidden.

dec0dedab0deon Big Food vs. the People

That is only within the context of economics. Outside of that it is fine to use the common literal meaning. Professions don't get to dictate that their jargon is used by the rest of us, even if they coin the phrase.

dec0dedab0deon Hacker Public Radio

mostly youtube videos of shows that are also podcasts.

dec0dedab0deon Hacker Public Radio

Woah I forgot all about this, I used to listen in like 2006-2009 when I was into podcasts. That's awesome they're still doing it!

dec0dedab0deon 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

Region locking content is the undesirable behavior. Accessing it is very desirable.

dec0dedab0deon Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise

Wait, he was a creative worker, don't you want them doing drugs?

dec0dedab0deon Claude Cookbook

I suspect certain workflows like langchain and others like it will retain usefulness into the future. Having deterministic steps before and after the llm is the way to go for anything that might be potentially harmful. Which I guess is what the harness does, but why be limited to a generic harness when we can use it to make specific ones for our needs.

dec0dedab0deon John C. Dvorak has died

I used to watch his podcast ~20 years ago, I still bring up how excited he was about finding secret bottles of wine in costco

dec0dedab0deon Ghost Cut – or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere

I wish the OSes wouldn't even expose to the applications anything about copy, cut, and paste. From the applications perspective it should be indistinguishable from any other io.

dec0dedab0deon Most Americans say "not in my backyard" to AI data centers

Most of it is anti-AI sentiment, there are already a ton of people who have lost jobs, or clients to AI.

What bothers me is clearing forests, sometimes even protected forests with the idea that they'll ask for forgiveness instead of permission.

dec0dedab0deon Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns

Writing in signs and menus in chalk has been a signal for a high quality restaurant for as long as I can remember. With photos of the food, and/or ring bound menus being the worst.

dec0dedab0deon Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude

but it's the same idea

dec0dedab0deon Judge approves $1.5B Anthropic settlement for pirated books used to train Claude

There needs to be a royalty payment based on if the AI regurgitates existing ideas.

We're trying to own ideas now?