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megamix··on Losing two jobs in one year
Speculations of course.

I don't think that AI can reach such a level to install and measure everything without a carpenter. The gap is quite big and requires data which doesn't exist in the real world to feed into a model that can power AI to such an exact degree.

Look at how far we've come with LLM, that's only because we have so much texts readily available to train those models. In real life you'd have to manage a dataset combining different configurations of installations, even within prefab and assemblies you cannot reach the accuracy in my opinion without carrying a huge risk.

megamix··on Losing two jobs in one year
Exactly!
megamix··on Losing two jobs in one year
Yeah I'd like to see someone automating carpentry :)
megamix··on Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution
I understand everything you wrote.
megamix··on Losing two jobs in one year
Oh my bad! You can either categorize them as 'artisans' and 'blue collar'.

E.g. in no particular order: metal smith (silver gold etc), welder, carpentry, plumber, mechanic, fine artist, sculptor, textile. Basically the 'real trades' that have been around and should be around for many years.

The type of jobs that the white collars can't do without.

Either you outperform other CEOs and get rich on your own business, or you go this other path as I exemplified :D.

Now the gray zone is your regular 9-5, probably good co-workers, you make good living and work to live. The downside is that flexibility. So you need to think about what trades are you willing to make. I didn't mean to sound so 'dramatic' and pretend it's all black and white.

megamix··on Losing two jobs in one year
Learn a real craft instead that doesn't put you on a balance sheet. This career and economy movement has tricked all of us into building an identity from work.

I believe strongly that we should start more anti-work movements. No not like the one at reddit.

megamix··on Data will not tell you what to do
I like this explanation. I wonder about this on a philosophical level -- is data analysis just our defense mechanism to gain control over things?

Another thing to say is not all companies should or can be vision driven, some companies are just that copy cat.

megamix··on Data will not tell you what to do
Thank you! This guy has obviously read Nassim Taleb. Here you go upvote!
megamix··on ADHD linked to evolutionary success in ancient humans
I'm always fascinated by ADHD and have you guys read Procrustean Bed (Taleb, 2010) where he silently hints at this with the following quote: "For instance, few realize that we are changing the brains of schoolchildren through medication in order to make them adjust to the curriculum, rather than the reverse."
megamix··on Sora: Creating video from text
Thankfully it's nothing magical. But are you willing to learn about it or not?

Think about animation, how a program can generate a sequence of a bouncing ball between two key frames. Think about what defines a video. The frames right? From there I can try to imagine.

megamix··on Over 50% of the population of Germany does not own their home
If the mortgage was possible to be paid off to 0 sure during your lifetime. The disposable income doesn't unfortunately.

The error to believe the house price will always continue to rise is a risky belief. People always need somewhere to live, but where and when you enter/exit the market matters. If mortgage interest rates were not set to keep the banks happy, then it would possibly be a realistic scenario to believe the housing market works for the benefit of the population.

megamix··on Over 50% of the population of Germany does not own their home
It's all rent. Either from the bank or the landlord lol. Or can we see a break down of how many have 0 mortgage?
megamix··on Protein biomarkers predict dementia 15 years before diagnosis in new study
Does this mean that big pharma can celebrate and sell more drugs?
megamix··on Sam Altman Wants $7T
So he need more horses? Maybe spend half that budget to deal with any copyright violations.
megamix··on Git tips and tricks
Keep it simple for everyone's sake. The last thing you want is to be round kicked by your version control system.
megamix··on Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?
Nothing in the article aims at explaining or moving the attention to why. Just a collection of statements, without looking back at why this is. Women have to pick a career, this has an effect on family building.
megamix··on Improving my Emacs experience with completion
So that's what DI is. Took me 7years. Kidding!
megamix··on Improving my Emacs experience with completion
On another note, how many feel Mr Fowler's notes on software engineering are worth reading?
megamix··on Improving my Emacs experience with completion
How long did it take to "get it all working"?
megamix··on Ask HN: How easy is it to become an entrepreneur in 2024?
What kind of entrepreneur? You should search out opportunities you believe in, not what somebody else is saying is the next trend.
megamix··on Pandoc
Yes, I know.
megamix··on Testing how hard it is to cheat with ChatGPT in interviews
For one's own sake, use the approach that will lead to self-actualization.
megamix··on The missing apex of Maslow's hierarchy: self-transcendence
Kind of religion, just thousand of years later. Modernity runs in circles imo and loves to label old things in modern terms. Mankind cannot continue to sell itself to short term careers. Thankfully farmers (I think) and others that choose to live outside the grind are on the right path. We can pretend in the modern world that we don't need anything with the soul or religion. But in the end we will find it.
megamix··on AI-generated art lacks copyright protection, D.C. court says
Do you agree AI generated art is theft in the first place?
megamix··on Microsoft retracts AI-written article advising tourists to visit a food bank
So technology is turning against us lol.
megamix··on The Fall of Stack Overflow
Maybe people just got better
megamix··on Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
Social media is an active mechanism to keep you hooked.
megamix··on Honey consumption improves blood sugar and cholesterol levels, study suggests
Just thanks for sharing this!
megamix··on Google removed our website from search because it uses YouTube-dl
I can still see your website listed in Google search.

You can always rely on DuckDuckGo to list :D.

What can we say about a totalitarian search engine?

megamix··on Thinking with pen and paper
Great write up! I use pen and paper to off load my mind
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