I designed dies for forges. Mechanically it’s actually kinda similar to sheet metal, but the EH&S is worse and the whole forging industry is practically a monopoly now.

We’re hiring btw, if anybody is in Los Angeles pm me.

It’s kinda bittersweet to be middle aged and finally have a job I actually like. I program robots to bend metal all day, like Bender from Futurama. It’s super cool and I have zero dread on Sundays for once.

But when I talk to my coworkers, I’m reminded of how rare and lucky that really is. For everyone else the week is still grueling and maddening. The people with “bullshit jobs” aren’t having any fun at all.

So when we start talking about the weekend as an escape, I try to keep it real and see if there’s any way I can make their life more pleasant. Maybe they need a good word for a promotion, or backup asking for a raise, or a lie when they need to leave early, or a glowing job reference.

Imagine how much more our society would accomplish if there were no bullshit jobs and everyone either programmed the robots, or made pottery/paintings/whatever the neurotypicals enjoy.

Shit I talk about unions all the time.

Things have improved! Once I was rejected because I answered truthfully about whether I’d always vote for the law as written.

Sometimes you vote wrong by accident and don’t notice.

You should bet on stuff you don’t like. Then if you win it’s like an insurance payout. Your prediction skills will make money for you, and you might create incentives for other people to reduce bad things.

I’ll keep that in mind next time we have some influence over policy.

Ah I thought you were implying bitcoin was stable my bad

The easiest way to get out of an argument with me is to send me a YouTube video. It has always been the worst source of information about everything, even worse than early Wikipedia. I will not watch your YouTube video.

And it’s slow as hell. They always think their point is both complicated and interesting. Text remains the best medium for communication.

You can download all of Wikipedia!

Smarter is expensive! The brain will use more calories and cost more. LLMs are drastically less energy-efficient than natural brains. We’re one of the few cases where spending more on compute was worth it.

You’re describing eusociality, not intelligence. One might argue that ants have completely taken over, but they aren’t necessarily smarter than solitary wasps. LLMs only exist because of a huge economy behind them, and it remains to be seen how widespread they’ll be once they’re expected to generate a profit.

thejoyofdecodingmycommentisitsownreward

With all the evil happening around us, your revenge fantasy is on perverts with cameras?

I kinda see myself as a tech bro but feel like supporting these shitty platforms is very not bro-like behavior.

My “solution”: fuck it, don’t bother with Reddit at all anymore.

It would be better if Lemmy comments showed their edit history and didn’t allow deletion.

TL:DR. AI summary says he’s saying AI is popular

I just say hi back and check my messages again in a half hour. They blew their chance!

Don’t you see? They’ve domesticated us. The other apes would’ve beaten the billionaires to death by now.

I’m sure it wouldn’t. Prove it, you’re wrong. Existing bugs already do that stuff better. And “if you train it” is doing a lot of heavy lifting, since actual bugs can handle novel situations.

[Monkey’s finger curls]

You can no longer download his code for the kernel or git.