He will talk about OS events, or any low level concept and it makes me feel like I don’t know anything, but he acts like I’m a genius if I talk about JavaScript Runtimes, browser engines, anything frontend.

It’s cool he teaches me new things, I teach him some

We need to promote density, walkability and time.

In America there is an idea that anyone who wants more that 4 hours to live outside of work is lazy or in some form selfish.

We do need to model university a little bit imo. Give me stuff to do that I can get to with fair ease, give people the time and energy to do it and everyone will be a lot more social

Public transportation.

Removing or heavily rolling back zoning laws.

Government investment in child care.

Nature takes the path of least resistance. If we want people to actually meet people and have the energy to make meaningful connections, the government has to set up the infrastructure to make it possible.

I’m going to gloss over Europe because I went there for the first time, and it blew my mind.

People were at the park at 4 pm! I live in a city and hardly see people outside at 4. They have the time to go to these 3rd places.

People were visiting friends with kids, which blew my mind because everyone I know who has had a child instantly has dropped off the grid socially. I understand why, but we need to make it easier for those children and parents to continue to have social interaction.

In my hometown, everything is so spread out that visiting a friend could be a 30-min drive. I was conditioned to believe that isn’t a lot, but at the end of a workday, who has the energy? Personally, I think public transportation would help that also create a lot more interactions with strangers to maybe create new friendships.

Also, zoning laws would help that. If everything there is to do is 40 min away, it adds so much resistance that it’s not worth it for most people. If every neighborhood had a pub or restaurant, it would add a lot of meeting points for your neighbors and will create a lot more spontaneous, “let’s invite this stranger to eat with us.”

Lastly, we have to work less. This is the toughest to chew. I’m fully in the office now, but when I was hybrid, it was so much easier to see friends because I had some ownership of my time. We need to have the energy to be social.

I have a lot of friends but don’t have the time or energy to see them so I have felt lonely for the past couple of years.

I think it’s true walkable communities like Europe kinda feels like college, everyone is busy and have their own life but hanging out is so accessible that it’s a matter of why not hang out compared to why hang out

I'm a developer, so I'm techy enough how to look up what I don't know, but I would never recommend this to someone who struggles with technology.

Kernel antic heat is frustrating but usually its games where I feel like I won't lose anything if I don't play it.

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Why can't it be both a bubble and revolutionary?

I use it, I'm cautious with it, but it is useful, if it wasn't stack overflow wouldn't be where it is today.

Now, that doesn't mean that these crazy investments will bear fruit. Lately, money just doesn't feel real at all. Trillions are being invested and investors are hoping for returns within 5 years!?

I got all the components, tested it on a breadboard, learned to solder and now I'm working on the 3d Print to enclose everything.

I actually just did a test run to see if my current 3d design would fit my PICO board, and it fit, but not that secure yet.

Im a developer but never worked this close to metal, so I've been so happy with how it's been going so far, making me real proud of myself.

I am for the first time the main developer on a large project at work, I don't feel like what they are asking is unreasonable. I’m saying that in case people believe that they are setting me up for failure.

I'm managing adjustments to a large database and a large codebase of 2 APIs, and a WebApp. I find myself confused and spend more time cleaning my code then actually developing.

.NET and blazor if that matters

Any Tips?

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I love the app on my Mac, can't wait to go home and try it out

While I saw countries discussing the issue, none of them seemed to ask Google directly to only allow authorized third party apps.

That makes me think this is entirely a power move. If those countries had actually asked Google to step in and make phones safer, there are other ways to do that. And if they did explicitly request this particular solution, then why isn’t it being implemented only in those countries?

This is a software-based solution—just like Apple limits certain features to specific regions, Google could do the same and restrict it to the countries that require it.

So It's either worse case, they are actively lying to increase their investments rolling in, increasing their stock.

I also wonder if It's less evil than that, where they do believe it but are in the big tech sphere and are just so disconnected to how non-tech companies work.

I work in the insurance industry, and to remove people means every task they do would need an "AI layer to it" because as we know there is no LLM that is great at every task. More AI layers mean more points for error.

And there is no job here where It's okay to be confidently incorrect 1-5% of the time.

I'm in my mid 20s and semi grew up on the old internet, what was the point where tech companies become so James Bond villianish. I got into it because of the passionate people in the industry. I know they're still there, but I feel like old tech companies oozed enthusiasm and passion.

Thermodynamics is the law of laws, unless they invent some kind of ultra-efficient, almost magical computers to run these systems, it's simply not economical yet.

I have multiple smaller Pico projects under my belt, but I understand that does not correlate 100% with the embedded field. Personally, from my perspective, it would feel like the equivalent to someone building a static HTML site and applying for a full-stack position, but I don't know how to fix that.

The Web Dev field and Embedded field feel extremely different, so I have the fear that with the current job market, even if I commit fully to ensuring my personal portfolio shows a lot of embedded programming, that I won't be trusted for professional projects.

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LLMs are not perfect, but they can do a lot of the boring work, but this removes any ability for critical thinking, research, honestly English.

Which is why I think this issue is different, especially for students. Think about it if someone was writing a paper and used AI to adjust their writing, they still had to critically think about their stance, the argument behind it but most people use it like, "I have a problem, solve problem", completely skipping all mental strain from the problem.

I know I'm not an expert, so I try not to shake my fist at the clouds, but this is honestly worrying to me.

It's the reason apple became apple, even though I don't think the iPhone is intuitive today.

I agree with what he is saying, but I think the trap starts earlier than that. I think a huge aspect is your eating habits as a child. I feel like my hunger is not normal, I can have a giant meal and still feel the need to continue eating, my brain just loves it. It is frustrating to feel the need to eat 24/7, I believe my family has some form of ADHD because we all have addictive personalities, mine and my sisters were eating. My eating habits as a child is something that I ALWAYS have to fight against, it can get pretty tiring.

What I can tell you though is losing weight is also a feedback loop, I'm not saying positive or negative because I believe it depends on who you ask. When I was losing weight, it was so much easier once the ball was rolling, I'm less hungry, I have more energy, but you also start thinking about everything you eat. I was refusing to have dinner with college roommates because it didn't fit my daily caloric intake, and I never truly felt like I looked better, I was never satisfied. At my skinniest you could see my ribs and my arms were twigs.

The inverse is true, I truly believe that most American food is designed to make you eat more than to provide enjoyable nutrition. I visited Europe once, and it was crazy how much weight I was losing because I could have a great meal and feel content, something that I rarely feel here.

The weird thing is I wouldn't change a thing, maybe I did overcorrect, but it taught me a ton about nutrition, and seeing my weight go down made me feel more passionate to keep going, I'm not sure if I had stuck with it if I did the healthier slow and steady approach.

I'm back on the grind and have been working out more, it sucks that I don't have the time to dedicate to my health that I used to during covid, but that's something I'll have to figure out.