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New comment by bufordtwain in "AI doesn't replace white collar work"

bufordtwain — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:50:50 +0000

What about the 4000 Square employees that just got the boot?

New comment by bufordtwain in "Coding agents have replaced every framework I used"

bufordtwain — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:40:15 +0000

I didn't fully realize how much pain there was until I started delegating the coding to AI. It's very freeing. Unfortunately I think this will soon lead to mass layoffs.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Id Software devs form "wall-to-wall" union"

bufordtwain — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:36:12 +0000

If you enjoy your job your employer is able to exploit you more?

New comment by bufordtwain in "Perl's decline was cultural"

bufordtwain — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:34:28 +0000

I thought its decline was due to Perl's confusing syntax. That's what caused me to move away from it anyway.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older people by changing oral microbiome"

bufordtwain — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:27:33 +0000

I wonder if they could test this by comparing blood pressures of older folks in Australia with those in other countries since I hear they really like beetroot there :)

New comment by bufordtwain in "Medical aid in dying, my health, and so on"

bufordtwain — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:42:43 +0000

Yes, other states have it you can Google for a list.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Dolly Parton's Dollywood Express"

bufordtwain — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:33:58 +0000

Thanks, was scratching my head and thinking that a baby's side isn't always peaceful.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Iconography of the PuTTY tools"

bufordtwain — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:16:39 +0000

*Tatham

New comment by bufordtwain in "How much are LLMs boosting real-world programmer productivity?"

bufordtwain — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:09:47 +0000

I'd guess maybe 10-20% improvement for me.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Do you want to be doing this when you're 50? (2012)"

bufordtwain — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:29:05 +0000

Late 50's and still enjoying it. Are there some frustrating days? Sure. But overall it's fine and is relatively well paid. It helps to have one or two co-workers that you get along with and can joke with. At this age you get random aches and pains that keep popping up which make me appreciate my desk job.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?"

bufordtwain — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:16 +0000

Where is the evidence that we're in hyperinflation?

New comment by bufordtwain in "In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming"

bufordtwain — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 16:15:04 +0000

I've been interested to see some small (1 acre-ish) solar panel installations popping up on local farmland near me in Northwest Indiana. I'm a bit surprised because although we get quite a few sunny days it's nowhere near Colorado levels of sun. So I guess the economics must be getting to the point where it's either profitable now or is expected to be profitable soon.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Marshall Brain has died"

bufordtwain — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:58:23 +0000

That is a very weird and troubling article.

New comment by bufordtwain in "The Case for Hypochondria"

bufordtwain — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 17:09:10 +0000

I've also noticed that they give you a very short time to explain your problem and symptoms and it's not unusual for them to be misinterpreted and/or misunderstood. Sometimes assumptions are made and the doctor gets an incorrect picture in their head. It's a bit like when someone gets interviewed for a newspaper story and when the story is published it has obvious errors.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Seeing America by train"

bufordtwain — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:48:40 +0000

I get the impression that Amtrak is itself a tourist attraction, as opposed to a practical means of transportation.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Starting Hospice"

bufordtwain — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:26:30 +0000

Just wanted to say thank you and farewell. You are in good hands with hospice.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Can reading make you happier? (2015)"

bufordtwain — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 19:28:14 +0000

That's the one reservation I have about reading. When you're reading you aren't living, in a sense.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Can reading make you happier? (2015)"

bufordtwain — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 19:25:01 +0000

Kurt Vonnegut wrote something similar about doing art of any kind.

New comment by bufordtwain in "Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again"

bufordtwain — Wed, 22 May 2024 20:20:41 +0000

This might be the exception that proves the rule but I used to work for an outfit that made a school website product (SaaS) and they seemed to be making plenty of money.

New comment by bufordtwain in "The curious case of the missing period"

bufordtwain — Tue, 21 May 2024 23:16:18 +0000

What about the missing comma at the end of the first line? :)