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New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:04:08 +0000

> Who is "we"? Every labor-providing human on the planet? When that many people are economically disenfranchised and you call them "entitled", the problem is you.

I'm speaking specifically about white collar workers in western countries. I don't believe they are economically disenfranchised at least not yet. We were behaving entitled-ly by not acting in unison with the other laborers who are economically disenfranchised. If you are some sort of exception forgive me but I doubt you were spending your money to build shared parks and teach programming to the children of Amazon drivers. Most white collar workers here are buying pickup trucks and living it up. Myself included. And now we are in the finding out phase of why that was bad.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:56:28 +0000

I'll try to continue this in our other thread but the reason Sam is not suffering is that we don't protest like the French or punish the wealthy for their transgressions. I believe for example it would be reasonable for altmam to be jailed for cyber crime and open ai dismantled to pay for damages they have caused but that won't happen.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:47:59 +0000

I don't really disagree with anything you've said here except the last bit.

We are being entitled. We shouldn't have been sucking at the investors class teet thinking we are special. We along with most white collar workers on the west were being entitled and complacent. My point of view is very far from tough luck.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:43:23 +0000

Yes of course I am rich and when my grandparents passed I cackled with joy because it happens to other people but not me. I am glad you have determined my type.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:34:37 +0000

I think you are not understanding my premise. I get that my words can sound harsh but someone discussing tough facts doesn't make them your enemy. You can be upset and maybe you should be I'm not one to decide here. What I am stating isn't some fancy eastern enlightenment its logic that most of us in the west ignore.

Being a software engineer professionally in call it 1990 thru 2020 is an incredibly privileged position. We were only able to enjoy such an easy position in life because of supply and demand and the math has changed. We had these positions not because we were special but because investors could make money off of it and needed us.

Suddenly they don't. Or believe they don't. Should we be pissed. Probably. But it doesn't change the fact that we got cozy with things that were revokable.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:30:40 +0000

Yes. Much like 90% of the world there is nothing special about you that guarantees easy "creatively fulfilling" work.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Fable Took My Job"

getpokedagain — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:27:49 +0000

Yes. The problem here is cultural and most westerners feel:

- It is reasonable to expect a nice comfy desk job with little stress where they get paid well to explore an interest they have. We are all moderns Thomas Edisons no?

- It is unexpected, undesirable and perhaps objectively bad to not live a life without struggle. I bet most westerners would not sit home in poverty and then fly after years to be with their loved one who has struggled to become a cook or delivery person.

For context I say this all as a westerner who tries to shake this mentality. We don't need all of this supposed comfort we only are addicted to it.

New comment by getpokedagain in "I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Invisible Cities"

getpokedagain — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:49:06 +0000

Doesn't work right on my phone.

Vanadium (chrome)

https://imgur.com/a/nGLyJf6

New comment by getpokedagain in "Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits"

getpokedagain — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:41:26 +0000

The comment said close and build slowly. Not live on a boat :)

New comment by getpokedagain in "ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you"

getpokedagain — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:47:14 +0000

Why use logic when you can use ai pixie dust and marketing and of course our good friend. Bullshit.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md"

getpokedagain — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:46:27 +0000

Wow..... Progress and technical innovation right here!!!

New comment by getpokedagain in "GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released"

getpokedagain — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:21:25 +0000

This is somewhat true. I expect more regressions from released commercial software.

I suspect there are fewer regressions per release on graphenes alpha messenger than there are in googles message's app.

New comment by getpokedagain in "GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released"

getpokedagain — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:39:39 +0000

If you look at the history they have been working on this for a few months. The announcement probably was tied to this public release being cut for testing.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Making the Internet Boring"

getpokedagain — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:47:51 +0000

Why are people not guessing

Putin

Trump

Modi

New comment by getpokedagain in "Commercially Available Bike Generators Are Not Sustainable (2011)"

getpokedagain — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:51:38 +0000

The server the article is being hosted on is battery powered via solar. You can see it's charge percent on any page the server sends back to you.

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/power/

New comment by getpokedagain in "Bun 1.4"

getpokedagain — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:07:35 +0000

Bun honestly seems cool. But this creepy ass intro video is icky.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era"

getpokedagain — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:56:48 +0000

Lol at the verge paywalling

New comment by getpokedagain in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

getpokedagain — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:08:07 +0000

Because every attempted Linux phone gets zero battery life. I'd like to be able to leave the house for more than 3 hours.

New comment by getpokedagain in "Every Fucking Website (2020)"

getpokedagain — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:52:18 +0000

Its always confusing to me since I'm already accesing it through an app.

New comment by getpokedagain in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

getpokedagain — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:40:05 +0000

This is only true of ye olde apps from shitty banks and the like.