(Personal project, not professional one)

Working on a website archive tool for watching them offline. It collects a website, and makes .Zim with ( equiv of .zip), then watch it when you have no internet access / only local network.

The tool use libzim, where i did not find ''easy to use'' tools to create custom archives.

Yet, when i ask my collegues or friends, i feel very alone, where developpers are only asking a few questions to copilot, nothing more.

HN is a microcosm of geeks/early adopters. How is it around you ? Which percentage of people around you ''adopted'' coding agents ? Is there reluctancy to use AI ?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46638882

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# Comments: 7

Not that up-to-date (missing some time) to edit. First is non-tech projects (woodworking, leather, ...) Second is more tech-related

While talking with friends about job changes, some would say: - "do not work for a startup as it is too unstable" - "do not work for a medium company if it is unknown, otherwise no one will value your experience" - "It is better to move in a big, large, well known company, so you can move anywhere after".

How would you agree with the second and third claims? Is there companies it is better not to join (even if the salary is competitive) because your experience gained there would not be considered, making the next move difficult?

Myself, I am OK with the first one, as the failure rate of startup is much larger than the success rate, but I do not agree with the two last (I work for a large company, it does not seem to make change easier).

What is your experience on this topic? Would you say all experience are considered the same way?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41398784

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

The initial idea of Nakamoto was great. However, you need an interface between our money (Dollar / yen / euro) to buy it or exchange it against goods, which makes it prone to state taxation / regulation.

So now I see it less interesting than option trading, as you need to put your hand in the dirt to get your crypto, keep your private key safe, etc. for at the end having the same legal obligation for tax income.

- Add-free Business model: Big question in how do you monetize the system, making it viable. Maybe the people contribute in storage, storing the data of people they interact with to enable availability, and contribute depending of their possibility.

- Data ownership (a lot of concern for some tech people, but for the majority, I think they don't really care / understand the problem)

I support your point of view that low-skilled jobs would be the most impacted. Being part of a large company, we are in a very safe position.

With automation, companies are in a grey zone. Do they add more robots, so it improves the quality of life of workers while firing some/most of them, or do they prefer "social workers", doing repetitive tasks with no added value ? Which one is the most ethical ? Japan made the first choice, thanks to ageing population and absence of immigration to compensate.

I don't know the detail in USA, but the lack of social net / government-grants for unemployement does not help to secure a little bit. In France, the social net is not the answer, as it has many problems. Small businesses are closing because 1. They don't find employees (that converted to other jobs or prefer social grants or are completely unqualified), 2. Business is not restarting while government grants are shutting down, 3. They are sick of uncertaincy to open / close / protocols / etc.

For masks, I see people making no effort while wearing them. At the start, we need "1" or "2 meter" distance between people. Now they have the mask, 30cm away is perfectly fine. I wonder which option is the best.

For the moment, I see it as a new way to speculate. Here, we are asked to declare it for our tax income. In other countries, the use is forbidden. So, in any case, the state tries to keep control on it, which limits usability and adoption.

I think it could be a protection against inflation or deflation, (even if it has its own volatility), as it is not indexed on a specific money providing a form of local stability.

However, PoS or PoW, it is almost the same. Big/rich have the capability to invest / buy machines while poor cannot. So one or the other option seems equivalent.