You’re either emotionally consumed by the human struggle or not, it’s a personality thing - in my opinion. You’re allowed to be poor and a nerd, unless I missed the memo. I’ve met poor and wealthy people that are excited by space.

I’m assuming you are just trolling to stir up internet drama. If you’re being serious, then you should be ashamed, because that’s a very obvious lie. i guess we all see what we want to see.

I counted 9 photographs with woman in them. I counted about 18 with men in them.

I’ll even reference the photos for you:

- woman eating a snack in the 1st photo (left), where timber is being carried.

- 2nd photo (shearing pen)

- school girl wearing crocs, jeans, and a pink backpack (Ella Repetto)

- (backside) photo of a woman named Shannon Swain.

- the laboratory for the village’s Fisheries Department. A lady named Sarah Glass-Green is shown.

- I see ladies working the field in the photo of Tristan’s potato patches.

- Joyce Hagan, standing outside the lobster processing facility.

- Sara Green, a girl playing at the beach.

- A far shot, but there is one of a woman collecting eggs. “Kelly Green, Tristan’s head of tourism, collects eggs at the end of the workday.”

Lawyers thoughtfully write laws that other lawyers understand. I’m not sure why that’s confusing.

Adding more people to a project doesn’t improve throughout - past a certain point. Communication and coordination overhead (between humans) is the limiting factor. This has been well known in the industry for decades.

Additionally, i’d much rather hire someone that worked on a a handful of projects, but actually _wrote_ a lot of the code, maintained the project after shipping it for a couple years, and has stories about what worked and didn’t, and why. Especially a candidate that worked on a “legacy” project. That type of candidate will be much more knowledgeable and able to more effectively steer an AI agent in the best direction. Taking various trade offs into account. It’s all too easy to just ship something and move on in our industry.

Brownie points if they made key architecture decisions and if they worked on a large scale system.

Claude building something for you isn’t “learning” in my opinion. That’s like saying I can study for a math exam by watching a movie about someone solving math problems. Experience doesn’t work like that. You can definitely learn with AI but it’s a slow process, much like learning the old fashioned way.

Maybe “experience” means different things to us…

Yes i’ve run the numbers and that’s possible even in a HCOL city. Could probably retire at 45 if i moved to europe (i have dual citizenship). Cheap healthcare and college goes a loooong way…food is cheaper too.

so i’m not sure i understand the joke but that’s fine. I’ll continue enjoying my 4+ weeks off a year and retiring early. Cheers :)

That’s all i’m pointing out. I agree that the U.S. really lags in terms of taking care of its people. I am NOT recommending the U.S. as a great place to work for most people.

But you’d need to actually care to take something like that into consideration so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The problem is not that other manufacturers offer choices – the problem is that for a typical consumer it’s IMPOSSIBLE to really understand which computer in the lineup is appropriate for their needs. It seems most of them are focused on B2B sales.

Of course, if you are a gamer or a nerd like myself, you don’t mind spending a week finding the perfect computer. But that’s an exception.

At the end of the day it’s a moot point. You can’t pick when you find love and a suitable partner. :)

I can only speak as a man. I spent my late teens thinking with my penis instead of my brain. Things worked out well for me by pure luck.

Most teens have no real experience with “real” relationships or what makes a great life partner. This is CRUCIAL when parenting. They’re also not thinking about a stable career so they can actually support a baby. Never mind the money…most jobs in the U.S. have garbage health insurance, unless your employer is great.

Many people THINK they know what their life should look like. Then again most teens think they have life figured out lol. A tale as old as time…

I would say mid 20s is an ideal time from a maturity perspective. The best time depends on the person obviously. You can’t plan falling in love. :)

My first SWE job was at an older fortune 500 company where tech was not its main focus. You started with 14 days of vacation and slooooowly worked your way up to 4 weeks after like 20 years of service lol.

My point is, in the U.S. your experience varies WILDLY based on your employer. Not saying the U.S. is perfect or does things the right way. Just pointing out that you’re off base with your “15 days of vacation for big tech” comment. That’s a false generalization for big tech. Accurate for white collar jobs in general though!

There is the real problem. It’s not a tech issue. It’s a people problem. Most governments don’t actually _respect_ and _serve_ their people. They see them as cattle to be monitored and manipulated.

Don’t see why the same can’t be true for this machine…

> it should stop talking to him altogether, and arguably Google should have moderators reporting these people to relevant authorities for wellness checks and interventions

I agree. This seems very reasonable and I would welcome regulations in this area.

The gray area imo is when local LLMs become “good enough” for your average joe to run on their laptop. Who bears responsibility then? Should Ollama (and similar tools) be banned? Where is the line drawn.

Did his family/friends not know he was that ill? Why was he not already in therapy? Why did he ignore the crisis hotline suggestion? Should gemini have terminated the conversation after suggesting the hotline? (i think so)

Lots of questions…and a VERY sad story all around. Tragic.

> Genuinely, so many people in my industry make me ashamed to be in it with you.

I don’t work at an AI company, but good news, you’re a human with agency! You can switch to a different career that makes you feel good about yourself. I hear nursing is in high demand. :)

linux does not apply here. General consumer doesn’t even know what linux is.

and the end user can blame Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, etc for not delivering the best experience for their customers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯