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New comment by mr_freeman in "'I've applied for 300 jobs. My 25 years' experience is worthless'"

mr_freeman — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:36:15 +0000

Healthcare is still considered a "communist" opinion for a significant percentage of Americans. There are politicians in the current administration that think children shouldn't have free lunch at school.

But, somehow, they will implement UBI.

New comment by mr_freeman in "Steam Users Beg for "No AI" Filter as Vibecoders Flood Next Fest"

mr_freeman — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:21:02 +0000

I would argue that this could even be detrimental. Using coding agents nowadays has become a matter of survival for indie/solo devs. The moment their product is revealed, nothing is stopping a vibe-coder with a pro license to just copy the game concepts and release it.

New comment by mr_freeman in "Ahead of IPOs, AI companies are sketching plans to share their wealth"

mr_freeman — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:01:33 +0000

> Ahead of IPOs, AI companies are sketching plans to share their wealth

Ahead, of IPOs, companies plan to share the wealth they don't have.

I feel sorry for all of those actually expecting UBI.

New comment by mr_freeman in "I miss thinking hard"

mr_freeman — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:33:03 +0000

That's Capitalism, baby

New comment by mr_freeman in "I miss thinking hard"

mr_freeman — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:31:11 +0000

> Just look at image generation. Actually factually look at it. We went from horror colours vomit with eyes all over, to 6 fingers humans, to pretty darn good now.

Yes, but you’re not taking into account what actually caused this evolution. At first glance, it looks like exponential growth, but then we see OpenAI (as one example) with trillions in obligations compared to 12–13 billion in annual revenue. Meanwhile, tool prices keep rising, hardware demand is surging (RAM shortages, GPUs), and yet new and interesting models continue to appear. I’ve been experimenting with Claude over the past few days myself. Still, at some point, something is bound to backfire.

The AI "bubble" is real, you don’t need a masters degree in economics to recognize it. But with mounting economic pressures worldwide and escalating geopolitical tension we may end up stuck with nothing more than those amusing Will Smith eating pasta videos for a while.