Of course that's just anecdotal and may be the exception. And there's plenty of CS grads who have been passionate about the space their entire lives.

I studied Spanish for 3 years in high school, coasted by. I'm a complete beginner though. Nowadays I have a bit more curiosity in learning it again, and I'd probably make more progress in a few months than I did in all those years.

> nobody cares about your individual consumption choices

Not sure if I agree though - mentioning that I use gen AI for any use case can cause some very hostile reactions.

I've spent many hours learning to play guitar and ukulele but I'm really not very good, and probably never will be - but I can hear the music in my head I want to create. I'm not interested in monetary gain at all, just being able to hear it for real and maybe share it with some people.

Not happy with google.

And it's become clear to me how little of the open web, and top 100k sites they've fully indexed, I used to have a lot more faith in them.

True. And to some extent, I've seen more 'useless but fun' projects in the last year because they can be done in an afternoon rather than a week. We need more of that.

Not respect as a carpenter, but perhaps respect as a businessperson or visionary.

That's intriguing. Along those lines, I've also been interested in the idea of using pressure sensors and anemomenters to automatically open/close different windows in my house to create optimal airflow. Unfortunately the house I'm in is 100 years old, so for now it's just a daydream.

Theirs probably isn't silent, but you certainly could figure out how to make this very quiet and gentle sounding, building tension in a spring between strokes with some kind of silent linear actuator

Your comment HERE could even be interpreted by some as preaching for violence - because you're implying that there's a line you can cross where the opinions you share justify your death.