reminds me of when theresa may said UK would become a "hostile environment", because it really feels like that in more ways than she meant.

a high-friction hostile environment is a good description for life.

i really doubt this very much. i hope i am wrong.

the asus rog nuc is extortionate pricing, and beelink are constantly raising their prices too now

it's like every "innovation" now brings with it convenience at a higher cost and takes away ownership and often features

personally i'm quite sick of digital nothingness. its all transient.

i want to get more into real world things that have texture, weight and permanence.

presumably to reduce future jobs in the outer edges of the distribution curve

Now, with rates falling, they can pivot the story - call it an AI bubble, let it crash

then use the crash as justification for renewed, open money printing

...covid

...remote work

...moving away from HCOL areas

...quiet quitters

...layoffs

...RTO

...no jobs

workers got too much leverage and it had to be taken back.

"Major investor calls on Google owner to ‘aggressively’ cut staff and pay" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/15/major-inv... (2 years old)

seems like the entire US tech economy is putting their resources into this goal.

i can see it happening soon if it hasn't already

don't you feel like everything is getting worse in some ways?

the delusion is to think you're special because you work for a big evil company.

as if they care.

usually unintentionally pushing the accepted narrative

anytime something interest comes up everyone seems to try to downplay or explain it

the fact is even your explanation is wrong on some level

if you had bad taste, your taste is just badder faster

i think this is why so far there hasnt been any real moment of innovation from AI

because its not doing anything new. same crap as before just faster

they rather pay people to sit in a room pressing a button every hour than have them loitering around on UBI

either that or in the pod