scalzi is mil-sci-fi, which I also enjoy, but not man vs nature conflicts like weir writes about (even Artemis is largely about solving physical problems even if they arise from interpersonal conflict..)
I hate articles like these. Every city and township has their own set of ordinances that makes generalizations like this not possible. They might define RV differently, or they might only allow it for a limited amount of time, or during the building of the dwelling.
You have to go to the source yourself, per city, and figure it out. And the ordinances change over the years too.
You don’t have to buy products that aren’t certified-AI-free. You’re not obligated to buy many things, though existing without expenditure is more of a life goal and less of a realistic expectation.
I loved the last suggestion, this has happened to me so many times and mostly i end up abruptly excusing myself. "Follow me so i can introduce you to xxx" is a great advice. Can i add this advice to the blog?
-- In such a future, people will have minimal income (possibly some UBI) and therefore there will be few who can afford the products and services generated by AI
-- Corporate profits drop (or growth slows) and there is demand from the powers that be to increase taxation in order to increase the UBI.
-- People can afford the products and services.
Unfortunately, with no jobs the products and services could become exclusively entertainment-related.
This is a great point. While i was reading the book, this tip was shared too with an example of a person who would make notes on the visiting cards of that specific person so that next time if she bumps into them again, they would have a talking point.
The default should be a clutter for new users, and the customization option should be make the UI customizable by hiding things you won't ever touch because you use shortcut keys.
The other way around is yeah, hostile. But of course it looks sleek and minimalistic!
On the early iPhones, they had to figure out how to move icons around. Their answer was, hold one of the icons down until they all start wiggling, that means you've entered the "rearrange icons" mode... Geezus christ, how intuitive. Having a button on screen, which when pressed offers a description of the mode you've entered would be user-friendly, but I get the lack of appeal, for me it would feel so clunky and like it's UI design from the 80's.
You didn't miss anything, the author of the piece was just wrong. They either screwed up the math or didn't read their own link correctly, or both. Moreover, it is trivial to search for the US Dept of Education's budget for 2022 and fact check this.
It's also cited as evidence that Amazon is now more powerful than the US Government which is just factually fucking false. It really is a different breed of person that thinks some millions of dollars > sovereign power. It's like, yeah, they lobby, but they also have people lobbying against them, including near-competitors. The dynamic is not as simple as spend some $X millions of dollars and get some amount of equivalent benefit. You lobby because an entity with sovereign power can trivially destroy your business.
QiuShi is the official political theory magazine of the CCP, and they are now openly discussing 内卷, which has many names in English - involution, overproduction, overcompetition. Most people outside of China know the symptoms of it as 996, aka China's recent phenomena of overwork. But really it's just personal and corporate competition taken to the extreme, spreading from the economy to high school students taking gaokao.
It's pretty radical that the government is openly acknowledging this, but also that they are signaling that this is a problem to solve.
> get updates for X years, sync with all your devices and use it forever. If you want updates after X years buy the newest version again. If its good enough as is - and > that's the goal - just keep using it forever.
While this sounds good deal, with this approach
- You have to charge total cost of subscription at once (1y, 2y), since you still have to keep servers running for syncing, have to keep people on the payroll for future developments.
OK, I'm not in the cohort you are addressing. After 20+ years in industry, I went back to academia and got my PhD in SE at one of Australia's top unis.
Nothing really changed. Ageism is still a hurdle. While I was in academia my industry contacts have gone stale. Agencies that used to source excellent contracts fail to connect with requirements which are overly specific, e.g. Java, or SAP, or whatever. Having a higher level of knowledge together with decades of experience is not competitive in face of outsourced resources from the big international consulting firms.
I have friends who work/worked for top law firms, consulting firms, some are medical doctors. Most are overworked, burnt out, frustrated with increasingly bureaucratic managements, facing relationship issues, nursing a variety of addictions.
My only piece of advice is: optimize your life for quality not income. Prioritize your health, happiness and relationships.
I don't think it's intended for people with social anxiety either. I'm not socially anxious, but I could definitely benefit from following up on conversations from parties more often.
Google at least at the time had a vested interest in making external blaze a thing AND the options in open source were just "not as good". While buck2 is IMO technically better, I don't think there's a compelling reason to switch and I just don't see Meta having a long-term vested interest in keeping it open and growing it.
> modern frontier models like o3/gemini/claude4 (at least for well represented languages/libraries/algorithms). The fact that you haven't observed this is an indicator of the shallowness of your experience.
I'm not chasing the AI train to be on the bleeding edge because I have better things to do with my time
Also I'm trying to build novel things, not replicate well represented libraries and algorithms
So... Maybe I'm just holding it wrong, or maybe it's not good at doing things that you can't copy and paste from github or stackoverflow
> How should I structure my resume? I have no past projects other than the work I've put for my past 2 employers?
This part is pretty easy. Include the companies you work for, and the dates. Describe the project and the (relevant) skills you used. For title, put Software Developer, Contract. You can put junior on the one where you had an official title, and leave out a level on the one where you didn't have a specific level noted.
Given your resume is short, include an education section listing your Bachelors degree, and courses included: and list some you think are relevant.
Getting hired is hard, especially if you're working remotely. Try to use and build your network. That person who hired you twice, might be able to hire you again, or know someone who can use your skills; send them an email. If you've got contact info from anyone you were working with, send them something like
Hi X, I enjoyed working with you at Y, so sad it failed, what are you working on now, do you have any openings, or know anyone who is looking for a developer like me?
Sorry I went traveling for a week right after asking my question. I've already ordered a nylon string guitar - thank you for your detailed reply, it was very helpful as a reference.
