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> 8 hours (4+4) spent in commuting, driving or not, is an entire life. This isn't a realistic concern, but something pulled out of a cyberpunk novel. What if t

> 8 hours (4+4) spent in commuting, driving or not, is an entire life. This isn't a realistic concern, but something pulled out of a cyberpunk novel. What if that time is spent sleeping? Maybe you don't even need a house, so you'll have more money to spend on a nice car.

lallysingh 4y ago
That just digs deeper into cyberpunk distopia.
- trgn 4y ago
  lol It's really uncanny, every time, there it is, man must submit to the technology rather than have technology submit to us. Because a self-driving car is advanced technology, therefore men must move with self-driving cars. Even if that literally includes having to live out of your car.
  - TeMPOraL 4y ago
    Indeed this is how it works. Or, more accurately, man has to use the new technology to keep up with other men, as those who don't get outraced by those to do. The end result is a ratchet of progress. It's ironic how people in software don't notice it, despite the fact that our industry caused several such shifts, and we're all living with (and whining about) the consequences. Myself I didn't notice it for close to two decades since first learning to code. The realization came to me with age - I'm at the point where I have more disposable income than free time, so all the "wonderful" self-service software enabled now grates and irritates me to no end.
    - trgn 4y ago
      > The realization came to me with age same > self-service software enabled now grates and irritates me to no end. haha yeah, devil's bargain
  - lallysingh 4y ago
    Technology is a tool, often to make one group submit to another.
sporkl 4y ago
If you don't have a house, and sleeping when you're in the car, then why would you bother commuting at all?
- nix0n 4y ago
  In many places within the USA it is illegal to sleep in a car.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  Maybe you're the next generation of digital nomads - working from a nice location for a day, then sleeping in your car while it shuttles you to a new nice location for tomorrow.

lallysingh 4y ago

That just digs deeper into cyberpunk distopia.

trgn 4y ago
lol It's really uncanny, every time, there it is, man must submit to the technology rather than have technology submit to us. Because a self-driving car is advanced technology, therefore men must move with self-driving cars. Even if that literally includes having to live out of your car.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  Indeed this is how it works. Or, more accurately, man has to use the new technology to keep up with other men, as those who don't get outraced by those to do. The end result is a ratchet of progress. It's ironic how people in software don't notice it, despite the fact that our industry caused several such shifts, and we're all living with (and whining about) the consequences. Myself I didn't notice it for close to two decades since first learning to code. The realization came to me with age - I'm at the point where I have more disposable income than free time, so all the "wonderful" self-service software enabled now grates and irritates me to no end.
  - trgn 4y ago
    > The realization came to me with age same > self-service software enabled now grates and irritates me to no end. haha yeah, devil's bargain
- lallysingh 4y ago
  Technology is a tool, often to make one group submit to another.

sporkl 4y ago

If you don't have a house, and sleeping when you're in the car, then why would you bother commuting at all?

nix0n 4y ago
In many places within the USA it is illegal to sleep in a car.
TeMPOraL 4y ago
Maybe you're the next generation of digital nomads - working from a nice location for a day, then sleeping in your car while it shuttles you to a new nice location for tomorrow.