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That could very well be. On the other hand, I feel like others are missing out on those moments where one of my friends calls and says "Hey I'm in this and tha

That could very well be. On the other hand, I feel like others are missing out on those moments where one of my friends calls and says "Hey I'm in this and that part of the city and I'm hungry. What do you do?". And I'm like "I'm sitting in a cafe in that other part, drinking coffee, tinkering on my laptop. How about we meet in 30 minutes in this and that restaurant?". And they are like "Deal. I also have my laptop with me. Have you seen the new OpenAI API? I just cobbled something together with it that I would like to show you.". Most people seem too entangled in job and family for this.

yieldcrv 3y ago
people that reserve at restaurants also do what you just described this has nothing to do with the crowd that is entangled in job and family?
pizzalife 3y ago
Please don't whip out your laptop in a restaurant.
- MrThoughtful 3y ago
  Restaurants are great places of adventure where very different types of people come together. Please don't harm these oasis of diversity by telling people what to do :) It would make the world such a boring place. I think visiting restaurants to meet with interesting people is one of the great joys in life. And when interesting people meet, there almost always comes up something to try out or look up online. It feels we are so near to the singularity, that every moment is like a wild ride. I meet people in restaurants a couple of days per week. Only once did a waiter complain about the laptop on the table. I just never went to that restaurant again.
  - yieldcrv 3y ago
    I don’t think your experience is invalid, you are just missing out on other experiences that accomplish the same things you like about your disruptive laptop dependent approach for the sake of AI and machines when the humans have so much infrastructure catering exclusively to us… behind reservations
  - geraldwhen 3y ago
    Do you have trouble parsing social situations by any chance? One waiter complained. Many, many more complained about you without bringing it up, and you likely disturbed others who were eating as well. Find meaning outside a laptop. It exists.
- Animats 3y ago
  That's what Starbucks used to be for, before they removed the tables and chairs.

yieldcrv 3y ago

people that reserve at restaurants also do what you just described this has nothing to do with the crowd that is entangled in job and family?

pizzalife 3y ago

Please don't whip out your laptop in a restaurant.

MrThoughtful 3y ago
Restaurants are great places of adventure where very different types of people come together. Please don't harm these oasis of diversity by telling people what to do :) It would make the world such a boring place. I think visiting restaurants to meet with interesting people is one of the great joys in life. And when interesting people meet, there almost always comes up something to try out or look up online. It feels we are so near to the singularity, that every moment is like a wild ride. I meet people in restaurants a couple of days per week. Only once did a waiter complain about the laptop on the table. I just never went to that restaurant again.
- yieldcrv 3y ago
  I don’t think your experience is invalid, you are just missing out on other experiences that accomplish the same things you like about your disruptive laptop dependent approach for the sake of AI and machines when the humans have so much infrastructure catering exclusively to us… behind reservations
- geraldwhen 3y ago
  Do you have trouble parsing social situations by any chance? One waiter complained. Many, many more complained about you without bringing it up, and you likely disturbed others who were eating as well. Find meaning outside a laptop. It exists.
Animats 3y ago
That's what Starbucks used to be for, before they removed the tables and chairs.