> This [site] is my life and this is where I have any control. This is the only rebellion I am capable of. Jeeze, talk about defeatist! What a narrow view of t

> This [site] is my life and this is where I have any control. This is the only rebellion I am capable of. Jeeze, talk about defeatist! What a narrow view of the world. Is this cowardice, or mere naivete? Edit: I'll give credit where due— > aimed not at better software, but at better return of investment. We could have had much better working computers. True, yes, but we weren't—haven't been—able to pay for them. And, remember, software is only a means to an end! And that end is value for the humans invested in it! You know, a return value. This is a higher priority than "better software," because with ROI I can get done any number of things that are impossible for computers to accomplish. I want my return in the form of a fungible medium of exchange, not some programmer's idea of a good time! I say this as a programmer whose software has been REALLY GOOD and REALLY UNPOPULAR. If people knew what computers were capable of, maybe they'd pay us to build them. I'm hoping AI will at least rekindle that optimism, even if LLMs are a largely a bill of goods.