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by paulcole 2y ago
> How do you give your kids some certainty in an age that is lacking certainty? I don’t think this has much if anything to do with AI. It’s like my parents asking for advice on raising a kid during the age of the Pentium chip. You teach
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by paulcole 2y ago
For a large number of adults: They’ll never have lower expenses and a greater tolerance for not having money than at ages 18-22. They’ll never be in closer contact with such large numbers of people their age with the same level of freedom.
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by paulcole 2y ago
It’s the same as every tech bro on here who says, “Go join the trades!” People want to be sure that their success is protected and they love telling other people what they should do.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> intended to be used in unanticipated ways Am I an idiot or is it unclear why this is the intention?
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by paulcole 2y ago
Gmail is like 30% of the email market and probably higher w/ their target demographic. Normal email is the not-normal email.
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by paulcole 2y ago
(Outside of niche circles like HN) Nobody uses computers anymore. Nobody is going to seed from their phone. Plus instead of a million people all wanting to watch Spider-Man 2, those million people have infinite options of short videos or wh
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by paulcole 2y ago
Isn't it just insane from your point of view. For somebody else couldn't the same offer be appealing?
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by paulcole 2y ago
I would love to know the most drama caused by this thing over the years —- and how close it came to being shut down.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> You might as well say US people fucking love washing machines or knives and forks. Yeah, you’re getting it. Nobody will say they love washing machines but they clearly do. We see it in their actions. Same as with cars. Everything they
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by paulcole 2y ago
Like I said, litany of excuses. If you really don’t like cars, you’ll find a way to minimize use of them. If you really don’t mind cars that much you’ll make up stories about how if buses and trains and bike lanes were more attractive then
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by paulcole 2y ago
At least in the US people absolutely fucking love their cars. They will lie about how much they hate them but ask them to actually change their behavior and you get nothing but a litany of excuses.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> You can easily distinguish yourself by simply caring about whatever it is you’re working on. Care about the business, not specifically the thing you’re doing.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I think from other discussions, many on HN are in a similar boat as me - that is, using AI for code generation is certainly valuable, but having an 'agent' just 'work' for you probably isn't. Then isn’t this a
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by paulcole 2y ago
No, I think you’re missing what I’m saying. I don’t even save bookmarks anymore lol.
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by paulcole 2y ago
Any bookmarking, archiving, or similar tool. I delete everything now outside of financial documents that I have an iCloud folder for. I guess I save photos too, although thats pointless. There’s nothing else I really ever end up going back
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by paulcole 2y ago
> It hurts to listen to. Does it really? Isn’t this the kind of thing it would be good to practice tuning out rather than complaining about?
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by paulcole 2y ago
I mean the reason I blew you off is that you didn't answer any of my questions. I see this often and if you've convinced yourself that you have no control in this situation you should find a different situation. Or you should real
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by paulcole 2y ago
OK I guess you're screwed then. Good luck.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I can't just start working on whatever I want by leaving the daily responsibilities behind Why not? Are they organized enough to have good oversight and fire people who aren't keeping up with their work? > nor can I just t
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by paulcole 2y ago
> started a new role within a highly dysfunctional organization with no clear responsibility or supervisors This is an absolutely awesome place to be. You can either get by doing hardly anything or you can do anything you want. Which are
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by paulcole 2y ago
> A lot of my classmates, some of the smartest and hardest-working people I know Aren’t they also basically the vast majority of the people you know?
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by paulcole 2y ago
I’ll admit this makes no sense to me. How would a company like YouTube (or any ad-supported service) make money in this scenario? Does everything just become insta-paywalled?
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by paulcole 2y ago
To be fair, lawyers will hem and haw about everything. Getting them to give a straight direct answer is like pulling teeth.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Until that happens, the OPs observation that they are under compensated vs. other workers of a similar skill set would be where I'd put my money. How would we settle this bet? Won’t the OP need another offer to confirm it?
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by paulcole 2y ago
But he’s a computer programmer so obviously his expertise extends into all other areas.
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by paulcole 2y ago
It won’t decide what’s fair it’ll tell you what’s true. How can someone possibly know they are currently underpaid without evidence that they can earn more than they are currently earning?
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by paulcole 2y ago
The 500 is the length of the race in miles. It’s 200 laps of a 2.5 mile track.
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by paulcole 2y ago
The driver helps create revenue the car owner (often in the form of ad dollars). They may do this by driving well or they may do this by dating a country superstar or starting fights with other drivers. Sure at the end of the day driving is
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by paulcole 2y ago
They do say they have employees in 90 countries…
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by paulcole 2y ago
If you believe you need more people to get out of trouble isn’t it cruel to not follow through?

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