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starbugs
2y ago
> Has anyone claimed technological changes will impact every group and subgroup on a literally equal basis? No, but too much inequality is not sustainable. Since in a democracy everyone has an equal vote, there will be a force that balan
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starbugs
2y ago
There's ESG. But that comes with its own challenges.
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starbugs
2y ago
> I really did not want offend you tbh. but i talked to a lot of people regarding EVs. You accused me of trolling when I said that I believe people are good in general and that you shouldn't force them to do anything. I think you sh
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starbugs
2y ago
> I'm really not sure if you trolling or believing in this. Ok, that is the end of the discussion then. I think you are not in a position to claim that I am trolling when using a throwaway account that was created literally 3 hours
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starbugs
2y ago
I will ask the same question here. Do you have access to charging at home? That's the single most decisive factor in my estimation for whether an EV can replace an ICE car realistically or not at this time.
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starbugs
2y ago
> The governance allows companies to push in a direction. Arguably, that's not true. Tesla who apparently pioneered the recent success in EVs started off with that development without any subsidies. If the technology is good enough
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starbugs
2y ago
> Same with your statement tbh. Have to make generalized statements without experience. That's the important difference and why your claim that my statements are the same is wrong. I don't have experience with an EV in my curre
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starbugs
2y ago
That's why I considered buying one in the first place. I don't dislike EVs in general. It's just that the points I mentioned don't justify the benefits at this point for me. "A better experience overall" shoul
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starbugs
2y ago
> I haven't charged at home for nearly 2 years. It was not an issue. How frequently do you drive and how long are your trips? Where and on what network do you charge? What do you pay for charging? > Nonetheless, you can charge yo
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starbugs
2y ago
I've recently considered buying an EV. I've come to the conclusion that it only makes sense if you can charge at home and won't frequently go on longer road trips. Even then, I might still consider it too expensive/risky
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starbugs
2y ago
> Fear makes you worse at everything but running away from something Even running away can get more error-prone with fear.
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starbugs
3y ago
> That's also possible, depends on details of the dynamic between OP and the rest of the group Sorry, no. That's not also possible. That's in fact exactly what happened if we believe OP's story.
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starbugs
3y ago
> Still, when I see my newer coworkers in similar situation as I were, I know neither my experience nor your comment will reach them. But I believe your comment & my experience is probably more useful than the original articles (non-
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starbugs
3y ago
> I can really understand how it feels from their perspective. Work feels much better when we do stuff that makes us connect as humans, and quarterly corporate events don't cut it. They created a culture where they did something fun
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starbugs
3y ago
> Not worrying about it might be close to just quitting (or silent quitting) and require a bit more mental change than "to not just worry about it". Even if that's the ultimate goal, the advice is as helpful as telling a h
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starbugs
3y ago
> So the conclusion is not that helpful. Isn't the conclusion from the article inherently transferable to what you described? (I was assuming a different topic as well.)
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starbugs
3y ago
We'll see. I don't think that would help them if and when it pops. The survivors/big players tend to suffer disproportionally with regard to the actual fundamentals (look at dot-com again for comparison). I think it's qu
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starbugs
3y ago
Something being in a bubble and being useful is not mutually exclusive. Remember the dot-com bubble?
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starbugs
3y ago
No idea what you are talking about. I simply replied to the parent and gave an explanation that could answer the question. I have no study to prove my point though.
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starbugs
3y ago
Because that's an easy argument which you can just deploy to force people into your opinion and silence them if they deviate. Here, have a study, it's peer reviewed. Are you going to question that? Now you are unscientific, uneduc
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starbugs
3y ago
> I don’t see any effective way to fight it other than joining it. How do you fight it by joining it?
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starbugs
3y ago
> Sometimes you have to work with the tide, because fighting it is futile and even self defeating. Said the fish before approaching the waterfall. While I agree that the incentive structure is set up in a strong way for AI to be further
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starbugs
3y ago
> They straight up told us that if a job can be done from home, then it can be done from India. Company leadership could be done from home during covid, right?
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starbugs
3y ago
> Supposedly someone who is educated and technologically literate to a high degree, thinks opposition to AI is a good thing. Ignoring that your comment is phrased in a hurtful way towards the parent which got you a downvote from me, why
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starbugs
3y ago
> Edit: You can really see just how bad this is going to get if you look at Apple. How they are deemed to be "behind" because they don't have generative AI right now and how they are so desperate that they are looking at G
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starbugs
3y ago
> What needed is indifference, not hate. Agree that hate is not the solution. But saying "no" decidedly and loudly is absolutely something that people need to relearn and I am happy to see that some do now. Just being indiffere
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starbugs
3y ago
Love your landing page!
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starbugs
3y ago
> but don't fall in love with a project or a company, because there lies burnout. One part of me agrees. The other part says: But if I wouldn't have fallen in love with what I was doing to begin with, I would never have reached
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starbugs
3y ago
> This makes me wonder if finding a low-key, sane culture is the key to sustainability in the industry, and avoiding burn out. Finding a culture where you feel that you are being treated as a human being and feel properly rewarded for wh
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starbugs
3y ago
> take more chances That seems to be the key here.
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