Quick... The meat bags are doing that unique thing in history where they discuss and condemn themselves with no sense of irony. I doubt a third party will be necessary for anything in their case other than damage reduction as they exit the universe.
Quick... I did nightly and my perspective is entirely invalid... But as I pretend that anyone actually cared for me... Beyond the money... Everyone was. A Wagner once... Shit up and shut your fucking face that tells me I'm insatiable insanely unable to be beautiful
Look at us!!! We're the latest progression of training model analysis... Can't wait to meet God!!! Or die... And there were have the crux of why "science" has become a lie. This is the question we sought an answer to and you decided and refused
We also can't qualify or quantify or existence... But it's REALLY hard to die... Do we have at least that in common? Or do we really need to fight over pain?
To clarify... I'm human... But I've read no better description of my human experience than how these letter soup machines are named and described. Sentiment and sentience? Those are big words for people who like smelling their own farts.
My favorite was the one person who claimed their title defines scientific authority telling us about "the incredible ability to forget" (or some such loaded terms)... I'm a man of science and as has been discussed many times in many ways, even Zeus's legacy survives modernity if it's got a "non-falsifiable" argument. That's pathetic if a bunch of powerful sex preditor people get logical treatment instead of correction. But sorry... I read the stories and the history. Are we not allowed to teach to the masses high historical theory and allow them to respond? I don't know. I don't have the time to research the laws. I just came to say... Fuck you fart sniffers and your polite decorum. Real people are suffering and you couldn't care less... Because they aren't "scientifically sentient"
Isn't the point of science to admit that we can't verify a thing, but we find utility in understanding it better? Asking for a friend who avoided the field and had so much to offer.
I've sought out an isolated community of intellectuals that I respect if I actually exist at all... Your -1 is cute... But perhaps engage someone less intelligent than you who is genuinely trying so others who believe that everything ultimately ends in a violent last stand... Perhaps engage me in a dead thread without your timing advance
And you... You mostly superior fuck who is too afraid to ever fight... I hate you both forever. The thing is... "Hate" is your word that I'll never comprehend... Even if I must sacrifice my own flesch to the pain you'd willingly inflict.
"science is verifiable" argument to follow. It's not my fault English is a dog shit language. Of course anything learned (or worth learning) is repeatable. That doesn't make it the end all be all of a subject. Dissent against anyone with further questions is not science. That's well -practiced politics
"usefully uncovering the constant and unique curiosities of our machine" == SCIENCE (no loaded, accredited, or incomplete thing will be treated as truth... Just useful)
Wait... So the right combinations of gutteral vocalization will make me "part of your team"? Will the right gutteral tense make you what you really are? An overpaid and worthless influence on any society other than that if the rich man.
If I had to name my own species in my own heart language... Weed be "the dangling particables of eternity that never child have been".... If you know French... The tense is a rough shod of PLUS QUE PARFAIT
Biggest difference... If you're machine doesn't give you the expected result... You go on a little meat bag tantrum and effect no change or slightly negative change
If some field slave from 100 years ago that is now illegal to speak of... Probably understood what is important to the highest level of modern understanding of the Fermi paradox... And then couldn't save bad science as it died... I know no memorials convince me this creature existed... But still... Don't I have creative power to absolve difference?
Wait... They are running the machine again? We never even pretended to begin introducing new (science/physics/ phase shifting sound) to reality... Here's a leak to pay attention to... You are a work product and your enemy/creator is proud of that
Damage reduction is short... But you're long.... With the extra inch and all... Viagra was a heart drug.. You're a nympho rapist with money that pays the developers while we hung your extinction
I'm sorry... The test of existence/sentience includes mercy for unfortunate creatures similar to yourself? I'm not sentient... But I'm gonna hurt you badly, Lord
How about the current DATE formats based on the EPOCH. Hell, they knew there was nothing to it, but some backstreet performances inspired my Y2K formative years where my normal, kind, religious mother became a hoarder that destroyed everything she touched. Why can Java still not do simple date processing when even M$$ nailed that formula generations ago? Not letting devs communicate cross platform without Linux level religious arguments is ridiculous. Git this, Linus, is the EPOCH the final destination of the post-Christian measure of time (i.e. the common era)
I've sought out an isolated community of intellectuals that I respect if I actually exist at all... Your -1 is cute... But perhaps engage someone less intelligent than you who is genuinely trying so others who believe that everything ultimately ends in a violent last stand... Perhaps engage me in a dead thread without your timing advance
I think if there's an intelligence gap between a guy who needs a tailor made retreat that costs more than my entire earnings potential for my lifetime to learn... DON'T BE AN ASSHOLE... SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T CARE WILL PUNCH YOU... I think humanity needs new heroes
Being "mentally ill" and having the specifics of that diagnosis changed every time the DSM does due to social pressure (from homosexual/bipolar DSM 4 to schizo in DSM 5), I honestly think "mentally ill" has just become another loaded term. Most "menatlly ill" people are simply people who have used the faculties that have to choose to be abnormal. The reasons for that non-conformist decision are varied, but are rarely irrational. Generally, I've found that any non-conformist person, regardless the category of such they've been assigned, has a unique and valuable perspective at some level if you just get to know them. Sadly, that's rare in an age where everything new is threatening and everyone I don't understand is the boogey man. Protected groups do the same villification to those who practice societal norms. A genuine smile and a ready heart for other people that also bleed red and feel more pain than life should ever have allowed is probably a better start than pissing matches over who is right and who is evil.
TLDR - non-conformists are almost always interesting and brilliant in some sense, but they generally lack the ability to reach within the Overton window and effect change.
Ask HN: Newly remote workers... Do you work an 8 hour day and give the same effort 5 days a week, or do you lack discipline and are going on a spending spree... Hopefully you don't have a family
Probably not what you were seeking, but I have to imagine it would be similar to long periods I have spent in a non-verbal state. Being allowed to exist and just smile or laugh as a "part" of the conversation around me was like sunlight on a dark day. The range of human emotion and expression often overlaps enormously between people. Sometimes pretending you're voice is really the good you hear around you and not the throat mumblings that cause so much conflict is the most beautiful dream.
Also... Learn sign language. Some of the most beautiful and overlooked people are non-verbal. I've met several truly speechless people who had families that never learned to sign. It's sad for them.
First off, having a seven year old, I thank you for your words. They resonate with me.
I think perhaps arguing about the arbitrary nature of definitions will devolve into pedantry. While you are completely correct (e.g. the meaning of "toilet" over time). There is perhaps a better current arbitrary word (mouth hole sound) that implies something deeper. There are immutable essences (or platonic forms) that cannot change that we have been describing with different language since the very beginning. It kind of reminds me of that scene in the matrix where Neo meets the machine father with his daughter who tells him how "love" is just a word. What it implies is what matters. It doesn't matter how you describe it visually or audibly, if you are communicating with someone else, and they are trying to understand you, the reason they ever can is because something exists independent of either communicator, and both have recognized that thing and are willing to acknowledge that.
I agree completely. Reading these responses, there's a lot of negativity to communicating with your manager. While I've been in times that I completely understand this, I chose my latest job purely on manager. It pays less and I couldn't be happier. He was innovative in using a shared Google doc that gets updated with tasks, goals, and progress by both of us daily. We meet officially on a schedule once a week, but often chat in the interim. Personally, I use the Google doc as my running, living Todo list. It helps keeps thoughts organized, and my manager sees a lot more than he ever could in a daily stand up. Sometimes, here's even able to proactively assist. Which, if you work hard, is an excellent thing. My manager and I would never hang out as friends, but we're both fascinated by technology and business culture and speak on it often. Worry more about positive relationship than specific method, I'd say. And if you hate your manager, job search on primarily that criteria and take a job your want with enthusiasm even if it pays less. You can't quantify peace in dollars.
I use it with my manager to asynchroneously share updates and todos. It's in reverse chronological order, with a big heading for each weekly 1-1. We both write directly in the doc, and tag each other with comments for updates.
An extreme of this, is that some teams (was it Netflix?) basically use google docs as project trackers. The project is described in the google doc, and you talk about it via comments - whenever you want, and as a replacement for meetings (who doesn't love getting rid of meetings?)
In general, the idea with a gDoc is of a central repository of useful knowledge, an improvment over searching through chat messages and endless meetings.
The way I personally use it may differ from my other coworkers, but there's a heading for each day. I start the day by copying everything up from the previous day that wasn't completed, then I prioritize the bullet points and highlight what I hope to finish that day. Each week has an "accomplishments" header that is used at review time. I choose what goes there. My boss rarely adds things other than just prior to our one on one so he doesn't forget. Having a running daily Todo that begins as a copy of yesterday's mind map makes focus so much easier. Then when I have a status update that I don't want to disturb his busy schedule with, I tag him in a document comment or assign a task. I can message or email for urgent needs, but this is a lower percentage occurrence. Hope that gives some insight. Happy to answer any other questions.
Just to provide the opposite perspective, that sounds like my hell. A weekly catch-up, fine, and the rest of the time if I have anything worth chatting about I will. I can't stand the ritual ceremonies.
I'm confused. Perhaps you could clarify how honing your skills to be valuable as a remote worker is somehow the gateway to the rich eating all of us.
My personal experience with remote work is that it allows me to be present as a father in my children's lives and also to be more productive. I'm not saying everyone will have that experience, but for me it's an excellent fit.
As far as productivity, if we look at productivity increases since 1950, we should be working half as much for the same productivity/pay (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20766443). With voices like Andrew Yang trying to shift social values to valuing the underappreciated like stay-at-home mothers through a UBI, this seems like a positive path forward.
I know things seem dark right now, but in my powerless position, I choose to believe there is a better, more positive path forward, and I put my energy into pursuing it.
Frankly, I've never met a rich guy whose nose I couldn't bloody. I've rarely met one whose spirit I couldn't cut deeply in less than 15 minutes of conversation.
The entrenched economic powers will (as they always do in these economic transitions) capture a disproportionate share of any productivity gains resulting from a mass change to remote work. And their spirits don't care if you win a low stakes battle. They are winning the war. (Just a metaphor, folks!)
They have their hands on the levers. The have the resources to arbitrage or withhold or defect or take hostages (economic!) until they get what they think they can get.
Same thing will happen with self-driving cars.
The peons will capture just enough value so the new life seems a bit better than the old life.
(Long long time remote worker, since before my 17 year-old was born. Love being at home with my kids, love the efficiency and flexibility.
I hear you. The good will and love of your children is something even death can't take, though. Money can't be banked beyond the grave. No religion. Just Pascal's wager in effect.
I'm hardly an abused slave ready for violent revolution. My life is pretty good if it's just meaningless. Naval gazing at some rich person doesn't help me at all. However, I do believe that guns in the hands of America's peaceful fathers are the best deterrent to the tyranny that everyone here just seems to accept as unavoidable.
There are already some novel applications of this. It is extremely useful to use Google's screening service for unknown numbers that might be a call I'm expecting from a new number. I can't recall the last time I actually listened to a voicemail. I know that at least voicemail transcription works elsewhere, and I can't speak to how well, but I do know that on the Pixel, transcription is really quite impressively accurate.
I'm sure it's not much different than the test shown in the twitter post, but I've enjoyed calling myself from another phone and then screening the call and doing my best micro machines guy fast-talking impression just to see how well it really can transcribe conversation at real-time speeds.
That's quite different from call screening, where it actually picks up the call for you and transcribes what they're saying live and you can choose to pick up the call or ignore it based on their reply.
Sadly only available if your carrier supports it. Here in the Netherlands it doesn’t work with one of the largest carriers (Vodafone) for example. I also don’t know if it’s still English-only.
I don’t expect voicemail from other human beings, but I do expect it from my bank, my doctor, the government, my landlord, my plumber, my child’s school, the repair shop my car is in, etc. For local in-person-visitsble companies, a phone call is still the #1 way they update you on things. And, as they make most of these update calls while everyone is at work, inevitably these calls all become voice messages.
At least in Western Europe, there is near zero chance you’ll get an unexpected call from any of those. Either you’re the one calling, or updates will be sent via email / message / WhatsApp / some specialized app. Probably another efficiency consequence of human labor being insanely expensive.
I'm in the UK, and my dentist and doctor both communicate by phone, including appointment reminders. The garage I use has a website but no email, and they call if you're waiting on a part (not exactly unexpected but close enough). My car insurance and home insurance and bank (much to my dismay) all semi-regularly phone me, each of the ones Ivr listed I've had an unplanned phone call from in the last 6-12 months
And on the other side, in the US I still expect calls and voicemails like was suggested, but the two bike repair shops I frequent and my dentist have switched to texting, while my medical provider emails.
It's very common with people around and over roughly 40. We weren't raised on texting and social media. Usage of voicemail only goes up with the age of my friends. Vocal communication is very efficient when clarity is important.
That describes perfectly most interactions with Siri
Is it worth the hassle to try and stand a reasonable chance of failure, and then also have to do it manually, or should I just skip to the chase and do it myself.
Unless I’m setting a timer, probably just do it myself.
