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Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics
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Comment on The Oatmeal: A cartoonist's review of AI art in ~comics
snake_case Link ParentThe same thing is happening in the tech industry, businesses know that they don’t need a fully realized software developer to maintain their app or website or whatever, so they hire the cheapest...The same thing is happening in the tech industry, businesses know that they don’t need a fully realized software developer to maintain their app or website or whatever, so they hire the cheapest person who sort of knows how to code they can find.
The problem is we need that level of actual human beings because maintaining some businesses app is how you learn.
Now theres all kinds of would be software developers and would be artists who never even get to start because no one needs to pay humans for low quality work. The gap between novice and proficient enough to receive payment is large, and so the pool of available workers becomes only those wealthy enough to support themselves through that gap.
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Comment on Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad in ~tech
snake_case LinkFake jobs, fake human connection, services instead of owning anything, what is this, The Matrix?Fake jobs, fake human connection, services instead of owning anything, what is this, The Matrix?
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
snake_case Link ParentI might if I run out of books to read. I really don’t read that much only like 2-3 a year, not enough to justify an e-reader. Ive got about ten books on my shelf still to get through.I might if I run out of books to read. I really don’t read that much only like 2-3 a year, not enough to justify an e-reader. Ive got about ten books on my shelf still to get through.
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
snake_case Link ParentHaha I always bring like three books. They don’t need to be charged. Personal preference though. I’m with you on the neck pillow thing.Haha I always bring like three books. They don’t need to be charged.
Personal preference though. I’m with you on the neck pillow thing.
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Comment on We’re seniors. It’s not our responsibility to fix the housing supply. in ~society
snake_case Link ParentYeah this sounds a lot like the complaints about boomers not retiring so that millenials can have their jobs. Thats just not the issue we’re having, and even if it were, 2008 wiped out some...Yeah this sounds a lot like the complaints about boomers not retiring so that millenials can have their jobs. Thats just not the issue we’re having, and even if it were, 2008 wiped out some peoples entire retirement funds. Sometimes people really cant retire, and thats still not their fault. Blaming the lack if jobs on old people working is noise.
The issue we’re having is massive corps buying up all the housing to rent it out. Massive corps building apartment buildings for rental instead of condos for purchase. Townships blocking new housing from being built because of nimbyism.
Blaming the housing issues in old people living in their houses is just noise.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental
snake_case Link ParentWhats helped me is seeing it not as a cliff, but a long hill that we’re already going down. There isn’t any way to know how bad it will get, but it wont get worse quickly and for a lot of us it...Whats helped me is seeing it not as a cliff, but a long hill that we’re already going down.
There isn’t any way to know how bad it will get, but it wont get worse quickly and for a lot of us it wont get much worse at all.
Lots of people in Russia lived in the same house and even worked the same job pre and post soviet union collapse. For millions of people it was just news that happened.
I know thats not great, but it means that you don’t have to be ready to react. You can just sit back and watch and do little things like learn how to jar food or buy some water storage containers to make your household more resilient.
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Comment on Looking for music solutions for my car; can anyone recommend a digital audio player? in ~transport
snake_case Link ParentIt was something in the news probably like ten years ago. I’ll do some research I guessIt was something in the news probably like ten years ago. I’ll do some research I guess
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Comment on Looking for music solutions for my car; can anyone recommend a digital audio player? in ~transport
snake_case Link ParentNot op but if you keep your bluetooth on all the time some advertisements connect to your phone and get tracking data off you as you walk by. Its super invasive.Not op but if you keep your bluetooth on all the time some advertisements connect to your phone and get tracking data off you as you walk by. Its super invasive.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental
snake_case Link ParentI know I read a post today about how we’re already living under a dictatorship and a lot of us middle class folks wont ever experience the effects that the less privileged people do. Russia still...I know I read a post today about how we’re already living under a dictatorship and a lot of us middle class folks wont ever experience the effects that the less privileged people do.
Russia still has grocery stores. People still have jobs. They travel, they talk politics, they “vote” in elections. They even have a space program.
Kinda made me wonder when exactly we stopped being free, cause it kinda feels like its been a while, longer than Trumps been in office.
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Comment on McDonald’s redraws battle lines on subminimum wage in ~food
snake_case Link ParentBut like isnt that true regardless of if Mcdonalds leaves the group?But like isnt that true regardless of if Mcdonalds leaves the group?
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Comment on McDonald’s redraws battle lines on subminimum wage in ~food
snake_case LinkHow does leaving the association benefit Mcdonalds? Are there some restrictions that it doesn’t have to follow now that its out?How does leaving the association benefit Mcdonalds? Are there some restrictions that it doesn’t have to follow now that its out?
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Comment on US President Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 labels common beliefs as terrorism “indicators” in ~society
snake_case Link ParentRight there with you, we’ve been there since Trump v United States. Just watching it happen now and trying to take clear notes for the historians.Right there with you, we’ve been there since Trump v United States.
Just watching it happen now and trying to take clear notes for the historians.
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Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women
snake_case Link ParentBahaha well yes, of course. My anxiety be plannin tho you know how it isBahaha well yes, of course. My anxiety be plannin tho you know how it is
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Comment on How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral in ~tech
snake_case Link ParentThe hero we needed!The hero we needed!
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Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women
snake_case Link ParentI feel like Id get medical support if that ever happened, and theyd figure it out thenI feel like Id get medical support if that ever happened, and theyd figure it out then
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Comment on How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral in ~tech
snake_case Link ParentHey you found it thanks! Thats amazing! I gave up after “wiki language project actually gibberish” returned nadaHey you found it thanks! Thats amazing! I gave up after “wiki language project actually gibberish” returned nada
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Comment on How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral in ~tech
snake_case LinkCompletely off topic, sorry, this website is atrocious. Massive blinking popup ads that defy an ad blocker. Just why? On topic: remembering that guy who ran the entire wikipedia for some nearly...Completely off topic, sorry, this website is atrocious. Massive blinking popup ads that defy an ad blocker. Just why?
On topic: remembering that guy who ran the entire wikipedia for some nearly dead language and someone who actually spoke it found the site and was like, this is all made up gibberish. Happened way before ChatGPT.
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Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women
snake_case Link ParentRight, I’m thinking they wouldn’t even know about it unless I told them.Right, I’m thinking they wouldn’t even know about it unless I told them.
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Comment on What it’s like to have your period in prison in ~life.women
snake_case LinkI wonder what they do if you enter prison with an IUD? I feel like Id just keep that a secret unless it makes me sick. From what I read in theory they can stay in for forever, but I guess the...I wonder what they do if you enter prison with an IUD? I feel like Id just keep that a secret unless it makes me sick. From what I read in theory they can stay in for forever, but I guess the periods would come back when the hormones run out.
Same, I have also noticed that the quality of juniors has dropped. I think universities experienced a drop in quality around ten years ago and its been getting worse ever since then.
Ive had multiple people with a computer science degree interview who didn’t have any process for solving problems themselves. Its incredibly strange to me that you could graduate with a computer science degree and not be able to even start solving a problem. I’m not even talking leetcode stuff I’m talking, personality interview questions. Easy thought scenario stuff where theres no wrong answer except not answering.
So like, while the gap is growing larger between junior and able to work as a junior, that gap has also grown between juniors now and what skills juniors used to have.