Danquebec

@Danquebec@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amateur Entomologists⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I went and saved the queen from that war that happened long ago. Then it appeared I had nothing left to do. I stopped there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Regain Control in my ass⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Zero State in my Ass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*doing my best google impression* Did you mean: turn in up?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to know. And that’s worrisome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a common question in economics.

  It’s called technological unemploymemt and it’s a type of structural unemployment.

  Economists generally believe that this is temporary. Workers will take new jobs that are now available or learn new skills to do so.

  An example is how most of the population were farmers, before the agricultural revolution ans the industrial revolution. Efficiency improvements to agriculture happened, and now there’s like only about 1% of the population in agriculture. Yet, most people are not unemployed.

  There was also a time in Englans when a large part of the population were coal miners. Same story.

  Each economic and technological improvement expands the economy, which creates new jobs.

  There’s been an argument by some, Ray Kurzweil if I remember correctly, but others as well, that we will eventually reach, a point where humans are obsolete. There was a time when we used horses as the main mode of land transportation. Now, this is very marginal, and we use horses for a few other things, but really there’s not that much use for them. Not as much as before. The same might happen to humans. Machines might become better than humans, for everything.

  Another problem that might be happening is that the rate of technological change might be too fast for society to adapt, leaving us with an ever larger structural unemployment.

  One of the solution that has been suggested is providing a basic income to everyone, so that losing your job isn’t as much of a big problem, and would leave you time to find another job or learn a new skill to do so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨App development⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What I would change in my case:

  • Engage with people, even if it’s awkward or you have something more fun and that takes less effort right now
  • Get a basic understanding of personal finance (read a book or two)
  • Don’t be content with the bare minimum. You’ll spend a lot of time working. Try to get as much as possible for yourself for every hour working.

  But I think each person’s realities will vary a lot. For example, regarding the first bullet point, maybe you’re extraverted and already a social butterfly, in which case the advive doesn’t apply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you get a new customer, you may get one for several years without adding any new effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shrimps⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t think women generally give more attention the appearance of curtains, walls, and furnitures?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw Uber!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How does the band pronounce it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sleep paralysis⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, I get extraordinarily scared. I’m not in the same state of mind, at all. Emotions build up fast and intensely. I did get used to it though. That’s what I do, keep eyes closed, try to keep calm, and ignore the weird sounds and weird sensations.