Random Rants

[northsouthdenimguy]

@StarsSuck

Honestly, my days are pretty fun. I’m a general contractor and residential custom home builder, so every day is different. I’m constantly meeting with subcontractors, suppliers, clients, designers, architects, and owners. I’m rarely just sitting in my office for long periods. Sometimes I’ll spend three or four hours working on a budget, but I get bored so I go handle something in the field, and then come back to it.

School was never really for me. I can’t sit still. This career and business path fits me perfectly.

And I usually throw in a stop at Guilty Party once a month, sometimes more. I’ll spend a couple hours there getting the scoop and catching up. And I’ve been known to buy a thing or two when I stop in.

[StarsSuck]

@northsouthdenimguy awesome. I love hearing how other people fill their days. Mine are remarkably uneventful as a college professor, punctuated by rare and powerful moments that knock my socks off, in good and bad ways. The things young people face... Sure they're not getting drafted for war, and yeah they create some of their own problems, but regardless it's a generation with a lot of pain and fear in my experience.

[anodyne]

Business is great, which is why it's so hard on me to let half of you go ...

[nurunuru]

@anodyne I am of the opinion that AI and UBI need to be a package deal. This kind of thing is only going to get worse as AI gets better. UBI or rejection of AI will be the only viable options.

Hope this isn't the company you work for and all's well with you.

[anodyne]

@nurunuru said in Random Rants:

@anodyne I am of the opinion that AI and UBI need to be a package deal. This kind of thing is only going to get worse as AI gets better. UBI or rejection of AI will be the only viable options.

Hope this isn't the company you work for and all's well with you.

100% on UBI. I work in tech, but not for Block. So, for today, I'm fine. Thanks.

[Jett129]

@StarsSuck I was drafted and went for my pre induction physical at the famed,of Alice's Restaurant, Whitehall Street pre induction Center. That was pretty scary. Ended up failing the physical.

[nurunuru]

@Jett129 Hope they didn't send you to the "Group W" bench

[Jett129]

@nurunuru Nope,but we were warned against anyone trying any shenanigans.

[sabergirl]

I think rejection of AI is actually the play here. Its energy use is completely unsustainable.

[SKT]

@sabergirl I’m on board with this.

[DeeDee85]

@popvulture really glad I read that yesterday. My phone updated last night and if I’d not been lucky enough to read your comment yesterday I’d have had a nightmare trying to figure that out thank you!

[Xavras]

@sabergirl Energy use or the cost. Every company is losing money and economies of scale don't work for AI.