It depends entirely on how OP is taking it. They said they “realised” their life is like that, not that they accepted it. It’s at best ambiguous if they see that lack of focus and goals as a positive or negative. From the rest of their comment it seems to me (and of course I could be misreading) they feel it as a negative and are “filling the void” by engaging furiously with AI, to the point (by their own admission) they only think they’ve “reasonably kept in touch with reality”.
Doesn‘t seem to me that someone who feels freed by a lack of goals and focus would routinely engage in activities which shy away from interacting with reality. The opposite is true, that’s the definition of escapism.
Three fourths of that reply wasn’t even about you, it was a lament at the state of the world. The last fourth was directed at you but it was in no way meant to be insulting. On the contrary, it was a call to action, and when one is too deep out of it (which you suggested you might be), more forceful words are necessary.
I do apologise if my choice of words made you feel bad, as that was not my intention, but I stand by the sentiment. Tellingly, I’m not seeing you refute that your relationship with AI is harming your relationship with reality. I can only go from your words, and of course there’s always the possibility (which I have readily admitted) that I have misinterpreted them.
Your words have also suggested to me that you like your wife and that she cares about you, so I’ll say it again: If you’re in your office (presumably at home) and your wife is in the other room, get off your computer, be it HN or AI, and go hug her. You both deserve to be loved and there’s nothing on your screen more important than that.
I agree. I run a small community organisation and we've come off all social media and created a single website. You want information about us? That's where it is - the website.
Nobody should be relying on any social media company to share information widely, and citizens shouldn't be required to sign up for Facebook, X, or anything, to get that information.
It's not new though. LLMs make it more pervasive, but hackathons have always naturally preferred shiny, cool-looking things. At least, in my experience.
> First, the people who work at Patreon are special, beautiful humans, through and through.
If you're calling me "special" and "beautiful" and removing my ability to pay my mortgage in the same sentence through no fault of my own, you can absolutely get in the bin.
You could divorce a special and beautiful partner, and be making the right decision. A business decision that wrecks your life does not necessarily speak to any faults of your own.
“It's not personal Sonny. It's strictly business!”
The CEO probably believes it, which would make the difference to me. I think I would skim that line but perhaps it would have a subconscious benefit. Feels more human than weird to me.
We'll agree to disagree on that one. Feels more like a CEO trying to absolve himself of the human cost of a strictly business decision. Instead, he should own that business decision openly.
Being told I'm "special" and "beautiful" by my boss feels strange enough, but to have it paired with my termination? The dissonance is too much.
A lot of the replies to this are, predicably, disappointing. For what its worth, I entirely agree.
AI is good at a lot of things, but it genuinely sucks at anything that requires real creativity. The human at the heart of a creative endeavor can't be replaced, and I hope that never changes.
I don't know why XCode gets the hate it does. It's a solid IDE which I've used for years with only minimal issues. It's certainly no more or less buggy than anything JetBrains releases.
Freeing as hell though, isn't it? I'm happy for you.
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