I don't want to spend my one precious life dealing with Google's AI search

Re:I don't want to spend my one precious life dealing with G... by throwup238 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @02:47PM (#40381771)

My lumberyard of choice still uses DOS machines for their computers and POS. I'm not saying you'll change the world by revolutionizing lumberyard inventory management software but I wanted to illustrate just how low the low hanging fruit are.

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Re:I don't want to spend my one precious life dealing with G... by aiauthoritydev on Thursday May 16, 2024 @03:34PM (#40382229)

If it works what is wrong with DOS ?

But even if you redo the whole thing and it is efficient, it is still less than some minor performance improvement in Chrome can achieve for the world.

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Re:I don't want to spend my one precious life dealing with G... by throwup238 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @03:42PM (#40382317)

Spare parts, for one. BART for example is dependent on old computer parts from Ebay to keep the Bay Area's main mass transit system running: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32884814

Speaking as a customer, it's slow, annoying, and makes the shopping experience there miserable. If you innovate in that software space, you might be able to make a significant impact on the trade of certified exotic wood and maybe even save a few species of tree.

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Re:I don't want to spend my one precious life dealing with G... by ddalex on Friday May 17, 2024 @01:19AM (#40386621)

IF somebody could make 6-figure comp writing lumberyard inventory management systems, they would

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Re:I don't want to spend my one precious life dealing with G... by metadat on Friday May 17, 2024 @11:25PM (#40396264)

Make a SasS, the potential is there.

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