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If you feel this way about tech now, you probably picked the wrong field. It's a really exciting time if you're actually interested in this stuff.

If you want an AI-resistant job, look at the trades (plumbers, electricians, etc.). There's a huge shortage, the pay is good, and it will be a while before robots are dexterous enough to have an impact there.

Don't bother with translating. It's already being impacted.

Re:OpenFPGA. The future of video game preservation on Monday February 12, 2024 @09:46AM (#39345314)
This isn't really new (it came out a couple of years ago), but as far as I know it was the first handheld FPGA emulator available.

There's debate in this thread about whether FPGA emulation is better or more accurate. In my experience it is, especially in recreation of sound as I remember it from back when these games were new.

Re:Gemini Ultra Released on Thursday February 08, 2024 @11:10AM (#39303647)
Odd, I’m not a huge fan of many things Apple is doing these days, but I’ve consistently found their homegrown content to be very high quality.
Re:Test Drive of the Tesla Model 3 Performance on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:24PM (#17571508)
>> So far, the Tesla Model 3 is still for people that want to make a statement that they are part of the "green revolution" or for Elon Musk fans.

Not true. Save for long-haul drives (> 250-300 mile trips), the daily experience of driving a Tesla is objectively superior in every way to every gas car I've driven. It has nothing to do with image or idol worship and everything to do with the daily experience of driving it.

I also prefer it for long-haul drives, but I have a 4-year-old and taking a 25 minute break every 3 hours works well for us. If you're purely in a hurry, a gas car will refuel much faster (but if I'm in a hurry, I'm flying, not long-haul driving).

Re:Growing a Golf Simulator Business to $50k/month on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:12PM (#17426928)
VR pool is pretty terrible if you've played much pool - resting a hand on the table is fundamental and doesn't work in VR.
Thanks! It looks like my insurance joke crashed.
Yeah that was gross. I used to have pet iguanas, so that pic was just about as disturbing as seeing that platter with a dog or cat on it.
You bothered to respond, but didn't give the info I was looking for and said "I'll tell you next week."

Hmmm... makes sense that you're in the insurance business.

Re:Backblaze cuts B2 download price in half on Friday March 09, 2018 @04:19PM (#16555137)
Username checks out.
Is there no way to find the pricing for over 39 without creating an account? I don't see it in the faq.
Re:The Case for the “Self-Driven Child” on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @12:54PM (#16369143)
Which is ironic because statistically it's dramatically safer than 20, 30, or 40 years ago.
Re:2018 Stellar roadmap on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:19PM (#16235247)
I think, given the extreme bullishness of this area over the past few years, the opposite is more likely true: for every loser there are hundreds of winners.
Re:2018 Stellar roadmap on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:16PM (#16235233)
>> For every big winner, there's some family who had a dad who mortgaged their house and lost it all.

That's silly. Just look at the growth in the total crypto market cap over the last few years (or even over the last six months) and it's clear that this can't be true.

The vast majority of people who have been involved are way ahead.