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Re:Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men on Thursday October 15, 2026 @08:58AM (#50102993)
I don't want to be dismissive, so don't take this the wrong way.

Perhaps relying on skills as a developer was the problem? Society and the job market told you your skills were invaluable, but what did you actually do with them? What did you develop that was worthwhile? I don't know, but you should ask yourself that.

Much of the demand for developers was driven by a financial market that prized your skills, and many people bought into it. We are seeing now that such value was illusory.

How many new apps do we really need? How many new advertising algorithms are actually beneficial to society? How many of the ycombinator projects amount to more than a way to enrich autistic kids at the expense of everyone else?

You need to cast a wider net. There are a million jobs out there, but the problem is too many in the knowledge economy consider those jobs to be beneath them. Those in my peer and family circle who work blue collar jobs are much more content than those of us in the knowledge economy. Their expectations are such that they find satisfaction in their work, without warped or distorted expectations placed on them by their peers or themselves.

Re:A misalignment of AI in mathematics on Friday September 11, 2026 @10:00PM (#49667909)
Because every test I run with it is telling me so? The great thing about math is it can be externally validated.
Re:A misalignment of AI in mathematics on Friday September 11, 2026 @05:28PM (#49665622)
I have zero formal math training beyond my Grade 12 Pre-Calculus class. Yet with an LLM I have recently devised an architecture with incredible math potential. Math is a language like any other, and without LLM's I never would have developed the techniques that I have.

AI is a tool. It speaks languages I don't (Math, Science, Code). I would love to participate in a Math competition without a hint of any formal advanced math training because my experience so far tells me I will do well.

Really? Is your speech freer than mine in Canada? Are your human Rights protected better than mine? I wonder what the rioters in LA would have to say about that?
I agree with your sentiment, but Canada uses FPTP and as much as I would love to move to a proportional system, our politics is significantly less limiting than yours. Both of your major parties, and all of your corporate media are so captured by billionaires you don't even know how bad things are in your country without an external frame of reference.
Yeah, no. The Overton window is so incredibly small in America that normal, run of the mill political positions - either left or right - in the rest of the world are deemed extremist and radical in America.

Your Corporate media is the problem.

Re:Optimizing Matrix Multiplication on RDNA3 on Friday March 28, 2025 @04:39PM (#43509622)
This is really cool. 60% is no joke and as a 7900XTX owner I would love the performance boost.

Well done!

Re:US asked to kick UK out of Five Eyes on Monday February 24, 2025 @09:47PM (#43167506)
Calm down there Ivan.
Re:Why is everyone trying to replace Software Engineers? on Thursday February 13, 2025 @11:09AM (#43037375)
Have you met any software engineers?
Re:Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:33PM (#43016393)
This is the way ;)