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> Is it just applying past experiences to a new situation, or can you learn to look for solutions?

You can achieve anything you put your mind to. It took me a while to realize this. Turns out the brain is a marvelous machine and once it has a goal (solve such and such a problem) it will try everything in its power to solve it, since it's a goal-oriented machine. People doubt their own capabilities, and don't believe in themselves, which is their own downfall.

> Is this AI?

AI for me is just a small assistant role I hire when creating projects. It's not the whole product/service with all its moving parts which require a human-in-the-loop. It's not going to spit out a fully fledged SaaS enterprise for you or run a business for you.

You can get Windows 10/11 serials on eBay rather cheaply. How they source them is beyond me. Maybe they buy them in bulk at a discount and then resell them. So far I've had no problems with Microsoft detecting and then revoking my licenses.

How Machiavellian

Also needed: ai.txt declaring which AI bots are allowed or disallowed to scrape content

> Are there any smartphone models that receive as much love, and last as long?

Most smartphones have planned obsolescence[0] built in, so they force you to upgrade. A truly long-time phone would be one of those 'dumb' or 'feature phone' phones by Nokia. Some even ship with 4G compat and have apps like WhatsApp built in, and nothing else. There is a myth I want to dispel that these are 'senior phones'. They have real value for all generations.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence

> Is there a rationale for leaving money on the table?

Sometimes I just want to do a project for fun and plop it on Github and see people's reaction. Not everything has to be monetized, and that can sometimes become an ulterior motive: 'If I keep releasing stuff with monetization I will profit' mentality creeps in.

Ironically my blog is written with the help of an LLM, so AI scraper bots are trained on their own output.

But if you are concerned there's a good resource here for blocking them: https://darkvisitors.com/

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