throwingawayyou

Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:13AM (#30272809)

Fuck you. ban me then. The comment I was responding to was the same asshole.

Re:On Being Broke on Sunday February 06, 2022 @03:22PM (#30236605)

Poor people have more 45% more leisure time than wealthy.

Society as a whole has more leisure time than any time of history before. We still bitch day after day, minute after minute.

source... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JLaF_4Tz8

Re:Amazon Pip Horror Story on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:52AM (#30207447)

Well said! I'm there with you. Totally agree. We should all strive for this mindset.

Re:Career advice nobody gave me: Never ignore a recruiter on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:44AM (#30165182)

I've gone back and forth on this issue. The bottom line, some recruiters help and can get your resume into the right hands. Aka, not on the shit heap.

Is burnout now at a breaking point?

Posted by throwingawayyou on Monday January 03, 2022 @06:21PM
from the self-post dept.

There are tons of posts on HackerNews regarding the issue of "burnout" such as this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27630468I'm curious if people think there's some new level of tech burnout going around, due to working from home for the past 2 years? I, myself, have been on complete autopilot for 2 years, barely doing anything. Luckily, it's barely noticed, as most other co-workers...

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Re:Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:28AM (#29714612)

This highlights the lack of true General Intelligence and blurred lines with ML/AI. Our most advanced companies, with advanced processing power, can't even text match with the common sense of a mouse, maybe an insect? Either way, it appears not to exist. We love hype in this industry. Let's put on our headsets now, and head into the metaverse.