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  • He described waking up to thirty PRs every morning, each one pulled overnight by someone’s AI, and needing to make snap judgment calls on every single one. The temptation to delegate the review itself to an AI was enormous. But, as he put it: “at that point, what am I still doing here?”.

    This is the trap many fell into.

    A lot of managers are waiting to see this playout so the human in the loop can get kicked out of the loop.





  • terranoid@lemmy.cafetosolarpunk memes@slrpnk.nettrees rule
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    5 days ago

    I believe the Romans mostly didn’t like how the Gauls were doing human sacrifice and funny enough wearing trousers… Of course not paying taxes was an issue too.

    But it’s much less of a “Christianity looking down on animism” kind of situation than this meme implies. Romans at this time were much closer to worshipping trees than not.


  • I think you’re not wrong about modular being the ideal result but at the end of the day that’s… Kind of what we already have if you take a look at construction materials.

    Not every part of a house needs utilities everywhere. Water, electrical, gas, HVAC, they all need to be specific about where they are and how they go there.

    The parts that can be modular already kind of are. You buy kits for everything, modular toilet, modular flush valve in the toilet, modular sink, modular door, standard modular size, modular knob on the modular door because the client wants X door and Y knob, and Z marble top to their C color sink, modular top that fits modular sinks that fits modular handles.

    Have you ever replaced a knob? You just go and buy a knob and it magically fits. Replace an HVAC vent? One of two standard sizes usually.

    Modular shower with modular hookups to modular water. Everything to modular common specs.

    Practically everything is already kinda plug in and screw together.

    The thing is… None of this solves cheap housing we need. At best it makes it way easier to replace common parts that break, but even the cheapest replacements are expensive costs to the home owner. It’s money you didn’t intend on spending, surprise expenses.

    And if it’s not, it’s luxury remodels. Which aren’t really at all related to solving the housing crisis. That makes a cheap home more expensive. And you have to understand while it makes a ton of sense to upgrade your property and investment… Almost any sensible homeowner is looking to do that and take a cheap home off the market and replace it with a less cheap or even expensive one.

    there is very little capitalistic drive to build cheap homes. There’s a drive to build new luxury homes and upgrade cheap homes to less cheap. Modular exists, and it can help you do both of those things which isn’t creating cheap housing. It’s kind of just fucked imo. You need subsidies for cheap housing.




  • I think lead gas by far for the reason the other person mentioned. Everyone got exposure by existing and breathing.

    With other stuff, it depends on your interaction with it. Lead paint was and still is pretty safe unless you sand it and breathe it in which is unfortunately easy to do in that context, or it flakes off and you’re a kid who likes the sweet tasting corn flakes made of wall.

    These toys were probably fine if you had air circulation, didn’t chew on your toys, and washed your hands before you ate. But there of course were kids who probably thought it was funny you could dent them by biting them…







  • I’d argue it’s all aesthetic under the guise of utilitarianism. It’s the mall ninja version of survivalism, a bunch of dudes wearing leather causing mischief, beating their chest thinking they can just go feral.

    They’re beating each other up causing permanent damage to each other, fantasizing about climbing high rises and doing tons of shit that is basically antithetical to survival.