I assume you’re getting down voted because of AI use but I don’t mind it in this case because I think it’s a useful starting point for “how many big holidays are we talking about”

I am completely unfamiliar with that person

I didn’t take the image to be showing a macbook, it could just as easily be my computer or probably many others.

Sorry, that probably came off too negative. Looking at all your posts there’s clearly plenty of variety. And anyone regardless of party is going to do things worthy of criticism. Only reason I commented is I’ve noticed that when I get to the end of my subscribed feed I often encounter a post with low upvotes critical of Harris and see your username. I guess that illustrates the audience on lemmy just as much as the type of things you post.

I was going to say, normally your posts are shitting on Harris but this one’s good

You should probably correct it right? Like swap the image for a different Herzog quote, or change it so the image is William

You’re right, doesn’t sound great. In the example they shared, sounds like the issue wasn’t that the car couldn’t drive around the fire truck, but that it couldn’t break a programming rule about crossing into a lane that would normally be opposing traffic. Once given the “ok” to follow such a route, the car handled it on its own, the human doesn’t actually drive it.

I could imagine a scenario where you need one human operator for every two vehicles. That’s still reducing labor by 50%.

Obviously they want it to be better than that, they want it to be one operator per ten vehicles or no operator at all.

And the fundamental problem with these systems is they will be owned by big corporations, and any gained efficiency will be consumed by the corporation, not enjoyed by the worker or passed on to the customer.

But I think there’s true value to be found there. Imagine a transportation cooperative - we’re a thousand households, we don’t all need our own car, but we need a car sometimes. We pool our resources and have a small fleet that minimizes our cost and environmental impact, and potentially drives more safely than human drivers.

Seems like a company that initially differentiated itself by hyping 3D printing, and once they realized that won’t work they’ve got to pivot without spooking everyone.

Every business’s biggest expense is labor. Skilled labor costs more. The people in charge like it when you save money.

I think it’s wrong. But only because the interests of the people who own the machines and businesses diverge from the worker’s interests. I’d like to see more worker cooperatives. If the workers own the machines, then it’s good when things are automated.

I also don’t believe anything will ever be truly automated, or that it’s a good idea to try.

All that to say we don’t have to resort to an explanation of “managers must hate engineers” to understand why they would want to eliminate positions.

I don’t think it’s just managers saying hey we could automate such and such a thing away. It’s human nature to think “how could I improve this” which almost immediately leads to “if I get this right it could mean no work at all”

What a world

Interviews are uncomfortable. That said, I think rehearsing and sort of reverse engineering the logic of an interview will help you prepare for one.

Game out why the company is acting like they do. Hiring an employee is a big deal to a company because if someone doesn’t work out, they’ll have put their operations at risk by bringing in a new unknown individual, and they’ll lose x amount of time before they can reset. It puts the hiring individual at risk because they may be seen as making a poor hire choice.

Why does that matter? I think it helps as the lens for why the process is how it is, why they ask the questions they do, and what sort of answers I should give.

I have verbally rehearsed answers to questions I think I might get. It’s different to say it out loud. In your head you might think you know a good answer, but you don’t want the first time you say those words to be during the real thing. (This is also why it helps to take interviews even if you’re not sure you’d want or be good for the job, it’s practice)

For “eye contact” I look at someone’s face but just below their eyes. Not sure if it’s convincing but have seemed to have a good track record in interviews.

If Chinese companies really are unfairly competitive because their government backs them, how about Western governments back their own electric car manufacturers? Instead of just making other products more expensive…

Everyone thinks they’re right. Not being able to convince people of your position (or not being able to clearly convey it) isn’t unique to neurodivergence.

With respect, I think you’re projecting a discussion with a different person onto this article.

You’re right, the climate is going to get worse before it gets better. You’re right, the impacts of climate change will disproportionately affect poor and underdeveloped areas. We can’t make that go away with positive thinking, and it’s not enough for humans as a species to survive, we need to focus on reducing suffering while we’re turning the ship.

What I took away from this article is that the market forces for cheap renewable power and the means to store it are now stronger than the forces for CO2 emitting power. And those forces are moving faster than predicted. That’s good, and it’s ok to talk about something good when it’s true!

People who have been paying attention and care about others have good reason to be wary about the narrative “oh, everything is going to be fine” because that’s what industry and politicians have been saying for a long time instead of taking needed action.

We’re at a point where most people recognize climate change is real, and they can see it’s effects. We’re also at a point where many people don’t have hope for the situation. It’s dangerous to tell people “shit’s fucked and there’s nothing you can do about it” because they might believe you and do nothing.

I think it’s oversimplifying to say all small town people are Republican or that small towns don’t produce anything of value. For example people talk about Texas as a red state but millions of people there vote Democrat. (And plenty of Democrats aren’t anti fascist) But you’re right that in actual shooting war maga Republicans won’t do as well as they think

Before the civil war southerners talked shit about northerners as too comfortable and effete to fight. We know how that worked out. All fascists are bound to lose eventually. The question is how much pain and death will they cause before being suppressed.