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Web Development / Re: I Don't Want
Last post by rcjordan - Today at 07:45:13 PM$6.37 used on Amz
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Web Development / Re: I Don't Want
Last post by ergophobe - Today at 07:35:18 PM #3
Web Development / Re: I Don't Want
Last post by ergophobe - Today at 07:25:50 PMI'm a mix. Some things I pay extra for or don't use in order to avoid ads. Sometimes I just give into the Gorg.
But I'm generally subscription averse.
>> QR code
Recent pet peeve. I got a new phone. Setting it up, two different services wanted me to scan a QR code in order to set up the new phone. The problem? They are displaying the QR code *ON* the new phone. The only way to "scan" it is to take a photo with a different device and then scan the photo or take a photo with the new phone and send it to another device and then scan it.
People, I am *ON* the new phone. You know this, because this is your page for setting up my new phone. Why isn't this a link or a code that I can copy and paste?
Were you at the Pubcon where the guy handed out copies of his book, QR Codes Kill Kittens? It was a great book.
But I'm generally subscription averse.
>> QR code
Recent pet peeve. I got a new phone. Setting it up, two different services wanted me to scan a QR code in order to set up the new phone. The problem? They are displaying the QR code *ON* the new phone. The only way to "scan" it is to take a photo with a different device and then scan the photo or take a photo with the new phone and send it to another device and then scan it.
People, I am *ON* the new phone. You know this, because this is your page for setting up my new phone. Why isn't this a link or a code that I can copy and paste?
Were you at the Pubcon where the guy handed out copies of his book, QR Codes Kill Kittens? It was a great book.
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Last post by rcjordan - Today at 07:10:52 PM #5
Web Development / Re: I Don't Want
Last post by rcjordan - Today at 05:20:41 PM>by actual behavior
The "I don't want" panel is how I operate. But, yeah, I'm definitely the oddball --even my family side-eyes me.
The "I don't want" panel is how I operate. But, yeah, I'm definitely the oddball --even my family side-eyes me.
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Web Development / Re: I Don't Want
Last post by ergophobe - Today at 05:05:56 PMOh and by the way...
To use the framework of another thread, people "wish" they would be left alone, but they don't "want" to be left alone.
Also, once again, the clip from Network. Everyone remembers, "I'm mad as hell." But the buildup is all about "I want to be left alone." I had forgotten that, but the part *before* "I'm mad as hell" feels like a lot of what we are seeing out there today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RujOFCHsxo
QuoteI want a functioning social safety net. I want my full Social Security benefit I was counting on. I want my Medicare and I want it to cover everything. I want a strong US military. I don't want the US to default on its debt and destroy my retirement savings. But I want it all for free and that's why I am voting for my feckless local House Representative who promises to cut my taxes and supports a narcissistic, authoritarian, dangerous maniac in the White House
Sincerely,
The American People
To use the framework of another thread, people "wish" they would be left alone, but they don't "want" to be left alone.
Also, once again, the clip from Network. Everyone remembers, "I'm mad as hell." But the buildup is all about "I want to be left alone." I had forgotten that, but the part *before* "I'm mad as hell" feels like a lot of what we are seeing out there today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RujOFCHsxo
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Web Development / Re: I Don't Want
Last post by ergophobe - Today at 04:37:23 PMMeanwhile...
* as revealed by actual behavior, not their complaints on Bsky and X
QuoteI want a TV that costs $299 and spies on me all day, not a TV that costs $400. I want a car that is $41,000 and functionally crippled without the app with its monthly subscription cost, not a car that costs $42,000. I want a $51 coffee maker that tracks my usage and sends me offers for new coffee flavors, not a $89 coffee maker that leaves me alone. I want a $321 airplane seat with no leg room and no baggage allowance, not a $561 ticket that gives me space and lets me bring a bag. I want a $12 burrito that requires me to download an app and share all my information, not a $16 burrito that I order through an actual human who only knows my first name.
Sincerely,
Consumers*
* as revealed by actual behavior, not their complaints on Bsky and X
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Hardware & Technology / Re: Hermes Agent, LLMs and SLM...
Last post by ergophobe - Today at 04:16:08 PM>> commercial vehicles
Are you friends with bakedjake?
Last he visited, which is at least 5 years ago, he was doing something where they were gathering a bunch of data and somehow using that to help truckers find insurance. Something along those lines. Before that, he was doing some mapping thing with big data sets using a lot of Amazon Turk workers.*
> typical contractor
Have you asked local contractors? I just spent an hour talking to the local excavating contractor. I can ask how he finds out about county contracts.
I know that here there are two types of contracts. This is my terminology, but roughly they are
- emergency work: pipe breaks, need someone ASAP, no bid. For that you have to be on the county list. I think most of that work gets awarded as a "push" - the county staff get on the phone and hire the first available.
- regular work: publicly posted contracts that go out for bid to all takers
*Turk. Interesting aside - he said everyone was using Turk wrong because they are looking for cheap. He was looking for good. So he was paying people $25-30/hr and using it to find really good people who were not in the regular workforce because they, say, only had a couple hours here and there between classes or while the baby was napping. So they were $50/hr workers who were being offered $10/hr by everyone else. His strategy meant they earned double and he paid half. I don't know where that kind of arbitrage is possible now, but that sort of thing could help with homogenizing scraped data at a reasonable price.
Are you friends with bakedjake?
Last he visited, which is at least 5 years ago, he was doing something where they were gathering a bunch of data and somehow using that to help truckers find insurance. Something along those lines. Before that, he was doing some mapping thing with big data sets using a lot of Amazon Turk workers.*
> typical contractor
Have you asked local contractors? I just spent an hour talking to the local excavating contractor. I can ask how he finds out about county contracts.
I know that here there are two types of contracts. This is my terminology, but roughly they are
- emergency work: pipe breaks, need someone ASAP, no bid. For that you have to be on the county list. I think most of that work gets awarded as a "push" - the county staff get on the phone and hire the first available.
- regular work: publicly posted contracts that go out for bid to all takers
*Turk. Interesting aside - he said everyone was using Turk wrong because they are looking for cheap. He was looking for good. So he was paying people $25-30/hr and using it to find really good people who were not in the regular workforce because they, say, only had a couple hours here and there between classes or while the baby was napping. So they were $50/hr workers who were being offered $10/hr by everyone else. His strategy meant they earned double and he paid half. I don't know where that kind of arbitrage is possible now, but that sort of thing could help with homogenizing scraped data at a reasonable price.