They just haven’t gone deep enough, most of the time. “Oh, I just used AI”.
As frustrating as it is, there’s no reward greater than failing a million times and finally getting it right in a way that you can actually replicate and explain. Bonus points (and endorphins) for being way behind everyone else at understanding something, and then finding that one little nugget that makes you soar ahead. It’s like mario kart.
I’m kind of glad I’m not all that intelligent innately, because struggling and finally understanding shit continues to feel incredible. I don’t think the painless, easy route has any of that!
I don’t love failure, but I respect it. I don’t allow it to keep me from things I’m interested in, but I think it does a lot of people these days, which is a shame. We’ve managed to set up a pretty frictionless world where most people don’t have to do things that make them uncomfortable, and I believe that leads to those people not wanting to engage in things they find difficult because there’s always an easier route, which is often “just don’t do that scary thing” or watching enough of a youtube video to do the exact thing they need right then, and has culminated in just asking AI for the answer.
I’m all for “work smarter, not harder” in many situations, but a lot of times doing rewarding things requires that hard work, and I hate that we live in a world where people increasingly shy away from it.
I don’t know if the post (@daffodil112’s) above was just a meme or not, but I definitely think there are a lot of strengths in neurodiversity, for what it’s worth. Whether you’re one yourself or dealing with one in your life, and despite the obvious downsides that everyone sees on the outside.
This seems like a paradox; we’d likely have to live in a parallel universe where A is swapped with B for a good long while before we could see which one we liked better. Unfortunately all we have is comparisons to other people which is almost always a negative, and tends to distract from reflection in favor of jealousy.
Jumping timelines probably wouldn’t lead to any lasting satisfaction, though. It’s probably like using gameshark and realizing the game isn’t fun anymore without the struggle
Some of the best books I’ve ever found were chilling on Archive.org, of all places. If you’re ok with sometimes-dated information (I actually prefer this lately, or I’ve gotten so accustomed to it that I don’t know the difference anymore), you can very likely find a free or cheap version of it.
Same goes for goodwill or your favorite thrift shop; find a gem and it’s probably a buck or two.
As much as I hate paywalls & subscriptions, it’s a sad reality that smaller legit unbiased reporting news sites/companies cannot survive if they choose not to sell themselves out to advertisers and corporate “donors” aka lobbyists. On the other end of the spectrum, it’s just pure greed: all the massive news companies that generate millions in advertising while charging their users as well.
Selling manuals is a scam - some sites will just make a pdf and sell it to you. There’s no reason why anybody should have to pay for a product/user manual.
There’s 24-hour Fuck News for that. It’s working fantastic.
I’m honestly surprised this hasn’t been shutdown yet. Because while there is a lot of legit public domain stuff available on it, there’s also a lot of infringed copyrighted material there. I’m not judging, it’s just an observation (I’m fairly certain I have grabbed stuff that wasn’t supposed to be available for free).
I just want the facts so I can make my own conclusions.
Journalism went down the tubes….instead of letting people draw their own conclusions….they platform assholes that push their own agenda and party propaganda.
Got in the music mood and have spent the last two hours trying to get the Ableton 12 to recognize the old Ableton 7 sub bass and frustrated with Ableton 12’s way of “organizing” stuff. Tried Ableton 8 and that shit doesn’t even scroll on my laptop. Oh well, I’m just gonna try to knock out a tune.
Edit: Just don’t think I’m in the music mood. Everything I’m coming up with just sounds like “baby’s first music” which, to be honest, is pretty much my style, although these days I like singing more than making the music, which is the total opposite of when I started lol!
I don’t like staring into a computer doing file management for long, so I’m done for now. Gonna play Fez lol. Not sure if that initial new push was just something I needed to get out of my system, but I have zero musical making bones in my body at the moment.
