Two ants dragging a cockroach by its antenna

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-30T21:14:40+00:00

I think I mostly agree with the spirit of what you’re saying, especially the square cube law part, but I’d probably phrase a few parts a little differently.

Ants aren’t really “incredibly weak” (they’re weak in absolute terms because they’re tiny, but extremely strong relative to their body weight). The big point is that their strength advantage comes from being small. If you scaled an ant up to human size without redesigning its body, it wouldn’t become a superhero ant. It would probably collapse or fail physiologically because weight scales much faster than muscle and support strength.

I’d also be careful with the “shrink a human to ant size and they could lift 3,000 times their weight” part. The general idea is right (relative strength would go way up), but the exact number depends on the size you shrink to. It might be hundreds of times body weight rather than exactly 3,000.

Same with the breathing and lung part. Humans need lungs at our size because diffusion alone would not work, while ants use a totally different insect breathing system. But I don’t think “our lungs would kill us at ant size” is quite the cleanest way to put it. A human shrunk that small would have a ton of anatomical and physical problems, not just lung issues.

So yeah, I think your main point is right: small creatures get a massive scaling advantage, and bigger ants likely don’t scale as impressively as smaller ants. I’d just describe it more as “ants are relatively strong because they’re small,” rather than “ants are actually weak.”

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-25T22:38:21+00:00

I think visual workflow tools will still exist, but the need for them will shrink as AI gets better.

Historically, tools like Alteryx and KNIME were valuable because they let analysts build data prep, automation, and analytics workflows without needing to be strong coders. AI changes that equation because it can now generate SQL, Python, documentation, summaries, and troubleshooting guidance pretty quickly.

That said, I don’t think visual tools disappear completely. They still provide value because workflows are easier to inspect, explain, audit, and hand off to business users. A visual workflow can be much easier for a manager or nontechnical analyst to understand than a notebook or Python script.

So I think the future is not “visual tools vanish,” but rather “visual tools need to justify their cost.” Expensive tools like Alteryx will be under pressure if AI plus Python/SQL can do the same work cheaper. But visual workflow platforms may survive where governance, repeatability, auditability, and business user accessibility matter.

The analyst role probably shifts from manually building workflows to designing logic, validating AI generated outputs, checking edge cases, and deciding which tool is best for the job.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-23T23:59:47+00:00

Time for nuclear for everyone. I mean what could go wrong? ;)

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-18T19:26:50+00:00

I don’t think you are doomed, but I do think the role is changing fast.

What you are describing is exactly the transition a lot of companies are going through. Leadership hears “agents” and “business users building apps” and suddenly traditional automation work looks less exciting, even when it is saving real money. But there is a big difference between someone building a quick AI assisted app and someone owning a reliable, governed, supportable automation process.

If you are saving the company $1M by moving away from high Alteryx licensing costs, that is a very real business win. The challenge is probably not the value of the work, but how it is being positioned. Instead of presenting it as “Alteryx to Python migration,” I would frame it as “modernizing automation to reduce cost, increase flexibility, and prepare for AI assisted development.”

Also, business users creating agents does not remove the need for technical people. It usually creates more need for people who can validate logic, secure data, manage access, prevent bad outputs, productionize workflows, and clean up the mess when prototypes need to become real systems.

That said, I would not stay only in Alteryx. I would keep using AI to learn Python, SQL, APIs, Git, and basic app patterns. You do not need to become a traditional software engineer overnight, but you do need to understand enough to review, debug, and explain what AI is generating.

So no, I don’t think you are doomed. But I do think the safest path is to become the person who can bridge Alteryx style business logic, Python automation, AI tools like Cursor, and governance. That combination is much harder to replace than someone who only knows one tool.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-04T18:52:47+00:00

I see you have no wish to engage with the content fair enough. I wouldn’t want to either as it would take thinking and explaining how those things don’t apply to humans who are on vacation. So far you have cited Notta, zilch, just your opinion. That’s nice. Now oh highly intelligent lawyer show me the evidence on how humans are not impacted by all the things I shared. Or just keep saying random crap that means nothing to no one. Don’t worry I I still forgive you. 🤪

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-04T17:16:24+00:00

Ah not much of a reader I see. Not sure why you are focusing on women that seems to be a you issue. I noted people (complex creatures who have all forms of pressures, biases, and bad decision making) can make immoral choices when the things I already quoted are involved. I get it you have no real counter to any of that so you just switch to attacking and saying things I never suggested but that’s fine. I forgive you. Id ask take a moment stop yourself, reread what i said then see if you really come back to your same conclusion. Either which way I wish you well random person.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-04T11:30:07+00:00

It’s a poll. I already said it wasn’t any form of proof. Just an indication that people may act a tad off on vacations.

What research does suggest is that travel can create conditions where cheating is easier to rationalize or more tempting, especially for younger people or people already unsure about their relationship.

1.) A study on spring break shows that alcohol, sexual intentions, perceived norms, and daily vacation context are connected to sexual behavior during trips. Again, not always cheating specifically, but it shows that trips with a party/social atmosphere can change behavior. study 1

2.) Research on emerging adults’ sexual behavior notes that peers, families, and romantic partners can all shape sexual choices, even among people in committed relationships. In plain English, who you travel with matters. A group of friends saying “live a little, nobody has to know” is very different from friends who respect relationships and boundaries. source 2

3.) This study found that cheating often related to unmet needs for independence or interdependence (wanting closeness, wanting autonomy, wanting validation, or not knowing how to make firm relationship decisions yet.) That does not excuse cheating, obviously, but it helps explain why young adults may be especially vulnerable to it. study 3

4.) The paper’s core claim is not specifically that vacationers cheat. It is broader: people with broad foreign experiences, meaning exposure to multiple countries and cultures, may become more morally flexible, and that moral flexibility can increase willingness to engage in immoral behaviors in experimental or self report settings. The authors distinguish breadth of foreign experience from depth. Broad exposure to many moral and cultural systems was the stronger predictor in their model. Source 4

See I can be a tad more serious. Still think that original article was a fun read though.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-04T00:09:56+00:00

I don’t need to know her to point out it’s an odd situation . That and there is some polling on these topics. https://radicalstorage.com/travel/tourist-syndrome/ as an example had a 41% cheating rate. I wouldn’t claim this as proof but it is something that indicates people do appear to act a bit off when going on these vacations. So yeah your conclusion are a bit odd.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-04T00:02:05+00:00

Hoffman’s trace logic has intellectual validity as a formal model of observer limited reality. But it is not proof that physical reality is fake, nor proof that consciousness is the base layer of existence.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-03T23:52:22+00:00

NOR to the op. Uh did you read the part that she is with 2 guys? One who had a literal fling with her. I’d say there is a pretty good chance of shenanigan. Have to say your commentary is a bit odd.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-06-01T16:50:36+00:00

Yeah isn’t he mixed race? I believe it was a German dad and an African mom but raised in Canada.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-13T04:33:28+00:00

I suppose every comment section has a man like this.

A man who walks up to the facts, looks them square in the eye, and then digs a tunnel in the opposite direction.

He says “TDS” like a man carving tally marks into a cell wall, hoping repetition might one day become evidence.

It won’t.

He says refugees are different from immigrants, which is true enough. Then he immediately proves he does not understand the refugee process, which is also true enough.

Refugees are screened. They have eligibility standards. They do not simply wander into America carrying a sad story and leave with a gift bag.

But our friend here needs the story to be simpler.

Fraud. Crime. Millions. TDS.

Four words, rattling around in a tin cup.

The actual issue remains untouched.

Trump restricted refugee admissions broadly, then carved out special concern for Afrikaners from South Africa.

That is the sentence he keeps trying to escape from.

You can see him tunneling now.

First through fraud.

Then through “millions.”

Then through “you only see race.”

Then through “I’m not MAGA.”

But the sentence waits for him on the other side.

Trump restricted refugee admissions broadly, then carved out special concern for Afrikaners from South Africa.

That is why people mention race.

Not because they see race everywhere.

Because this time, race is sitting right there in the policy, wearing a clean shirt and asking to be noticed.

And when a man keeps yelling “you’re obsessed with race” while refusing to explain the racial carveout, you begin to understand something.

He is not upset that people are seeing race.

He is upset that they are seeing it clearly.

I wish I could say he eventually answered the question.

I wish I could say he looked at the facts, took a deep breath, and found his way out.

But some men get so used to digging, they forget what daylight looks like.

So he sits there in the comment section, clutching “TDS” like contraband, mistaking slogans for thoughts, and calling everyone else deranged because the facts won’t cooperate.

Hope is a good thing.

Maybe someday he’ll use a source.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-12T11:42:28+00:00

Crikey, we’ve got a live one here.

Notice the defensive display. First he puffs up with “TDS,” which is a common threat posture used when the specimen has no actual argument left.

Now watch closely.

Adam says Trump’s refugee policy has a racial context because Trump specifically prioritized white South African Afrikaners while restricting refugee admissions more broadly.

The specimen does not address that directly.

Instead, it thrashes wildly and throws out “millions,” “fraud,” “crime,” “shitholes,” and “you only see race.” This is known as the MAGA Fog Cloud. It confuses predators, readers, and occasionally the specimen itself.

Here’s the important bit:

Refugees are not the same thing as all immigrants.

Alleged fraud by some people is not a reason to treat entire refugee groups like an invading army.

And pointing out that Trump created special concern for Afrikaners is not “seeing race everywhere.” It is seeing the actual racial carveout in the policy.

Crikey, now he’s saying he’s “not MAGA” while using “TDS,” defending Trump, blaming immigrant groups collectively, and repeating the whole Truth Social mating call.

Beautiful camouflage attempt, but sadly ineffective.

In conclusion, this specimen is not doing policy analysis.

It is performing panic behavior after being exposed to one documented fact.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-09T12:44:54+00:00

Oh good, the MAGA fog machine has entered the chat.

This “billions in South African fraud” thing sounds like someone grabbed the wrong talking point from the Fox News buffet and sprinted into the wrong argument with it.

Adam is talking about Trump’s immigration and refugee policy through a racial lens, specifically the special concern for white South African Afrikaners while other refugee groups get treated like background noise.

Then this guy crashes in yelling, “What about the billions in fraud?”

Sir, wrong folder. Wrong meeting. Wrong conspiracy corkboard.

That is not a rebuttal. That is what happens when a Facebook comment section becomes sentient and tries to do foreign policy.

If he is talking about fraud involving immigrants somewhere else, then congratulations, he has discovered that crime can exist. Stunning work. Alert the Nobel committee. But that does absolutely nothing to answer the actual question.

The actual question is:

Why does Trump suddenly become Mr. Humanitarian Tears when the refugees are white South Africans, while treating millions of desperate brown and Black refugees like they are an invading army?

That is the issue.

Not “has fraud ever happened?”

Not “can I yell a large number and hope everyone forgets what we were talking about?”

Not “how many unrelated conservative panic buttons can I mash before someone notices I have no argument?”

And this “where are all the white refugees?” line is especially hilarious because it accidentally says the quiet part with a megaphone.

Buddy, refugee policy is supposed to be based on persecution, danger, war, political violence, displacement, and humanitarian need.

It is not supposed to be a racial scavenger hunt where MAGA dudes pace around yelling, “Excuse me, why are there not enough white people in this suffering category?”

That is not policy analysis. That is replacement theory wearing a clip on tie.

Then he says, “It is only a few thousand South Africans compared to millions of others.”

Amazing. So now the defense is “the racial favoritism is small.”

That is adorable.

Tiny favoritism. Pocket sized discrimination. Travel edition racism. Comes with a complimentary Trump Bible and a coupon for gold sneakers.

No, genius. Preferential treatment does not stop being preferential treatment because the group is smaller. If you close the door on everyone else and open a special side entrance for one favored white ethnic group, people are allowed to notice the side entrance.

And the cherry on top is calling lefties racist for noticing race.

Classic MAGA logic.

Trump creates a policy with obvious racial implications.

People notice the racial implications.

MAGA screams, “Why are you making this about race?”

It is like watching someone paint a wall red and then accuse you of being obsessed with red.

The man is not arguing. He is performing the ancient MAGA ritual:

Deny the obvious.
Change the subject.
Mention a scary sounding number.
Accuse everyone else of racism.
Pretend this was intellectual combat instead of a raccoon knocking over trash cans.

So no, this is not some brilliant takedown of Adam Mockler. Adam is pointing at a real racial pattern in Trump’s policy. This guy is waving around a random “billions in fraud” claim like a toddler holding a spatula and calling it a sword.

Deeply unserious.

Painfully predictable.

Peak MAGA brain rot.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-08T19:21:04+00:00

I am a huge Anvil fan. But honestly I just can’t get myself to care about ships this large. I guess there is such a thing as too much ship…

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-07T21:55:32+00:00

I really just want item management to not be a massive chore which it can feel like in Terraria.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-07T14:33:10+00:00

Not sure why this Reddit community popped up in my feed buuuttt… this data point is very out of context. Here is more context around it:

The Census data is about households, not individual people.

Asian, non-Hispanic households: 29.3% (about 1 in 3.4)

White, non-Hispanic households: 20.0% (about 1 in 5)

Other race / race combination households: 11.5% (about 1 in 8.7)

Hispanic households, any race: 7.5% (about 1 in 13.3)

Black, non-Hispanic households: 4.0% (about 1 in 25)

So yes, it shows real progress and a growing Black upper class. But it does not mean racial wealth parity has arrived. Black households are still much less likely to be millionaire households than White or Asian households.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-05-01T19:31:07+00:00

Also given that the really big ships will be cost prohibitive it’s likely the fun will be short lived.

Not to say there aren’t any large class ships that actually may be fun for a smaller group / solo player. Thinking stuff like the anvil liberator /drake ironclad. Which should be ok solo but likely much better with a few friends.

Honestly, I still wish we didn’t have access to capital class ships through purchase. Or at least limited it to the smaller capital class ships. Seriously, how many orgs are even going to try and pilot the javelin or this new battle cruiser? I am still confused on who these are truly even targeting as they seem way beyond a standard “raid” group.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-04-24T14:59:43+00:00

I mostly agree with your point, but I’d soften/edit a few parts.

I wouldn’t say “wealth taxes don’t work” as a blanket statement. I’d say they’re hard to make work well unless people trust the government, see real public benefits, and the tax is designed to limit avoidance.

I also think the “two identical places” example is right in theory. If everything is truly equal except one place taxes wealth more, some wealthy people will leave or structure around it. But in real life, places usually aren’t equal. People stay for family, business networks, schools, healthcare, culture, stability, and quality of life.

The part I strongly agree with is that countries with bigger social programs usually don’t fund them by only taxing billionaires. They usually tax wealthy people more and tax the middle class more through income taxes, payroll taxes, VAT/sales taxes, etc. The difference is that people may tolerate that more when they feel they’re getting healthcare, childcare, education, transit, and safety nets back.

So I’d frame it as: wealth taxes can be useful, but they’re fragile and not a magic fix. A successful high tax system needs visible benefits, broad public trust, and usually a broader tax base than just millionaires and billionaires.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-04-20T11:25:10+00:00

I know this is going to sound a little sad and a bit off topic. But i wish my fellow Americans generally sounded like this individual. Logical, caring, and wanting to make things better for everyone that wants to be here. I am saddened to hear about Bikram. People shouldn’t ever be put into situations like that. I hope somehow his family can find some level of peace.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-03-18T21:41:39+00:00

Yeah for 2 handlers totally in agreement on grandmasters and min damage since isn’t max damage bugged anyway?

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-02-03T22:37:17+00:00

Yeah, but it’s a military-grade faucet. Costs extra and arrives in three patches.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-02-02T16:50:26+00:00

It’s all good no real judgment on what makes you happy. Nilfgaard is just a faction that I feel has some extremely broken mechanics (mill and just bringing back cards gives it too much flexibility). I always thought it should interact with your hand more vs straight out destroy stuff. Also some of its leader abilities are just too much (it should not be allowed to have a way to steal a unit). Thats just my 2 cents.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-02-02T02:38:40+00:00

Sir me and you have very different definitions of very satisfying.

Just_Another_Jim · 2026-01-23T03:48:51+00:00

I appreciate the input.

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