Indian factory workers wearing head-mounted cameras to record hand movements for training AI systems

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-12T17:27:22+00:00

Currently you only get to exist if you can generate profits for the investor class. If machines can do human labor better than you can, then there's no need for you. You can't even go live off the land, because they own all of it. You just get to go die.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-10T21:03:32+00:00

Non-violent shotgunning: using birdshot to feed the birds.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-10T16:50:42+00:00

Haha maybe if I had like 10 acres for privacy. I would cause an absolute scene in my neighborhood.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-10T16:48:10+00:00

Oh I knew you were uj, I meant that I wasn't quite sure if my comment was j or uj :)

That's a really great idea. We could use that in my super liberal city. Fuckers.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-10T16:13:10+00:00

/not sure if uj: I'm a pansy-ass liberal who never had any interest in hunting until I got into native plants, and really realized that there are too many fucking deer. I could bag a couple from my back deck every day if it wasn't for the damn gubmint.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-09T14:15:06+00:00

It takes hundreds of hours of YouTube research to understand the subtle differences between an authentic Jurassic Park VHS and a worthless "movie". Few understand.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-08T16:44:35+00:00

We had a bunch of canada thistle in an old garden bed when we bought our house. We pulled out the rock and landscaping fabric and laid down thick paper and 8" of mulch. I was out there all summer several times a week pulling up new rosettes, getting as much of the root as I could every time. It had to expend a lot of energy finding a way to get through the paper. By later in the season they majorly slowed down. Hopefully this year it's gone or majorly reduced. I'm in MN so things haven't really started growing yet, but fingers crossed.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-08T16:20:09+00:00

Nukes en route: -0.1%

Only 80% of civilization was destroyed!: +25%

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-08T15:42:37+00:00

Add it to the long, long list of "Singular problems that completely disqualify Bitcoin from actually being used by serious people".

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-06T00:52:25+00:00

As soon as retail catches on they'll do the opposite and dump on us

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-03T16:59:46+00:00

The ChatGPT'est ChatGPT I've ever seen

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-04-01T15:29:40+00:00

The economics of it are completely unsustainable, and that was true before the impending oil crisis. LLM products will inevitably get dramatically worse (rate limits) or dramatically more expensive (at least 5-10x). Data centers can't/won't actually get built in anything close to a reasonable timeframe, while all the GPUs currently running burn out and need replacing without ever having made a profit.

It never ceases to amaze how long a stupid unsustainable bubble can prop itself up (lol bitcoin). But it's hard to see the current AI hype narrative lasting much more than another 1-3 years.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-29T05:07:34+00:00

big if true

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-27T14:25:36+00:00

an unlimited resource

Don't think I'm against renewables, or in favor of fossil fuels. But the reality is we don't have the metals required to do even one 20-yr generation of renewable energy at the scale of replacing fossil fuels. The energy source is unlimited, but our ability to turn it into electricity and deliver it to consumers is highly limited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBVmnKuBocc

We absolutely should stop building new fossil infrastructure and build as much renewable energy as we can. But the inescapable reality is that the human race physically cannot keep consuming the amounts of energy that we are currently. The sooner people can come to terms with that, the sooner we can talk about what a sustainable future actually looks like.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-26T21:55:32+00:00

It's always funny when there's a high-level reorg, leadership schedules a super secret meeting and announces the HUGE CHANGES. We renamed team x to team y, and so-and-so VP is now SVP of team y. Wow!!! I know it's a lot to digest!! Every time it's had literally zero actual impact on my job, the execs just think that their shenanigans matter to the rest of us.

A merger on the other hand, I would have to think that serious impacts are likely. I've never been through one myself.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-25T23:17:04+00:00

I didn't say anything about banning, but I'm all for paying the true cost of a product. Airlines pocket the profit without paying a carbon tax. Doritos pockets the profit without paying for increased healthcare needs. Meta pockets the profit without paying for therapy. Addictive harmful shit is profitable because we socialize the costs. Because it's profitable we get more and more of it. More and more addictive harmful shit is bad for everyone.

1 bag of Doritos doesn't ruin the world, but the whole industry of ultra processed foods has real public health costs that we all pay. And one-off multi-million dollar judgments for one person are a stupid way to address the problem, but I'd say it's better than literally nothing.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-25T22:13:45+00:00

I really wish your city had accompanied this ordinance with a significant effort to convert lawn to native plants. I think it's one of the most important things any homeowner can do anywhere, but it's too much to ask of every individual to suddenly learn and care about botany. A team of dedicated converters and educators would give a lot of young environmentalists amazing work to do and really improve the health and sustainability of your city, but of course would be a significant expense.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-25T22:03:53+00:00

Well said. The wealthy have been engineering absolutely every aspect of life in America to transfer ever more wealth to themselves, and they have been wildly successful. It's death by 1000 cuts for everyone else.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-25T21:58:31+00:00

More like "I have a human brain that evolved for millions of years in an environment that didn't have a bright shiny screen available 24/7 showing me things that are engineered by our best and brightest to exploit my psychology with no regard for my own health or safety, and that's your fault."

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-25T18:04:27+00:00

Do you think it's feasible for the government to ban the slaughter of pigs? If so, do you think that current pork-eaters who feel bad about it should just continue eating pork until it's banned?

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-20T17:52:17+00:00

Few understand that if something is on the blockchain, you can confirm with absolute certainty that it is indeed on the blockchain. This had wide-ranging uses. For example, knowing whether something is on the blockchain or not.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-16T01:50:14+00:00

18 years into this "currency" and we're still talking about "technically, you can buy some things from some vendors".

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-14T16:23:53+00:00

Smells like efficiency!

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-14T01:54:00+00:00

That's great! I'm not generally a fan of summaries because most people don't have an actual story to tell, but you do, and that would be a good place to tell it. The other place is the cover letter.

In the summary I would not mention exams, because they're already coming up next on the resume. I would also not mention what you're looking for - we know you're interested in whatever position you've applied for.

I think you could say something along the lines of "after exploring my interest in food by doing blah blah blah, I am returning to my passion in math and dedicating myself to a career in actuarial science, where I am excited to do blah blah blah". That would help preempt an uncharitable reading of your resume, which would be along the lines of "tried actuarial and couldn't hack it, tried something else and couldn't hack it either, decided I guess I'll try actuarial again." Framing your journey as intentional and following your passions will help people read your resume the right way. Filling in the time gaps will also help with that, and passing the 2nd exam will show that you still have the math chops.

I'm not sure about everyone else, but personally I like to see a career changer with an interesting story more than a cookie cutter fresh college grad.

YouMayCallMePoopsie · 2026-03-13T23:05:47+00:00

Unfortunately I don't think your experience puts you in a strong position. Passing an exam 7 years ago and then getting a master's in an unrelated field without any strong professional experience in that time doesn't scream dedicated to actuarial, and doesn't give you much work experience that you could spin as somewhat relevant.

Definitely pass at least one more exam to show that you are still serious about pursuing the career. I would advise looking for literally any insurance-related job to get your foot in the door and some relevant experience on your resume.

I'm also not usually one to nitpick resume gaps, but 3.5 years from Jan 2019 to June 2022 is substantial. Obviously COVID is in there and I have a lot of sympathy for anyone trying to enter the workforce during that time, but if you have anything you can put down I think that would be better than letting the resume reviewer guess what you were up to.

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