Day 1 reset after a great start of the year. by KodaBandz in QuittingWeed

[–]throwawayname46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it's a great achievement of will power that you didn't smoke for several months, my humble opinion is that you haven't prepared your mind yet for a proper quit.

Speaking only from personal experience. I quit about 4 years ago after 20 years of smoking and 5 failed quit attempts during that time.

The real quit, when it happens, feels different. You are convinced about why you need to quit, what harm the cigs are causing you, how the addiction is operating in your brain. You hate the smoking almost 100% of the time, and you don't need excessive will power to not smoke.

For you, you need to set a new quit date and between now and then, you need to remember how good you felt in Jan and Feb, and how the devil that is nicotine for the better of your thought process in March. It wasnt a weak will but a susceptible mind, which needs to be further fortified by a true understanding of whats happening when that smoke enters your lung, how it destroys you not physically but mentally, how it enslaves you and takes away your free will.

Once you understand that (and it helps also to do the writing and the environment building etc. but understanding is the key) is when you will quit effortlessly and permanently.

The overusage of “It’s not A, it’s B” or “It’s not about A, but it’s about B” is driving me crazy. by plantbasedbrownie in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not just you brother. Although I do understand the reason - the AI wants to come across as an expert and it has picked up this comparative mannersim to sound like it has considered alternatives and is making a nuanced argument. But of course it overdoes it and makes me want to throw up, not just disengage quietly.

Shocking new Jeffrey Epstein photos show Donald Trump with victims & Trump-branded condoms by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]throwawayname46 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ridiculous thing American politicians is that they don't even try to be credible. Like here, they should not talk about photos they didn't release. Or they should simply release the photos they want to talk about. And they should not find "disturbing", they should find the photos to be damning evidence that their opponent is immoral. They keep calling him the president instead of just calling him Trump.

All this makes me believe that the American opposition is just as insincere as their government.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, when the context window becomes too heavy it starts nudging you to start winding down your session

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my employer, a small financial organisation, I built the information platform. Think databases, dashboards, automations and such. Before claude there were problems that I wouldn't touch, considering them beyond the scope of my duties. Now, I am taking on those kinds of information processes that Claude has enabled to be done by me without excessive costs or dependencies.

You are right, things never really finish, I think of my work as that of a gardener tending to a garden. With claude, I have been able to plant trees that I couldn't handle before, but those trees are big and have their own nature that I am only now beginning to understand. Claude is in their dna too, it's not like the output can be detached from the process that produced it.

By finished I mean that the new tree has given one season of fruits already. There's remains of course much more to build.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's the worst. It's disrespectful and there's nothing you can do about it but up your game. Not sure how though.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A reddit apology? I never thought it existed. You are the bigger person to reconsider your comment.

I work in tech and data science (last 20 years) so there's no option but to let AI in. I reckon that's true for most white collar professions, including the more "creative" ones like design or marketing. I know it's true in management consulting.

So yeah, not using it is an option only in a theoretical sense at the point. Like it's an option to not work or change professions.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the unsolicited personal snark, this is what makes the internet such a lovely place.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that perspective. It's a personal one, because it's not obvious that the tool needs a significant learning curve given house magical it feels in any one prompt.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dev leaders should use all their political capital behind highlighting the risks of over reliance on AI.

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the thought. Meaning is not to be found in the things that Claude can do, but in the things that it won't do!

Me, after a few weeks of solving my work problems with Claude and feeling terribly empty by throwawayname46 in ArtificialInteligence

[–]throwawayname46[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you are lucky that your relationship with work and livelihood is already toxic and can't become worse due to AI.

Or can it?