1d ago

Wait, it's all speculative?

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tech bros*, not tech people, there's a difference, please
- tech bros .... modern day snake oil salesmen
  in the 1910s it was a fast talking showmen on a soapbox saying he can cure galloping consumption with heroin
  in the 1970s we saw them as fast talking car salesmen with checkered suits
  in the 2020s they'll be identified as CEOs in t-shirts and jeans
- Tech people is a gendered version. At least in my mind.
  
  "Person" does not carry the same connotations as "bro."
Relevant: https://xkcd.com/605/
- why does the graph start at negative husbands
  
  Extrapolating backwards can be just as valid as extrapolating forwards.
Tech people? Or tech investors?
Because no we don't
- Techbros.
  
  I don't think there are any real techbros on Lemmy. They have to go to the crowd to signal, which is Twitter, Linkedin, and sometimes YouTube I guess.
Tech people haven't noticed AI grow over time because it continues being slow. They've noticed continued creative use of Markov chains, though.
Every time it happens the computer is super duper smart and magical and stuff. But we've done this so many times now. Processor speeds increase > math from 1903 can be done faster > company incorporates it into everyday stuff and gets rich > people slowly realise it's not actually magic.
The first chain was literally a language model ffs and they barely had electricity.
- Well Tony Stark made his in a cave! With a box of scraps!!
Read a Microsoft article listing the jibs more likely to be replaced. Nb 2 was historians.
Tech bros are delusional 😂
- I like the cut of your jib.
Its also how capitalists talk about capitalism
Grow or die. Tech’s endgame is Logan’s Run (book version), actually.
This is also anyone selling speculation
- So... the entire stock market?
Who has a wreath on their door for 3 months?
- Parents of a 3 month old who aren't quite sure what day/week/month it is.
- (In the US) If it wasn't for Halloween being the other holiday people make their whole personality, Christmas would've bled into 6 months by now. As it is, some people end Halloween straight into Christmas.
- My Christmas tree is still up from last year.
That's a big boy!

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