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Opting out of consumption = good Opting into creation = good
How is creating low value, quickly depreciating products good? The op implied this is all a scam, and the went on saying author should become the scammer instead of the victim.
You might have better luck having a conversation without using a leading question.
I was tinkering since childhood and I was still tired of it pretty quickly. I always knew I do not want to work in software, but where the hell else was I supposed to go?
There was a thread the other day on RF engineering. There were a number comments describing it a “magic” or “sorcery”.
This is kinda how I felt about computers as a kid. I used to wonder about different types of software on my PC. “How does it possibly work”, “How could I make one”. It was this sort of curiosity. Over time, learning how the sausage was made, I just lost interest.
Nowadays I still find myself curious and inquisitive about how things work, just rarely software. Unfortunately most of the “magic” left in the world is a bit beyond my IQ level, such as the aforementioned RF stuff lol.
No phone app has stayed useful long term as just a daily tool. Pricing changes. UI changes. I realized I am happy to incorporate tools into my routines, but not dynamically changing/attention requiring/maximal extraction from me apps.
Even the voice assistant has gotten worse over time to the point I gave up on it. I used to be able to trust it to set reminders, to turn off the lights after I got in bed. Neither of those I want to troubleshoot when they failed. Burnt food/getting out of bed. I'm just gonna stop using them.
For a hobby I fixed up a cheap old Jeep Cherokee. It fills that 'figuring something out' need tech hobbies used to. I do use my computer for music production but there's a lot of free as in free not 'the first hit is free to trap you in our bs' software for that.
A random example. They now make bird feeders with cameras and AI detection to tell you what type of bird you're seeing. But it's so much more satisfying to sit outside watching the bird feeder and then flip through a book to identify the bird. It's slower and old fashioned but it's a calm, satisfying thing to do.
> I just don't care anymore, and I don't think it is because I got older... I got into tech in my mid/late 20s so I wasn't a born nerd like most of you guys tinkering with stuff since childhood. I was tinkering since childhood and I was still tired of it pretty quickly. I always knew I do not want to work in software, but where the hell else was I supposed to go? There was a thread the other day on RF engineering. Th…
The good thing is it's unlimited and all reachable if you spend enough time. Currently my interest is in chemistry, for example, that stuff is a complete mystery to me
> I just don't care anymore, and I don't think it is because I got older... I got into tech in my mid/late 20s so I wasn't a born nerd like most of you guys tinkering with stuff since childhood. I was tinkering since childhood and I was still tired of it pretty quickly. I always knew I do not want to work in software, but where the hell else was I supposed to go? There was a thread the other day on RF engineering. Th…
I've done graduate level RF stuff for the same reason, but I'm here to tell you just like everything else once you learn it and its demystified, it won't feel like "magic" anymore. That doesn't mean it wasn't worth learning, it was just as interesting as learning all about computers. It's just that the magic will always be in the unknown, and once you know it you'll just want to know something else. The good thing is…
At least, that’s the feeling I’ve gotten about a lot of things I wanted to do, it when I got around to it, couldn’t really be bothered to.