MasterBuilder

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[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I saw that as I continued reading other comments.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I generally stick with Firefox, but I do have chromite ony degoogled secondary phone as a backup in case something only works with chromium renderer.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A fellow old-schooler, I see! Me too!

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Depends on if someone uploaded the data for the target area, and the lookup is not intuitive for North Americans.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OsmAnd is a favorite of mine. If you live in one of the covered areas (North America for sure) OpenSuperMaps merges a US style address search and most street addresses into the maps.

OsmAnd search goes by town, street, number while these maps work with "25 oak street Chicago Illinois". Also, the open street maps rely on croud sharing for map details, so many areas have very little detail, while others put Google Maps to shame.

For navigation, I like Magic Earth. It includes similar search ability and has Waze-like features. The only problem is a lack of critical mass of users to get good traffic and hazard warnings. You can be one more user to supply such info.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Perhaps the curator is running a red herring with the intention or blocking liberal media?

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I was not saying 25 for a dev job, i was saying that for other kinds of work i might be able to get without getting a new degree.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

I understand how it works. The fact remains that companies already laid off people because of AI, and until now, I have never been unemployed more than 2 months.

I've also never seen a market in which most job posting garner 200 to 500 applications within 24 hours. It is armageddon out here.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Wow. You mean people might gave to read actual books for entertainment?

If by some miracle the legal establishment takes this schmuck seriously, it is the end of the entertainment industry.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, i dunno... my chromecast for tv is holding up okay, and i don't get advertisements in it's main ui.

My 2013 LG lcd is doing okay although i brole a bunch of the dots. I will have to replace it soon, and there aren't any non smart units available. I guess i'll gave to block the traffic.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 14 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I've been unemployed for 7 months. Every online job I see that's been posted for at least 6 hours has over 200 applications. I'm a senior Dev with 30 years experience, and I can't find work.

I'd say generative AI is an existential threat as bad as offshoring was for steel in the early 80s. I'm now left with the prospect of spending the last 20 years of my work life at or near minimum wage.

After all, I can't afford to spend $250,000 on a new bachelor's degree, and a community college degree might get me to $25/hr, and still costs thousands. This is causing impoverishment on a massive scale.

Ignore this threat at your peril.

[–] MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 41 points 2 years ago

Remember that to stay in business, they must sell something. Since they are selling something designed to last a very long time, they need to expand their customers and sell other products, or both.

Some consumers want to get new product regularly. There is reason to stop them. As long as they continue to make their products to last, the rest of us get what we want, and the company is more profitable, sounds like a win-win.

This appears to be an effort to convince people to try their products - good for them! My answer to your last question is yes. Capitalism is not bad - amoral or unregulated capitalism is bad.

 

Hello. I am having trouble finding a video I own on VHS format. I want to get a digital copy, but it probably does not exist. I think there are rules against asking about particular titles, so I'll just state the topic. It's about skills used by guides for camping in the wilderness between north central US and Canada. Are there any places might have such videos?

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