I loved this cheeky comeback.
Why not reinvent the wheel? I’ve already learned a great deal in just starting this project, and I’m excited to learn a great deal more.
Your energy is infectious! I’ll be eagerly following this project
This is it. The real product is hype, with a tiny tiny little kernel of actual utility, that is puffed up and remixed until the hype dies away, and we have to make do with whatever’s left.*
The hype machine with generative shit went into fuckin overdrive because while yes there is a grift component, natch; unlike with blockchain, nfts, web3, etc, there is an actual visible thing that the technology can do that hasn’t been done before.
People who are used to selling nothing but vapour lost their minds when they saw it, because rightfully so, they realised how much grift they were going to be able to make off of it.
* Usually this involves a bunch of platform engineers et al de-tooling codebases and infrastructure.
Yeah that’s relatable. It’s so easy to pick apart someone else’s words when you’re just passively observing, but when it’s you in the moment…
You don’t write your grocery list on a bit of paper stuck to the fridge…? I thought that was downright universal
Did they mean “and be doing so insinuate” I wonder? Initiate makes some sense too, just odd phrasing.
Anyway! I’m getting sidetracked lol! Haven’t even watched the video yet. Thanks for sharing the quote
Haha nice, I guess I should post some stuff, get it back on folks’ radars
I do! Thanks for the link
Just started a writing club in !writing@slrpnk.net so I’m partial to it. But it is very quiet there.
I’ve got vague designs on livening the place up, so it’s been in my thoughts a bit.
Sounds like a Bethesda game to me
I finished reading the first Dune book, but since I was mentally picturing it like Villeneuve’s movie, it feels like I watched it.
An excellent choice
It’s harder but it’s possible. I’ve never done it in a place like lemmy because, like you said, we have a good time in this thread then get in with our lives.
But I have had friendships with people from smaller communities, like those on forums - where you have maybe 20 regulars and however many other people who drop in and out over the months and years.
I actually did make some friends from reddit, because I joined a weekly book club someone started on there.
Anyway, there are ways.
Why don’t you care anymore?
Does it generally get better by the second decade? Lol only kind of half joking
Actually, just please try rebooting before you call me, though.
Or “power cycling” as we say, because we enjoy complicating simple things
Have you got your fill of DMs yet?
Speaking of making a lasting connection, lately I’ve been thinking about taking up pen pal-ing (I guess we just call that letter writing) again. But I just really like stationary and reading and writing off of paper
Yeah but not deep enough for a writing community, so here we are.