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[–] 127 points 1 year ago (3 children)

tech bros*, not tech people, there's a difference, please

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago
    [–] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Tech people? Or tech investors?

    Because no we don't

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    why does the graph start at negative husbands

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Extrapolating backwards can be just as valid as extrapolating forwards.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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    Its also how capitalists talk about capitalism

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Read a Microsoft article listing the jibs more likely to be replaced. Nb 2 was historians.

    Tech bros are delusional 😂

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Who has a wreath on their door for 3 months?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    (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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    That's a big boy!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is also anyone selling speculation

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