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Cake day: January 3rd, 2026
  • Greed is when CEOs force it’s use to justify laying off 30% of the staff.

    Non-greed is everywhere and self hosting open source models exists. You can use it as any other technology / tool for yourself (personal assistant, coding assistant) Think of how much faster medical research can be done with it. Language barrier use cases as well. 2 individuals that don’t share a common language can have a conversation thanks to NLP.

    It’s just a technology that calculates patterns.

  • Work in logistics. IT but very ops adjacent. Depends on the company and whether they do long hauls or short hauls. We do mostly short.

    No cert needed, lots of people get hired without experience. The job is pretty easy to pickup, but there are lots of nuances that drive people crazy. And burnout is huge.

    Lots of unpredictability. Every day will feel like your in react mode. High energy people seem to like it so keep that in mind

    You have really tight deadlines as a container sitting anywhere doing nothing is costing somebody somewhere. So you have to be able to figure out when a container is available so you can schedule a driver to get it.

    You also have to communicate with drivers (they’re a good bunch but get frustrated with you) Communicate with customers (they get frustrated with you) Communicate with upper management and customer service reps (they get frustrated with you) Communicate with ports and rails (you’ll get frustrated with them) Communicate with repair shops when a truck gets a flat to get the driver back on the road.

    If you dig in and learn all the DOT regulations, and survive the burnout, you can be set for a decent career. If you just want a quick side gig, it might overwhelm you.

  • Self teaching myself piano - been going a little over a year now and I’ve made a ton of progress! It’s a lot of fun to hear myself play some of my favorite video game songs and songs I grew up around.

    Homebrewing meads and wines (haven’t tried beer yet) - super simple to get started but lots of variables you can tweak to get something tasty. Takes a LOT of patience though.

    Making homemade bread - it’s like 10 minutes of actual work but it tastes so much better than store bought.