An actual picture of 2026 from the “no pivot to AI” universe

How else do you find the microfiche you want?

The Covid lockdowns made me feel crazy. There I was, sitting at home playing video games and smoking weed all day, every day, like God intended. Meanwhile, my roommate was going stir crazy because he really wanted to go back to work. I still don’t understand it.

Would you call an old school analog thermostat (that uses melting and congealing wax to open/shut a vent) AI?

Why don’t you actually try this and see how it goes?

I work for a landscaping company, my boss tried to get us to use AI to develop site plans… we went back to doing it the old fashioned way because AI is fuckin useless for stuff like this.

I think all the time about how a lot of boomer guys know how to work on cars real well.

This is because most of them took auto shop classes in high school.

As a millenial, I’m great with computers… because I learned how to use them in school. It appears that after I left school, educators were like “welp, kids know how to use computers now!” and stopped teaching kids how to use computers in school. This is both bonkers and mind numbing. I also wish I knew more about working on cars. Anyway.

This is a perfect example of why I’ve never used AI and never will.

when using AI you always have a verifier script afterwards

LOL. Sounds like you’re wasting 110% time here.

I turned off spellcheck and autocorrect years ago when I first got a smartphone, and never looked back.

Hi, I work in the trades. AI is not a regular part of my life. I have never used any of these chatbots because they seem… half-cooked. Like an Early Access game on Steam. Anyway, the whole thing has zero relevance to my job.

“you’d have to complete isolate to avoid it and it’s reach entirely.”

Nah. I mean, obviously for you, teaching computer science, I can see why you feel this way. But lots of people truly never engage with this stuff because it’s pretty underwhelming. My main interaction with AI thus far has been telling my doctor not to use the chatbot that puts lies into people’s medical records, and that’s about it.

“Online search is ass”

Isn’t this, like, explicitly because of AI?

I think you’re unrealistically humanizing a bunch of code.

It will get more interested in living

Why would it? What would this even look like? You just said yourself it’s just googling stuff. There’s nothing deeper going on behind the curtain.

These are gold, thank you for posting

Unless you have a specific reason to use something else, Robertson (AKA square) heads should be the default

A friend of mine’s house is mostly decorated with paintings by his grandmother, who was a very accomplished artist in her day. I always thought that was cool as hell

The only reason they’re so common is because of Henry Ford. Ford wanted Robertson screws, but Ford also wanted to make his own screws in-house. Robertson wouldn’t license them, Philips would, the rest is history. Robertson screws are much more common than Philips up in Canada (where they’re from).

But he knows what a Philips head is? If he was Canadian, he would know Robertson.

It’s not a square, it’s better than a square. One of the sides is ever-so-slightly angled, so the screws stick onto the screwdriver before you get them in place.

Torx is good. Robertson is great.

The meme says “one white guy who really fucks with keeping the fire going.” He’s clearly not fucking with the fire. He’s keeping it going.