As a software developer, it's assumed that I'm up to date on all the newest tech trends, and I can accurately inform people on where these trends will be going.
No, AI won't replace you today.
AI is the worst it will ever be today.
It might replace you in the future, but I can't tell you how far from now that future is.
No I don't know when we'll be doing commercial space travel.
No I can't fix your printer.
I'm just here to make sure some numbers appear on a screen when someone asks for them.
Conversely, I work in IT Support and I get asked programming questions far too often... even to the point where I'm asked to fix applications despite not being a dev.
Then again, I basically have to deal with anything that's got a plug on the end. I guess code falls into that category in some peoples' heads.
I'm a Controls Engineer, from the day I started university in 2015, I've pretty constantly heard the phrase "You're an engineer, figure it out!" Even when it comes to something that is completely unrelated to my field, which is mostly everything.
I'm trained as a lawyer, which means a lot of people sharing detailed, sometimes deeply personal problems related to a field of law I last thought about seriously twenty years ago, and then at an introductory level and for one semester. The main things I learned in law school are (1) how to look things up, (2) some foundational things about how to interpret and contextualize what I find, and (3) how much tools, templates, boilerplate, and personal relationships are the bread and butter of the actual profession.
Hobbywise, no I cannot build you a credenza or desk for free; I still haven't got around to building my own damn desk.
Yes, you are probably related to royalty, but it is neither verifiable nor special (genealogy).
No, I don't know why I need 30 fountain pens instead of three.
Recreational scuba instructor since 2008. People think it's extreme as fuck, and badass and all. It's honestly really Zen. You take long, slow, deep breaths; often wearing a wetsuit or drysuit which reduces the sensory input on the body; you can't talk to anyone else (unless you have a full face mask and comms system/are fluent in sign language); mechanics of sound through water mean that everything is muffled and sounds like it's above you; you're (ideally) neutrally buoyant, so you're drifting through your surroundings.
It made a hell of a lot of sense why this was my career choice when I got an autism diagnosis in 2019.
That's really fascinating especially because I was in the former group and didn't really think about those aspects of diving. Would love to hear more of your stories/experiences diving - that sounds amazing to me.
I know things are beginning to change a bit on this topic, but one of mine is that you can't just casually enjoy anime. Some people seem to think the moment you accidentally see a dragon ball episode that you suddenly turn into davido kun, or regularly glaze one of your 100 half naked figurines of characters that are obviously not meant to look like adults. There can definitely be weird stuff in some of them, but if you can accept the cultural differences in humor, some of the stories are genuinely great. I don't even watch it much anymore, but it's sad to me that so many people miss out on such great content just because they're a little closed minded.
I've known so many people who are so into anime, and every now and then I give anime a shot bc they keep harping on about show x or y. 9/10 are just so full of cringy sexually repressed representations of women/girls and interactions with them that no quality of other storyline could make up for it. Other times, the 'fan service' is more manageable. This real, personal experience definitely taints how I initially perceive anyone who brings up anime.
This reminds me of a movie from the early 90s called Crazy People. An ad exec has a nervous breakdown and ends up in an institution. He accidentally sends off truthful ads that he and the other patients write, they get produced, and they are very successful. It was a pretty funny movie. Some examples of the campaigns
"Metamucil: It helps you go to the toilet. If you don't use it, you'll get cancer and die."
"You may think phone service stinks since deregulation, but don't mess with us, because we're all you've got. In fact, if we fold, you'll have no damn phones. AT&T - we're tired of taking your crap!"
"Paramount Pictures presents 'The Freak.' This movie won't just scare you, it will fuck you up for life."
"Porsche. It's a little too small to get laid IN, but you get laid the minute you get out!"
There are 2 types of mines: open pit and underground (tunnels, etc). Open pit: they dynamite certain areas, then get big trucks to haul the rubble. They keep going until all of the minerals have been extracted. Example: nickel mines in Cuba. IMO, not very dangerous as long as safety precautions are followed. There is some risk that the walls of the open pit mine might collapse.
Underground: this is the type of mining with real danger. Anytime you hear of a mining incident, it's likely to be underground. They do take a LOT of precautions which is why modern mining is a lot safer compared to 80 years ago. The ever present danger is collapse of the tunnel or formation.
Sort of. Open Pit mining can be incredibly dangerous, the dangers are just different. I haven't ever seen any numbers from MSHA breaking down the incident rates (I haven't looked to see if they even publish them, in a broken down form like that), but you can really get your ass in trouble in an open pit mine, if you're not cognizant of the highwall, keep track of the very large equipment, Not paying attention to blast times or barricading, or not paying attention to the Shovel Cables, and where the approved crossings are.
I'd suspect that the numbers of overall incidents are probably higher underground, but I'm not sure about actual deaths. I spent about 20 years working in/around/as a vendor to both open pit and underground operations, and just completely anecdotally, I mostly remember most of the underground reportable incidents to be less serious than the ones I saw in the pits.
I'm a linguistics enthusiast, which means people expect me to either know a lot of languages (which is, honestly, partly true) or be a grammar nazi (which is emphatically untrue).
I usually don't care about typos as long as the message gets across, but for some reason the too/to mix up really gets me riled up. I instinctively get cross and have to tell myself to chill tf out
Lol, agreed, some typos are not a problem. But other times, words like to/too, I read as completely different words. And often, that "typo" (I think people honestly are just using the wrong word, not mistyping) will require me to
I have been a machinist/model maker for 10 years now.
No, I can't just take your .prt/.iges/.stl/.stp file and "load it into the machine and press the green button".
I use that quote because it was said to me by a particularly arrogant engineering intern. Machining is a complex trade that is made to seem simple because of software and modern automation. While that is fantastic for my profession, it brings with it this idea that I'm not really doing all that much work. Reality is that I'm constantly applying my knowledge of the trade and the things I do might be subtle to the onlookers, but there was a lesson learned before now that took me hours or days to overcome. I train a lot of our machining interns now who are mostly folks in the 20-25 years old range and every single on of them so far as had that humbling moment of "Oh I learned about this in the classroom and did it on the simulator, I know exactly what I'm doing" only to fail. Its a great line of work that is very satisfying for a lot of reasons but it does grind my gears when its portrayed as being unskilled or easy.
I think a lot of people would benefit from learning on manual machines. I had this misconception in my early twenties, but watching (and then using) manual machines was really helpful.
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