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  • Re: Google 2025 strategy

    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Accession on Fri Jan 3 12:39:05 2025
    Accession wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    Definitely. And it's only going to get worse as long as schools keep telling kids to go to college, where they'll choose some easy degree they'll never use in the real world.

    The bubble had burst before covid, I'd thought - that having a degree,
    any degree, meant the real possibility of a job out of college.

    Now, my son is graduating with a marketing/comms degree and I'm trying
    to impress on him that in a couple of years there won't be entry level
    jobs creating copy - there will be jobs for people to run and tune
    output from LLMs.


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  • From Mythicmrmun@VERT/PENNYBBS to Bf2k+ on Fri Jan 3 23:15:18 2025
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy
    By: Bf2k+ to phigan on Fri Jan 03 2025 09:59:07

    You're definitely not. This happens to me every day on the job... it is a bit disturbing.

    The lack of common sense in workplaces is increasing, It should be listed as a requirement on job descriptions nowadays..

    Regards
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 4 17:33:48 2025
    Hey poindexter!

    On Fri, Jan 03 2025 14:39:05 -0600, you wrote ..

    I watched "Idiocracy" very soon after I posted that (a day or two
    ago), and all the answers just fell into place. :)

    We keep seeing commercials for the game show "Wipeout", and my wife
    insists we're one step away from "Ow, my balls!"

    We're definitely heading in that direction, and not the other way.. that's for sure!

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 4 17:38:48 2025
    Hey poindexter!

    On Fri, Jan 03 2025 14:39:05 -0600, you wrote ..

    Definitely. And it's only going to get worse as long as schools
    keep telling kids to go to college, where they'll choose some easy
    degree they'll never use in the real world.

    The bubble had burst before covid, I'd thought - that having a degree,
    any degree, meant the real possibility of a job out of college.

    I think the bubble had burst long before that, to be honest. While I didn't join in the conversation in the other sub, I was in high school in the late 90s and got to take all the shop class electives and all that. When those shop classes started disappearing from schools is when they were touting going to college was the only way. Now that they've done that, the trades are in dire need of quality workers, and jobs where you need a college degree are overstuffed and dwindling. It's going to get even worse with AI, I have a feeling.

    That said, luckily the school my kids go to still have vocational classes.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mythicmrmun on Sat Jan 4 17:40:25 2025
    Hey Mythicmrmun!

    On Fri, Jan 03 2025 07:15:18 -0600, you wrote ..

    The lack of common sense in workplaces is increasing, It should be
    listed as a requirement on job descriptions nowadays..

    While I agree with this, unfortunately that would probably hurt people's feelings and cause sue-happy-lack-of-common-sense people to file lawsuits. :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 4 17:20:31 2025
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Accession on Fri Jan 03 2025 12:39 pm

    We keep seeing commercials for the game show "Wipeout", and my wife
    insists we're one step away from "Ow, my balls!"

    Guessing you already know, there's an Android game named that.

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