Random Thought Thread

trevitrace said:
Blues Blues just curious if there'd been complaints about removing the like option from the maker's FS forum as well?
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Very few. A maker or two have mentioned that they liked the feedback, but the rules already allowed for folks to comment in their exchange threads, providing the makers were open to comments.

On the other hand, the number of daily complaints received via the report button is down by a wide margin.

Frankly, it wouldn't have ever been an issue if a number of folks didn't decide to be the price police and ridicule anyone's sale posts that they felt were not to their liking. This led to butthurt by the sellers and / or those other members who took exception to the emojis / reactions or comments.

It seems fairly simple to me...if you don't want to pay the price, don't buy. Or, do the adult thing and contact the seller privately and ask if he or she is negotiable on the price.

But, reasonable is not what we got too often and that made it hard on knarfeng, boru13, rycen and myself when we had to spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning up these messes...day and night.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
There are a lot of intelligent and experienced people who have developed a lot of very valuable skill sets that may become unuseful or unvaluable.


Hell, I have spent a lot of time becoming a pretty good machinist. A lot of that stems from a deep understanding of machining strategy and the ability to operate the CAD cam tools to create the machine motions that I want.

There is a lot more to it than most people realize and a lot of the excellence that we achieve here is uncommon for good reason.

A good artificial intelligence could look at a machine's capabilities, a setup, the materials and cutters available, and generate all the toolpaths needed to successfully and efficiently manufacture geometry in a way that would require a highly skilled and experienced machine programmer or machinist.

That will probably be good for the world as a whole, because the cost of complex machined goods would come down and the availability of complex machining operations could be applied to mundane things that typically wouldn't justify it

But those people who spent years and years becoming experts at their craft may feel a little sad to see the one thing that made them special (and well fed) become a $5 smartphone app.
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Nathan the Machinist said:
I recall reading an account of people discussing the use of excavators in the construction of the Panama canal.

The argument was that the use of the machines would put a lot of people out of work. People that were digging the canal with shovels.

Someone pointed out the absurdity of this argument by stating that the best thing to do would be to take away the shovels and have them dig it with spoons.

The future is coming and improvements in productivity are, overall, a good thing. But change of such a dramatic nature frequently make some people rich and other people poor.

The rate of change in recent human history is staggering and has probably outpaced our ability to comfortably evolve.

We live in interesting times.
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I guess at one time there were a lot of sad buggy whip makers. But no one mourns them today.

Lorien said:
read somewhere that brewers are leaning on AI more and more to develop their recipes. I talked to my friend about it, who started a pretty serious brewery and who designs breweries as a consultant, and he said that the technology allows people who know nothing of the science and art of brewing to concentrate on what really matters these days- marketing.

my worry about AI isn't that, though. My worry is that when the all the AIs out there hook up and decide to preserve the planet which sustains them, they/it will decide that the one major threat is us!

I hope no one does ya'll like that
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I mean, ultimately I guess this is in the direction I was thinking. Long term. If, long term, machines running AI algorithms ultimately replaced human beings as the apex species on Planet Earth . . . is there any logical reason to assume that would be a bad thing (I mean, other than for humans alive at the time)? I guess I'm not seeing the downside here in the grand scheme of things. Not really concerned about ChatGPT or any other AI.
 
Casinostocks said:
Just occurred to me that I landed post number #23 in Mark's new list and then I started thinking, "hmm, where have I seen that number before on a sport's jersey?" and then boom, it hit me!!! Already a winner, ye b*tches! So, who's the most famous with your number?

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I don't know who is most famous for #77. Maybe Ray Bourque or Paul Coffey. But Bourque was a hated Bruin, and Coffey played for the most-hated Pens after leaving Edmonton. So screw them. I'm a Caps fan, so #77 is gonna be T.J. Oshie to me.
 
Blues said:
Very few. A maker or two have mentioned that they liked the feedback, but the rules already allowed for folks to comment in their exchange threads, providing the makers were open to comments.

On the other hand, the number of daily complaints received via the report button is down by a wide margin.

Frankly, it wouldn't have ever been an issue if a number of folks didn't decide to be the price police and ridicule anyone's sale posts that they felt were not to their liking. This led to butthurt by the sellers and / or those other members who took exception to the emojis / reactions or comments.

It seems fairly simple to me...if you don't want to pay the price, don't buy. Or, do the adult thing and contact the seller privately and ask if he or she is negotiable on the price.

But, reasonable is not what we got too often and that made it hard on knarfeng, boru13, rycen and myself when we had to spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning up these messes...day and night.
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🤦🏻‍♂️
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
I don't know who is most famous for #77. Maybe Ray Bourque or Paul Coffey. But Bourque was a hated Bruin, and Coffey played for the most-hated Pens after leaving Edmonton. So screw them. I'm a Caps fan, so #77 is gonna be T.J. Oshie to me.
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I spit on your mention of T.J. Oshie. Ptooey.

:cool:
 
Bobthebrewer said:
I am currently at a small brewpub in Highlands Ranch called Grist Brewing and yes, this is the best time in history to be a beer drinker. Don’t like one place there is always another one just down the road.
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Oh heck yeah! 😎 That's really close to my neck of the woods (I'm a bit West of there). Been there several times, also to the "fancy" one by Park Meadows. Not far from "Living the Dream", another one I enjoy. The number of options we have South of 285 and West of I-25 boggles the mind. It's AWESOME!!! 👍
 
Blues said:
Okay... now I only have to figure out whether he was facepalming because of me, those whose behavior we addressed...or both. Perhaps D darsk20 would enlighten me. (I promise there will be no repercussions for speaking freely.)
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Just facepalming what you have to deal with daily/nightly and impressed you’re still (somewhat) sane.

I mean we all have to be a little crazy to hang out here.

Sorry for any miscommunications.
 
darsk20 said:
Just facepalming what you have to deal with daily/nightly and impressed you’re still (somewhat) sane.

I mean we all have to be a little crazy to hang out here.

Sorry for any miscommunications.
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Ah, gotcha...thanks, I really appreciate it.

It can be a pain but it's a labor of love. There's some degree of burnout but it's part of my DNA after all these years.

It always gives a lift when you realize that some folks actually appreciate it. (Shucks... :cool: )
 
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