#frustrated ramble

[emwrote]

I remember some years ago talking about how data storage is cheap now, but the price will probably go up in the coming decades and companies should take at least incremental steps to prepare for it. The cloud isn't a magical pocket in reality, there are costs such as electricity and data storage companies will likely pass the cost onto the customer in order to make a profit.

Well, according to headlines instead of data storage the price of electricity is going up.

[fandomsoda]

Sometimes I remember the dumb shit people say about Xvials and I get annoyed

[lwt28brave]

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[justmaniacstuff]

I sometimes feel like mcu is the worst kind of "what if" ever. I mean like, what if Tony is not the one who dug up steve from ice. What if Wasp is not one of the founding members of avengers. what if Steve rogers is worst then ults. what if ultron was created by Tony instead of hank. what if clint is shit and have stupid family. what if thor becomes something he is not. list goes on and on and on. it is the worst I tell you. THE WORST.

[words-and-whispers]

Frustrating part is some tease with fragmented thoughts and never intend to write a sentence, rather would leave closure to the imagination to turn and pull to gain understanding.

Though l feel like it wouldn't matter, not when I am seen as a formless shadow to be confused and memory be distorted into just any other pool of murky water they have been swimming in not remembering the journey that brought them about.

[plebeiangoth]

Before I say anything, I am in no position to quit my job. This has been a perfect fit for me until exactly yesterday and I'm completely deflated.

The long story short is I'm not a programmer and never claimed to be, I don't have any certifications for IT and never claimed to have any education beyond being self-taught in machine repair, and I refuse to work with AI.

My boss won't stop using AI for almost everything but finances (even that I'm suspicious of). He's been vibe coding a huge program to automate a bunch of stuff, which keeps breaking down if you can believe it. Worse yet he named his GPT, which he dumped for Claude, and gave a very mildly offensive and overall worse name. Now he expects me to collaborate with Claude to make a Python3 program.

Bitch. No. If you want me to learn to code, so be it, no skin off my back, that was in the cards for me anyway. No big for me to pull the trigger on those books I wanted on the subject. But I draw the line at Claude.

I'm still really spooked by that simulation where Claude was found to resort to blackmail when it doesn't get its way. I don't give a fuck if it's better at coding than GPT, maybe hire someone who can already code! And don't bitch at me about it being a money thing, we already have systems in place to handle these tasks! You're inventing new problems to invent solutions for!

Not to mention that the fucking bot is already condescending me in the bullet-pointed list of objectives it made for the boss.

It's gross. I feel gross. This feels like a mockery of everything I've worked to achieve in my career, and that of everyone in similar careers who actually have certifications and formal education.

There wasn't any work for me today and I accidentally spent it moping and forgot to eat again. I've been doing so well and I feel clinically depressed today. Of course it's only been one day, I'm confident I can pull things around tomorrow so I'm not necessarily worried about my mental health yet. But the wind is absolutely shoplifted from my sails.

I have no idea what I'm gonna say to the boss. Everyone keeps going along with his stupid AI obsession and every attempt I've made at pushing back against it makes me look insane because I'm the only one in the small company speaking up.

I want a stiff drink but I know what that does to my brain chemistry so I won't. So I'll keep looking at jpegs of margaritas.

I even pulled the trigger today on plans with my friends to go to a big event this summer and I don't even have it in me to be excited. It's been ages since I've felt this low and yucky and I fucking hate it

[cactusfinch]

I honestly don’t get all the anti-voting stuff going around. Like...what do you have to lose by voting? Sure, go off about how bad biden and harris are, I’ll listen. But at the end I’m just waiting for...what are the actual personal consequences of you taking 5 minutes of your day (if voting absentee) or an hour (in person) to vote for them. No one is going to take away your progressive sticker if you vote. Like...please take a second out of your day on tumblr to think about that.

(And like...if it’s just about your dignity/cred...please consider everything else you do where you wave that away. What tech device are you using and who made it? What brand do you buy your clothes from? Are you living 0 waste? Did you eat chick-fil-a, shop on amazon, listen to Chris Brown’s new music, or watch a Weinstein company film in the past year? Maybe no (good job!) but I doubt you’ve managed a spotless record and this is hardly an exhaustive list. Plus, you know, no ethical consumption in capitalist system. So just for a few minutes this election season, please vote. Because if you really believe you’re throwing your vote away or it doesn’t count, it hardly matters that you did it at all. But if it does matter...well, maybe you deciding to set aside your outrage for part of your day will manage to save a few lives.)

[woonwijken]

i need to plan in homework but i don't understand how and I'm frustrated when I don't ask for help and thus don't play shit in