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It seems more likely that the rubes are the ones who fail to grasp the value of work in ones life.


If the article could only provide a balanced view of that. Instead, the article is hammering home a specific viewpoint designed to manipulate it's audience into believing working is required for a long life, which for those who live that long, is generally not the case.


It does seem like an unrealistically optimistic point of view for most people, and these are all centenarians who seem to have worked for unbroken decades on end. You would expect a great deal of similarity in their testimonies, but it also might never be possible to be more than halfway similar to people who have only worked half as many decades. Halfway there could get your attention though.

And if you're actually accomplishing something why would you want to quit?


There may be some disparity in what it means to live comfortably.


Just another step along the march to the 'you don't own your property's mindset.


https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/109

states you own the property when you acquire ownership of it. if the contract is written in a way that says you are renting, leasing, or loaning the car for a period of time then the sale has ultimately not completed. whether you decide to agree to the terms of the contract or not is entirely up to you. it is also entirely up to tesla to not offer the contract or sell a car to you if you disagree.

this likely only works because of tesla's network effect. honda, for example, would be hard-pressed to do this with their civics or accords today. tomorrow is a different story entirely


The problem may be we'll within the FBI domain but their resolution crosses some boundaries that are meant to be protected. To pull this off the FBI would need to use a general warrant rather than a specific warrant as required by law.

In your examples none of them invole solving problems that you would not be unaware of, in ways that you're not aware of without telling you they were there and oh btw they had to rifle through your undwrware drawer to fix it.


> In your examples none of them invole solving problems that you would not be unaware of, in ways that you're not aware of without telling you they were there and oh btw they had to rifle through your undwrware drawer to fix it.

It’s pretty common for there to be problems the owner can’t be reached for - people travel, get hospitalized, die, etc. - but that doesn’t prevent action. What it can do is limit what they’re allowed to bring charges for – in your example, if they said they were pursuing reports of squatters in your house they couldn’t search inside your dresser since that’s not in plain sight.

In this case, I would expect that courts would give the FBI considerable leeway for neutralizing a system which is being actively used to commit crimes but not to check your private data to see if you were cheating on your taxes.


This was so well written I actually believe the author is an angry 12 year old trying hard to be as dramatic as possible while 3xplaining how these scenarios will have no impact on their stated target.


This seems like a solution to a problem that nobody had.


Cortina debuted on Windows Phone 8 before windows 10 was even announced. At the time it was an impressive assistance with capabilities Siri and Google Assistant couldn't touch. After it's impressive debut though it was all down hill from there.


This is pretty vapid advice. Setting aside the absurdity of the idea that you need to decide whether you can like a type of work before you're capable of doing it you've not answered OP's question to any degree.

If you have any experience with the field that allows you to answer OP's question please offer that rather than this feel good nonsense.


It's not completely unreasonable point. I do see it's a very different type of work compared to mine. But I learned that life is not about doing something you love, but learning to love what you do. So I'm game to try something new.


I think you've nailed the point that they missed. You do not always get to do what you already love, especially when you have responsibilities, family etc. What you can do though is what you suggest, learn to love what you do. Which usually starts with being competent at it.


This theory and academic prep that you dismiss is actually pretty damned important. It lays the foundation upon which the experience becomes valuable. What you've suggested is taking the lazy way out on the premise that you don't really need to understand any of it as long as you can muddle through doing enough of it. It is not very good advice.

I do agree that experience is important but experience on top of knowledge is much more valuable.


Well, don’t take it in the wrong way… I do agree that it’s important, and I’ve personally always made sure to learn lots of theory and do academic and other types of research. I agree with you that preparation and knowledge are super important.

What I was trying to say is that you get a really valuable perspective from actually working on a field. You get that plus you see how others work, possibly more senior engineers. Mentorship in the workplace is really useful for example. You also see real code and different practices and ways of working.

I wasn’t trying to be dismissive… more like encouraging. Some people feel that they really aren’t prepared, even when they get to a point where they are. It was more about that than about laziness. I value theory a lot, myself.


I actually agree with your original point. I think more people are at risk for not reaching their goals due to analysis paralysis (too much studying, not enough doing) than they are due to too much doing not enough studying.

I see this all the time with people looking to transition into software development. Everyone wants to take some courses and show their completion certificates as a reason why they should be hired. But most companies care about actual experience. How familiar are you with it really?

Theory is important, but you can be a perfectly fine mid level/mid proficiency dev ops engineer with just about none of it.


I can only take it the aybyou wrote it regardless of the intent.

The 3xperi3nce and mentorship are obviously important to your success but it's popular for people to try and rely solely on those because it is less effort than learning the mechanics of the subject and often allows people to place rhe blame for their failures on others.

If you want to master something you need both the academics and the experience. Either of them alone leaves you at a disadvantage.


What I find really irritating aren't the for fee services but the hybrids that want to charge a fee and show you ads without any appreciable change in service.


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