We're in the process of migrating our entire code base over to this new language (One of the big 4 banks) - Keen to add early adopters to our resumes : - )
I would argue that craftsmanship includes a thorough understanding and cognitive model of the code. And, as far as I understand it, these agents are syntactic wonders but can not really understand anything. Which would preclude any sort of craftsmanship, even if what they make happens to be well-built.
So, I respect the entrepeneurship and technical skills to make this. Well done!
That being said, this is insane.
Maintaining your social network is a skill, just like being able to swim, doing math, being able to hold a good conversation, being able to code or cook or do your taxes.
The "promise" and "illusion" of silicon valley is that all problems (including and maybe even especially social ones) can be solved with technology. This is not true.
Having to use your brain to think about things is definitely painful. It also has incredibly good long-term effects -- and also negative short-term effects because it costs energy. It's similar to eating well, regularly exercising and other aspects of taking care of yourself.
Making sure you can remember to think about other people is not a problem -- it's a REALLY valuable skill that is gradually disappearing.
The problem is not remembering other people, it's contacting them. One always has a thousand excuses to not do the right thing. By gamifying it, and setting reminders, it gives a nudge in the right direction.
It's not different to setting reminders to go to the gym, take your medicine, or any other thing you should do regularly.
And by using this clutch you can train your social muscles so you end up not needing it.
I've used something similar in the past, setting up reminders during the day to keep in contact with someone, using them enough so now I can keep in touch with them without needing the reminders (I no longer have them set up).
For some people there are "basic" things that are hard, these kind of tools are for them.
Basically you're telling people to not be ADHD. Well thanks but it doesn't work like that. I wish. Reminders definitely help especially because our minds are so bad at prioritising. Tools like this can definitely help.
The page specifically mentions ADHD and the design is also a bit too quirky for neurotypicals anyway.
I agree completely. When I'm thinking of my friends, I'm quick to contact them. But when life gets busy and I'm heads-down doing stuff for weeks at a time, anything outside my line of sight tends to get forgotten about.
Frankly, "just remember to do X" strikes me like "have you ever tried just not having cancer" in terms of useful advice. And given the number of generalized to-do apps like Reminders, OmniFocus, Todoist, etc., it seems like there's a huge market for people who need an app to remind them of stuff.
It's kind of weird that Romania has done so well, given that amount of turmoil in Romanian politics and Romania in general in the last 20 years.
Basically, it went up for Romania because they got access to the EU market (in terms of both exports and remittances) starting in 2007 and that helped, _despite_ everything else that went on. So.. kind of a win for Romania and the EU, I guess.
Smart young people left for rich EU countries: doctors, engineers, even construction workers left. It took time until the old generation that remained behind retired and now we have the effects of that: better paid jobs.
When I started working as a doctor in 2007, my salary was ~150 euro/month. It is now ~2000 euro/month. Some of it is experience/seniority, but most of it is just jobs competition from richer EU countries.
The generation during the population spike following the communist regime's 1967 Decree 770 (banning aborition and contraception) is up for pensions in about 7 years, which will create a pension crisis and a default of Romania's state pension fund. We'll see its effect on household income per capita, but it will certainly be under pressure. They already have increased labour taxes, thanx to the former goverments' deficit spending.
Idiotic and massively overlooks/underestimates how complex biology is.
What about beneficial and neutral but important bacteria and viruses? "Air" is actually a complex soup of all types of things. This like applying HCl to a skin infection.
I would consider it unlikely that airborne germs form a significant input to our microbiomes.
For example, the gut microbiome is in flux for about the first 3 years of life, and thereafter it's mostly only the relative abundances of different microbes that shift in response to diet, you need something like antibiotics or severe diarrhea to actually induce permanent changes (usually for the worse).
Compared to that, there really aren't many microbes in the air. For children, it could very possibly be bad, but even then I'd expect most of their microbial input to come from their parents, food, and surfaces. Which are already grossly deficient compared to old-school rural settings, but I'm not sure if germicidal UV would make it worse.
I doubt it would be a problem for the microbiome [1] but I would worry about the immune system. Would being inside in sterilized air all the time mean you can't go outside or into a forest without getting really sick?
[1] but who am I, it would still be worthwhile to check obviously
The underlying thought is that outside air (such as a forest) gets UV sterilized by the sun. So this would bring inside air up to the sterilization level of outside air.
I recently read the book "Invisible Friends," and in it, among other things, the author does go on to explain that it's theorised that many skin infections come from a lack of biodiversity in a persons' skin microbiome, because the "good" or neutral microbes compete with the "bad" for resources. Supposedly people who share a house together often have similar gut microbiomes, too.
So yeah, I don't know. I think you have a point here.
Take theater classes. Or join a (team) sports club. Both teach you skills that you most likely will not acquire elsewhere and that are directly applicable to interviews.
Also, having been on both sides, I can tell you that hiring is just a crap shoot. My (anecdotal!) experience is that a lot of hiring is e8ther 50% gut feelings-based or 50% keyword-based. And in the worse case, both.
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