> So, when someone says “you see everywhere nowadays” is
> not even a legitimate statement in 2021 (or for the past
> decade, I am assuming), because “everything” that is
> out there (available to see/read/etc.) on the Internet
> is not seen/read, because algorithms assume everyone just
> wants to see what they, the individual, wants to see. Over
> and over again. The same type of stuff.
>
> Talk about some boring stuff!
It's been that way ever since I can remember in money-making realms.
(But 'money' isn't to blame any more than a blade sunk into another human being is....)
Also does Robert Smith's “it's always the same” come to blog-reading mind.
> I am doing something wrong with the CREATE
> TABLE part of this particular MySQL db. I am getting
> an error that says different things depending on how I
> implement the commands – and I cannot seem to “reverse
> engineer” (or solve) what the hell is going on.
See also: the joy of non-digital journals. ;–)
> Sometimes, the single most important thing to do in the
> morning is: sit on the couch, with the kitten curled up
> on my lap, purring, as I sip my coffee.
Now that sounds like living!
> Why I'm sick of technology
I'm pretty sure I'm a member of your choir that got thusly ill a few years before you.
> As far as I can tell, the root cause is money.
Money in and of itself is innocuous.
Root cause is self-centric people.
Again. And again. And a billion gazillion times again.
> So please, if you are a developer, product manager or even
> investor: we need to make a concerted effort to actually
> improve quality of life, not add new venues to deliver a
> death by 1,000 cuts.
There is no “we” in the great downwardly-spiraling sea of self-centric instantiations of individuality.
> Usually I cannot come up with a good title for a blog post,
> but I cannot just not have a title, so I come up with some
> BS that has nearly nothing to do with the blog post. It
> all works out in the end, though ;)
C'mon dude! How many times must this writer illustrate song lyrics spoofs as titles?
Get busy with titles from your time parlayed into introductions to your blog body text.