Siemens Field PG: you make a lot of money

Hey so, like the others said, you don’t express yourself like someone with intellectual limits, so I’d really consider retaking those IQ tests with a specialist in neurodivergent issues. TBH tho, the reason why everybody’s discounting your IQ results, is that it’s a kinda bullshit number, the older you get the better you realize that.

But aside from that, let me tell you that when I was your age, I was in a similar situation, maybe even worse: no education, as I had issues in school with bullying and I hated it since a young age, plus I had the usual “smart, but doesn’t put enough effort” evaluation, I couldn’t make heads or tails of maths, my parents filled me with more debt than I had any hope to repay and the state was taking anything I managed to save or buy with great effort.

I never attempted suicide, but let’s say that I took some mortal risks without caring for the outcome. But I held on, I did my best to help myself, worked hard and learned many skills, found a wonderful person who’s been at my side for over a decade now, went back to school (which isn’t very useful for someone who’s already developing a career, but with a better teacher I learned that math isn’t that hard, it can even be fun!), and now I live a comfortable life, make good money, and have people I love who love me back.

I won’t say that the ghosts of the past never visit me, or that I’m 100% of what I could have been, truth is what doesn’t kill you doesn’t necessarily make you stronger, it can also leave you maimed… I have many regrets, sometimes they keep me up at night. But all in all, I’ve been to hell and back and I’ve survived, if someone told me I’d be living like this when I was your age, I wouldn’t have imagined how that was possible… And I didn’t do anything particularly special, I just kept keeping on, put in the effort, and seized luck when it presented itself… most of the time.

Some days you’ll do great, some days you’ll feel like you’re wasting your potential or going nowhere, just keep at it, and you’ll see it’s not so bad, and it’s not your fault.

Afaik the fingerprint is stored on dedicated hardware on your device, it never leaves your phone and cannot be “read”

I mean if they help children grow when they have no real parents…

Just like post-WWII Europe with the Marshall plan, the “miracle” development of Israel, even outside of arms spending, is based on American money

It’s so easy, if they just diverted half of their military spending to development funds, the world would be on its way to post-scarcity everywhere, and there would be little need for armies. But they’d risk losing top-dog status, and that can’t be allowed.

Yeah, pretty sure a Civic with winter tyres is pretty capable as long as it doesn’t bottom out on the snow or try to drive on solid ice

Nothing says product quality like overworked employees

On the back sucks, with your phone laying on a surface you can’t access the reader… Sony had it right, put it on the side, on the power button

I mean he’s aging quite well given his position… Many people burn out way earlier.

That and leading an open source project for 30 years.

THE open source project.

I know nothing about anything, but I unfoundedly believe we’re still very far away from the computing power required for that. I think we still underestimate the power of biological brains.

TSMC’s allegedly calling Sam Altman a ‘podcast bro’ is spot on, and I’d add “manipulative vampire” to that.

What’s the source for that? It sounds hilarious

I think industry jobs are more… Grounded. If you look like you’re not an idiot and you’re not lazy, you’re hired; whatever you don’t know can be learned on the job.

At least that’s how it is in my area.

Yeah, I’m an industrial automation tech, so my kind of programming is different from what is done in information technology, but I’ve never been asked to complete exercises during an interview.

Propaganda goes both ways

It’s an Amarok fork, so yes

I was a kid then, but I remember that I had to push so hard my fingers hurt… I used a multimeter.

Now if only I could find a use for it…

Yeah, streaming platforms are problematic even on Windows, nevermind Linux

The problem with my printers is that I never leave them alone.