@realDDGlover
We did the same for our condo last year.
It was nice to not have to paint.

But, I had to disassemble the house, pile it up in the center of every room, and sleep on a couch.

The wife was off in Europe being wined and dined by vendors for 2 weeks.

She returned to a perfectly reassembled home with pristine walls and an exhausted husband. Like nothing ever happened.

Software development is akin to being a rabbit.

You go down a hole because you have to.

Then you find another hole in the hole.

Then another in that one.

Eventually you wonder WTF am I doing this for and how many other holes do I need to crawl out of to start making progress again.

Then I drink a martini and watch Youtube videos to calm down.

@realDDGlover
Having done a lot of painting,
I like to think about all those long molecules coming together to establish a smooth blanket of color over my project.

Then I wake up and realize I have to clean the brushes or it's gonna be a real mess later on.

@AskTheDevil
Now we're getting back to our last thread about the 6 layers of the human brain and abstract thinking. It's what sets us apart from the chimps. Some may not have that 6th layer fully developed and compensate for it with more primal thinking.

Then this happened:

@AskTheDevil
Working on it.....

And, we need that brain-computer interface before superintelligence arrives. I'm not joking.

@AskTheDevil
I can do that currently. The AI is a cocky, sophomoric source of output.
But, the human can reign it in and make it deliver. It's just a painful journey at the moment.

@process
“Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.”

— George Washington

@Maude
Tools = Toys
> Toys = > Happiness

@northernbassist
Time for some Fire and Brimstone!
Martians will be able to make gunpowder if they can get something to grow there.

If someone tells you that software developers are soon going to be obsolete, ask them "Are you currently developing using AI to enhance your coding and configuring procedures?"

If the answer is "no", tell them they don't know anything about the subject.

AI-enhanced software engineers are going to accelerate the building of all of the capabilities that were hindered by human-only skills.

@Maude
Imagine if the assassin used a bow and arrow.
They'd all look like they were attending a Steve Martin performance circa 1979.

And it's only Wednesday....
Now that Biden has COVID, what other catastrophes await us before the weekend?
Alien landing?
Supervolcano?
Running out of vodka?

What?

And, capitalism can be a brutal sport.
Making hard and cruel decisions to make a business more successful comes easier to the amoral person. Running the business still requires intelligence.

If you encounter an intelligent person:
Do not assume that they are also a moral person.

Brutality and intelligence are not always mutually exclusive. Some of the most brutal people in history have been quite insightful and eloquent.

@AskTheDevil
Prison vs Penitentiary.

A just judgement must consider the entire context.

That context includes the structure of their brain. (my original premise)

Blame may be the same regardless of that structure. But applying punishment may be useless to society.

Punishment *should be* about restitution and course-correction for society's benefit. Typically, though, it is not.

I'll maintain that if the punishment does not change the brain, it's useless to society - and cruel.

Those who choose not to consider the second and third-order consequences of their action before they act will always find a way to justify their action after they see the consequences unfold.

#TrumpAssasinationAttempt
#coolitdown

@voltronic
They are infesting San Francisco.
I don't think they are actually bigger than, say, a Suburban. But they look bigger. Definitely a compensation-issue going on...

@AskTheDevil
Re: hedonistic....
Allowing bad behavior to go unchecked might be the result of a hedonistic disposition. If you only prioritize pleasure, why engage in the messy process of punishment? Unless, of course, you are wired to get pleasure from punishment. I'd rather keep the analysis closer to the middle of the bell curve.
Regardless, this is a different rabbit hole from my original premise that some people are insufficiently wired to think with complex abstract concepts.

@AskTheDevil
The primal reaction to "blame" is at a lower level.
The justification of assigning blame is at a higher level.

Assigning blame doesn't ensure it was assigned justly. That is what we should strive to understand.

That is why the mechanism to assess justice is important to unpack.

If some of us are insufficiently 'wired' to use higher levels of abstraction, their ability to properly assign a just-blame is limited.

A mouse cannot lift a skyscraper.