refreshing to see something humane here, a real person, AGI is for the sake of humanity after all? for a better world?
[9/29, 12:03] Arnold: https://dev.to/tristanmastrodicasa/how-i-started-earning-35-hr-at-19-1lpn [9/29, 12:04] Arnold: here's the 19yo version an energetic youngster on a mission, their average age 30 the one 11 years to go the other 11 beyond [9/29, 12:06] Arnold: a 22yr gap between their realities, the real picture I've been facing too the last few decades [9/29, 12:08] Arnold: what's the answers? the advice? each fights for their survival in the cutthroat computer science field, jungle rather ,.even me now had Anthony not organized something I'd be nowhere [9/29, 12:13] Arnold: the 19yo making peeps lotsa $$$ he will be nursed along say 10 years 15 maybe, the 41yo seeing no way fwd, must he become an entrepreneur? has he money to employ young talent like that? is there only opportunity for say 10% like him? what about the other 9 guys? and... then me the dude another 11 years down the line up the exponential curve the other 99 guys of who i was one 3 months ago and again in a month or two [9/29, 12:16] Arnold: always thought it's just me or just Johannesburg or South Africa but few years ago found out this is worldwide, the comp science landfill fulla dead meat a rather large unspoken environmental catastrophe, similar to plastic, it's easier making new than repurposing the old [9/29, 12:19] Arnold: saw this vid that hints on a glimmer of hope, how peeps help each other reach dreams, everyone has a dream, if they can jus get a tiny bit of help [9/29, 12:21] Arnold: it's all about money it's become impossibly expensive to live on this planet, the Earth cost of living😂 [9/29, 12:24] Arnold: this auntie is real [9/29, 12:25] Arnold: she's wise and in a small way can change the planet if peeps would just hear n not sit in the audience with their we know better you're a stupid nonentity blank expressions😂 [9/29, 12:25] Arnold: https://youtu.be/H2rG4Dg6xyI [9/29, 12:27] Arnold: it costs almost nothing, a few cents maybe, almost free [9/29, 12:27] Arnold: The Dream Exchange [9/29, 12:28] Arnold: I'll show u mine if u show yours😂 On Sun, Sep 29, 2019, 09:16 Alan Grimes via AGI <agi@agi.topicbox.com> wrote: > I live in the DC area. > > That means just about every major employer in the area requires some > level of a Top Secret Security clearance due to government contracts. > These are only ever offered to the brightest college seniors from the > local colleges. It takes about a year to actually secure one of these, > and can only be sponsored. Anyone older than a college senior is not > worth the investment. > > (I'm 41, soon 42). > > The job boards that cover my area are dominated by fossilized job > postings, these have been up for many months at a time. Apparently some > corporations do this just for internal budgetary reasons and have no > intention of hiring anyone, if it isn't actually just a zombie listing. > > There is probably a pool of several thousand unemployed programmers and > IT people in the area. One job I applied for for simple IT work had over > 440 applicants. Jobs that I believe to be legitimate are often filled in > less than 18 hours of being posted. > > One suburb of the DC area, Bethesda Maryland, was noted for having a > population of 7,700 indians on H1-B visas, ofcourse these are displacing > any American with the chutzpah to think he could get a job in a hot > field in his own country... > > I keep an eye on posts regarding visas and Trump's efforts to cut back > on the visa programs. One poster described the life of a person who > thought getting a computer science degree would set him up for life. > Well, the degree renders one "overqualified" for all other positions and > therefore unemployable. > > There are laws against age discrimination but they can't really be > enforced. > > I don't think I made any really bad mistakes in my life but nevertheless > I'm a doomed individual. The liberals have been so papered throughout > their life that they seem to think that all one needs to get on the boat > in this society is the will to climb over the rail. That is false, a > total lie. > > In the coming months, the world will pay quite dearly for fucking over > my life. > > THEY WILL PAY, ALL OF THEM!!! > > I'm overtired right now, the heat of summer has not yet broken and I'm > not getting good sleeps. Still 80 degrees in here with the AC on at 3 > AM... (my main computer contining an 8 month number theory computation > is not helping) > > Anyway, I'll post about AI again when I'm in a better mood. > > -- > Clowns feed off of funny money; > Funny money comes from the FED > so NO FED -> NO CLOWNS!!! > > Powers are not rights. > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T8eabd59f2f06cc50-Mf82edfe916b3d2c26d1016c8 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
