The problem is not AI. The problem is still very human: the humans in charge don’t know what they don’t know, and they believe that whatever they imagine is true.
They also often believe that anything they can think of must be easy - just a matter of a worker spending a little time. Or maybe an AI can do it.
Management rarely learns from group failures, because they naturally assume that since the project was “easy”, it must be a problem with the workers.
CEOs routines run companies into the ground and the switch to a new company, fist full of cash on the way out. Once in a while, one of those repeat failures ascends into politics.
The whole point of social media/Web 2.0/ad tech is to create and propagate these illusions, because it's more profitable to confuse, manipulate, and distract humans than to educate, inform, and communicate with honesty and integrity.
So we've ended up with a low SNR culture where everything is noisy, nothing is real, and trends and fads created by grifters are more important than reality.
Obviously, this won't end well in any of the many different ways it's playing out.
But for staring at walls, I like to do that in the sauna. My mind sorts out so much stuff in that hot room that is like magic. Showers used to be that way for me, before I cared about water use.
TLDR: regular sauna seems to have no effect on my resting HR. Extended high HR cardio definitely does.
I became a huge fan of sauna time (15-20 minutes at approx 175F/80C... I would prefer a bit warmer, but I had no control). It was like shower time, or meditation time (which I never took time for). Great thinking time. I'd use it after a workout, but I would also use it on days without a workout.
I've been tracking some stats via my Garmin watch for a few years, and I've identified some patterns - particularly regarding resting HR.
The most significant reducer of resting heart rate for me is running (5k). Periods where my training includes regular 5k runs cause my resting HR to drop by 5-8 bpm.
Most of my training is resistance, although in the last 6 months I've added in a lot more cardio. Stairs and rowing do not seem to noticeably reduce my resting HR. Running definitely does. But to be fair, maybe it's not the running but rather the active HR I'm sustaining. Despite trying to stay in the aerobic zone, running always pushes me to zones 4 and 5. So 50% of my 30 minutes of exercise will be in my max zone. With stairs or rowing, I can keep my HR in aerobic and threshold.
Some stats:
When I'm off my fitness routine, living life as a typical person, my resting HR is 65. When I'm on a resistance fitness routine, my resting HR is 58. When I'm also running, the rHR is 51.
If I eat a heavy meal too close to bedtime, my rHR is +15. If I drink a lot of alcohol before sleeping, rHR can be +20! Food + alcohol = WTF. Probably not good.
Most day to day apps and websites should be boring and usable, not truly unique or mind-blowing.
In fact, humans waste countless hours trying to figure out what is what and how things work, just because there's always some designer trying to do something nifty. And by "designer", I don't necessarily mean professionally trained designer - although the pros can be given to trying to make artistic rather than functional interfaces.
Some people are just really good at leveraging others. Leverage enough other people, and you can get rich and or powerful.
And the more you leverage, the more you get.
A lot of current powerful people got lucky at one key moment (often involving imaginary money and hype applied to the stock market). And once they got their big level up, they suddenly became visionaries. That includes some of the more outspoken people that many HN readers idolize.
Many of those people believe their own bullshit, partly because they naturally are insulated within a group of sycophants (who are either groupies or usually looking for a lift up to a level of stature they don’t deserve).
Those of us unfamiliar with Bevy can deduce what it might be, but it would be really nice if your introduction included at least a link titled "Bevy game engine" which links to bevy.org.
Then your unfamiliar readers can first hop to bevy.org to see what it's all about.
This is normal business. Suppliers change due to all kinds of reasons. If you are planning any major build and you haven't also planned contingency cases, including alternate suppliers, then you are not qualified to be in charge of such a build.
And it's not like you cannot find good alternatives outside of China. They may be more expensive, but they exist (and are high quality - Germany).
But whether you like China or not, buying their panels and equipment to make yourself energy independent is a reasonable option, especially if (when) their products are good quality and priced well.
Your independence is only at risk if China decides to stop offering you the things you need. In that case, your future supplier will have to change. But not only is that unlikely to happen, it's irrelevant to the NOW. In the NOW, you could be buying tons of what you need to become self-sufficient.
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