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  3. There's this Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin's dad says that if we actually wanted more leisure time, we'd invent machines that did things more slowly, and I think about it all the time.

There's this Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin's dad says that if we actually wanted more leisure time, we'd invent machines that did things more slowly, and I think about it all the time.

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  • camertron@ruby.socialC camertron@ruby.social

    There's this Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin's dad says that if we actually wanted more leisure time, we'd invent machines that did things more slowly, and I think about it all the time.

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      RE: https://ruby.social/@camertron/116435336506419667

      @camertron

      Calvin et Hobbes : tellement vrai (comme d'habitude)

      Calvin and Hobbes : so true , as usual

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        @camertron

        For "slowing down" we have in germany a typical german word: it's long, sounds harder and is very accurate: "Entschleunigung".

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          @camertron wow, I've been thinking that exact thing with this AI stuff. Got more work done fast. But for who? We'll still have to work 9 to 5. We don't get to work less. Crazy that comic is so on point and more so today.

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            @camertron so true!

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            • camertron@ruby.socialC camertron@ruby.social

              There's this Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin's dad says that if we actually wanted more leisure time, we'd invent machines that did things more slowly, and I think about it all the time.

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              @camertron https://xkcd.com/303/ 😉

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                @camertron

                #Thanks4Sharing!

                & #Thanks 2 #BillWatterson 4 making this (and all the other strips) in the first place!

                🖖!

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                  @camertron

                  We're all John Henry now.

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                  • keoni@mastodon.nzK keoni@mastodon.nz

                    @camertron wow, I've been thinking that exact thing with this AI stuff. Got more work done fast. But for who? We'll still have to work 9 to 5. We don't get to work less. Crazy that comic is so on point and more so today.

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                    @keoni @camertron
                    Once worked for a narcissistic bosshole who told me how the Internet was such a game changer, and implied his bullying of staff to work harder than before was somehow justified.

                    For similar reasons sociopath bossholes love AI because it justifies pressuring their employees to adopt the "hardcore" work culture.

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                      @camertron Less efficient, like a LLM? 🤡

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                        @camertron You can use computers with Microsoft operating systems and software. But I guess you want everybody to be similarly inefficient.

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                          @camertron permacomputing mentioned

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                            @camertron Watterson was/is a visionary. So many things on C&H were so on point. That's what makes it one of the greatest comic strips of all time.

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                              @camertron Hmm. . .that does explain my cooking habits.

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                                @camertron Hmm. . .that does explain my cooking habits.

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                                @lawyerjsd 😋

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                                  @camertron it is no surprise to me that Bill Watterson not only retired near the top of his game at the "perfect" time to have a good legacy rather than "overstaying in the spotlight"

                                  But then *vanished off the face of the Earth* to some tiny fishing cabin on the ocean and only has e-mail with people he knew from before he was famous with rare exceptions

                                  This is the way

                                  (Source: my memory of when this happened: https://slate.com/culture/2014/06/bill-watterson-does-pearls-before-swine-the-calvin-and-hobbes-creator-emerged-from-retirement-to-work-with-stephan-pastis.html )

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                                  • camertron@ruby.socialC camertron@ruby.social

                                    There's this Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin's dad says that if we actually wanted more leisure time, we'd invent machines that did things more slowly, and I think about it all the time.

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                                    @camertron The dream world:

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                                    • keoni@mastodon.nzK keoni@mastodon.nz

                                      @camertron wow, I've been thinking that exact thing with this AI stuff. Got more work done fast. But for who? We'll still have to work 9 to 5. We don't get to work less. Crazy that comic is so on point and more so today.

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                                      @keoni @camertron right? And this seems especially true when what they mean by work is create more email no one wants to read.

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                                        @keoni @camertron right? And this seems especially true when what they mean by work is create more email no one wants to read.

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                                        @thesquirrelfish @keoni @camertron

                                        that hopes it finds us well

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                                          For some reason that reminded me of https://m.xkcd.com/303/

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