Happy cake day, and this absolutely. I figured out its game the first time I asked it a spec for an automotive project I was working on. I asked it the torque specs for some head bolts and it gave me the wrong answer. But not just the wrong number, the wrong procedure altogether. Modern engines have torque to yield specs, meaning essentially you torque them to a number and then add additional rotation to permanently distort the threads to lock it in. This car was absolutely not that and when I explained back to it the error it had made IT DID IT AGAIN. It sounded very plausible but someone following those directions would have likely ruined the engine.

So, yeah, test it and see how dumb it really is.

Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and BK all started enshitifying until they realized they were hurting themselves. Even if they all revert to good, inexpensive food they are still left with the biggest problem that I’ve noticed: they have shit employees.

They cheapening also affected wages. Which means everything from line cooks to drive thru people to their store managers ended up being ridiculously inept. Maybe this is old man yells at clouds, but for me to step into one of these restaurants again there has to be attention paid to improving service. Drop the kiosk in favor of a friendly face who wants to help me get a meal I will enjoy. How about making the food semi presentable instead of apathy wrapping in wax paper. And of course I had better be able to walk away with lunch for $8 after tax.

So, I’m sure there is a fair amount of goings on going on, but I have to wonder if they’re branded? Because even if I was the least promiscuous person in the camp I’d be pocketing loads of Winter Olympics ™ condoms as souvenirs for my friends and family back home.

She read the manual.

Prove it. Do yours first.

First rule of Fediverse…

Art of the Deal™ mother fuckers!

Always.

What a banger!

Get them now before they roll up in MRAPs and 50 cals, Fallujah style.

Fuuuuck.

Maybe everyone put on wristbands and you’re all good!

Shit, once ICE figures that out they’ll move on to tattooing numbers on forearms. Fuck, we’re speed running this Nazi shit aren’t we.

There’s another amendment that applies, also.

+1 on the bathroom. Few things suck more than having a morning coffee shit at the office, wiping with that ridiculous tissue paper that disintegrates if you get it near water, and then walking around all day with an air of confidence even though you know there is no way you got it all.

Protip for office dwellers: keep a single pack Dude Wipe or similar at the office so you can poop without it being a biological hazard. Just don’t forget it. Asking a random coworker to grab one out of your desk is awkward.

You know those times at the office where things are slow so you walk the hallway or bullshit with colleagues or make a coffee run or spin in your chair?

You know what I’m doing during those times? Petting my dog. Making a sandwich. Pooping on my own toilet with three ply TP.

Different people like different things, I suppose. I don’t miss the commute or the bullshit, but I do miss interacting with colleagues. And I’m pretty sure I haven’t been promoted because I don’t have enough face time with the bosses. All that to say I am mixed on it.

I feel like the author has never worked a day in their lives. The frameworks they’re applying seem like a naive interpretation of work at worst, or perhaps a pandering to HBR’s manager and executive audience at best.

I’ve experienced this novelty effect a few times in my career. Something new and exciting, especially being pushed by leadership so completely, drives the early adopters and ambitious brown nosers to experiment with the new thing. Inevitably, things eventually equalize and the reality of the tool’s capabilities settle out.

workers increasingly absorbed work that might previously have justified additional help or headcount

Which leads me to ask, “Where did you get the time?” The article mentions squeezing in work into small breaks and lunches. But I would bet there are a lot of day jobs not getting done. Or, more likely, a bunch of day jobs that aren’t as demanding as people think and a significant portion of their “working” time is being present but not productive.

Anyone claiming they’re making others’ work obsolete using an LLM should immediately be put on a performance review. But, they won’t. They’ll probably be promoted. At least until the bubble pops.

ITT: my people.

I love this community.

At least he tells it like it is. Kinda guy you could have a beer with.

Apparently US might invade Iran. Not sure that’s even in the top five, though.

Really? Anyone still surprised or outraged is late to the fucking party.