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by TiredOfLife6 hours ago |
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upvoteby hamdingers6 hours ago|
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This is how billions of people across the planet manage their pantries. Get off this site and talk to real people more often.
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upvoteby raincole5 hours ago|
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Billions of people don't use calendar apps so they're useless; just remember your meetings.

Billions of people don't use todo list apps so they're useless; just remember what to do.

Billions of people don't use post-its apps so they're useless; just remember what you're going to write down.

Billions of people don't have cars; just walk.

You can dismiss any invention since industrial revolution with this logic.

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upvoteby trouble39683 hours ago|
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Funnily enough at least in my personal anecdotic case it works about like that. I do just remember when my meetings will be (or look up where the meeting was decided on), do try to remember what I had planned (sometimes I forget, but almost always for the better), and written notes are rare enough that pen and paper are sufficient. And also don't have a driver license. I don't think my case is exactly rare, even among softdev croud.
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upvoteby louiereederson5 hours ago|
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The point, as I noted below, is that this is an impractical solution.

You can justify the value of any ridiculous invention by comparing it to a world-changing invention.

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upvoteby hamdingers5 hours ago|
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You have soundly defeated that strawman, well done.
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upvoteby johnfn3 hours ago|
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And I am pretty sure every single one of those "billions of people" have had the experience of returning back from the grocery store, only to realize they were actually out of eggs.
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upvoteby ulrashida6 hours ago|
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Not the kindest take (and unlikely true).
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upvoteby louiereederson6 hours ago|
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Do you have that much trouble remembering what is in your fridge to consider this the stupidest thing you have ever read on this site? I feel superhuman.
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upvoteby pythonaut_166 hours ago|
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GP might be hyperbolic but come on.

Common internet tropes include both "look at this forgotten jar that's been in the back of my fridge since 1987" and "doesn't it suck how much food we waste in the modern world?"

Nearly every modern invention could be dismissed with this attitude. "Why do you need a typewriter? Just write on paper like the rest of the world does."

"Why do you need a notebook? Just remember everything like the rest of us do."

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upvoteby louiereederson5 hours ago|
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The solution being discussed involves someone removing everything from their fridge, photographing it and paying for an LLM to process it into a database of sorts. Further, in order for this database to be complete they need to repeat this process every time something changes in their fridge. Also will the LLM be able to tell if my carton of milk is 10% empty? I do not disagree that food waste is a problem, but the solution seems laughably impractical, and the default (memory) seems far better suited to the task. I can confidently say that the net value creation is not comparable to the written word.
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upvoteby pythonaut_164 hours ago|
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Oh don't get me wrong, the solution is lacking and is probably a worse outcome than just remembering.

But suggesting "Why not just try remembering lol" isn't really a valid criticism of the process. What you said here is a real criticism that actually adds to the conversation.

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