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There are plenty of tech forums that don't discuss AI. I think your confusion might be the result of you equating tech with "writing code for employers."

By the way, have you seriously never written[1] so much as a single backup script to back up a personal system? You only use GUI backup software?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46634535#:~:text=As%20f...

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Yes we already know it's omnipresent, that's the point. Some would rather lead in a different direction than follow like NPCs.
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I too wish the world hadn’t moved on from when I started programming on a 1Mhz Apple //e in 1986 or from my first job as a Fortran and C programmer on DEC Vax and stratus VOS mainframes…

I also loved programming on these in 2007 using Windows Compact Framework.

https://weareconker.com/blog/is-windows-ce-still-supported-i...

But after being in this game for 30 years professionally and after half century of living on this earth, I still haven’t overcome my addictions to food and shelter and while I’m in pretty good shape, I don’t think I could start a successful career by opening an OnlyFans account so instead, I keep up to date on where the industry is…

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