Being able to read or write, if given an opportunity to learn, certainly IS a marker of intelligence. That’s not a very high bar to pass considering toddlers can usually read. But it’s obviously not the only way to measure intelligence!

You claim the smartest person you ever met couldn’t read or write. So what kind of smarts did this person have? Genuinely curious. A really good memory? Emotional intelligence? Extremely persuasive?

I knew him for about 3 months, hung out with him regularly, before I figured out that he couldn't read. He was very good at manipulating the conversation to make me read things for him without me guessing it.

He paid off his mortgage by his mid-30's.

He taught himself to read and write alongside his eldest daughter when she learned. Keeping up with a kid while learning an entirely new skill is no minor thing.

He built his own house in the corner of a field without planning permission so that no-one knew he was there, and lived in it for long enough that he then didn't need planning permission.

He effectively retired in his 40's, and keeps bees for fun.

They call it "street smarts". He has it in spades. Also just genuinely a fun person to be around.

thanks for sharing. Sounds like very disciplined person with lots of street smarts as you say.

if you don’t mind me asking, any noticeable differences in throughput compared to reverse proxying directly to jellyfin? For example - how well can you stream a 4k video (let’s assume 15mbps bitrate)?

Last time i looked into it i saw zero information in the docs about network performance and what to expect. Which was surprising.

if that’s the real motive, why don’t they allow access to scrape content after some period? when that news is not as relevant. For example after 6 months.

> why don’t they allow access to scrape content after some period? when that news is not as relevant. For example after 6 months

I belive many publications used to do this. The novel threat is AI training. It doesn't make sense to make your back catalog de facto public for free like that. There used to be an element of goodwill in permitting your content to be archived. But if the main uses are circumventing compensation and circumventing licensing requirements, that goodwill isn't worth much.

Enabling research is a business model for many publications. Libraries pay money for access to the publishers’ historical archives. They don’t want to cannibalize any more revenue streams; they’re already barely still operating as it is.

i see, i didn’t consider this angle. thanks for pointing that out.

i guess im a unicorn haha. I routinely control my home (shades, lights, fans), set reminders for myself, set timers while cooking, and reply to (simple) text messages.

it’s only meaningful if there is progress made. the risk here, because this research is so personal, is that he spirals and spirals until he’s depressed or obsessed in an unhealthy way.

i wish him the best, truly, but i left the post feeling sad. if i was her i think i would prefer if my partner focused on being present and making the most of the situation. Stop trying to play superman.

you’re measuring the wrong thing. Spending more on education if a child’s home life is garbage is a waste of time. That’s controversial because it doesn’t sound nice, but it’s a fact. The real problem is not at school and school can only help so much.

At a broad policy level, government should focus its effort in other areas of basic NEEDS first. Stable jobs for parents, housing and food needs met, etc. Being a successful student when your families basic needs are not met is an uphill battle.

It’s also silly to try predicting the future 5 years from now, IMO. Historically progress is very unpredictable. It often plateaus when you least expect it.

It’s good to be cautious and not in denial, but i usually ignore people who talk so authoritatively about the future. It’s just a waste of time. Everyone thinks they are right.

My recommendation is have a very generous emergency fund and do your best to be effective at work. That’s the only thing you can control and the only thing that matters.

Or just move into technical leadership or management/executive permissions.

In any case, everyone should be riding the AI wave! Anyone doing so should have enough to retire five years from now.

is there a reason you didn’t consider one of the uGreen NAS’s?

the people that USE the software the most are not the people BUYING the software. it’s why all enterprise software has trash UX.

do you think i as a software engineer like using Jira? Outlook? etc? Heck even the trendy stuff is broken. Anthropic took took 6 months to fix a flickering claude code. -_-

Yes that was my point.

Not relevant point though. I was answering to this "I don't recall a single complain about RAM or disk usage of my Electron-based app to be reported in the past 10 years", I wasn't arguing that such apps don't make money.