Pre-CAD and computer modelling, you'd need one designer and three people making detail drawings of the designer's work.
Now, you need one designer and perhaps a CAD/IT support guy (who can support multiple designers) and the software outputs the detail drawings.
In this example, 75% of the technical, skilled people lost their jobs and are now unemployable in their field of specialty.
Not to mention that there are far fewer entry-level positions now because those entry-level tasks have been automated. More worrisome is that less-experienced and less-knowledgeable people are operating big sophisticated software. People these days are hired for their knowledge of the specific software used than they are hired for design skill, knowledge and experience.
And of course, off-shoring is rampant as well. People in high cost of living areas simply cannot compete with other people in low cost of living regions.
But strangely, the total cost for major projects doesn't seem to have declined that much (or not at all) and is sometimes higher due to costly errors.
"If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it."
You must submit to the catastrophic climate change narrative! You don't know anything! Shut up! 97%! We need to spend trillions of dollars! Why do you hate the planet! Extinctionist! All my friends agree with me! You're evil!
"if I prefer natural-born women who grew up female, suddenly I'm evil?"
Yes, that is one thing that's so bizarre about all this.
My guess is that the vocal extreme minority of activists (who may not even be or "identify" as trans) have some kind of psychological need for attention or psychodrama. And, like other extreme activists or agitators, their claims and assertions ("raising awareness") are irresistible to the media, who provide them with what they need. And that creates a feedback loop.
Well, consider that some trans activists (who are not really helping actual trans people's situation at all) say that hetero males not wanting to have sex with trans women are homophobic/hateful/bad people, etc.
It's almost as if some of these activists are intentionally acting in such a way as to damage society's view and opinions of trans people.
When entire professions are effectively wiped out, are there going to be phoney, made-up jobs in order for people to collect a minimal paycheck? Because now there'll be all that many more similarly skilled people vying for the same low-paying work.
I'm not all that hopeful that things are going to go well for societies with tens of millions of unemployable, desperate, nothing-left-to-lose people...
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Drafting no longer exists; a designer operates data-centric software and the drawings are automatically generated from the 3D model.
Pre-CAD and computer modelling, you'd need one designer and three people making detail drawings of the designer's work.
Now, you need one designer and perhaps a CAD/IT support guy (who can support multiple designers) and the software outputs the detail drawings.
In this example, 75% of the technical, skilled people lost their jobs and are now unemployable in their field of specialty.
Not to mention that there are far fewer entry-level positions now because those entry-level tasks have been automated. More worrisome is that less-experienced and less-knowledgeable people are operating big sophisticated software. People these days are hired for their knowledge of the specific software used than they are hired for design skill, knowledge and experience.
And of course, off-shoring is rampant as well. People in high cost of living areas simply cannot compete with other people in low cost of living regions.
But strangely, the total cost for major projects doesn't seem to have declined that much (or not at all) and is sometimes higher due to costly errors.
"I write image processing applications" - you must be familiar with Phatch, I presume?
Oh dear, how did that comment make it through the filter. Here, let me fix that... there! Check back in 15 minutes!
Nah, I'm dumber than that.
On the other hand, it's often easy to tell if someone's bullshitting you since there are certain common characteristics between charlatans.
I didn't understand. Can you re-write it using only words with 3 letters or less?
What's your opinion on electronic voting machines?
"If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no-one dares criticize it."
Pierre Gallois
I don't know what that means. Nevertheless...
You must submit to the catastrophic climate change narrative! You don't know anything! Shut up! 97%! We need to spend trillions of dollars! Why do you hate the planet! Extinctionist! All my friends agree with me! You're evil!
No! You must submit to the catastrophic climate change narrative! You don't know anything! Shut up! 97%! We need to spend trillions of dollars!
And they don't have to use turn signals because BMW.
Shouldn't we call it social engineering media from now on?
What do you expect from software running on Windows 3.1?
"Intelligent, highly-skilled operators make mistakes in these sort of circumstances"
A favorite of mine is when the RAM is refreshing and you end up double-clicking because you thought the first click wasn't registered.
"if I prefer natural-born women who grew up female, suddenly I'm evil?"
Yes, that is one thing that's so bizarre about all this.
My guess is that the vocal extreme minority of activists (who may not even be or "identify" as trans) have some kind of psychological need for attention or psychodrama. And, like other extreme activists or agitators, their claims and assertions ("raising awareness") are irresistible to the media, who provide them with what they need. And that creates a feedback loop.
Well, consider that some trans activists (who are not really helping actual trans people's situation at all) say that hetero males not wanting to have sex with trans women are homophobic/hateful/bad people, etc.
It's almost as if some of these activists are intentionally acting in such a way as to damage society's view and opinions of trans people.
It's absurd.
Nah, Google will settle (undisclosed amount) rather than be and plaintiff will be bound by the agreement to STFU.
"On the other hand, we don't need them either."
Wait - I thought they were tasty, based on an old slogan I saw somewhere!
Here are some 'somes'.
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You need to add as necessary in your post.
Hey I thought 'social engineering' meant stealing passwords!
"They have found a kind of power in showing how incredibly hurt they are"
And seek to call in powerful entities (governments, revenge gangs) to punish those who have "hurt" them.
"Can I have some muscle over here?"
It's social media social engineering.
"Whether the train actually crashes in the end or not...
A lot of damage is being done in the time period even before we find out if the train crashes.
"move these people into new jobs"
Above what age is this not practical?
When entire professions are effectively wiped out, are there going to be phoney, made-up jobs in order for people to collect a minimal paycheck? Because now there'll be all that many more similarly skilled people vying for the same low-paying work.
I'm not all that hopeful that things are going to go well for societies with tens of millions of unemployable, desperate, nothing-left-to-lose people...