robertritz (u/robertritz)

robertritz commented on Coursera’s Preview Mode classcentral.com/report/c... · Posted by u/deepakkarki

robertritz · a month ago

MOOCs have always given value to a certain group (about 3% of people who are motivated to self learn) and are basically useless for everyone else. Which is why they are primarily virtue signaling devices to fluff your LinkedIn.

When I started learning to code for data science I appreciated the lectures and examples. Once you reach a certain technical level these MOOCs aren't really helpful though.

robertritz commented on Show HN: I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years github.com/crbnos/carbon... · Posted by u/barbinbrad

phendrenad2 · a month ago

When I worked in manufacturing we had an ERP system that was awful, and we ended up supplementing it with Excel spreadsheets and an Access database. I briefly started writing my own ERP system to replace the whole system, but I realized something: my ERP system would be hopelessly tied to our process at this company, and wouldn't be usable by the manufacturer down the street, which my buddy worked at, without extensive rewriting. Software of this kind has a tension between being general-purpose and being really good for one specific workflow.

Maybe ERP is one of those things that co-evolves with the company, shaping the company as much as it's shaped by the company.

robertritz · a month ago

This I think will be the future. The ERP I made for my company is hopelessly tied to our process, and it saves time and reduces mental overhead for everyone.

It evolves as we do with me making feature updates and bug fixes every few weeks. Of course this is unusual in that I’m a very technical owner, but I feel this is the right way.

As software becomes easier to make custom software will reduce in price as well. Software gives my company an edge and I’ll take every advantage I can get.

robertritz commented on Show HN: I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years github.com/crbnos/carbon... · Posted by u/barbinbrad

robertritz · a month ago

I’m the owner of a smallish furniture manufacturer. About 15 employees. I built out the order management system myself because nothing really fit our process.

After looking at the site I can’t really say I know how this software could help us. I’ll look at it later on my desktop but first I think some better demo videos or gifs on the landing page would be nice.

robertritz commented on Show HN: I built a website to summarize Tech Twitter each day todayontechtwitter.com... · Posted by u/nsomani

robertritz · 2 months ago

I like the idea, but it's really just three summaries each day, which I can get from Google News. Would be nice to have links to the tweets at the very least.

Also the top three stories are most likely what your audience already knows. What people are craving, at least what I'm craving, is something that isn't on my feed everywhere else.

robertritz commented on I don't think AGI is right around the corner dwarkesh.com/p/timelines-... · Posted by u/mooreds

goatlover · 2 months ago

How would we prepare for misaligned ASI in 3 years? That happens and all bets are off.

robertritz · 2 months ago

Off grid power, air gapped compute, growing food, etc. Basically what Zuck is doing minus the SEALs and bunkers.

robertritz commented on I don't think AGI is right around the corner dwarkesh.com/p/timelines-... · Posted by u/mooreds

refurb · 2 months ago

In my mind “literate” is not “hand complex tasks”, it’s a basic ability to read and write.

Seems like the standards have changed over time?

robertritz · 2 months ago

Considering the amount of digitalization in society, more government regulations, etc. I think basic literacy alone does not guarantee you can participate in society effectively.

robertritz commented on Any [60] language. Any voice. Instantly soniox.com/... · Posted by u/Bluestein

robertritz · 2 months ago

Any language...

Proceeds to not work with several low resource languages I tried.

robertritz commented on Flounder Mode – Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work joincolossus.com/article/... · Posted by u/latentnumber

srean · 2 months ago

My first thought looking at those magnificent mellow glow photographs -- how does he manage to keep all that dust free.

Beautiful read.

robertritz · 2 months ago

Hired help. Does wonders for stress.

robertritz commented on Flounder Mode – Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work joincolossus.com/article/... · Posted by u/latentnumber

01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 2 months ago

I wonder what the correlation / causation is on that versus having a supportive family and community.

That is, if you took someone who's an atheist, would making them religious (left as an exercise to the reader) make them measurably more successful? Or is it that people who already have supportive families tend to come from religious families, and tend to inherit their parents' religion?

robertritz · 2 months ago

As someone who isn't particularly religious, but grew up in a religious household, and as someone married to a very religious person (different religions), I believe it's all about outlook.

Religion tends to give you several quite positive beliefs about the world that aren't entirely logical. Things like karma, the golden rule, belief in a plan, etc.

Generally speaking I also believe that religious people are more willing to trust and forgive. These are all pretty positive things.

And finally I believe religious people have a higher sense of duty to others, but the better term is probably responsibilism.

robertritz commented on Flounder Mode – Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work joincolossus.com/article/... · Posted by u/latentnumber

jebarker · 2 months ago

I too would like to hear more from people with similar approaches to work, career and technology to KK. However, it seems like there’s a large amount of survivorship bias at play when people talk about just following their interests and it leading to financial security and work freedom.

robertritz · 2 months ago

Meh I took a serious left turn after college and my first few jobs. Much happier now.

Work on Capitol Hill for less than a year then tech outsourcing then consulting. Realized it was boring, useless, and mind numbing and moved across the world. Now have multiple businesses, more than 30 employees across those business, and I get to have fun. It's stressful sometimes but I think we've kicked the stress finally (at 37). Now it's just fun and we get to see what we can pull off when we want to.

Most people simply quit or aren't willing to do the uncomfortable things. It's uncomfortable to be unbothered. But I certainly didn't follow my interests. I used my interests to get better at what was in front of us. Gotta pay the bills and give people what they want, I just put my own spin on it.