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I read the banking sector started laying off too. The whole economy is slowing down. Meh new companies will emerge after the recession as always.

Great performance from Kevin Costner. I love his character. And he has a good old school voice which is missing from the woke generation.

Tech companies are laying off at scale. Recruiters told me many companies are holding back due to hiring freeze. I can definitely notice a difference between early last year and now. Job ads are about 1/3 of what it was last year. I guess it was a natural decline, there were just too many jobs early last year in the tech industry. Do I care? Not really, I do what I have always been doing.

I have to exclude the financial and insurance sectors which are regulated by the FCA when I apply for jobs. The problem is, what's left? Not much since my specialization is mostly needed on the financial sector. Hmm, this is an obstacle when I am looking for a job in the UK. I sent my CV in other sectors but there are not many jobs and I haven't had any concrete result so far. Right now, I am really yearning for adventures and travelling...I feel like I want to explode.

I have a panel interview via Teams for a Swedish bank on Friday. I am not interested, I just sent my CV on LinkedIn out of boredom, I have no real intention moving to Sweden. Besides, I have spent some time and conversed with Scandinavians in London and I can tell I wouldn't fit there although they seem nice people. The recruiter explained to me the way Swedish conduct interviews and decide for the hiring. On one hand, it's certainly more democratic as many people have a say in the final outcome not only the hiring manager, however, they seem the type to think and think and think before they make decisions. More than likely, they won't like my style and I won't like theirs. Plus, I would have to code with 5 people looking at me? Yeah right. It's good practice though because I have already sent my CV to UK companies. I need to start preparing again. I am open to contracts too now, I really don't care about permanent jobs.

Assumptions are forbidden on ENA mate, we only speak facts here.

I have a lot of mood and energy levels fluctuations lately. I mean more than usual. I don't know why. Some days I am good, some days ok, some bad. I am getting extremely bored here. I have an addictive personality, stagnation kills me. I don't know how to cope when I don't have concrete goals. It's January, I would say, now I am over the setback in my last job, 5 solid months. Truth be told, it was a very unpleasant and nasty experience and it did affect me, broke my spirit in a way; ok, not to that extend but it certainly affected me. Anyway, for today the plan is to enjoy the sun as much as I can. And do nothing else than eat and sleep.

I had a video chat with bro today. We talked whilst he was walking to the office, he gave me a quick tour of Midtown Atlanta. You can't tell only by looking through a camera but I liked it, more than Boston that he used to live (which I have been in real life). It seems a more chilled, sunnier and friendlier town. He seemed happy. He was here only for a week but we did spend some time together and with his wife too. I was against this marriage from the outset for multiple reasons but the more I get to know her and how they operate as a couple the more I think it was a good match and they make a good team. I am happy for him.

This is so absurd.....

It is highly unlikely she is in love with you. Don't have very high expectations. However, you saved a person from the war, it’s a good deed, think of it like this.

The majority of the people don't think like this whether working class or middle or affluent. It's the minority thinking like this and the media/government forcing down our throats this nonsense. Exactly. This is dictatorship. This is what dictators did throughout history. Yes. Covid was a prime example that there is no democracy. The governments shut down everything and imposed the vaccine willy-nilly. And it was so easy.... The moment the media stopped talking about it, it was like it never happened. Yes the virtue signalling rule followers are the worst kind of people. I agree. For me it's a huge red flag when I meet people like this. It is. However, as you can see you can very quickly lose your job or even worse go to jail for absolutely nothing. Posting an opinion on social media which is not politically correct can put you behind bars, how absurd is that? The "government" is not only what we see. There are powerful lobbies and groups of people which push their agenda, the government is the pawn. I had an interesting discussion with bro about this, he collaborates with lobbyists now and it is very intriguing when you witness things from this level and understand how the system works and how "cultures" are created. This is a discussion for another day and not on ENA.

This video popped up on my youtube. Damn, if you are not politically correct you get fired. If this is not a dictorship what is it? I mean even I have been told I have to be politically correct in my workplace and I don't have any serious position. The people behind the scenes who promoted this woke culture have managed to be like clandestine dictators. Although now that I am thinking about it they have done a pretty good job, from "a survival of the fittest" perspective, I have to give them credit. Hitler used the Aryan propaganda, they are using the woke propaganda. Interesting, very clever.

How accurate is it Jib?

If you think about it, aside from consciousness, what do we have as human that makes us unique? Mainly, memory and the ability to connect the dots based on previous experiences (I am simplifying things apparently) . An AI algorithm does the same thing. You provide a set of data, you train the model on this dataset and based on the data it has been trained on, it connects the dots when you provide an new dataset. Basically, it learns from past experience sort of. This is pretty powerful. We will live an interesting era. I am curious to see how this will play out.

Only if they are naughty details! No it's not on this level yet. This is the thing, it is going to happen at some point, maybe not in 5-10 years time but in 50 years? It might be difficult to add consciousness on an algorithm, however, most practical things can be done without it. I am not sure whether coding will be the same anymore. I think it would be more about configuring things than anything else. Certainly many professions will become obsolete, there is no question about it. It will be like the industrial revolution with huge numbers of unemployment.

This AI chatbot is unbelievable. You should try it out. It's 1 minute to make an account: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/. If it made coffee and spoke with a sexy female voice it would be my new best friend lol. My question: And the answer within seconds: ... How amazing, it writes your CV. You can write a freakin book like this. Authors are going to face a huge problem.

My sound question and the response I am getting advice from an algorithm now....

I gave it difficult technical questions and it provided very detailed answers. Oh that's not good. The model has been trained on huge datasets of all kinds it seems. It's like having all the information that exists on the internet; sort of.

This is so amazing and so f*cked up at the same time. Tough times ahead...

ChatGPT is so freakin awesome. You ask something and it starts writing the answer. I asked a technical question and it provided an answer, a correct and elaborate one! Is this the first serious step towards the AI revolution? Will software engineers become obsolete? Will I be cleaning toilets at McDonald's in 5 years lol

I can definitely notice a trend here hahahaha The last film I watched with him was the Spy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_(2015_film) I have seen it many times, it's always funny. I understand the affinity for Jude Law, what I don't understand is how it is possible all girls under 30 to like this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Momoa He looks like a tall muscular homeless Jesus with tattoos. It must be a generational thing, I can't explain it otherwise.

???? For a second I thought I forgot my English.... Not all dates end up in making out or having sex (most of them don't really) , there is no reason to disclose it if no sexual act is in the very near future.

I believe you should disclose it. However, I also believe if you choose to do that, you do it before having sex but not before you reach this point. It's not the best discussion to have during a date.

The best soldiers in combat have a rebellious streak... Always the naughty one makes the difference at difficult times 😎 Those who follow rules are for the easy mundane stuff.