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by georgeecollins 191 days ago
I also love to code, though it's not what people pay to do anymore.

You should never hope for a technology to not deliver on its promise. Sooner or later it usually does. The question is, does it happen in two years or a hundred years? My motto: don't predict, prepare.
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djeastm 191 days ago
>You should never hope for a technology to not deliver on its promise. Sooner or later it usually does.

Lots of wiggle room between "never" or "usually". We're not all riding Segways or wearing VR goggles. Seems wiser to work on case-by-case basis here.

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gspr 191 days ago
> You should never hope for a technology to not deliver on its promise. Sooner or later it usually does.

Really? Are you sure there isn't a lot of confirmation bias in this? Do you really have a good handle on 100-year-old tech hypes that didn't deliver? All I can think of is "flying everything".

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