Privatization of wildlife? Point creep? AI: “Hold my beer”

[noharleyyet]

AI can be very useful. You still have to know what to ask for though. This one made me laugh:

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*Googling DIY piano tuning

 

[SAJ-99]

Really? If you can't do the work yourself, tradesman have to do it. Regardless of cost. mtmuley

I found someone to do it for 20% of what the low bid was from the previous guy (who's bid neglected to give me an itemized list of costs- which was a giveaway). You just have to keep shopping. It also helps to be suspicious when people over-engineer solutions because they get paid by the hour. I learned that fast living in Montana.

 

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Someone should take Mr Rowe to a F150 assembly line and ask him to count the human welders. Shouldn't take long. You want to be a good, highly paid welder you better lose any fear of heights.

 

[mtmuley]

I found someone to do it for 20% of what the low bid was from the previous guy (who's bid neglected to give me an itemized list of costs- which was a giveaway). You just have to keep shopping. It also helps to be suspicious when people over-engineer solutions because they get paid by the hour. I learned that fast living in Montana.

Keep taking that low bid. mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

Keep taking that low bid. mtmuley

I love low bidders, they keep our repair crews busy.

 

[Nick87]

Someone should take Mr Rowe to a F150 assembly line and ask him to count the human welders. Shouldn't take long. You want to be a good, highly paid welder you better lose any fear of heights.

I doubt many welders or or ones that value there time spend any time on an assembly line. I think a lot of that has been automated for years. Welders aren't gonna be replaced by Ai. Not in the field, not in my lifetime. I wish I was a welder those guys have the world by the balls if they are good.

 

[Nick87]

I found someone to do it for 20% of what the low bid was from the previous guy

I would run from that guy.

 

[mtmuley]

I would run from that guy.

He learned it in Montana apparently. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

Not framers. Drywallers, yeah. mtmuley

And roofers

 

[Nick87]

I didn’t attempt much of anything until I was in my late 20’s. At 30 (2014) I started taking things on and failed a lot. I got help and advice from coworkers and family. By 35 I was harnessing more than half of my information online: Reddit, hobby and trade forums, and digital DIY articles. Between 2021-2025 there was an explosion of DIY YouTube videos, making projects far easier. Now a chatbot watches all the videos for me and halves the learning curve.

DIY’ers are a fraction of the population, but it continues to grow (think FSBO realty), and the range and complexity of their projects is ballooning. Many large online parts and project supply retailers now offer DIY kits w/ layperson instructions, whereas 8-10 years ago this was nearly nonexistent. Still, no observable dent in the labor economy from it yet that I am aware of.

It still doesn't turn out the same as someone who's done it there whole life, which for some people or certain projects are fine. If you want a professional product you habe to hire a professional. That said I do a lot of things myself that I'm not all that great at. There's only so much room in the budget. Other things I bring in a pro. Sometimes the material price just isn't worth f#cking it up yourself

 

[The_Jim]

I found someone to do it for 20% of what the low bid was from the previous guy (who's bid neglected to give me an itemized list of costs- which was a giveaway). You just have to keep shopping. It also helps to be suspicious when people over-engineer solutions because they get paid by the hour. I learned that fast living in Montana.

Honestly, we wouldn’t bother to call you back if you asked for an itemized list of costs.

I doubt many welders or or ones that value there time spend any time on an assembly line. I think a lot of that has been automated for years. Welders aren't gonna be replaced by Ai. Not in the field, not in my lifetime. I wish I was a welder those guys have the world by the balls if they are good.

Are you sure you know a lot of welders? - between the divorces, drinking, and drugs I’m not so sure if that last sentence is accurate.