By weight though, it's a lot less plastic being put out there. Is it worse than clothing? Maybe not, but I'd continue to be skeptical about it until some studies have been done.
But the solid piece of plastic isn’t shedding, it’s encased in ink and will be removed with set levels of ink wear. The synthetic varnishes, features etc are the same with paper so you’re putting out 4x the amount of ‘at risk’ shedding material due to the longer life of polymer.
Plastic = bad is a disaster for co2 emissions and ironically microplastics since the alternatives are heavier and don’t last as long. Meaning more transport, distribution etc and tires are one of the biggest sources of microplastics.
There's a big difference between serving up static documents (I wouldn't call this "rendering") and dynamic documents. Then there's also a difference between using a templating system for dynamism or a more programmatic and less portable page generation system that's anchored in a specific language like this.
That's _sorta_ what Apple News is, but you can't add your own sources and it isn't an RSS reader. It's an app that can be deleted, and it only appears in the OS using the same APIs that other apps have access to (widgets). I also don't think they push tabloid content by default, they push the biggest news outlets (probably the ones that pay Apple the most).
I get that a company the size of Apple or Microsoft are going to want to have syndication deals. It should not be integrated so directly with the OS though, and should absolutely be removable (really, out of principle it shouldn't be installed by default).
Are they really different technologies? It has always been my impression that they are the same tech, but they have a slightly different syntax in some places (DESCRIBE) and different levels of capabilities (Postgres offers more).
If you know the core concepts of one, you are probably 80% good to go with the other.
They probably aren't ready for a lot of users yet, and the high price will keep only quality customers that might be more likely to stick around and give feedback.
I don't know what things will look like 50 years from now, but I think you're right about a lot of it.
The least creative work will disappear first: stock photos, for example. The "grunt work" of taking generic photos of attractive everyday people can be automated, but any steps after that still require manual art direction. Even in a world where you can automate the entire process from concept to post, there will still be ad campaigns that require a public figure or truly original work.
"Create a 30 second TV ad for a local car dealership in the style of every local car dealership add from the past 20 years" vs. "Coke's Wassup Commercial". These are very different budgets, most local car dealerships aren't looking for originality, they just want something cheap and effective.
What does this mean for people who make their living from making local TV ads? I'm not sure, but at least one of those people involved in setting the tone and direction on the local commercial could be "keyword engineering" to get good results. The rest are probably working in a very competitive market that only has jobs available for the most talented in the field.
Personally, I would love to build software that benefits people over shareholders. I’m great at what I do, and I want to put my talents to good use.
It’s just really hard to get behind an employer that pays their contractors more than their employees, and has such a strict raise policy. I’m not looking to make a ton of money, just a fair/average compensation and recognition for going the extra mile.
I don’t know what it takes to get a department to drop the GS scale (or at the very least match raises with inflation), but if it were to ever happen, I’m sure they would be flooded with talented and ambitious applications.
