Technology has come a long way, baby. One thing I like to use as a good yardstick is voice recognition. The heart of all voice recognition is something called Dragon Voice recognition. It was around in the late 1990s, available for home computers. I downloaded it (and it was a massive download back then, and even crazier when you realise how little hard drive space computers had), and gave it a try. It was horrible. It had a failure rate of about 60-70%. It just didn't do foreign accents very well. So much for trying to voice dictate my school work. But these days, the same technology is basically in all smart phones for siri and google voice and S voice and what not. It's almost flawless, it takes instructions and knows exactly what you're saying. It's just so much better! Look how far we've come.
One thing that really irks me about the job market is that in the last 3-4 years or so, there has been a marked move in how all employers handle their recruitment. It used to be that they would reach out to all applicants after the process was complete, to let you know the outcome (whether you made it to the interview stage or you were rejected). These days, they only reach out to you if they want to interview you. So you're basically left out in the lurch, not knowing where you stand. On top of that, it doesn't give you an opportunity to solicit feedback, so that you can improve for next time. That's just not right, because it doesn't help anyone.
Perhaps the penny drops, and I've confirmed only part of what I need to know. We turn to Friday and there's nothing left to say or do. Have I got anything interesting? Nope. Just another struggle to get started after wasting time last night. I'm running on empty once again.
Was it Gary or Greg? Maybe it was Geoff or Jeff. Either way, he had the right idea. He ran in the other direction and never looked back. He was happy.
What really bugs me about news (especially Australian internet news) is that they engage in a lot of stories which just consist of reporting about instagram pictures or just screen dumping people's twitter feeds. It's ridiculous and it's not news! It's more about pop culture and celebrity worship which has now overtaken real news and events in our lives. The problem is turnover of staff, resulting in much younger hires, who believe that social media is the key to interaction and informing the audience. The fact is that it isn't.
Hmmm, I don't know if I blogged about it earlier, but have you noticed that your standard grocery items are becoming smaller? You're still paying the same price (or more), but you're actually winding up with less? I think that as the cost of raw material has risen, all these companies have banded together to screw over the consumer by reducing product quantity (though not necessarily quality), but still charging them the same amount. We see it with gross consumables and food and produce, just take a look at the Big Mac you ate as a kid. That thing was massive! But now it's so small, and you're charged the same, if not more. I think that sort of action should be legislated against. The free market is working to screw people over because there's no competition for some things. Is there any fairness in that?
Alright, I think I'm pretty much done for today. It's all about learning. But what can higher learning really teach you? I mean, with the right motivation and inspiration, you could hit up wikipedia and then source material to learn everything you ever wanted to know. It's a world of free information out there, just ready for the taking. But you have to go to school to get that education, sometimes at a worse standard than you could have achieved on your own. Why? Because you need the piece of paper from that institution so that you can be recognised by your employer and paid for your job. That's just messed up. Right there is a major mistake in how we are going about our lives. But people are always hesitant to challenge the status quo, even if they're unhappy.
But anyway, who the hell are you?
Joaquin out.
