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I this case, it would have been a disaster... We would have enabled functionality to Windows AD domains that isn't supported by MS. I won the argument and its not going to happen, it was a road we couldn't undo with financial ramifications the business couldn't absorb.

The coworker may have a good idea to get things started, but I'd go over the code carefully before proceeding.

Realizing I don't know everything I had to look up Dunning-Kruger effect to get an idea of what is going on here. It wasn't hard to see that AI can be leveraged to make low IQ people look more intelligent than they are. They can get away with it as long as they are not called to actually function as a high IQ individual with an understanding of the intricacies of what they are really doing. For example, one doesn't have to know what is really going on under the hood to drive a car. However, if the oil is never checked or changed very expensive results will occur. The same can happen to individuals using AI to cheat in software development. In an industrial environment this can kill people. On a macro level people who think they know more than they do can be very dangerous if enabled by too many others. See Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or Mao Zedong for a few examples. [Side note. Maybe if Hitler had AI it would have taken a look at Operation Barbarossa and told him to forget the whole thing, but Hitler being who he was would go ahead anyway.]

I'm making this post as a co-worker is recommending we replace a MS PowerShell function with a AI generated function to support the MS unsupported feature we need. The guy doesn't know how to code, especially at this level. Not qualified...

From the article:
"Inflation punishes thrift and rewards debt. Those who save in money lose; those who borrow in money gain, at least temporarily. The saver’s virtue becomes folly, and the speculator’s recklessness becomes advantageous. Over time, entire societies shift their time preferences—impatience replaces diligence, consumption replaces production and saving. Once the money signal is corrupted, society loses its sense of future orientation. Inflation de-civilizes by teaching people to live for the present. This is civilizational decay."

Ha yes, OUC, I've seen a number of those videos as well. Much of the knowledge they exhibit I already know and have done some of them, but knowing how and actually doing it are two different things. I have not done it all and at my age hope I will never have to test my mettle or my knowledge completely. We were without power for 11 days one winter and the wife and I did just fine cooking in the fireplaces and keeping the house from freezing. We had gas hot water with the old time pilot light at the time and that never stopped working, but taking a shower in a bathroom that was 37degF felt great until you had to step out. I was working at the time so I'd get the fireplaces working before I left and came back at lunch to restart them. I have to say I do love fireplace cooking - yum yum - if you know what you are doing. Years before, my wife picked up a 19th century fireplace reflector oven as an antique item that worked great to make pies and corn bread! Steak and potatoes on the fire is awesome! I would NOT want to do that all the time, though, LOL!

As I got older, I rescued myself by hanging around.

I've been watching those the guys building survival shelters/cabins in the wilderness on youtube with nothing but a hand saw, axe and a hand powered drill . . . thinking, I could get into this but with no time to do it! Darn that ole infrastructure . . .

I have to say AMEN to all of that. My wife and I have spent a lot of time tent camping without the "conveniences". 19th century living sometimes for a week at a time in sun and snow. Cooking on a wood fire using cast iron pots and pans or just a spit can have its own challenges and skill requirements lost to most today. But wait, wasn't that a plastic cooler loaded with store bought ice we took the store bought food from before it went on the fire? What about that pickup truck that hauled in the camping gear? Or the kerosene - or heaven forbid the batteries - in the lanterns we lit at night so we can see enough to lay out the sleeping bags on the blow-up mattress. Yep, real ol' time living...

Why not a Signal group chat instead of Discord?

The real high speed is how fast some politicians can make other people's money disappear.

Sounds like you got rescued by capitalism, LOL.

Maybe if the town seceded from Commifornia they could attract investments.

And George Carlin's warnings.

Me dino was born in Massachusetts. When little dino was 4, I didn't know that my dad being sent to Alabama to be the assistant manager for a company's new work site would later prove to be my escape from a Marxist state.

I might apply. Haha!

How about some ICE for that free drink?

I don't see any ads here either OUC.
BTW, thank you for all the laughs. 👍

Had to + that!

gotta love Senator Kennedy

Thank you, OUC, for the orchestrated ramblings.
Good to see the climate change charlatans being exposed.
However, I doubt that anyone will be serving time -- these frauds will get their book deals and continue to sell their drivel to their followers.
We live in an age of abundance which allows for widespread delusion and decadence ... the weak easily drift into the abyss frothing in meaningless distractions.

I had to find this on a map ... close to Redwood Natl Park, Arcata and less than 5 hour drive from Mt. Shasta (I enjoy climbing). The population has dropped from 328 in the 2020 census to 301 (2023). Could be some nice land opportunities.

Thanks OUC... much to appreciate here.
I do take issue with the one regarding the Roads.
It is not a matter of poor engineering; rather, it is a problem with a political source.
The politicians are the ones that set and approve the budgets and can be cajoled into both hiring contractors that do poor work (subgrade materials) and then follow-up with inferior maintenance.

Yes -- calling out the climate change cult is the best thing that Trump has done. I have a personal stake in putting an end to that cult as they are party to constructing a 25 mile long vertical land fill (wind turbines) in Eastern Washington which would degrade property values to the tune of $2 Billion ... this due to a 10% drop [at the low end] in the value of residential real estate within the view-shed of the turbine proposal.

You are the best. Thanks :)