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Was it difficult making the leap to working for yourself? What would you say is a good first step for a software engineer looking to leave a corporate job and become self-employed?
Thanks for mentioning Zettelkasten. I take notes compulsively whenever I'm reading or learning something, but I never tried making explicit connections between individual ideas. Definitely seems easier with software than note cards.
Ableton for creating little musical experiments - I've been playing with this software synth lately:
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Yes, agreed. ChatGPT automates rhetoric, like the Sophists were perfecting in Socrates' time. But because it isn't human, we can't really expect it to understand what's in our best interests morally.