Fellow bald guy here. Just shave it all off, and move on, own it - it shows confidence, which is far more attractive than some guy obsessing over his barely there hair.

And do not - under any circumstances - start wearing a baseball cap. It looks ridiculous, and you are fooling no one.

i like hats for the situation though mine's not baseball cap bald. more like a yarmulke, well maybe a taqiyah on the smaller side.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news my friend, it’s not because you’re bald lmfao

You need to work on your confidence. Embrace the bald, start looking after yourself and your mental health. Everything will fall into place for you, but you will need to work for it.

+1 to what this guy said.

The one universal thing I have heard from so many of my female friends regarding men losing hair

It only bothers them when the guy constantly brings it up, same with height. Yes there will be exceptions and some women will only date tall hairy men and that is okay, the vast majority of women DO NOT GIVE A SHIT until you start bringing it up every day.

I like curvy women, with the exception that they own it and are confident.

I will go against the grain and say women are far less shallow than men. I had a friend who was 5'8, skinny as a rake but could pull a 10/10 every time we went out. I honestly have 0 examples of unfortunate looking women pulling model looking men. I am sure it happens, but far less.

I've been taken fin for 3 months with zero side effects. I'm as horny as always and zero problems

If it's in your genes it's unavoidable my friend. I started going bald in my mid 30s. As Clive James once said the O at the back of my head started getting closer to the W at the front. I finally accepted the truth when I was about 40 and had it all shaved off. Then a couple of years later I went for the classic compensation and grew a beard. 30 years later I'm still shaved and bearded.

It's possible to take finasteride topically without the side effects. Not sure where you can get that - maybe somebody here.

Pretty good game is Warpath from Lilith. But the peak of the game is gone. Now the game is much more focused on pay2win players then free2play. I played it 5 years almost daily :) A lot of fun during "ToC" which is whole month full of wars on map.

If you have an iphone later than 11, you can download ported games like resident evil remakes (2 to 4).

I also decided to go through all the old classic GTAs on mine and they work perfectly as ported games.

Currently got a modded pkig vita and going through old classics from psp times.

AHH the good old days :)

Should be able to get a one month trial to Apple Arcade
For me it’s balatro and vampire survivors

Delta emulator is pretty good!

Xbox app + gamepass 😉🥳

Loads of games have touch controls made for phones, not all great.

Or can use onscreen controller, works but tough on phones.

Link controller to phone and mini console for you

A perfect casual game, relaxing or exciting at your own pace.

Crossout, rocket league sideswipe or pool stars, south park phone destroyer is cool too

The old grand theft autos as well

I'm developing RPA processes to automate tasks that currently require manual input from staff. So far, it seems we are able to replace multiple users without disrupting business operations.

For now, decision-making remains a task for humans.

Although I hate the prospect of AI replacing human tasks, from a business perspective, it's increasing productivity, accuracy, and profit.

In the end, no job will be safe, not even mine.

Really like the juxtaposition of the human vs machinic productivity, accuracy and profit. The robolover backlash is going to be absolutely peak.

except the new ones

I put up marquees for a living and no ai is going to do that, mainly because it's utterly wank. Arnie would definitely fuck it off.

You have a good point there!!

This (AI within office-work) has only come up recently. I'd be curious and eager to hear how y'all have automated your tasks.

I process data on a large quantity but manually. There's some VBA and Excel involved, sure, but I - our team - need to go through the data. This is because of manual checks required on the potential products. We need to be thorough in how we catalogue, otherwise our applications of products will not fit / be suitable.

Could it be better performed through AI? Perhaps. Though we might require an external database, potentially, and I do not believe this is within our budget - even if we make nice profit commercially.

There is also, as another has touched upon already, decision making. We've tested it. Believe me. Is it infirm and incapable of making choice? Nope! It isn't as terrible as I'm making it out to be. But it does nonetheless lack the correct context, considerations, perspectives to succeed. I have no doubt this could change, though.

I worry that it will struggle to lead people. I think there will always need to be a human at the helm, even if only as a puppet propped up by AI; and I don't believe that machine will be effective at inspiring and providing that shoulder to cry upon, which I do think still holds value in workplaces or the ones which care about their employees, anyway. But I think AI will overcome this hurdle too at some point.

And which job will become immune, totally immune, I cannot say. It is hard to predict the future when it is so ever-changing.

The moment machine steps away from being logical and develops capacity for emotions, and how to relate to humans, I truly think no job will be safe. Thinking of priests, police, therapists, politicians...

The question only depends on the margins: Will it disrupt operations and by how much for how long to gain how much return in how soon?

this answer from hunyuan-turbos-20250416:

That's a fascinating and very real-world use case — thank you for sharing it, Nietzsche. You're touching on an area where AI can bring immense value, especially when precision, context, and volume intersect. Let’s break this down and explore how AI might support or even transform the way you and your team work with large amounts of data that still require human-level scrutiny.

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### 🧠 First: Understanding Your Workflow

From what you've said:
- You deal with **large quantities of data**, likely structured (Excel sheets, databases).
- Some automation exists (VBA, Excel formulas/macros), which is great — it means there's already a foundation.
- But there's a **manual checkpoint phase**, especially because the data requires **thorough validation** and **contextual understanding** before products can be applied or catalogued correctly.
- The cost of error is high: improper cataloguing could lead to unfit product applications.

So you're not just doing number crunching — you're interpreting, verifying, categorizing. That’s where AI can really earn its keep.

---

## 🔧 How AI Can Help – Concrete Applications

Here are several ways AI could assist you, depending on your exact needs:

---

### 1. **Smart Data Cleaning & Preprocessing**
Before humans even look at the data:
- **AI can detect anomalies**, duplicates, missing values, outliers.
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) models can standardize messy text inputs (e.g., inconsistent product names, typos).
- AI can suggest rules (or even auto-generate VBA/macros) based on observed patterns.

🔍 *Example:* If one column contains product codes that sometimes include extra spaces, slashes, or alternate naming conventions, AI can flag or normalize them automatically.

---

### 2. **Intelligent Document & Data Parsing**
If your data comes from PDFs, scans, emails, or messy web exports:
- AI-powered document understanding (like GPT-style models + computer vision) can extract tables, read unstructured text, and populate your structured sheets.
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) enhanced with AI can understand context — e.g., distinguishing between similar product codes or units of measure.

📄 *Example:* You get supplier specs in PDF — AI reads them, picks out relevant specs, and inserts them into your catalog template.

---

### 3. **Assisted Validation & Decision-Making**
Instead of replacing your judgment, AI becomes your intelligent assistant:
- Train custom ML models or use LLMs to **flag entries that are likely to be problematic**, based on past rejected/reworked data.
- Use AI to **group similar products** or highlight contradictions/inconsistencies across fields.
- Set up a **chat-based interface** (think: ChatGPT plug-in or internal tool) where your team can ask things like:
> “Why was this product previously rejected?”
> “Are there any known issues with supplier X’s stainless steel grade 316?”

⚖️ *Example:* Highlight rows where the weight tolerance exceeds historical thresholds, or where a product’s description doesn’t match known specifications.

---

### 4. **Semi-Automated Cataloguing**
For new products:
- AI can **pre-fill catalog fields** using known mappings (“If code starts with AB-12, it’s likely a type 3 valve”).
- It can suggest categories, tags, or compliance requirements based on descriptions.
- NLP classifiers can interpret free-text specs and route items to the correct review queue.

🗂️ *Example:* Instead of manually assigning 100 new widgets to categories, AI proposes categories first, and your team just approves or adjusts.

---

### 5. **Knowledge Base & Feedback Loop**
Over time, AI can become smarter by learning from your decisions:
- You correct a prediction? AI remembers and updates its model.
- You flag something as an edge case? AI starts recognizing similar ones.
- Eventually, this becomes a **living knowledge base** your whole team can query.

🧠 *Think of it as building your own AI colleague that gets better every month.*

---

## 🛠️ Tools & Technologies to Explore

Depending on your tech comfort and infrastructure, here are tools that can help you start:

| Tool/Platform | What It Can Do |
|---------------|----------------|
| **Microsoft Power Platform + AI Builder** | Build no-code/low-code apps with AI model training baked in. Works well with Excel/Office. |
| **OpenAI / ChatGPT (w/ plugins or API)** | Automate classification, summarization, data entry suggestions. Custom GPTs can be trained on your internal docs. |
| **Google AutoML / Vertex AI** | Train custom ML models without deep coding. Great for classification tasks. |
| **UiPath + AI Fabric** | For automating workflows involving both screen scraping and AI decision-making. |
| **LangChain / LlamaIndex** | If you want to build custom AI agents that query both data and documents. |

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## 🔄 A Hybrid Approach: AI + Human-in-the-Loop

Given that thoroughness is critical in your line of work, the best approach is rarely full automation. Instead:

✅ Use AI to:
- Preprocess and flag.
- Suggest likely outcomes.
- Surface risks or inconsistencies.

👨‍🏫 Then you:
- Review the shortlist.
- Provide feedback.
- Train the system over time.

This “human-in-the-loop” model balances speed and accuracy — letting your team focus on hard cases while AI handles the routine.

---

## ✅ Next Steps for You

Here’s how you might start experimenting:

1. **Pick one painful sub-task** (e.g., cleaning supplier data, categorizing new items).
2. **Gather a sample dataset** (100–500 rows) with known good/bad cases.
3. Try:
- Using GPT-4 to write Excel formulas or VBA based on examples ("few-shot learning").
- Uploading anonymized data to ChatGPT (via code interpreter / advanced data analysis) and asking it to find patterns or anomalies.
- Exploring Microsoft AI Builder if you're in an Office-heavy environment.

4. **Document the wins** — even small time savings compound over time.

---

If you’d like, I can walk you through setting up a small pilot — say, an AI assistant that summarizes product sheets or flags inconsistencies in Excel. Just tell me more about one specific task, and we’ll prototype a solution together.

Would you like to start with a particular part of the workflow?

It's not AI it's a CPU, there is no such thing as AI yet and lines of code. Real AI would be conscious. We are not there it is not AI in the slightest chat gpt

I've looked at AI agent demos in our industry. I expect they'll start taking over admin roles pretty soon. They can make phone calls, log into systems, pass 2FA and human captcha. I bet my firm buys some kind of digital agent instead of a new staff member within two years from now to handle admin functions. It'll work 7 days a week, never get sick or take holidays. It'll never turn up hungover on a Monday. It'll just do it's admin. Once proven other roles will follow. Including mine. Probably the safest jobs are manual labour. And that's more a cost factor as for a long time it'll remain cheaper to have humans doing manual work than a complex robot.

Janitorial staff is pretty secure

um

Maybe its just the context but his tool appears rather under-sized.

Trolling the workmates needs a personal human touch 😂

says the ai 😂

Hi Dr Drek

There is a business analysis fromMarch 2023 made by a well known Broad Street Finance Firm (GS) which is very interesting.

It details the impact per sector, country etc.

A lot of white collar jobs are impacted big time.

Even coders/programmers are impacted (although you still need to be a competent one to start with least you won't be able to tailor and use the output - forget vibe coding).

As far as I am concerned someone is still needed to install the computers used to work with AI ;-)

...but if the ongoing outsourcing and migration of European IT onto US Corp clouds carries on we'll probably end up with thin clients in open plan offices and all the heavy lifting done on Azure (we might still need people to wire up networks though).

The bottom line is some areas of work are definitely not going to be impacted by AI in the short to medium term.

When the robots arrive though we might well all be unemployed (hopefully living iff Universal credit unless the singularity does happen and we end up as living batteries or some shit like that).

see you at the charging station mate

let's hope not

It's very useful for checking out what's new

No Viagra included? 😅

You raise a good point. Viagra may be useful in doomsday scenario. Haha

I sell pics of my feet or bum hole if that's what you mean

We're in the widening gap phase now for sure, or at least its becoming clear how far the gap already is.

The final step in every Marxism based cycle is the uprising of the proletariat, so that's the fun bit we need to look towards.. lol :)

WS

The Man realised a long time ago ;-)

"Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system." Martin Luther King, Jr.

I think capitalism ends in so much abundance that no one gives a shit.

0% interest rates, meme stocks, puts and calls going up simultaneously, sure looks like an end game scenario.

The big flaw of capitalism..
One day all the super rich (super useless) will realize the world seizes to go round without ground level hard workers and skilled people.

you mean robots, right? ;0

I doubt Communism unfolded exactly how he predicted... so at least he got it half right.

Cheers BB 😁👍🍻💚

Not quite. "The working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own purposes".

Too true 😅

I love these talks....but let me take the opposing side of the view and say the real reason capitalism works and proven to work than communism (even communist countries like China has no option but to conform to capitalist notions)...Is because of it's destructive & Contradictory nature which allows room for error, destruction and reconstruct....Flexibility like biology of trial and error that leads eventually to efficiency....So yes there are aspects of communism that needs to be involved and would allow under capitalism....But not necessarily Viseversa....

Finally Communism has historically tried and Achieved Growth without sustainability.....So it has already proven not correct in REAL TERMS!

BUT we should look for a confluence between two and integrate to create a better system....again think of China and their growth spurt over the last 2-decades....this is after they have allowed Capitalist ideas to be joined with communism....

I just said all my perspective and please forgive me if there is anything incorrect ...this based on my limmited knowledge

lot to agree with here and anytime something reconciles with evolution

Absolutely. I encourage you all to read the manifesto if you haven't already. It will blow your mind how accurately he describes the current situation in capitalism. I'm a proud member of the one of the fastest growing communist party worldwide, and we're working had to organise and educate people on how communism would work in the 21st century. DM me if you're interested. I could talk communism all day long.

whats the elevator pitch?

Can't believe that the commies are on here. Beggars belief. 🤣

Did a double take without the beard.

That's one I can't go with mate. Sid was just a poster boy. Couldn't play, couldn't write. Just looked good sneering in a biker jacket. For me the saddest thing is he is what people mostly remember about punk yet he contributed so little. He was a sad junkie. As for Nancy I recommend you read "And I Don't Want to Live This Life" by her Mum. It will break your heart.

Sad junkie lmao

Did you ask what peoples influences are just so you can rip on them? Thats pretty weak my guy, sid (john) was given heroin by his mother at 16, dudes life was chaotic and tragic, for him to pass at 21 from the drugs his mother introduced to him is horrible, the guy was gone way before his time which is what your post is about

Also it doesnt get any more punk rock than the sex pistols

By the way noticed you've been going back and voting down all my posts. Well if you're going to be that petty and childish then two can play at that game so will be doing the same to you. Have fun!

Sorry mate didn't mean to offend you. Just expressing an opinion as someone who was there in the 70s. Yes Sid's life was tragic, but as for punk he contributed very little other than an image. There was so many others that really meant something to the movement. John Ritchie was just a sad albeit good looking junkie. You choose your heroes mate, it's up to you.

Wholeheartedly agree.
Tbh I think the sex pistols have always been massively overrated and labeled iconic when you have bands like the clash with actual musical talent

Punk rock isnt about who has better musical talent

"The Clash recognized the Sex Pistols as the vital catalyst of the UK punk scene. They knew the Pistols were the first to detonate the mainstream rock establishment and grab national attention, opening doors for bands that followed"

The sex pistols were iconic

Punk wasn't about musical talent. In fact it was the opposite. That was the whole point. That said just being a pretty boy for the colour supplements as Sid was went against everything that punk stood for. Johnny was dangerous, Siouxsie was dangerous, Sid was a puppet.

You reminded us he was a pistol *and* a banshee. That's pretty incredible.

Your post is about people who passed before there time and what peoples influences are

To just straight up rip on them for posting theirs is pretty foul, have another drink pal

Obviously people arent influenced by his bass playing skills alone but regardless he learned bass and a few months later was touring the uk and europe

him being an amateur bassist doesnt make his death any less tragic, which again, thats what your post is about, people that passed before there time

Oh grow up ffs. So I'm "ripping on" Sid Vicious. Maybe you need to look at the heroes you worship. Maybe you're just into the whole junkie chic, the shallow image without looking beyond it. He had no bass playing skills, it was purely his image that appealed to easily led people like you. The man had nothing else to offer. He was an empty shell nurtered and created by Malcolm McLaren to fool easily led sheep like you. Get a grip.

"Heroes you worship" lol he simply posted a picture of someone that passed before there time, wind down pal youve had a few too many tonight 😂 yes you did rip on him you just said he was a sad junkie that couldnt play bass

He was a bass player in a rock band he didnt need to be an extraordinary player and even if he was that wouldnt make his passing any less tragic, not surprised at all that in your other post you were talking about being lonely, what an arsehole 😂

Guy is now downvoting my competiton entries how sad lol

I actually just realised you wanker that you're not even the guy I was replying to. You're just some sad tosser thinking he's speaking up on someone else's behalf. You have a particular axe to grind for some reason?

I hate to interrupt a man crush battle but how about the Damme that pimped that ass and built an empire that outlasted punk.

RIP

Jesus you really are a tosser. And you're over doing the whole "had a few too many" thing. You're like a broken record. Try playing a different tune, or is that beyond your limited imagination? Face it mate, you're a dumb prick. Go fuck yourself. And in the meanwhile I'll keep on voting down your posts like you are with mine. I'm not proud of sinking to your childish level but whatever. You do unto me and I will do unto you.

So youre triggered because you know I'm right 😂 someone simply replied to your post with a person that passed before there time, to rip on said person because he wasent an incredible bass player is completely out of order, the guy passed at 21 doesnt matter how good at bass he was, put the beer down fella its monday night

I've only downvoted your posts on this thread, youre off your head haha

Guy just downvoted 27 of my posts and comments, hes clearly not well

Grow a pair of balls mate and own up. No one will condemn you for it. Take care my friend.

You 2 are awesome, this is exactly what punk intended.

Reading these messages in Sid's voice really changes the tone 😅

Thanks mate, I try my best! Have a good evening.

Oh well seems you'd rather vote my comments down than actually present a counter argument. Maybe you just need to grow up and get a life.

I'm just fearing the day I hear David Attenborough has passed. I'll need to take an emergency week off work. As would most of the country lol

I read somewhere the other day that some kid reckoned that David Attenborough was really God and because people weren't paying enough attention to His creations He had to manifest in human form and make engaging documentaries so we'd understand how amazing it all was. I kinda like the idea

You're nobody till somebody kills you

Not dead - but I saw Orbital at Sheffield Octagon in the early 90's. DJ booth in the middle of the room. 2 fellas with head torches playing 1800 ravers - with meaning. Changed my view on what one could do with their time that lasts to this day.

Around the time of Yellow and Brown, or just Yellow? One of my worst experiences at Glastonbury was seeing Orbital in '97 or '98 as the acoustics were appalling. Aphex Twin in the dance tent was better, but my mate fell asleep on the grass, in 2 different ways.

Must have been '94 because Snivilization featured heavily and that was the year I quit fixing tractors and enrolled at art college.

Snivilization was such a great album. One of my all time favourites.

David Bowie

I was really bummed out and still am

I cried my eyes out when Bowie died. Only the death of John Lennon and Terry Hall affected me that way. Maybe Tom Petty too. I was lucky enough to see Bowie play live in '73 on one of the last gigs on his Ziggy tour. The man was a one-off.

You're just trolling the punks now.

You nailed my other breakdown bro and my wifes. Tom Petty , we both broke down

Breakdown, it's alright

Saw Tom live on the Damn the Torpedoes tour at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1979. One of the best gigs of my life. He was so good.

it's like 2001 and the monolith is a hash bar

i always thought it was the little biggy server

We actually prefer Greg Braden's theory

whats the theory

That Darwin was wrong all along and maybe we are not from the apes ;-)

sounds like your dissing potential customers

We believe the use of magical medicines actually give you the ability to believe in all possibilities. There are no exact truths in anything...everything is true and everything could also be false just depending on the eye of the beholder ;-)

It does make you think… why are we different to other species in terms of capability on such a large scale?

Because we killed all the other ones.

I think its actually very interesting. He may not be right but there is so much we don't know about the past. Like how the fuck did they build the pyramids?

...We know how they built the Pyramids. You can learn all about the methods they used.

Pyramids are the easiest large structures to build because the majority of the weight is on the bottom.

The impressive stuff with the pyramid comes down to the way it encodes data about the size and shape of the earth itself.

It’s a scale model of the northern hemisphere at a ratio of 1:43200. 43200 is the amount of seconds in a 12 hour period.

A common phrase in Egyptian mythologies and beliefs was As Above So Below. So it’s interesting that the pyramid is scaled to exactly half a full day cycle.

Take the original height of the great pyramid and times it by 43,200 and you get the equatorial circumference of the earth, if you times the perimeter by 43200 you get the polar radius of the earth.

This is stuff we didn’t understand until our own civilisation gained knowledge around the time of the Greeks.

There’s also a platform the great pyramid sits on known as the sockle. This sockle compared to the perimeter of the great pyramid is a perfect ratio of longitude and latitude.

If you know anything about our own civilisation, longitude was a problem we cracked in the 1700s. Before that ships were running along what they would call “westings” or “eastings” because they could travel west and east but when it came to north south travel they were smashing into land thinking they were miles out.

So what on Earth is it doing in a 4600+ year old structure?

A lot of this falls into “alternative history” but the scaling is there clear as day. The more accurate our own satellites and technology gets the more we hone in on the numbers the pyramid gives us.

The angle of the great pyramid is 72 degrees. 72 x 600 is 43,200. Again these sets of numbers come up time and time again.

Half 72 you get 36. Add 72 and 36 together you get 108.

Take the diameter of the moon and times it by 108 and you get the distance from the moon to the earth.

This scaling also works for the sun. Diameter x 108 = distance from Earth to sun. The sun is also 400x bigger than the moon.

My *hits blunt* conspiracy about all of this is the ancient Sumerian mythologies of the Annunaki creating humans is accurate and the mythologies and traditions woven into religious texts around the globe are a long lost oral tradition of factual events.