Several times in the last two weeks I have been the one to figure out a recurring problem. It happened just now in the house after more than 15 minutes were spent searching for an unusual sound. We didn’t fully resolve why but I did figure out that it was water and I went and flushed my toilet and the sound went away so there was something leaking or slow draining that caused the water pump to stay on longer than usual.
What made it weird was that it was located in a location that wasn’t related to my toilet specifically but that’s not important. The good feeling came from being the one that solved it and I don’t always get that chance because other people have confidence in their smarts and I secretly know I’m smarter than a lot of people especially at figuring things out but I don’t have the confidence so I often don’t say things especially if it seems gabby when someone else is concentrating in the last week though I’ve solved five or six problems that the AI programmer could not.
That gives my intelligence and extra boost of confidence and a pride point and a good feeling even if it’s against an inhuman challenger. The media is all talking about how great AI is it coding but it’s not really. And it sucks it the kind of modifications and tweaking the original that I’m known for and enjoy. The AMEX mods.
That’s really all I had to say right now. I just had a moment of good feeling solving problems. Making my brain work in a world where that is decreasing in importance and popularity.
