I'd be quite interested to see a study of some kind about this - for example, tracking diversity of word choice, phrasing patterns, rhetorical devices etc among human-authored text - compared over time among groups of heavy users / moderate users / non-users of LLMs.
Obviously the concept of "individuality" is fairly tricky to operationalise but still, it might be able to indicate a measurable effect and if so, that would be fascinating.
I think ClickUp gets the dubious honour of being my least favourite piece of software of all time.
Super slow to load, clunky, unbelievably overcomplicated, packed with trackers and unnecessary JS, etc. It almost makes JIRA look like a single page static site by comparison. It is absolutely gopping to use, and appears to treat the Unix philosophy of "do one thing and do it well" as anathema. ClickUp does 400 things. Poorly.
The threat of turning that up to "100X" fills me with genuine dread. How much worse is it going to get for us poor folk that are stuck with it?
But unfortunately, a VPN won't protect you from captive portals. So not entirely sure what your comment adds to the discussion other than being unnecessarily rude.
For other readers who may be too young to remember, improper privacy controls (unenforced HTTPS, poor encryption in the form of WEP, easy MitM attacks, etc) meant that public/untrusted WiFi was a legitimate security risk as things like passwords, bank details, etc were very easy to steal as they were sent unencrypted over the air. This is fortunately much less true these days with the advent of better protections across the entire stack (HTTPS everywhere, WPA*, etc) but unscrupulous VPN merchants still use this outdated argument to try to sell their products to less technically-savvy customers.
What these technologies (and VPNs) _do not_ prevent is the legitimate (and consensual) capture of user data by captive portal software (email, phone, etc), which is typically submitted by a user wishing to connect to a public network. This is what the parent comment is mentioning. Different risk profiles, obviously.
I'm not sure that resorting to personal attacks against the parent commenter for making a legitimate critique is the right, fair, sensible, or mature approach here.
Discarding legitimate criticism based on some self-determined criteria of intellectual superiority isn't a good look. It smacks of elitism and isn't something conducive to a productive and positive community discussion.
It is unhelpful, rude, condescending, and completely fails to address the underlying problem.
Hah, no my house was built in the 1750s or something like that - single glazing on the front and with fairly minimal insulation, plus it has no cavity wall (a mixture of wattle and daub and brick). It is a mid-terrace though so I benefit from neighbours being either side.
There have been a few cold snaps here where the weather has been down to -2 some days, but it’s been fine. I had a couple of minor installation issues (eg 3 way valve set incorrectly) but once those were fixed my house hasn’t dropped below 19C.
I was recently in a situation where I had to replace my oil-fired heating system’s oil tank (it wasn’t double skinned and no longer safe).
It was £2500 to replace the oil tank, or I could opt for £2250 to install a heat pump with the government grant. This included all plumbing, electrical work, installation, and 6 new radiators all over my house.
Honestly to me it seemed like a no-brainer. It’s a tad more expensive to run, but it works really quite well and is a lot less invasive than a big smelly tank of kerosene. I gained another 90cm of width in my garden, it’s actually quieter than the oil boiler, and it doesn’t stink in the summer- win win.
Obviously the concept of "individuality" is fairly tricky to operationalise but still, it might be able to indicate a measurable effect and if so, that would be fascinating.