Breza

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by Breza 3y ago
I appreciate your thoughts here. I think one reason for the crypto criticism is the frequent use of "laser eyes" by members of the community. This story just fits too well not to bring it up.
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by Breza 3y ago
I completely agree with you. Too many CEOs and board members view their companies as numbers on a spreadsheet without understanding what they do in a practical sense or knowing what it's like to be a customer.
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by Breza 3y ago
Also worth checking your public library to see if they're already paying for you to have a subscription. The DC Public Library offers it here.
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by Breza 3y ago
Spothero. I have problems with about 5% of the parking spots I reserve through them, which is a massive number compared to most websites I use. But their support reps are so awesome that I keep going back.
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by Breza 3y ago
Some government agencies really get it right. Strange as it sounds, I've always had positive interactions with the Secret Service. I've worked events where the president spoke, and I used to live next door to an embassy, so they p
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by Breza 3y ago
I'm still reading the fawning biography Going Infinite, and even Michael Lewis thinks there was a lot of "right guy right place right time" involved. Heck, even SBF thought so. Lewis' origin story is that SBF noticed how
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by Breza 3y ago
It's wild to think of what would have happened if Alameda had gotten out of crypto and instead put all the stolen customer money in an index fund. The CFTC complaint says they started misusing customer funds in 2019. Stocks have increa
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by Breza 3y ago
Agreed. Stata makes common statistical operations easy, and the higher-level licenses are extremely powerful. But I prefer R because it's so much more flexible when trying to perform more complex data manipulations. Plus lots of statis
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by Breza 3y ago
Especially since most devs have a specific use case in mind. Coming up with tests that are tailored to your needs will always be more informative than off the shelf metrics.
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by Breza 3y ago
Depending on the specifics of your financial situation, age, and healthcare utilization, it can actually be in your best interest to pay more out of pocket and save your HSA money for retirement.
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by Breza 3y ago
Reminds me of an episode of Leverage where they wanted to hack into Congress and change the text of a bill. In the show, it turned out everything was airgapped so they had to send a person to drop off a paper copy of the compromised bill. H
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by Breza 3y ago
I was surprised to learn that the US government allows duplicate passports for exactly this kind of situation. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-pa...
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by Breza 3y ago
Neat! I appreciate your approach to preventing hallucinations. I've used something similar in a different context. People make a big deal about hallucinations but I've found that validation is one of the easier aspects of AI archi
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by Breza 3y ago
I've long thought there's potential in using drones to transport drugs and light equipment to hospitals. Crewed helicopters are expensive and risky, but the stakes are lower when your drone is only carrying a few thousand dollars
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by Breza 3y ago
You nailed a big difference between Starlink and Amazon: if all my neighbors become heavy users of Amazon, Amazon becomes more profitable.
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by Breza 3y ago
Plus he keeps making wild promises and only occasionally delivering. Those roof tile solar panels you mention are a great example.
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by Breza 3y ago
Thanks for the book suggestion. I've been fascinated with the early study of climate change since I read Fire Weather.
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by Breza 3y ago
Even without considering climate change, having diverse energy sources is massively important. Being reliant on a handful of countries like Russia for oil and gas leads to bad geopolitics.
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by Breza 3y ago
You could say the same thing about using a cell phone and a massively complex backend infrastructure to call a cab instead of your hand. I think the next generation of devs will come up relying on these tools, just like how I'd have a
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by Breza 3y ago
Care to elaborate? That's a pretty big claim.
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by Breza 3y ago
Yeah, the more you move away from standard tasks in top languages, the more errors you find. As a test, I asked ChatGPT to generate R code to run a T test for every group of my dataframe. It took the average for each group and then ran a T
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by Breza 3y ago
I completely agree with you. LLMs are great at combining the content of multiple sources, which saves a lot of time. OP was able to say "OK, you've created the app, but I'd like it to use a more modern design." It's
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by Breza 3y ago
Well said! Fortunately, you can still buy internet-connected devices with "Our app is no longer supported" fallbacks. I have a washer and dryer that can be controlled via app, but they also have physical dials and buttons. My Room
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by Breza 3y ago
Agreed. Admittedly, 37 Signals does have a great history of actually delivering on its announcements, but I'll withhold judgement until I actually see some real software.
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by Breza 3y ago
This happened with me for Evernote. Incredibly frustrating. I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised with how well the latest versions of Microsoft Office still support most non x formats (eg .doc, .xls).
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by Breza 3y ago
It warms my heart whenever people are rewarded for being 1. Amazingly skilled at a thing, 2. Kind-hearted, and 3. Good at video production. No need for clickbait, outrage, trash talking, etc. Just quality content of someone doing something
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by Breza 3y ago
I totally agree with you. I deleted my X account and only find myself on the site when I click a link without noticing the URL. I don't miss it, but it would be nice to have more context for what people are discussing.
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by Breza 3y ago
Cops are allowed to lie. And they do. Often.
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by Breza 3y ago
I don't know why I was thinking Tennessee. Eventually I figured it out.
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by Breza 3y ago
Agreed! Facebook was a very open platform, especially pre-newsfeed.

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