NishanStepak

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by NishanStepak 1mo ago
The library of congress is selective and does not have copies of every book ever written. They are quite clear about this in their selection process. This is a myth which sounds right, but is not accurate. They could not afford this, nor
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by NishanStepak 1mo ago
Metafilter, Reddit, LinkedIn, and my own side project.
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by NishanStepak 1mo ago
With the Nordic area, it is already happening. I am not sure it will be as much of a problem, because there will be a lot less jobs with automation. The promise of a good job even in a cold climate will draw people. It will be like the o
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by NishanStepak 1mo ago
Many data centers will move north into the Nordic countries where the climate is colder and there is a lot of hydroelectric and wind power. Canada and the Nordic countries will end up building a lot of data centers in remote areas where th
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I have been reading more about exactly what is happening. There is an indication that the scanning and destruction of books can destroy the last copy of books that are rare. This way the information only exists in digital form inside the
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
These books are specific requests. They are sent in lists to booksellers. The booksellers are rejecting some of the rare books in the lists. Many of them are nonfiction books produced before 1990. They are clearly identified requests for
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Nondestructive scanning can cost 10x as much. This is about cost. It is not about preservation. Google never destroyed the books it scanned. Amazon and Anthropic are attempting to save money. They are not considering whether or not a b
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
There is also a matter of time. Some people don't get promoted until several years pass. If you look at a particular position or job listing, they say 3 years as a manager, 6 years doing Ruby. Find out the time requirements by readi
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
If you are journaling your illness, you might want to do a more complete journal so it is not the only thing to focus on. Keep it as part of a larger record.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Then you are in a well designed workplace. Most are not this well organized. I was able to fill the requirements for a higher position in my job so they had to promote me basically because other people could not. Part of being promoted i
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Emotional intelligence and rational intelligence are different things. If you believe in IQ, this is rational intelligence. If you believe in the measure of emotional intelligence, it is considered EQ. They are not the same, the ability
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Learn the things that no one else is willing to do or easily has the capability to do and ask for a raise or move in position. Be prepared to move on. They will give you what you want.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
That AI and search engines use a lot of cheap labor. On systems like Mechanical Turk, or hiring third world quality raters to check results. It is particularly obvious.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I feel comfortable using AI. I don't use it for everything. I know it is not accurate for many things. I don't use it for my monthly reports. I use it for specific things like looking up news articles or articles on libraries.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
A major contributing factor to what is being described is the development of superconducting technology. This is includes high temperature superconducting wind turbines, superconducting hydroelectric turbines, and superconducting transmiss
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I check the site and scan what the site has to offer. The traditional Evelyn Wood Speed reading method is about 4x as fast as regular reading.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Bill Gates is invested in Terrapower which is Natrium nuclear reactors. He is also invested in Commonwealth Fusion. Nvidia and Google are also invested in Commonwealth Fusion. Sam Altman is invested in Helion Energy. Helion Energy broke g
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Create an employee referral program for hires, it can be cheaper and more reliable than recruiters in the private sector.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I use multiple browsers depending on what I am doing. I have four browsers at home Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Comet which is an AI Browser. They all have their different uses.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
You might want to add a projects section. Both Metafilter and Hackernews have it.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
It matters because AI produced material cannot be copyrighted. You need to be able to prove there are significant human edits to protect intellectual property.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I find myself in a strange position. I have the option of retiring from the New York State Retirement System. I can take early retirement. There is a rule which says that I can take a full time job and collect a pension if it is not part
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Relaxed and full after a nice cup of iced ovaltine.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I have done a variety of projects with LLMs. This incldues looking up articles on AI and libraries, then checking their quality. It also includes learning vibe coding, by doing it. I learned to write my prompts first in the free engines
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
Maybe for local transport. Looks perfect for golf courses, industrial sites, parks, malls with a need for a car to move around in a confined space. The kind of thing where you need to manage a site.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
There is no permanent freezing because wealth can be generated with energy. This is point of bitcoin, the more energy and compute you have the more wealth you can generate. If there was a caveat to this, it is the rep rap printer, which s
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
I don't actively seek out AI coded tools. I continue what I am doing because AI is now added to almost everything. A good example is Overdrive which is a library ebook app. It has added more AI. Also, search engines like Google, AI
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AI's Arctic Land Grab(arctictoday.com)
4 points by NishanStepak 2mo ago|1 comments
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
AI's Arctic Land Grab. There has been a lot of recent data center construction in the Arctic.
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by NishanStepak 2mo ago
You are correct Polar Night is in Finland. Denmark is working on molten salt batteries. https://www.warpnews.org/energy/denmarks-first-molten-salt-b...

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