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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Often, the job of a data team is not directly to produce value. It is to support value creation through observability. Observability gives the business side intuition and knowledge about how the business works. The fact is, no one in th
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Doing more with less is the point of productivity growth (which is a function of upskilling).
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This is an excellent free response. I wish my colleagues could write this well (I am being serious).
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
I use a Macbook at work and a Chromebook at home, and always prefer the Chromebook (which has Linux support)! (I used to use a PC, but after Windows XP, that fell to the bottom of the list.)
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
For the uninformed (myself), how is the U.S. profiting from the war in Ukraine? I suspect it would be from financing and selling military equipment to Ukraine and allies?
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Keep in mind the idea that you should be going on oodles of dates also comes from media and social media. Take your time.
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Almost certainly the bar for problems that ChatGPT cannot solve is far, far higher than a student who is just learning computer science.
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Very thought-provoking comment!
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Reason and logic discretizes, but this doesn't mean reality is itself discrete.
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
I use a system of personal knowledge management (PKM), which I've posted about before: 1. Capture: every interesting idea that I think up or read is immediately stored in Google Keep (on mobile or laptop). It can be very rough at this
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
No, I think if there is a clear bias from the source, you can also acknowledge that _and_ evaluate the piece itself. The source in this case has a clear conservative bias. https://www.aei.org/policy-areas/poverty-studie
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Yes, one of my mantras for 2023 was "consume less, create more."
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
I am writing an essay series on this topic: last-mile analytics and how an abundance of data must be ultimately converted into (measurably correct) action. If anyone wants to follow along, the series is here! https://alexpetralia
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Salesforce is like the Midas touch of destruction.
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Remember, YouTube started as a dating service!
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The ability to work well with others. People will always prefer relationships with other people over bots, even when they can functionally get everything they need from bots.
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And perhaps, implicit in the above reply, write about what you have learned!
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Perhaps too clean - there is no hyperlink to the home page!
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I can imagine JP Morgan will update their due diligence procedure after this. I'm surprised this hasn't happened more in the past, actually.
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
One thing I noticed is that while I had good ideas in the shower, I couldn't remember them! (no pen/paper, phone, etc.) So, I started using mnemonics to remember my thoughts[0]. Now I take showers without feeling the anxiety of fo
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Me too!
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Yes, I also use very little water! Only the rinsing part at the end, which maybe takes 2 to 3 minutes on low (much of the water is reused).
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
I handwash all dishes and can go through maybe 50+ in about 5 minutes. My approach is very efficient. * First, get every dish wet (so that the food will rinse off easier), just a quick splash of water the surface of every dish. * Then, soap
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
I just looked it up. That is indeed a beautiful library!
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
This vaguely reminds me of Rackspace's catastrophic failure a few weeks ago. Both companies were owned by private equity firms.
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Despite what you may think of Jordan Peterson, he has a very useful guide for how to write better: https://jordanbpeterson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Essay...
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A Few Things We Know About Networks(internetdynamics.substack.com)
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Authority creates order, freedom creates chaos. But order can be tyrannical or benevolent, and because it can be tyrannical, some people trust freedom more. Essentially if you are on the winning end of authority's benevolence, you want
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Has anyone tried passing logs into chatGPT? I had thought it would be especially effective here.
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by alexpetralia 4y ago
Hi Doreen, I am sure many people recognize you as a long-time HN user! I hope someone from Google can reach out to their accounts team on your behalf.

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