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4y ago
Online help for all apps will be pro-active. Routine letters will be auto-generated, including letters to politicians. This will level the playing field for immigrants. Customer service will improve radically: chatbots will actually underst
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asah
4y ago
the "overhire" story doesn't match reality, because the layoffs included too many senior and long-tenured staff who know how to get things done at these companies.
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asah
4y ago
Setting aside the outrage-inducing headline, in fact there's numerous registered sex offenders in that town: https://www.city-data.com/so/so-Killingly-Connecticut.html https://www.city-data.com/so&
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asah
4y ago
...or at least warn authors and provide a one-click button to optimize...
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asah
4y ago
seems like this is the future... 1. first day of class, write a N word essay and sign a release permitting this to be used to detect cheating. The essay topic is chosen at random. 2. digitize & feed to learning model, which detects that
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asah
4y ago
Pretty good at the 5 but mixed result on the explanations... they're not wrong per se, but I'm not sure they're useful or complete either, and I can see them being dangerous. https://eli5.gg/difference%20betwe
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asah
4y ago
FYI landlords routinely put their apartments into single-purpose LLCs precisely to cordon-off the liability, while allowing profits to flow back.
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asah
4y ago
Our place has a ton of different storage locations... we solved it with a spreadsheet.
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asah
4y ago
LoL watching over-50s using computers is pretty painful...
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asah
4y ago
I'm curious: how much of modern SEO is low-level trickery, and how much is deeper marketing strategy ?
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asah
4y ago
You're not required to tip 20% and since nobody sees what you tip, you can tip them both $10 if you want.
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asah
4y ago
I reported to Chris, can confirm gg.
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asah
4y ago
So was Java!
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4y ago
sorry to hear about your friend. I know someone who got hit by a bike while crossing the street and hasn't been the same since. Bad things happen, the question is prevalence. also, I don't think it's fair to say "the ups
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asah
4y ago
Perhaps that's what the speaker intends but not what affected listeners are likely to hear. In the west, it's the speaker's responsibility to make themselves understood by the majority of listeners.
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asah
4y ago
That would only work in... Monte Carlo
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asah
4y ago
Real lawyers can do these things too. The issue is that we cannot punish or disbar ChatGPT for misbehavior like this.
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asah
4y ago
serious q: what exactly is "light moderation" and how is this not itself an algorithm, just being executed by wetware neural nets with all sorts of biases, inconsistent judgments, etc ? if "light moderation" means an esc
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asah
4y ago
I'd be ok with this and other lies having legal (civil) consequences, i.e. CEOs who say this are personally liable. Obviously, this phrase would die and that's the point. Really, it's not hard to remain authentic. Statements
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asah
4y ago
...or the opposite. the VAST majority of people who have taken LSD under reasonable circumstances have an incredible, life changing experience. I personally know 100s who have, not a single one of them regrets it.
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asah
4y ago
sigh... these "sound good" but in fact are probably hot garbage, and certainly lacking data. - choice of spouse? people choose spouses (or don't choose: arranged marriages!) for all sorts of reasons that have NOTHING to do wi
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asah
4y ago
It's worth noting that many companies have cash hordes outside the US but need to make payroll inside the US. https://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+repatriated+cash
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asah
4y ago
Reserve cache for performance sensitive programs? (OS support?)
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asah
4y ago
Supertalls definitely have more sweaty but my 16 floor building has noticeable sway. I guess it has to do with skinniness?
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asah
4y ago
I'm a board member and observer in two luxury low-rise buildings in NYC, and both have these kinds of problems, irrespective of their height. What causes $500,000 in water damage is having $100,000 custom paint jobs, which has nothing
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4y ago
Lung clearing is a big deal. My dad (asthmatic) taught me at a young age and it's been very helpful, including when i got COVID while traveling and wanted to avoid a hospital trip. Holistic and personalized health-care remains in its i
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4y ago
As I understand it, nobody wants to keep gitmo open, the issue is that the remaining prisoners have nowhere to go. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/11/close-guan...
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asah
4y ago
After 35 years, software engineering remains a moderate challenge but programming is no longer interesting.
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asah
4y ago
Rarely yes. Never, haha not my experience. I've seen bugs in EVERYTHING, and let's not forget hardware bugs like pentium math.
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asah
4y ago
no argument !! But telling the mainstream that nuclear power is safe is like convincing them that MSG is safe.
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