butler14

7 ms·

61.
by butler14 3y ago
I have a substation in my back yard, approximately 15ft from my house. Anyone have a sense of what "damage to transformers" means? Like, it frazzles out in its own housing, or takes half my street out?
62.
by butler14 3y ago
My dog walker - a man with a fairly troubled life and very low levels of literacy - used it to write product descriptions for an eCommerce website he's in the process of launching. Part of me thinks the tech echo chamber is working the
63.
by butler14 3y ago
That's exactly what it does. It closes the gap. Even now with all its shortcomings and issues. It's actively solving problems for people and saving time / creating efficiency. That has value and economic utility. I honestly d
64.
by butler14 3y ago
Great anecdote, thanks for sharing. Forcing ChatGPT to go back and sense check its overarching initial interpretation is such a good way of doing things in these types of uses cases.
65.
by butler14 3y ago
Difficult to comment without URLs, there's too many potential causes Unfortunately "[being] a web designer since 2016" is generally not helpful for SEO But certainly setting up Google Search Console, submitting a sitemap, and
66.
by butler14 3y ago
This is the classic "google is so crap now", then when you dig a bit, the search query is something incredibly broad (in this case "led") or irrelevant, with the author then complaining about the quality of the results I
67.
by butler14 3y ago
I agree. As well as creating new impetus for governments to push towards RealID, I think generative AI will accelerate the rate at which websites start to wall-off behind logins and we see a resurgence in private communities. I'm remin
68.
by butler14 3y ago
i cannot echo this sentiment strongly enough how the algo can be so good, and so bad, at the same time boggles my mind the repetition just feels so unnecessary in many cases -- I know there's so much more content out there that is not
69.
by butler14 4y ago
I also started using the Internet when I was around 10, in the mid-90s I suspect Generative AI will accelerate the transition to real ID There’s a new impetus to be able to tell who is real from who is not online Younger me would probably b
70.
by butler14 4y ago
The various 70 year olds heads of state? They, er … kinda the ones who started it
71.
by butler14 4y ago
They'll sell you anything. Look at the service offerings in the main navigation on their website, it's hilarious. I've just had the 'pleasure' of being party to some of their 'SEO' advice (to a large globa
72.
by butler14 4y ago
3 months is reserved for mid- senior roles, and 6 months isn’t uncommon for senior management/board level (often with enforced garden leave) as a business owner, it protects me from key employees leaving me in the shit and gives me 3 m
73.
by butler14 4y ago
Read out some of the creepier messages, but imagine it’s one of those Boston Dynamics robots up in your face saying it
74.
by butler14 4y ago
I agree that the incentives were off on paper But is there any evidence that's been the case, that people have increased their consumption? Anecdotally, I can't think of anyone I know that hasn't actively reduced their usage
75.
by butler14 4y ago
This is a particularly cynical view from someone privileged enough to be able to afford solar panels. I have panels too. But I also have friends that can't pay their energy bill this month.
76.
by butler14 4y ago
These are new to me. Would you mind elaborating on why these specifically, rather than conventional LIon?
77.
by butler14 4y ago
That's some random bloke with an enthusiasm for keto diets writing as a contributor on Forbes, not an actual Forbes journalist, just in case anyone was wondering
78.
by butler14 4y ago
Establishing product-market-fit is part of marketing. I think you're confusing marketing and advertising.
79.
by butler14 4y ago
You know parts of Scandinavia are protected by the UK, right?
80.
by butler14 4y ago
You think Erdogan blocked Twitter, because of stories about Ukrainian refugees hoarding supplies intended for earthquake victims? And you believe this so much you posted it on a burner account? Seems legit
81.
by butler14 4y ago
what makes you think search advertising will go away? e.g. that conversational or generative AI will replace, rather than augment, traditional web search?
82.
by butler14 4y ago
Logged in to say the same; all of these have ultimately formed back in IRC days and have aged remarkably well since The only one that is new (and therefore annoying to me as an Old Internet Man) is the insistance of adding emojis into every
83.
by butler14 4y ago
Kind of presumptuous, could be in buy to let property? You’re basically saying everyone should spend everything in a downtown, and if they don’t they are boring?
84.
by butler14 4y ago
Uk data for comparison https://www.trolley.co.uk/grocery-price-index/category/?id=1...
85.
by butler14 4y ago
Any chance of being able to do similar in the UK? e.g. is there likely to be me-too legal action in the UK/EU?
86.
by butler14 4y ago
i am actually not sure if amazon have live-human-chat behind the chatbot, as, in fairness, the chatbot usually sorts out our issue (often very quickly) i presume they do, though, and i wouldn't be surprised if it's not so great!
87.
by butler14 4y ago
Shout out to supermetrics.com who have great live chat, and almost always resolve my issue within 5mins And relatedly amazon who actually have a useful chatbot (i don't have much positive to say about amazon these days but 1 click purc
88.
by butler14 4y ago
I’m glad someone said it. One random chap on twitter is hardly a reliable source.
89.
by butler14 4y ago
Sanofi have just today announced a clinical trial for a new RSV vaccine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63572228.amp
90.
by butler14 4y ago
I got this in London as a midlander, too. People assume because I am from between London and Manchester I must be a brummie.

More ›