chiefalchemist

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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
What proof do you have that there is a difference between the Team Red and Team Blue, other than your not on the team you’re railing against. For example, given Nancy Pelosi’s effectiveness as an investor, she was effectively a highly succe
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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
Also, Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind. If you want a preview of the book, there’s a Netflix documentary.
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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
Meet the new greedy, same as the old greedy. Given all the promises about AI and medical research, let’s all hope AI can find a cure for small penises.
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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
You say mainstream. I say Orwellian. We can’t lower the bar and expect standards to be maintained. It doesn’t work that way. If most them are reporters then call them that. FFS even influencers is more accurate. But journalists? They. Are.
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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
To clarify, I wasn’t trying to belittle you. While the internet is fond of spreading myths about narcissism, few actual realize NPD is a proper disorder in the DSM-5. Btw, there are two types of NPD. The typical over the top bravado version
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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
> 43% of AI-generated code changes require manual debugging in production environments even after passing quality assurance and staging tests. As compared to what for non AI written code? 53%? 33% Furthermore, there’s no indication of th
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by chiefalchemist 5mo ago
I’d be curious to know how many people suffering from depression have been diagnosed with NPD. Focusing too much on oneself - like the writer of this substack- is unhealthy. If it doesn’t drive you mad, at the very least you’ll end up depre
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
Just because you start this lean doesn’t mean you should stay that way. Perhaps he’s now spending too much time managing his stack and not enough time on product development, customer service, a/o growth. In other words, what gets you
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
True. But he’s able to do marketing because he has the money, time and sense of priorities to do so. The moral of the story is: Don’t be (another) fool, your tech stack is not your priority.
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
> So the "Google Docs for WordPress" pitch… - The feature is for sites using the block editor - AND having two or more editing a page/post at the same time —- How many sites can this be? Why are so many forced to take on c
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
If only human behavior was that simple. The DSM-5 is filled with diseases of the mind. Choice often isn’t as cut and dry as we would like to believe. No one wakes up and thinks “I want to suffer today of _____.” [1] AndI want others to suff
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
No. But people without ethics, transparency, etc can not be. Again, for all intents and purposes it’s a verb. It’s the actions you take. This thread is filled with references to actions that DQ the person from being a journalist. Continuing
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
By definition, if they’re not concerned about the ethics, they are not journalists and their occupation is not journalism. Nor does your employer’s reputation[1] allow them to claim such titles simple because they sign your pay cheque. You
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
No one ever said anything along the lines of EVs are ok, we're just trying to tax the petrol vehicles. The goal was anti-vehicle. They didn't not directly but indirectly. Like it or not, the strategy was legal and political genius
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by chiefalchemist 6mo ago
Slightly off-topic but NYC went through a similar process when congestion pricing met legal battle after legal battle. Long to short, there was a calculated effort to make midtown less and less vehicle-friendly. The "hack" was to
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
Yes, great feature. Unfortunately, to the status quo, it's a bug.
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
So I'm reading it correctly, 39& of "the surge" was covered by traditional energy sources. Which still means use of traditional sources increased. Correct? I guess the good news is, solar is available when demand is highe
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
The irony here is great. Perfect. Thank you for proving my point. I can see why you struggle with LLMs.
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
No. I'm expecting you not to blame the screwdriver because people decide to use it as a hammer. But to your point, you might not like the slop, but that slop, sadly, is still better than what it would have been otherwise.
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
That's a function of the prompt. The tool only performs as well as you're able to instruct it.
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
Low-quality is relative. LLMs' low-quality is most people's above-average. The fact the copy - either way - is likely to go through some sort of copy-by-committee process makes the case for LLMs even stronger (i.e., why waste your
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by chiefalchemist 8mo ago
I don't write for a living, but I do consider communication / communicating a hobby of sorts. My observations - that perhaps you can confirm or refute - are: - Most people don't communicate as thoroughly and complete - writte
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Look deeper. There are two types of NPD. You found the typical / cliche version. Either way, NPD is ultimately a defense mechanism, which leads to a control mechanism. If you suffer from NPD then “alcoholic” is a great cover and a grea
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
I stated the comment thread saying there’s rarely a single reason. If you’ve come here to feed me CNN talking points and you’re expecting to change my mind, you should just move on. Thx
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Heavily bias, and often hypocritical does not qualify as “informed electorate.”
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
I think the question is, once they make it free, where is the revenue going to come from. Certainly, all those rides add up. I’m not saying no-charge for public transportation is a bad idea per se. But nothing is free.
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
I recently exited an LTR with someone who was in The Program and 6 - 9 yrs sober. The daily meetings routine was certainly help but, to your point, it never addressed the root problem. Tho to be fair, I’m not sure AA was designed for that a
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
After multiple recommendations, recently I finally read “The Courage to be Disliked” which is a fictional representation of Alfred Adler’s view of psychology / human behavior. Shifting from a Freudian paradigm to an Adlerian one has be
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
Interesting fun fact: There was a time early in AA history where Bill W wanted to integrate psychedelics into The Program. But was overruled by others within the organization. I learned about this from Pollan’s “How to Change Your Mind.” I
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by chiefalchemist 9mo ago
> I think that Trump just did something to take focus away from the whole Epstein deal for a bit. The sole reason? That’s over the top. Did it contribute to the feasibility? Of course it did. Aside from loving to play offense, Trump is a

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