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by csa 3y ago
> The elephant in the room here is that these LLM's still have problems with hallucinations. Even its only 1% or even 0.1% of the time thats still a huge problem. If you heard the bullshit that actual teachers say (both inside and o
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by csa 3y ago
> I wonder if any other professional fields have found a way to improve their workflows with it? It’s absolutely incredible for content creation in a few ways: 1. For content posts, a good prompt can turn a 2-hour writing session into a
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by csa 3y ago
> Surely the need for such a degree is limited and those who would seek it out would be keen on obtaining it from an institution that isn't struggling. This is the flagship state school. It’s hardly some random school. If this progr
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by csa 3y ago
> What was the source or cause of their misery, and how sure were you that the correlation wasn't spurious? Great question! In their words, the legal work wasn’t that interesting, the business side (rain making) could be infuriati
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by csa 3y ago
> Not to make an obvious boring comment, but: someone was offering a college degree in [higher education administration]? Yeesh. Bloat begets bloat, I guess. 1. This is a graduate degree. 2. Part of the degree is doctorate type of stuff
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by csa 3y ago
> Is there any hope of becoming proficient enough at chinese to compete for these jobs when you're just starting in your late teens? Yes… sort of. First, folks who have learned the language as adults are often better at teaching ea
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by csa 3y ago
> What does one do with a DEGREE in Chinese? 1. Teach Chinese 2. Translation and interpretation 3. Dual degree with any number of degrees (e.g., business, art, etc.) that have natural pairings due to demands in the labor market (although
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by csa 3y ago
> Diablo IV You must have missed the 2.2 score that it currently has after being review bombed due to recent development decisions. On a personal level, I will say that they got the campaign right, but the rest of the game is incomplete.
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by csa 3y ago
Look for online schools that cater to US federal government / DoD. Advanced degrees make career advancement easier, even if (basically) nothing was learned.
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by csa 3y ago
There are basically accredited online institutions in the US that are one step above diploma mills. A tell-tale sign is that the university has a tie in with the federal government / DoD (e.g., Northern Arizona University) — advanced d
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by csa 3y ago
1. Fair enough. Do you think it’s far from directionally correct? 2. Very good question. I go back to, do you think it’s far from directionally correct? I think it’s close. 3. Small business owners ($1-10 million annual revenue). 4. Great q
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by csa 3y ago
> Those same 90 people you're providing negative value and nuisance to are getting it from hundreds of businesses a day, gradually driving the signal to noise ratio of all communications channels down to zero It’s more likely that t
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by csa 3y ago
> … which starts with おっしゃる, 下さる, いただく, お～になる and so on. And again, those are everyday usages that are perfectly reasonable for even an intermediate learner to want to practice Serious question… Unless this “intermediate learner” works i
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by csa 3y ago
> So instead I will just say that I dislike you very much and I hope you have an awful, poopy day. > You, and those like you, are the reason we can't have nice things. Cheers. I love you, too. I will be sure to remember your kind
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by csa 3y ago
> what everyday people see as a scourge I think you might be projecting a wee bit too much. I guess you missed the following quote in the article I linked to (emphasis mine): “Only 2% of cold calls convert. But 69% of buyers are willing
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by csa 3y ago
> Fingers crossed the FTC finds and fines you. What exactly would they fine me for? I’m not robo-calling, I’m cold calling. Furthermore, all of my leads are internally generated and qualified B2B leads. There is nothing illegal about thi
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by csa 3y ago
> Annoying 90 people to make a marginal profit from 3 seems bad for society, and I would fully support a ban. I mean, that’s easy to say in a glib way on a site like HN, but are factoring in the full consequences of the knock-on effects
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by csa 3y ago
> Most people aren't interested in being tricked into opening their wallet, sorry. I’m very curious about why “sales” automatically equates to “trickery” for you. Ethical, high quality sales is the efficient matching of goods and&#x
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by csa 3y ago
> You have provided a great example of how worthless cold calling is to society. I think you are missing the big picture. Assuming that we waste 1 minute of time for 90 people, and everything else is productive, it’s: - 90 minutes of agg
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by csa 3y ago
> Wait, why isn't every human under such a ban? Because it would kill cold sales calls, which I think have a ton more value than you probably think they do (when ethically done). For reference for a business I previously owned: - Pe
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by csa 3y ago
＞It sounds like you're using the term solely to mean the highest heights of formalism, but I don't know where you're getting that usage. The keigo you refer to is the easiest keigo to learn, and much of it is learned as a beg
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by csa 3y ago
> If you're talking about the advanced uses that even many native speakers struggle with (unless properly trained) To me, this is the part that is keigo. The other stuff is relatively simple and early in terms of language acquisiti
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by csa 3y ago
See my reply here for more info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36982980 > Keigo isn't some high-level PhD topic It gets multiple book level treatment in Japanese (if you’re in Japan, please ask about the keig
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by csa 3y ago
> Somebody wants to learn a language properly and you're saying "don't bother". I don't get it. Yeah. I can see that. Let me see if I can expand. 1. Keigo falls into the category of “specific purpose” (SP) langua
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by csa 3y ago
> Do you like it being in the Japanese writing system or would you prefer phoenetical English? Definitely Japanese writing system. Thanks. Amazing tool. Fwiw, if you’re looking to monetize, you may want to try to get a contract with the
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by csa 3y ago
> For example in Japanese keigo is a skill I just haven't mastered. Other than very common scenarios like introductions, spare yourself the headache. If you are a diplomat or something similar, understanding it might be useful, but
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by csa 3y ago
> How would you compare the whole chain of command thing? Not op, but… It depends on how “ex” this vet was and what his MOS was. Specifically: 1. A lot of modern military leadership (esp. in the battlefield) is about giving the folks on
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by csa 3y ago
> what percent of students at these institutions are there simply off of academic talent and not some of the larger extraneous factor Very few actually get in purely based on academics. Very, very few. Most folks who are admitted have go
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by csa 3y ago
> I was excellent at Unreal Tournament, setting up LAN parties Interestingly, with good enough scores and grades and a slight spin on this skill set (e.g., setting up large scale LAN tournaments, being world ranked in UT, etc.), you woul
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by csa 3y ago
> Isn't admissions into the Ivies mostly a crapshoot after you reach a certain GPA/SAT threshold? In general, it is not a crapshoot. There are some things that are very doable by any reasonable Ivy admit that will set them apar

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