cwnyth

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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Most people come in for educational or career guidance, but I think it's best used as a way of understanding how your mind works, especially in relation to others'. The on-the-flying reasoning isn't pitted against good memory
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Citation needed.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
You might benefit from (proper, not the multiple choice kind) aptitude testing.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
I work in psychometric testing, and it really isn't that strange. Just as many people need that music or communication as those who cannot have it. It's quite fascinating how different brains are on these ostensibly random traits.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Thanks for the clarification.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
At a company I worked for, we used them for off-site storage, and when we finally went looking for alternatives, we realized we were being charged thousands of dollars a year more than competitors. We no longer have a contract with Iron Mou
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Also, my bet is that Iron Mountain significantly raised their prices and made it more difficult to retrieve the data without paying.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Iron Mountain is actually an incredibly expensive option, and their agreements are predatory. I would not recommend them.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
This is where efficiency can be applied in two distinct ways. On the one hand, if using more beans means you can solve the problem more quickly, then it is more efficient to the problem solver to do so. But if beans are scarce, and that&#x2
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Looks fine on my end (Firefox).
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
I didn't know that Amazon.ca was a supermarket with shelves. TIL.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
This is a dubious use of "society", and it ignores the fact that the world population is growing at an extremely fast rate still.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Well, I think you have your answer. I happen to agree with that answer: extortionary rates are killing American businesses. In the words of Jimmy McMillan, "The rent is too damn high!"
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
The malls in Japan and Thailand are booming. There are a ton of crowds, they have plenty in stock, there are dozens of restaurants that keep people in. You can also do delivery in those places. I think a lot of places in the west, but Ameri
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
I have to agree with this. The AI-writing is very distracting.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
There's a very simple solution to this, but the people who rabidly argue for a copyright length of 70 years + the lifetime of the author won't want to hear it.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Here's your reminder to get a colonoscopy.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
I haven't purchased an Apple product for myself since the classic iPod over 20 years ago, yet nothing has changed. Turns out, you need to also convince a whole lot of people to vote with you to have an impact. And then you have the who
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Before making it all hidden, I probably checked the website a few times a week when it was newsworthy. I haven't been to the website since.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
This is also the case for many graduate programs in the US as well, but what this article is suggesting is that there are now specific oral exams to defend a student's paper, not just general oral exams.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
That plus the spaces between punctuation makes it clear it's done for tokenization, but nothing puts it back together again.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Is it not just Perseus with a wrapper?
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Apparently, words can just mean whatever people want, so long as it aligns with one's feelings or helps them feel superior to others.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
When I was in Tokyo a couple years ago, I saw a legit pro-Trump march. The world is more varied than you think.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Saudi Arabia benefits just as much, if not more, from a diminished Iran.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
6% is still significant. I'm used to seeing 3-5 in that slot. Hey, I'll take any increase, even a single percentage!
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
There are dozens of us. Maybe one day people will realize how much better Firefox is now and how nicer the web can be with no ads.
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Despite the reporting, I'm not seeing it on my end, so perhaps it's still in A/B testing.
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LinkedIn adds a 'seems like AI slop' button(theverge.com)
4 points by cwnyth 2mo ago|1 comments
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by cwnyth 2mo ago
Yes, of course, my language was a little loosey-goosey here. I guess I'm surprised there aren't tags or something that indicates response A is from the LLM and response B is from the user.

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