danielrpa

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by danielrpa 3y ago
Let me guess... With you in charge of deciding the fair allocation and who should get exceptions? Another idea: eliminate business travel to attend meetings now that we have amazing remote presence tools.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
It's more complex than that. There factors other than drag. Planes wouldn't be more efficient if they simply used roads at 60mph all the way to the destination (no takeoff)! Fuel is expensive so they do a lot of work to figure out
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I don't want to start a flame war. This said, I think vinyl sucks; it's my opinion and not some absolute statement about the universe so please respect it! It was the state-of-the art technology when I was kid, but I was so glad i
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by danielrpa 3y ago
A lot of people I saw being let go at my company weren't very good at their jobs - either because they were not capable or because they were not willing to do a lot of work - and leadership took the opportunity, in their eyes, to get r
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I'm actually not trolling. I find Apple's UI legitimately unproductive, a mix of 80s, 90s and 2000s thinking that didn't survive the test of time. Window's older taskbar is vastly superior, as the CLI, both examples of U
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by danielrpa 3y ago
YES! Thank you for focusing on productivity instead of copying Apple's obsolete UI.
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I believe Sundar will be remembered as one of the weakest CEOs of his generation, and a person who caused actual harm to humankind by wasting one of the highest concentrations of talent (Google circa mid-2010s) that has ever existed. Imagin
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Perhaps, at the same time if they DO fail badly, they would likely be replaced. Not as much in Google's case, where the highly paid visionary CEO has missed the greatest trend of the decade and still makes 200M. I could have equally mi
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by danielrpa 3y ago
And this is the 8-bit version of AI Art, relatively speaking. In 10 years it will be hard to find a human that can match AI's quality in "regular art", i.e., something that doesn't try to innovate artistically but otherw
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by danielrpa 3y ago
Similar experience. My MIT reports were largely average in terms of output, despite very strong "raw puzzle solving ability", if that makes sense. However, I had some amazing state school reports, they blended talent for unconvent
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by danielrpa 3y ago
There we go pay for Skyrim again...
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by danielrpa 3y ago
I don't know about the power requirements, but you can get Intel-based mini PCs for $100 on Amazon.
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by danielrpa 4y ago
I've been using a Mac M1 for over a year at work because my company likes Mac. I particularly would love to have Windows as an option. I feel that everything is just a little harder and slower in MacOS vs Windows - one very obvious and
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by danielrpa 4y ago
A lot of digitally created content will likely include AI going forward
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Jobs often make people feel useful. While many can be the happy unemployed person playing Counterstrike 24/7, many others need some sort of occupation for self-realization. This is actually a common problem, which can even became a maj
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by danielrpa 4y ago
> but stringing words together isn't thought Doesn't it sound like "thought"? Is there a significant difference between behaving like thought and being thought (whatever that means)?
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by danielrpa 4y ago
We have this idea that people under 30 are smarter, more agile and likely to innovate, Mar Zuckerberg said it himself. Guess what, most older people will facepalm when thinking about the stuff they did and said when they were under 30...
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Everything you are saying matches what I've heard too. But despite these jobs being bad, I assume people who take them have no other choice, otherwise why would they do it? If AI takes over call centers, what would these people do?
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Bing Chat gives you references.
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by danielrpa 4y ago
The goalposts people usually talk about were just the relatively low expectations of the past - low at least by the standards set by ChatGPT. Before ChatGPT there wasn't anything quite like it, so I think that the goalposts were mostly
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Atlanta - amazing suburbs if that's your thing. Not dirt cheap, but Forsyth county is reasonably priced and has amazing schools.
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Not daily, but often: questions about history. GPT3/4 demonstrates good historical insight and the ability to make nuanced arguments. For instance, I like the mention of some of Reagan's "liberal" policies in this answer
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by danielrpa 4y ago
I'm sure Eastern Europe is great, but if you want to remain in the US there are many other great places to live in the Midwest and American South. You do need a car, which is fine or even desirable for many people (like me).
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by danielrpa 4y ago
In the US it's still possible to work as a Software Engineer in major cities and buy property. Great Atlanta/Houston aren't exactly dirt cheap, but you can buy a decent house by paying less 2500/month mortgage (not hard
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by danielrpa 4y ago
MOST counties and municipalities do not have local income taxes.
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by danielrpa 4y ago
I have 3 standalone Rokus and 1 TCL TV with Roku. I'm happy with all of them. I've avoided the cheapest Rokus because they are slow, so the mid-range to the top range ones, along the built-in on the TV, are fairly responsive.
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Everything you said is correct. And just to be clear, in the US it is technically very straightforward in most states and you can fire people for any (non-protected) reason or for no reason whatsoever without any notice. However, there is a
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by danielrpa 4y ago
These kits were awesome, BTW. I had one too. I know you can find them still on Amazon, but I never got my kid, who's otherwise into computers, interested in them.
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by danielrpa 4y ago
Stating that tax cuts are inflationary assumes that the government is able to put the money to better use than individuals. Have in mind that when the government taxes your money, it also spends it - but instead of spending in productive pu
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by danielrpa 4y ago
You can't ask about disabilities, but you can ask about whether the applicant can fulfill certain expectations that could eliminate candidates with certain disabilities. For instance, "This job requires you to be onsite for 9AM to

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