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by don_neufeld 1y ago
Yup, did the same, ton of new hardware. Last week I was looking at a proposal from a supplier that's got a ~8K "tariff" line on it and thinking... y'know, I can wait on that project.
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by don_neufeld 1y ago
Yup. Means testing is one of this things that fools people - it sounds good, but in practice is wildly bad at what it’s trying to do, and can be borderline evil. Beyond the bureaucracy dimension - means testing puts up a barrier, not at the
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by don_neufeld 1y ago
The school has an academic honestly policy which explicitly bans it, under “Cheating”, which includes: “Falsifying or inventing any academic work, including the use of AI (ChatGPT, etc)” Additionally, as mentioned, the school is taking acti
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by don_neufeld 1y ago
I was expecting some response like this, because schools have “banned” things in the past. While this is superficially similar, I believe we are talking about substantially different things. Learning (the goal) is a process. In the case of
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by don_neufeld 1y ago
Completely agree. From all of my observations, the impact of LLMs on human thought quality appears largely corrosive. I’m very glad my kid’s school has hardcore banned them. In some class they only allow students to turn in work that was
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
> what's the point of cryptocurrencies in the first place? I think you’re answering your own question here
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
How do those changes address these specific accidents?
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
You can solve your “problem” for a very small price: it costs under $0.50 per day to distill your own drinking water per person. So for $15/mo, “problem” solved. Are you doing that?
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Anyone who talks about who was President when a study was done is immediately clarifying for you that they have a political agenda. If there’s a problem with a study, or a study is particularly strong, that should be due to something abou
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
There is no “should” A big factor of stock performance is the r market’s assessment of risk and its risk tolerance. Both of those can change, and have nothing to do with company performance.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Not saying it’s true, but those behaviors make a lot more sense if you replace “Trump” with “Russian agent”, don’t they?
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
I found multiple compiler bugs at my first real programming job in 1997. MSVC did not do a good job of maintaining the FPU stack in those days…
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yup, I feel that until someone has seen and understood the first graphic in this article, they really don't grok the situation: https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
I’m not sure what your point is? 25K/yr IS a LOT. Per the US Census, the median income in the US is a bit over 37,500, so it’s literally an entire paycheck. Remember - the NHS is available to everyone, not just the rich. Source: https
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Lots of private banks will do this. You live in “consumer finance” land, and understand its rules. In that world, the banks have most of the power. In “private banking” land, especially at the high end, the client can have a lot of power.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Saying “fuck you, I’m rich” is not a good look. A health plan like that costs your company 25K/yr on the backend. They pay that as part of your compensation, you just don’t see it. Even the most basic HDHP Bronze Kaiser plan currently
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Interest accrues, it's not paid. Then the debt is rolled over into a new loan for a larger amount. As long as the collateral increases in value faster than the interest rate, this can continue indefinitely.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yeah, really not very credible at all.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
I’m sorry to hear that happened to you. Unfortunately, the data about mental health outcomes of teens who consume social media is not positive, so I’m not sure things would have been better.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Exactly. Subject specific forums and blogs are just ghost towns these days.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Social media is not connection.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
I splurged for an M4 Pro Mini w/ 64GB. 5TB Between internal and external SSDs, then it’s over to a ~30 TB NAS if I need more. All that cost less than a typical PC I’d build in the late 90s. Even as a power user who codes, I can’t imagi
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Charity is always a fantastic read. Glad she finally finished this piece. Unfortunately, I can confirm from my experience coaching engineering leaders that some CEOs are engaging in behaviors that are extremely damaging and when challenged
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yup. Zero interest until there is a very clear answer here.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yup, that could very well be the case. If there's a nicer handoff built into AidPods that would help a lot. Once this feature comes out I think I'll be trying it!
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yeah, when you get into what hearing aides do, there's quite a bit going on. This manual is a useful place to start: https://order.starkeypro.com/pdfs/The_Compression_Handbook.p...
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Oh it's pretty bad in my experience. I'm all iOS/MacOS and I find it's barely workable as it is. Would love to hear more ideas for how to make this better. The main problem is that I have to manually disconnect the hear
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
Yes, it definitely helps. It does add some complexity in terms of managing bluetooth though.
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
I can understand that position, but in practice I don't think you'd like the quality. One of the big advantages of hearing aides is that they have multiple microphones that have known alignment with your head position. With all 4
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by don_neufeld 2y ago
As someone who's worn hearing aides for almost a decade, I'm thrilled to see this. To give folks a sense of the cost difference, here are some numbers: My most recent pair of hearing aides cost $4,400 in 2020. And no, these are no

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