dowager_dan99

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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
His most die-hard supporters will hang on to the bitter end - and they're the least capable of doing so. I've gone from mocking them => feeling sorry for them => fear them - these people are definitely not harmless. these ar
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
the people this impacts aren't buying eggs let alone houses. You and I are addicted to cheap flip flops; many poor people require cheap goods - including household and food - to survive.
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
disagree - it shows some - maybe significant - value, which makes it far more dangerous in this AI-everything echo chamber.
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
>> But with the current crop of LLMs, people who don't know how to program, but recognize that a program could do this task, finally can now summon that program to do the task. The path still has a tech-ability moat, but I can on
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
to me this was more about guiding towards a desired outcome. An opinionated bet, but not overly prescriptive. "AI first" is saying do everything with AI and then hope you find some efficiencies, almost by accident.
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
>> AI can be extremely useful and there’s a lot of people out there who refuse to give it a proper try. My take-away was this is exactly what the OP is targeting. Management's job is to convince you to try and help you make it de
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
Teams is so tightly integrated into the MS ecosystem and 365 that it can essentially bring down email and even office apps. Example: PP decks always want to open in Teams by default; every meeting in outlook wants to be a Teams meeting, etc
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
We're all-in on Teams PLUS have management pushing for "service level objectives" on response time. It's impossible to stay on top of the stream of consciousness posts, impossible to find anything you previously answered
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by dowager_dan99 1y ago
OT Q: What are the mesh bags made of? They always leave a detritus of orange (citrus) or green (avocados) on the counter; we're definitely ingesting this stuff.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
product placement is the very foundation of TV, it's just a little more subtle now. Originally shows were brought to you by XYZ and had an intermission to advertise their products. Radio did this as well.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
>> but everyone watches the new HBO shows because they are big budget and look really appealing. This doesn't feel as true anymore. There's still the odd HBO blockbuster but they're producing a lot more garbage as they
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
Spotify is doing this as well. If they can "downgrade" users from paid all-you-can-eat plans to cheaper plans that also serve ads they're overall way more lucrative.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
This is the correct mental model. Minor COGS increase < Churn.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
This doesn't really mesh with SaaS economics, or in this case how Netflix spends billions on producing their own content. A set of subscribers that don't use the service is locally maximized but has a lower lifetime total value. I
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
but the AI responses from google that dominate the screen real estate are terrible. When you repeat the exact same query and get changing (but all wrong) answers, something is broken. I've resorted to including profanity in all my sear
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
My AI implants projects text onto my closed lids, so checkmate!
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
Isn't this essentially what Sparkfun and Adafruit do? There's very little margin in the components & kits, and the market is very tiny. Also if you're looking to make this computer "more powerful" you should loo
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
and you might want more than 16 instructions in your programs!
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
Pretty strong disagree with your take (though seems like you end with "this is a bad path with no viable alternatives"?). Laying out the breadboards and wiring this has frustrations but that's part of the experience. Same wit
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
Calgary, AB enters the chat: Calgary, Alberta, is considered the sunniest city in Canada, with an average of 333 sunny days and 2,396 hours of sunshine annually.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
>> If you have a valid visa and behave even remotely normal to the border agents you will have no issues. This is the crux IMO: it should be an OR not an AND. Having to behave "remotely normal" where this is determined sole
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
I cancelled a vacation to Arizona last month. It makes political AND economic sense. Now I just need a reliable source of winter greens...
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
As a Canadian travelling throughout much of the world, border controls aside from the US always seem much more concerned with imported goods (tax collection and protecting agriculture, etc) than imported people.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
Why do you need guard dogs to check a passport? Is it the most effective system to do sweep-checks in the middle of the night? Why not check as you're boarding or de-training? What happens if something is wrong or not aligned? Is a str
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
I need to determine if this is true. I had not heard of it before, and the idea she would qualify for a TN visa seemed a little thin, but the rules are so arbitrary and uneven (especially these days) who knows. Regardless this sounds like a
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
don't forget a sub-70 cent dollar. Pretty rough to pay that sort of premium and THEN maybe GST and duty on your purchases. It's not the same as a generation ago when you had to go to the US to get their chocolate bars...
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
The boring aesthetic really matches so much of the game though; soviet-era architecture is awfully boring too.
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle >> This outcome is inevitable, given enough time and enough positions in the hierarchy to which competent employees may be promoted. So if you accept this, you need t
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
Dual ladders is pretty common, though not equal pay IME, but I'd bet there's still a stigma attached to anyone who's not trying to move up one of those career paths?
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by dowager_dan99 2y ago
I'm 50+ and it's a thing, but not really different than any other bias lots of people here likey deal with. It's not legit but does make sense: any groups that you don't identify with are assessed differently based on th

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