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I suppose McKinsey could fit the bill and much of the tech consulting world for that matter. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOUojVd6xQ
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Indeed, and would not an illusion be contingent on an observer?
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Yes, "Dynamic" is the term. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_HTML
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Why single out FAANG? FAANG companies aren’t the only ones pushing RTO. The study analyzed 43 different industries.
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> private insurance is infinitely more effective and cheaper than obamacare... Obamacare is legislation and not insurance. It did not eliminate private insurance.
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What even is a normal ad? It's not as if the ad industry is some benign entity casually showing users random banner images or sponsor logos. Ads are now aggressive, privacy invasive entities that follow you around, spying on your every
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This assumes "professional quality" was somehow higher in the past when it's really just looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses. There was plenty of crap and even bloated software written in the past.
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As you get older and have other responsibilities that life gives you, constant job hopping gets old too.
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Also have a look at pip-tools. https://pypi.org/project/pip-tools/
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Yes, because The NY Times is copyrighting the body of work. They are not copyrighting the "facts" themselves but the distillation of these facts into a body of work. Anyone is free to take the facts and produce their own works but
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Copyright doesn’t exist solely for the “promotion of useful sciences”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
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Creative works like books, TV shows and movies contain facts too.
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If you are still at your university, there are probably others trying to launch startups. I would sniff around and reach out to them. However, you still should work in the industry for some time first. You need to build up experience workin
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What’s there to explain? Contractor company that built the website up sold the dealer on AI chat bots. Contractor company slapped some nonsense together, sold it to naive dealerships who just said “yup, sounds good.” Some irony in a car dea
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> I love learning about AI and its workings Stop right there and throw sand on the rest. You are getting too caught up in a future that may or may not even happen. Stay grounded in the present. Also the odds of any individual having sign
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You are most certainly not worthless. Your feelings on this will take time to resolve. Just remember that this situation is only temporary, you aren’t stuck for life. Many of us have been, are currently or will be in the same position. New
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Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking that the adtech industry is just serving up harmless banner ads or 30 second videos and calling it a day. Seeing an ad is one thing, the surveillance that comes with it is a whole new insidious beast.
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Sometimes they are U.S. Senators [1] or CEOs [2]. [1] https://apnews.com/video/united-states-senate-sean-obrien-ma... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk_vs._Mark_Zuckerber...
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It's just being human. Everyone "surrenders" to conformity in some way, shape or form. In some aspects of life you will be part of an in-group, in others you may lean towards non-conformity. Nothing to do with "temptatio
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How about a classic “science” author? Jules Verne - The Mysterious Island. I was bored with 20,000 Leagues but the Mysterious Island enthralled me immensely and provided some good escapism.
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> At this point That’s been US policy for the last 100 years or so, especially post-WWII. Citing Chomsky, et al.
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Maybe an "appeal to authority" type situation which is guiding an anxious brain? e.g. Rogan has a massive following, therefore you wonder: "why does this person have such a massive following? It must be because they have impo
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No you aren’t misunderstanding, that is directly mentioned in the docs. I think a lot of new Django devs get tripped up by that. > The admin’s recommended use is limited to an organization’s internal management tool. It’s not intended fo
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Eh, once you strip away the shiny of today, the work and what we do isn't that much different. Also, it wasn't an industry full of geniuses either as you allude to but a mixed bag like today. The bag is just larger now. The "
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The situation in the US is not any different. I would even say much more of life in the US is "pay to play" than in Canada.
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> One second you're whipping your phone out of your pocket to check what that notification was Forget plastic, ditch notifications.
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I may be wrong but I believe the major problem with tree farming is that you lose biodiversity since what gets replanted is usually a single species.
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The most memorable forums that I was ever a part of were the ones that lead to real life friendships and connections. When I think back, those forums were just enablers to connect with people in real life and have shared, real experiences.
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Not to mention that so much of life is simply out of our control.
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Somewhat related, several months ago I read Karen Armstrong's "A History of God" based on a recommendation in a similar thread. While not the most influential book I've read (I'm not even sure what that would be),

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