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by jameslk 2y ago
This article has a lot of opinions (it’s from a union organization) without a lot of citations. In the 1970s, a lot of things changed (e.g. see this discussion[0]). Seems this article wants to focus on its narrative of what happened in the
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by jameslk 2y ago
Really confusing name considering there’s an open source Airtable alternative called Nocodb that’s been around for years. https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
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by jameslk 2y ago
It’s clever in that it potentially helps with the problem of “I’ve been banned and there’s no customer support to help me” by incentivizing employees to perform contractually dubious customer support. The problem you’re talking about is a d
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by jameslk 2y ago
This is a clever hack to solve the problem. It’s essentially an underground market for customer support, converting company employees into clandestine customer service reps. Better than nothing, but think about how silly that sounds. Tech c
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by jameslk 2y ago
Highly relevant as we march towards this future: https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_sh... Luckily it sounds like a human is still in the loop for this nightmare fuel, but I fear for the day this
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Study: Ultra-processed food consumption association with all cause mortality(bmj.com)
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by jameslk 2y ago
Please don’t be condescending. I said a bit in the direction .
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Microsoft's OpenAI investment was triggered by Google fears, emails reveal(theverge.com)
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Annualized GDP growth rate has slowed to 1.6% QoQ compared to 3.4% from the prior quarter. Meanwhile, inflation has continued to climb above the Fed’s target. This doesn’t necessarily indicate we’re in stagflation, but it certainly is an in
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by jameslk 2y ago
I’m curious, wouldn’t doing away with such corn subsidies for better farm land usage be another alternative? Seems like a false dichotomy to make this about solar vs corn?
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As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk(reuters.com)
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Ford's hands-free BlueCruise system was active before fatal Texas crash(techcrunch.com)
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Survey: 3 in 4 people think tipping has gotten out of hand(usatoday.com)
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ADHD Traits May Have Evolved to Provide Foraging Advantages, Study Says(sciencealert.com)
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Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data(arstechnica.com)
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The Silent Treatment: When People Leave You Guessing(psychologytoday.com)
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by jameslk 3y ago
UBI was tested during 2020 on a nearly global scale. In the US, the CARES Act which provided stimulus checks for every tax-paying US citizen as well as extensions to unemployment was essentially a giant UBI experiment. Not for AI, but for a
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by jameslk 3y ago
Maybe. Although from a strategic standpoint, it seems to make more sense to be the next Windows or Android for this type of platform to reduce the surface area they need to compete on for both OS and hardware, which Apple does masterfully.
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by jameslk 3y ago
Zuck briefly teases that the next generation of Meta will be the “open model” like PCs were vs Macs. If I’m understanding that correctly, he’s implying the Quest OS will be available to other VR hardware. Perhaps even open source?
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by jameslk 3y ago
In my US based upbringing, men making jokes at the expense of other men are either aggression or ways of building rapport, and context matters to decipher which it is. I have male friends who take as much opportunity as possible to turn som
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by jameslk 3y ago
Here's a rebuttal article as well, to bring nuance to the conversation: My rejection of the National Marriage Project’s “Before ‘I Do'” : https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/my-rejecti
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What do premarital experiences have to do with marital quality? (2014)(before-i-do.org)
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by jameslk 3y ago
From our tax advisor: > The article from the Khanna Law website is incorrect. There is no guidance or authority that requires the spouse of the service provider to sign the 83(b) election. The article indicates that if a service provide
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Office vacancies hit a new record high(axios.com)
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by jameslk 3y ago
ChatGPT is the next TikTok, in that it will widely influence what the next generation thinks and does. Just wait until advertisers, ideologues, and governments sink their teeth into it to manipulate it, and your kids, for their benefit.
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A Game of Shark and Minnow(nytimes.com)
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Number of suicides in the US in 2022 reaches record level: CDC(abcnews.go.com)
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Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'authentic'(npr.org)
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Altman's ouster from OpenAI spooks secondary investors(pitchbook.com)
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by jameslk 3y ago
Same arguments can be made about terrorism. I'd argue that war was not the only choice in many instances it was used, just like terrorism wasn't the only choice. That may not be a popular opinion for either side. War is reactionar

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