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by jfil 8d ago
I think this framing device was unnecessary. This was interesting historical food for thought without tying it to AI. I think its relevant to a mass-unemployment, economic depression scenario too, and others.
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by jfil 9d ago
I loved that book!
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by jfil 13d ago
Yes, of course people have built a successful promotion engine with PPC. But if there was a repeatable method I could describe to you then, well, I'd be a very rich man! I always recommend focusing on Sales first, and coming up with a
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by jfil 13d ago
PMAX is particularly awful because it incentivizes the scammers to actually book meetings with our Sales team, and waste their time with a no-show. (For anyone unfamiliar with how the PMAX scam works: PMAX will send more ad traffic to sites
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by jfil 14d ago
I've worked in different parts of the online ad industry for years. This is correct: fraud is a systemic and convenient part of the business model. The victims are the advertisers, who's in-house marketers don't know enough t
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by jfil 25d ago
There is a lot of material on this theme. One place to start is a book like "The Last Bohemia" or a general search for books about Williamsburg (the Brooklyn neighbourhood) at the library. Lots of first-hand stories about how that
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by jfil 1mo ago
I suggest you keep it quizzical - that little not-knowing is like spice in a recipe. I wonder if it was AM's writing contest. Your writing is great, keep going.
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by jfil 1mo ago
>>All decisions come with a tradeoff Yes! I've heard it out as "the price for something you really want is something else that you really value". I'm glad that this piece spoke to you :-) While I don't know ex
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by jfil 1mo ago
The ancient Qanats are actually vertical launch shafts, with a convenient water supply for transportation below. It helps that they've had a single unbroken administration for 5,000 years. Helps for long term planning.
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by jfil 2mo ago
You got some solid tips from the other commenters! The jewellery looks good. Remember, jewellery is about identity - can be to signal to others, can be for yourself. Figure out how to "sell" the pieces (in person) before you spend
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by jfil 2mo ago
I'm working on writing up pages for projecthammer.org, the new website where I'll host my database of Canadian grocery prices. It's getting interest from more academics and needs a more formal home. I've been curious abo
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by jfil 2mo ago
isitweimaryet.com
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by jfil 2mo ago
The great Egyptian desert. Those raised "lines" across the wadis - what is their function? The remote border stations near the Egypt-Libya-Sudan border: what is life like for the soldiers stationed there? What are all those trucks
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by jfil 2mo ago
I appreciate your comments here. My takeaway is that the lack of family bonds/expectation of contribution within the family is a bigger factor than simply Capitalism. The key to resilience is tighter family bonds & neighborly bonds
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by jfil 2mo ago
I think it would be wonderful if there were more work arrangements that fit a person who can write a lot - but intermittently and unpredictably. Right now, that's not the case. That's one of the author's main points. (Even fo
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by jfil 2mo ago
This thought pattern of "I will die if I don't work" comes up so often. The streets are not filled with bodies. There are people who are chronically unemployed, and women who left the workforce to care for their children and
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by jfil 2mo ago
Bingo. And remember, these lawsuits to establish the magnitude of the payout/severity of the injury: you'll be going through them shortly after sustaining a disabling injury.
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by jfil 2mo ago
Does anyone have examples of peasants' revolts that were effective? (excl. the 20th century Communist revolutions) Each one I heard about was suppressed by the aristocracy.
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by jfil 2mo ago
I am in the same boat as you and OP. For me, its partly age related, partly a (normal) boredom with my profession. I find my mind intentionally trying to switch tracks/find a distraction even while working on a task without external in
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Making AI Movies(dawndrain.notion.site)
3 points by jfil 2mo ago|1 comments
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by jfil 2mo ago
"The plates were originally engraved in steel to ensure fine lines before being hand-colored on the small prints which measured only approximately 4 × 6 inches... Once the black-and-white images were printed, they were passed to teams
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by jfil 2mo ago
Your portfolio site is neat! Let me know when you launch your blog - I'm a fellow Torontonian and will add it to my RSS reader.
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by jfil 2mo ago
In the cyber bowels of Neo Tokyo, there is only one rule: real hackers speak Navajo
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by jfil 2mo ago
Ooh, sharp eye ;-) You are correct.
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by jfil 2mo ago
I'm glad it hit the spot. There is a piece by Christian Miles that got me thinking in this direction, which you might enjoy: https://ammil.industries/i-know-you-didnt-write-this/
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Proof of care in the age of AI(jacobfilipp.com)
185 points by jfil 2mo ago|110 comments
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by jfil 3mo ago
I took quite a few accounting courses in University. For every topic we covered, our business school ensured that we wrapped up by examining a case of fraud involving that mechanism. I am grateful that now I know what not to do, and that
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by jfil 3mo ago
I asked Google AI what I should think about this piece, and it told me that if a writer can't write without constantly asking Google AI things, then I should probably go read something else.
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by jfil 3mo ago
https://knuckleheads.club/ <- more info for anyone who wants to go deeper
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by jfil 3mo ago
There is an episode of Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild (S18 E2) where you can see what it's like to be a caretaker on this island.

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