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The amount of work the consumer puts in is matched by food makers. You'll see the deceptive marketing on so many foods. "No sugar added" no longer means no added sweetening agent. It means that sugar was replaced by alternati
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I think decisions based off race, sex, etc. could probably be eased off a bit. But I don’t know that it should be completely eliminated. Diversity and meritocracy don’t always go hand in hand - I think a healthy balance is important.
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My parents immigrated from India to the US for those reasons. I understand what you're talking about and agree. That's not the type of reason I meant to allude to.
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I used to think this. But as I’ve aged and grown wiser, I think perhaps everyone should consider the large negative impacts of moving so far away from family. Technology can’t solve all the problems.
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Recently came across this detailed write up of my photo archiving system. It's mostly been this way since 2015 after I gave up relying on online services. Not selling anything, just sharing because it's worked well for me.
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A Pragmatic Photo Archiving Solution (2019)(docs.google.com)
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It's product management's job to bridge that gap. Break down and prioritize complex projects into smaller deliverables that keep the business folks happy. It's better than houses, IMO - no one moves into the bedroom once it&#
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Software takes longer to develop than other parts of the org want to wait. AI is emerging as a possible solution to this decades old problem.
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AI isn’t ready for non coders to create and manage any complex software project. But for someone like me who is adept at coding but not actually interested in it, it’s amazing. I get what I want with minimal effort and periodically (more ra
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I’m going to say Isaac Wasileski. While at Yahoo! In the late 2000s (when Yahoo! was still hot) - code reviews with Isaac were some of the more educational experiences I’ve had. He had such attention to detail and a very pragmatic perspecti
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I’m not sure if that’s meant to be reassuring or not. It’s hard for me to imagine that AI won’t be as good or better than me at most things I do. It’s quite a sobering feeling.
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Well: 1) Clicking on search results doesn't bring $ to Google and takes users off their site. Surely they're thinking of ways to address this. Ads? 2) Having to click off to another site to learn more is really a deficiency in the
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Looks like it. From the For Sale page: "Some clients are looking for telescope sharing arrangements."
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I think a different model which does not require the size and complexity of the Mozilla org is a viable option. It would continue to lose market share and skip new features ( cough AI cough ). But it could enjoy a smaller steady niche the
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That doesn’t warrant the size of the organization and costs to run it in its current form. The trends are not in Firefox’s favor. I say this as someone who uses Firefox on both iPhone and OSX. I think a slimmer Firefox that’s just community
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Despite any missteps it took, Mozilla fought a good fight. In hindsight, the mistakes seem obvious. And leadership poor. But they pushed the open web forward. Good on them. However, I don’t think Firefox is important anymore (I’m a loyal us
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Look at the context of the email he received. It's a lie to get him onto the site and to start scrolling. In that context, skipping the login is pretty dirty.
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This is definitely some people's experience. It's not mine. I think the distinction is due to different tools being used, how the tool is being used and the use case it's being used for.
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This is a surprising take. I think what's available today can improve productivity by 20% across the board. That seems massive. Only a very small % of the population is leveraging AI in any meaningful way. But I think today's tool
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As it pertains to this article, what we are desperately trying to protect is our fragile ego and avoiding embarrassment is the moat to do so.
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I think it’s more likely that AI will make everyone in a department 25% more efficient. This means a department of 5 people will become a department of 4 people. AI will have taken one person’s job.
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Doesn’t really matter why you lost your job though, does it? Especially when the job loss is wide spread.
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"AI won't take your job. Someone who uses AI will." That someone is your co-worker and will soon be your co-worker's co-worker. I don't see how the rate of job creation can come close to the rate job loss we'll
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Because the presence of that album is what creates this bug and the user never purchased or downloaded it themself. I have this same problem but it plays my wedding playlist from nearly 20 years ago. Some terribly annoying song I no longer
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Most companies can expedite the interview process if you let them know you have another offer. If you can get interest from 2 or more companies than it's not too difficult to get offers from each within the decision window of the first
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Thanks for mentioning this. I didn’t connect my general confusion in the Photos app with an upgrade but it makes sense. The navigation is so unintuitive to me that I’ve killed the app just to try and get back to the most recent photos I’ve
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Lots of studies show that people who give to others (time, money, etc.) live better lives when measured by happiness, low stress, physical health. This requires you to believe what you do can matter. Parenting is the ultimate exercise in gi
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I write this from the ER after my dad took an ambulance for chest pain (he is fine). I imagined that the job of the EMTs were difficult. But I also felt the real tangible impact they had in ways that I haven’t in 25 years of being in tech.
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Family and children eliminated thoughts of my “unlived” lives. Life is hard. Focusing on gratitude helps me be thankful for what I have instead of thinking about what may have been.
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My experience with LLm-based chat is so different from what the article (and some friends) describe. I use LLM chat for a wide range of tasks including coding, writing, brainstorming, learning, etc. It’s mostly right enough. And so my usage

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